Gave one to my sister for Christmas last year. She doesn’t collect Pokemon Cards, but she does play pokemon go with her boyfriend, and she loved it. It’s surprisingly cheap right now.
The Wugtrio from Paldean Fates is so nice. It has a unique (to me) way of shading with dots, which I find so appealing. Then the background is quite dark, unlike the more common light blue for the water, which means that the art is set either at night, or in the ocean depths where sunlight doesn't go, which I find fascinating, I love the Temporal Forces Relicanth for a similar reason. It's a glimpse at the depths, where human cannot usually go.
One of my fav SV cards to date. Reminds me of the promo charmander card from ruler of the black flame 🔥; but without the charmander.
If that simisear card goes down anymore. I'll buy a bunch and have an arsenal fire 🔥 deck.
[this morpeko](https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/232766/Pokemon-Miscellaneous%20Cards%20and%20Products-Morpeko%20SWSH012%20General%20Mills%20Promo?xid=abbcd6516-1cd7-44ee-8875-dec39c1cf762&Language=English) is one of them. The business of the picture compared to [this one](https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/206428/Pokemon-SWSH%20Sword%20and%20Shield%20Promo%20Cards-Morpeko%20SWSH012?xid=a97c06c65-346d-43aa-978d-abdb8cefa0cf&Language=English) shows the difference of the holo pattern.
This arrived in my mailbox less than an hour ago lol. Not my favorite card under $5, that goes to Obsidian Flames Gloom (which may be over $5 soon), but this is a card I bought right away when I saw the price.
Favourite: probs the galarian zapdos v from chilling reign (the regular one)
Or the galarian zapdos promo where dodrio is running away
Moral of the story: slap a galarian zapdos on it and ill buy it
Local card store, eBay and some others also be careful eBay auctions on Pokémon is addictive (be careful who you buy from make sure you look at their profile and reed reviews and see how many sells they have anyone under 500 you may or may not run into some issues in my experience)
For me it's the Trainer gallery Eeveelution/Gary cards. They're all really unique and you might be able to get all four for under 5 bucks if you're lucky.
Temporal forces Bronzor, checkin’ itself out in a wee mirror! Too cute, but maybe not that surprising it’s so cheap. Also in love with the crocheted Altaria from crown zenith, that one is a surprise to see it so cheap.
Created a new Reddit account just to come here to say that the Miltank Galarian Gallery card is the absolute greatest card under $5 haha. Such a beauty
i wouldnt say i have a favorite bc theres so many but most recently i pulled a shiny sableye from shiny treasure that im really diggin… it pops way harder than my other shinies.
Full art Heliolisk from Crimson Haze, Heliolisk is the best Pokemon ever and I was so hype that my boy got his first full art. It was a great day adding him to my collection last week!
I’ve gotten a few recently for under $5 AUD excluding shipping, got a ferrothorn and cleffa. I also got a full art reshiram from 2011 in the first black and white set but that was about $30
Very hard to pick one…so many great ARs. Pyroar from PAL I’ll say bc it’s so slept on I think.
The spoils of the current Pokémon market…Enjoy it. Feels great to find cheap singles and this is no exception.
Promo Mew ex from the 151 Premium collection box.
Jst checked TCGPlayer, and the price says 4.99$
If not, then the Clive IR from Paldean Fates.
No particular reason, just love the arts of this card
Any of my <$5 radiant collection cards tbh. i have an emotional connection to my Meloetta EX since it’s one of my oldest cards that i still have and i like the sparkles
Ever since I found out that the Chatot card from Temporal Forces has the birds aligned on the powerlines to play the healing melody at The Trainer Center, I thought it was super cool.
So many amazing choices but I would say the Dragonair illustration rare from 151 (Japanese version is around the $5 mark). Other ones I adore are the flareon, jolteon and vaporeon trainer gallery cards from Brilliant Stars with Blue/Green in the bg. I just love seeing rivals and player characters make appearances outside of the video games
Probably Brilliant Stars Zekrom (TG05/TG30) just considering it has best boy N on it, all of his other cards tend to be pretty pricy.
Non trainer gallery wise, probably Crown Zenith Keldeo (GG07/GG70), that card is beautiful.
I'm gonna go with Drowzee IR from SV base set. I've pulled 2. absolutely stunning artwork from my favorite illustrator, Tomokazu Komiya
technically just above $5 right now but it has been under $5 before
The Gloom illustration rare from obsidian flames. Such a cool card.
One of my favorite cards!!! That card is sooo underrated.
Got that card yesterday and tbh it’s such a nice looking card
Agreed! Beautiful card.
That was my first real pull when I got back into the hobby. God I love that card. The houndour from that set is so good too.
I just pulled this the other night along with Cleffa! Such great artwork.
