After Years Searching for Popstars, The X Factor and American Idol's Simon Cowell Is Now Hunting for Pokémon Cards

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Music mogul Simon Cowell has been spotted spending immoderate of his reported $600 cardinal luck connected costly Pokémon cards.

The X Factor and American Idol prima was precocious photographed portion attending the London Trading Card amusement held successful South London, astatine Croydon Boxpark.

It was determination that Cowell, 65, purchased a Rayquaza VMAX Alt Art card, graded PSA 10 for quality. The trader who sold Cowell the paper past snapped a photograph of the deal, and posted it to their Instagram.

Image credit: Onfire Trading Cards / Instagram.

Pokémon paper seller Onfire Trading Cards stated that Cowell "was picking up each sorts" astir the amusement alongside his uncommon Rayquaza — which has a thoroughfare worth of up to $2,700 alone.

Responding to instrumentality questions connected Instagram, the trader said it was "one of my galore regrets" helium hadn't thought to sing for Cowell astatine the aforesaid time.

Other fans suggested Cowell was apt purchasing cards for his 11-year-old son, Eric.

The Pokémon TCG remains hugely popular, with cards regularly changing hands for eye-watering amounts of money. Even packs that are inactive readily disposable contiguous tin incorporate cards worthy decent sums, arsenic IGN's usher to the astir costly cards from the 151 enlargement of the Scarlet & Violet acceptable details. (Want a Charizard ex? You're looking astatine implicit $180.)

Some of the rarest Pokémon cards of each clip are not for sale, nevertheless — specified arsenic the one-of-a-kind Popplio that was signed by Pope Leo earlier this month. As IGN reported, the fortunate proprietor of that peculiar paper has said they'll beryllium keeping their prize forever, aft it was signed and blessed by the pontiff. Unless Simon Cowell wants to marque an offer?

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Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

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