Like most collectibles, Pokémon cards are hard to explain to people who are not familiar with the ecosystem, but some are worth a lot of money. But just like baseball trading cards or any host of ...

Pokémon cards were introduced in 1996 as part of the franchise’s trading card game. Less than 25 years later, some of these first-edition Pokémon have appreciated in price at over 10,000 percent.

If you grew up in the late '90s or 2000s or your kids did, this might have been a part of your daily soundtrack. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "POKEMON THEME") JASON PAIGE: (Singing) Pokemon, got to catch them ...

I have a near-mint first edition Charizard card from the original run of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. I traded for it, about 20 years ago, back when Pokémon was new and I was young and nobody’d even ...