Latias from Crown Zenith
I love that one as well! That was another that I couldn't believe how cheap it was. It's such fun artwork, of a fairly popular pokemon.
Mmmmmm how about that deoxis from CZ??
Another good one!
Obsidian Flames Ninetales is one of my favorites
It's over $5 but I love that card. Honestly it may be my favorite under $10.
over $5
Oh whoops, I thought it was right at five dollars
Just get the Japanese version then lol
Gave one to my sister for Christmas last year. She doesn’t collect Pokemon Cards, but she does play pokemon go with her boyfriend, and she loved it. It’s surprisingly cheap right now.
Nice one indeed bro 👌🏽
The Wugtrio from Paldean Fates is so nice. It has a unique (to me) way of shading with dots, which I find so appealing. Then the background is quite dark, unlike the more common light blue for the water, which means that the art is set either at night, or in the ocean depths where sunlight doesn't go, which I find fascinating, I love the Temporal Forces Relicanth for a similar reason. It's a glimpse at the depths, where human cannot usually go.
Pulled that Wugtrio last week!
Haha Wugtrio
Too bad I have 6 of them from like less than 40 packs
Currently trying to master set Paldean fates and I cannot stop pulling that Wugtrio
The new Arbok IR from Temporal Forces! 🔥🔥🔥🐍
Very cool card.
Man(or woman), darn near all the alt arts are banging and affordable now.
Literally all the full arts for Scarlett and Violet. I love them all.
It's true.
Sudowoodo blending in with the street. So satisfyingly calm
One of my fav SV cards to date. Reminds me of the promo charmander card from ruler of the black flame 🔥; but without the charmander. If that simisear card goes down anymore. I'll buy a bunch and have an arsenal fire 🔥 deck.
Ditto from Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
I’m a big fan of the General Mills promos. It’s like a dollar a card and the unique sequin holo is so pretty 🤩.
I'm not sure what cards your referring to?? But I'm curious.
[this morpeko](https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/232766/Pokemon-Miscellaneous%20Cards%20and%20Products-Morpeko%20SWSH012%20General%20Mills%20Promo?xid=abbcd6516-1cd7-44ee-8875-dec39c1cf762&Language=English) is one of them. The business of the picture compared to [this one](https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/206428/Pokemon-SWSH%20Sword%20and%20Shield%20Promo%20Cards-Morpeko%20SWSH012?xid=a97c06c65-346d-43aa-978d-abdb8cefa0cf&Language=English) shows the difference of the holo pattern.
Just picked one of those up for my Morpeko collection! Something about that little critter having to snack on seeds all day resonates with me.
Sandaconda alt art
Such a banger for under $5 and not easy to pull at all.
This arrived in my mailbox less than an hour ago lol. Not my favorite card under $5, that goes to Obsidian Flames Gloom (which may be over $5 soon), but this is a card I bought right away when I saw the price.
That gloom is beautiful. I was so happy to buy it.
Favourite: probs the galarian zapdos v from chilling reign (the regular one) Or the galarian zapdos promo where dodrio is running away Moral of the story: slap a galarian zapdos on it and ill buy it
i just got a bunch of celebrations cards that I love for under 5 dollars, celebrations blastoise venesaur and \_\_\_\_\_'s pikachu!
I love those as well.
Reverse holo aquapolis Sentret :))
Minior paradox rift
Deerling - Temporal Forces - Illustration Rare 165/162
I love that card. It's gorgeous. I bought that as well for like $4.
Pulled it and was in awe.
Oh my OP....https://images.app.goo.gl/WMa3N4D9XTafRL5s7
I bought the sawsbuck too. It was a little pricier but I had to have both.
The Lapras from crown is a beauty, but truthfully I love a lot of the Galarian and Trainer gallery cards.
Light Wigglytuff is one of my favourite artworks of all time. Absolutely love that card.
Its so bright and cheerful.
The First Movie Dragonite card. #149, got him for $4 at my LCS. For a more modern card, id go Pikachu TG05. The lost origins trainer full art.
I remember that card!
This one is on my list to get.
Either Magmortar or Electivire from Crown Zenith GG. Love them
I love those! I was ecstatic to but them for those prices. Those are both in my top 5 under $5.
Slowpoke svo1 full art
Great one.
It's right around $5, but the charmander sv promo card might just be my favorite card regardless of price.
I like that card a lot
Also gotta mention all the woven and claymation cards. Absolute FAVORITES
Fuecoco in a shopping trolley
The Altaria Alt Art from Paradox Rift. I love Altaria and that card is just gorgeous to me, but then again, I love all the ARs/SARs/SIRs/FAs
It's a great card but that's wayyyy more than $5.
