Poppy Special Illustration Rare

As is becoming traditional in recent sets, we’re seeing two trainers picked to receive both an Ultra Rare and Special Illustration Rare. In the previous two sets, one of these has gone crazy when it comes to prices, starting with SV base set’s Miriam, then Paldea Evolved’s Iono, each fetching well over $100. Of this set, it’ll be interesting to see if the same happens to either.

For Poppy, you kind of have to hope not, given that the success of such cards tends to be associated with the so-called “waifu tax,” where cards featuring pretty girls reach the highest prices. And Poppy, one of Scarlet & Violet’s Elite Four, is a small child.

The card itself is pretty useful—it allows you to move two Energy cards from one Pokémon to another. The art on these rares is also absolutely lovely, the Ultra Rare a more traditional rendering, while the Special Illustration Rare looking far more like a traditional Japanese painting, the little girl asleep on a Copparajah’s head.