First Pokémon UNITE world trophy listed for $400,000

Junglebook, a member of the team that won the first Pokémon UNITE World Championship, has listed his 2022 trophy for $400,000. He posted the offer on X on 30 October, days after news emerged that the game’s service will end on 23 March 2027.

Junglebook won the title with North American team BLVKHVND at the 2022 Pokémon World Championships in London. His listing describes the trophy as being in pristine condition, and he says its price is negotiable. He is also open to trades, including high-end graded Pokémon cards.

A trophy from UNITE’s first world final

The trophy depicts Pikachu holding a smaller trophy while standing on a Poké Ball. Junglebook says he earned it by taking first place in the first year Pokémon UNITE was included in the World Championships, and that only he has held it, during the 2022 awards ceremony.

That championship took place at ExCeL London from 18 to 21 August 2022. The UNITE event had a $500,000 prize pool, with BLVKHVND beating Nouns Esports in the grand final. BLVKHVND received $100,000, while Nouns collected $75,000 for second place.

The same core of players won again a year later as Luminosity Gaming in Yokohama, becoming the only two-time UNITE world champions. FENNEL won the title in 2024, while ZETA DIVISION beat KOMAÏ in this year’s event in San Francisco.

Asking price remains untested

A 2024 Pokémon World Championships trophy from Honolulu sold through auction house Goldin in May 2025 for $12,810 including fees, following 22 bids. Junglebook’s $400,000 asking price is more than 30 times that sale figure and four times BLVKHVND’s team prize for winning the 2022 UNITE final.

Before his listing appeared, a thread on the r/PokeInvesting subreddit used the same photos to ask how a World Championship trophy should be valued and sold. It is unclear whether Junglebook posted the thread. According to Pokémon collector account PokeTCGAlerts, replies suggested values between $10,000 and $50,000.

The listing is an offer, not a completed sale, so it does not establish the trophy’s market value. UNITE’s scheduled shutdown means no further world titles will be added after the game closes. Whether Junglebook sells the first championship trophy, and for how much, remains to be seen.