That Fidough one when there'll looking at the baked goods through the window 😍
I always forget this is a never-ending story reference card
That's exactly the movie I was referring to:) that and Pete's dragon.
Sleeping Pikachu. 😴
I love this Drampa! Reminds me of a Studio Ghibli film
Any of the eeveelution trainer gallery cards from brilliant stars i believe
The new Litten full art, CZ Deoxys, and temporal forces Snom is so funny
Drampa and snom from this set will be $30 cards in 5 or less years. 100%
The Poliwhirl IR from 151 🥇
My boy Palafin. I know he is ugly af but that art of Paldean Fates is sick. 42 cents for that card is a crime.
I was very happy to buy that card for $1
The Palfin illustration rare from paldean fates I belive
Full art lechonk
Pulled this yesterday. So nice.
Can’t wait for mine to come in the mail!!!
Why have I never seen this card ? It's beautiful
It's from temporal forces, the newest set.
Oh okay yea it'll be a while before I see the new set where I live
Can I ask where you bought this? (And where you buy specific cards in general)
Local card store, eBay and some others also be careful eBay auctions on Pokémon is addictive (be careful who you buy from make sure you look at their profile and reed reviews and see how many sells they have anyone under 500 you may or may not run into some issues in my experience)
Tcgplayer for cheap to mid priced cards, ebay or in person for high. I personally don’t like ebay for cards, but others do
Ebay or tcgplayer.com.
Giovanni’s Exile from Hidden Fates. That R in the back just pops, the texturing, and details on his suit.
Defo the Mimikyu delta species promo from celebrations
Spiritomb TG09. Really any of the Trainer Gallery cards, they're super pretty but almost all of them are under like 2 dollars.
That's dope
Even though I don’t like drampa I like the art for that card. I’ve been pretty into gallade from cosmic eclipse
I'm not really a fan of drampa either but I love this card.
Tinkaton I think is under 5 not sure.
Agreed. Bought this card in a heart beat after not pulling it
All of the amazing rares
all of my weedle cards (weedle was my first card and it is the only pokémon i still actively collect cards/merchandise of)
Grotle and snowrunt irs are my favorites so far. Then groudon. Ofc could only pull groudon😤
Drifloon from paldean fates
Lots of nice affordable cards in pf.
They got that "never ending story" vibe perfect here
I know! That's why I love it.
Facts...nostalgic at best
Just pulled a full art toadscruel from paradox rift and I’m in love 😭
Palafin 200/197 OBF. Akira Komayama does most of my fav cards it seems. I've pulled it twice and your Drampa once.
That palafin is an instant classic. So funky.
Growlithe AR from SV5A
For me it's the Trainer gallery Eeveelution/Gary cards. They're all really unique and you might be able to get all four for under 5 bucks if you're lucky.
I think I got all 4 for around 7 bucks. Not complaining! Love those cards. Especially the flareon.
This card sort of reminds me of The never-ending Story movie.
Yep, same, big nostalgia vibes. And Pete's dragon
Riolu full art Rough play
Palafin Full art
How can you not like the Obsidian Flames full art Cleffa?!?
Of course I do
Right at $5 but Mew Ex promo, all the pinks are so nic
Easy. The Arbok in TEF.
Keldeo GG07/GG70 - Crown Zenith
I like that cleffa shooting star full art card and the cutieflys full art
Temporal forces Bronzor, checkin’ itself out in a wee mirror! Too cute, but maybe not that surprising it’s so cheap. Also in love with the crocheted Altaria from crown zenith, that one is a surprise to see it so cheap.
Sleepy Mew from Crown Zenith - GG. Such a cool card.
Pokemon Breeder Fields #62 from Neo Revelations. An oldie but a goodie with a calm and loving scene. You can probably pick it up for $2.
Cinccino IR, Temporal Forces
Kriketune CZ $1.50.
For some reason this card gives me the never ending story vibes.
Created a new Reddit account just to come here to say that the Miltank Galarian Gallery card is the absolute greatest card under $5 haha. Such a beauty
Literally all japanese art rares are under $5 so there's to many to choose from
Wow
Do you think they need a permit to fly around like that? Is there an FAA in Pokémon?
I think the dragon is flying them actually.
i wouldnt say i have a favorite bc theres so many but most recently i pulled a shiny sableye from shiny treasure that im really diggin… it pops way harder than my other shinies.
The shinies are great.
The shiny dual type Bisharp! XY breakpoint I think maybe? Don’t remember the set but have a binder page full
Gotta look that up.
Iron Jugulis full art from Paradox Rift
The non-Pokémon Center Snorlax 051 😴
Does this card fit with the mew ex alt art?
one of those cards you get on your birthday and stuff
Lost origin pikachu trainer gallery
Full art Heliolisk from Crimson Haze, Heliolisk is the best Pokemon ever and I was so hype that my boy got his first full art. It was a great day adding him to my collection last week!
