Who is Leonhart? The YouTuber Gets $75K Worth Extremely Rare Pokemon Charizard Card Live
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YouTuber Leonhart lost it on air after getting a Shadowless Charizard Pokemon card from the previous set. The Base Set Pokemon Trading Card Game collectible is exceedingly rare and can fetch up to $75,000 on the secondary market.
With millions of fans on YouTube, Lee ‘Leonhart’ Steinfeld has primarily become the face of Pokemon cards. Fans of the Nintendo franchise come to see the 34-year-old track down the TCG’s most expensive artifacts.
On October 30, during his webcast, the content producer received the “luckiest draw of all time,” according to several of his followers. The collector won one of the most prized Charizard cards, valued thousands of dollars, during the show.
Youtuber Leonhart Goes Wild After Pulling Rare Charizard Pokemon Card
After opening a Base Set booster package that had been unopened since 1999, the YouTuber only had three packs left. Things were looking bleak for the content developer withdrawing the beloved Fire-type starter after an hour and a half of misses.
Leonhart, on the other hand, was stunned when he pulled the Shadowless Charizard from his final bundle. “A CHARIZARD IN THE LAST PACK!” exclaimed the Pokemon fan, who was overjoyed.
“Oh my God, I’ve had to come to a halt.” He shook and exclaimed, “I’m ready to pass out here,” before restraining himself long enough to sleeve and fasten the card safely. “For the first time in history, my friends, a Charizard in the last pack!” Leonhart was taken aback by his incredible luck after giving it some time to sink in.
“Oh, my goodness. My friends, you can’t write it much better than this. I’m about to pass out. I’m about to pass out. He described himself as a “Shadowless Charizard.” The vintage Nintendo item is particularly uncommon because it is a restricted early edition with no shadow surrounding the holographic’s border.
During the stream, the Pokemon YouTuber disclosed that the Base Set box he opened had been sealed since 1999 and originated from a Wizards of the Coast employee. In terms of the value itself, At a PWCC auction in 2021, a PSA graded 10 variant of the Shadowless Charizard sold for over $75,000.
Who is Leonhart?
Lee Steinfeld, better known on YouTube as Leonhart, is a YouTube sensation best known for his Pokemon videos. He has approximately 1,300,000 YouTube subscribers as of March 2021.
Star is well-known for the stuff on his Leonhart channel. His Pokemon-related work, such as card openings, voiceovers, and Let’s Plays, has won him a following there.
On November 28, 2014, he started uploading videos to his YouTube channel on a daily basis.
Since its inception, he has amassed over 1.1 million subscribers to his YouTube channel. “How To Find & Catch Pikachu – Pokemon GO,” one of his most popular videos there, has over 200,000 views.
