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Illumise

Great Encounters · #71 · Common
🎨 Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
PokémonGrass
$4.80
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All Illumise cards (10)
HP 70·GGrass·Basic
Poké-PowerScent Conduct
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a Grass Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. This power can't be used if Illumise is affected by a Special Condition.
GCFirefly Scent30
If the Defending Pokémon has any Poké-Bodies, that Pokémon is now Asleep.
Weakness R +20Retreat C
With its sweet aroma, it guides VOLBEAT to draw signs with light in the night sky.

Illumise is card #71 of 106 in Great Encounters (2008), a Common illustrated by Ken Sugimori. At about $4.80 it is the #72 most valuable card in the set. In a Great Encounters booster it turns up about once every 8 packs. It is one of 10 Illumise cards printed so far.

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In the Great Encounters set

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What it's worth graded

Ungraded
$4.80
PSA 8 · NM-Mint
$7.20
PSA 9 · Mint
$13.44
PSA 9.5 · Mint+
$21.60
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$38.40
Estimates: the ungraded market price times the typical premium a slab of that grade gets for a card from this era. Real sales vary, especially for PSA 10s. How grading adds value

Illumise through the years

Illumise2003SandstormIllumise2005EmeraldIllumise2008Great EncountersIllumise2010HS—TriumphantIllumise2015Primal ClashIllumise2018Celestial StormIllumise2024Twilight MasqueradeIllumise202630th Celebration
See Illumise in all 9 years

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Questions

How much is Illumise (Great Encounters) worth?

An ungraded Illumise from Great Encounters sells for about $4.80. A PSA 10 is worth more, roughly $38.40 by our estimate, and a PSA 9 around $13.44.

How rare is Illumise?

It is a Common, and it shows up about once every 8 Great Encounters packs.

Who illustrated Illumise?

Ken Sugimori drew the art for this card.

Can I open Great Encounters packs for free?

Yes, as a digital simulator. Holobrook lets you open Great Encounters booster packs in your browser with the set's real pull rates and keep what you pull in a digital binder. No real cards, nothing to buy.

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