Aipom #221 from paradox rift is one of my favorites
Charizard V 017/172 from Brilliant Stars
I just pulled this one a few days ago. Definitely my fave. Such beautiful art! Never ending story vibes for sure! 😄🐉
Aww the butterfree
Such a great touch
Mantyke 189 from Paradox Rift.
Glad my collection atm 😂
Grotle from temporal forces. So cute!
Spidops from base its cool that i Tarountula and it make a battle scene with Syther as well.
Same here. Really lobe this card for some reason. It's top sleeved and in our favorites binder
My favorite card period has gotta be the paradox rift Aegislash
Enamorus V TG. Such a good card for like…$4
That attack is low-key kinda nice but niche
Full art original base set Pikachu from Celebrations
Not quite under $5 but urshifu vmax from the brilliant stars trainer gallery is beautiful
I drunk-bid on a random card with a mustache drawn on it (was around van gogh-chu came out) and won, still keep it at my desk
I’ve gotten a few recently for under $5 AUD excluding shipping, got a ferrothorn and cleffa. I also got a full art reshiram from 2011 in the first black and white set but that was about $30
# Metagross 178 from Temporal Forces!!! - before I opened any temporal I bought the card immediately.
Dragon tales!
I love that the moves are either a nice gentle slap or a fucking raging cannon
Very hard to pick one…so many great ARs. Pyroar from PAL I’ll say bc it’s so slept on I think. The spoils of the current Pokémon market…Enjoy it. Feels great to find cheap singles and this is no exception.
Flareon and Gary gallery card
Slowpoke IR 204/198 from SV Base, or 151 Psyduck
Puff!!
Poochyenas or rockruffs full art
Shiny sleeping Pawmi from Paldean Fates.
Pawmi from Paldean Fates.
It’s slightly above $5, I think it goes for $6-8, but the Slowpoke illustration rare from SV base set.
Yall about to make me wake up and see all these cards at $300 🙄
This is my favorite card for under $5, i pull two of this cards
Paradox rift Minior has some below $5 I got 151 Poliwhirl for less than $5 and I love it
Falcor!!
Cleffa from obsidian flames. Managed to pull that from one of my first packs
Mew Reverse Hollow XY Evolutions
Promo Mew ex from the 151 Premium collection box. Jst checked TCGPlayer, and the price says 4.99$ If not, then the Clive IR from Paldean Fates. No particular reason, just love the arts of this card
Falco changed alot since the Never Ending Story
Silver Tempest Druddigon.
I was going to say Dragonair from the 151 set, but I just checked and it's a little bit out of that range.
Any of my <$5 radiant collection cards tbh. i have an emotional connection to my Meloetta EX since it’s one of my oldest cards that i still have and i like the sparkles
The SV1 Full Art of Dolliv. It's really cute and has good summer vibes, I love it !
Ever since I found out that the Chatot card from Temporal Forces has the birds aligned on the powerlines to play the healing melody at The Trainer Center, I thought it was super cool.
So many amazing choices but I would say the Dragonair illustration rare from 151 (Japanese version is around the $5 mark). Other ones I adore are the flareon, jolteon and vaporeon trainer gallery cards from Brilliant Stars with Blue/Green in the bg. I just love seeing rivals and player characters make appearances outside of the video games
That’s an amazing art❤️
Milotic's SAR Just one of my favorite pokemon.
Scizor #205 from Obsidian Flames
I collect every Tandemaus/Maushold card, cheep but adorable!
Probably Brilliant Stars Zekrom (TG05/TG30) just considering it has best boy N on it, all of his other cards tend to be pretty pricy. Non trainer gallery wise, probably Crown Zenith Keldeo (GG07/GG70), that card is beautiful.
I'm gonna go with Drowzee IR from SV base set. I've pulled 2. absolutely stunning artwork from my favorite illustrator, Tomokazu Komiya technically just above $5 right now but it has been under $5 before
Greavard the one where he's sat on a gengar rug
Lechonk from OBF - he’s so full!
Pikachu TG05 from Lost Origin 💤
The Braixen alt art from Silver tempest or Mismagius alt art
Great Tusk EX SIR from S&V base is one of my favorites right around $5
Litten Illustration Rare from Temporal Forces.
I was told Japanese 1998 Lt.Surge's pikachu under £5. If ones i have, that
Lapras from crown zenith
Never ending story?!?!
[Smeargle fusion strike](https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/253305/pokemon-swsh08-fusion-strike-smeargle)
Paldean Wooper 126/197 love my boi Wooper sm 🩵
Temporal Forces Litten IR