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Basic Metal Energy 16 price — what is this card worth today?

The market price is $1.68 and the cheapest listing is $1.01.

Measured against 22,496 tracked price entries — price data read August 14, 2026

How much is Basic Metal Energy 16 worth right now?

The market price of Basic Metal Energy 16 is $1.68, and the cheapest ungraded copy on sale is $1.01. The price moved +13.5% over the last 30 days and +29.2% over 90 days. Both figures were read on August 14, 2026.

Prices are read once a day from public marketplace listings and stored in this site's own archive — 381 daily readings, the oldest from July 30, 2025.

CommonHolofoilUnlimited and Standard and Expanded

Basic Metal Energy 16Scarlet & Violet Energies

Basic Metal Energy 16 price summary

Common · English · released 2023 · 0 HP

Market price now$1.68+2.4% 7 days$1.64 7 days ago
as of August 14, 2026 (14 days ago)
7-day change+2.4%$1.64 → $1.68
90-day change+29.2%$1.30 → $1.68
1-year change-5.6%$1.78 → $1.68
Market stateRisingRisingFlatFalling$1.28$1.7590 days +29.2% · swing 36.7%
83% of the way up its 1-year range
TCGplayer listings from $1.01Search on eBayEuropean pricesCardmarket · plain link

The figure on the button is the cheapest TCGplayer listing read on August 14, 2026 (market price $1.68). We do not collect eBay or Cardmarket asking prices yet, so those buttons open a live search instead of showing a number.

Card detailsBasicRetreat 0Unlimited and Standard and ExpandedStats, weakness, attack costs and the evolution line
RarityCommonSetScarlet & Violet Energies
Card number16
LanguageEnglishSet release2023-03-31

How the price moved

7-day price trend +2.4% · the same 7 values are in the table below.
7-day price trend +2.4%
DateMarket price7-day start
2026.08.08$1.65$1.65
2026.08.09$1.66$1.65
2026.08.10$1.65$1.65
2026.08.11$1.65$1.65
2026.08.12$1.65$1.65
2026.08.13$1.67$1.65
2026.08.14 · Today$1.68$1.65
30-day price trend +13.5% · the same 11 values are in the table below.
30-day price trend +13.5%
DateMarket price30-day start
2026.07.16$1.44$1.44
2026.07.19$1.58$1.44
2026.07.22$1.58$1.44
2026.07.25$1.60$1.44
2026.07.28$1.70$1.44
2026.07.31$1.75$1.44
2026.08.02$1.72$1.44
2026.08.05$1.68$1.44
2026.08.08$1.65$1.44
2026.08.11$1.65$1.44
2026.08.14 · Today$1.68$1.44
90-day price trend +29.2% · the same 11 values are in the table below.
90-day price trend +29.2%
DateMarket price90-day start
2026.05.17$1.30$1.30
2026.05.26$1.36$1.30
2026.06.04$1.47$1.30
2026.06.13$1.46$1.30
2026.06.22$1.47$1.30
2026.07.01$1.43$1.30
2026.07.09$1.43$1.30
2026.07.18$1.54$1.30
2026.07.27$1.64$1.30
2026.08.05$1.68$1.30
2026.08.14 · Today$1.68$1.30
1-year price trend -5.6% · the same 16 values are in the table below.
1-year price trend -5.6%
DateMarket price1-year start
2025.08.15 · 1-year high$1.77$1.77
2025.09.08$1.70$1.77
2025.10.03$1.55$1.77
2025.10.27 · 1-year low$1.11$1.77
2025.11.20$1.16$1.77
2025.12.14$1.18$1.77
2026.01.08$1.20$1.77
2026.02.01$1.15$1.77
2026.02.25$1.30$1.77
2026.03.21$1.29$1.77
2026.04.15$1.29$1.77
2026.05.09$1.31$1.77
2026.06.02$1.46$1.77
2026.06.26$1.46$1.77
2026.07.21$1.60$1.77
2026.08.14 · Today$1.68$1.77

$1.64 7 days ago → $1.68 now +2.4%$1.48 30 days ago → $1.68 now +13.5%$1.30 90 days ago → $1.68 now +29.2%1-year low $1.08 · high $1.80 · now 83% of the way up -5.6%

Where to buy this card

Only the TCGplayer figure is a price we hold — the other two open a live search.

Marketplaces that list it 3

  • TCGplayerUngraded copies, United States$1.01cheapest listingLowestMarket price $1.68 on August 14, 2026See listings
  • eBayBuy It Now, lowest first—not collected yetSee listings
  • CardmarketEurope—not collected yetSee listings

For reference · graded copies at auction not collected

  • Fanatics CollectGraded copies, auction—not collected yet—A graded copy is a different product from the raw card priced above.See auctions

Prices read on August 14, 2026. Shipping and import duty are not included because we do not collect them yet. The TCGplayer link is an affiliate link and the others are plain links; the price is the same whichever one you use.

Price position · 1 year83% of its rangeLow $1.08 · high $1.80Where to buy$1.01 cheapestMarket $1.68 · highest $25.20Other prints14 other prints$0.13 to $33.89 against $1.68 here

Printings

Print record →
  • HolofoilThe only printing of this cardMarket $1.68 · lowest $1.01 · highest $25.20$2market

1 print type on recordWhat you could pick wrong →

Where it ranks

Among the 171 Basic cards with a price on file, this one is number 25 at $1.68.

Among Pokédex #000 cardsNo. 2of 5 priced printsEvolution line1 stagespriced prints on record

What stands out on Basic Metal Energy 16 today

  • Price It sits 83% of the way up its 1-year range, between $1.08 and $1.80, at $1.68 today.
  • Printings Only one printing exists — Holofoil — so there is no wrong version to buy, and no print premium to gain either.
  • Rank No. 25 of 171 priced Basic cards, and No. 2 of 5 priced prints of this Pokémon.
  • Record 381 daily snapshots since July 30, 2025 stand behind every figure above.

6 of what decides the price of Basic Metal Energy 16 — each card opens the section that answers it

Where does the price sit today?83%of its 1-year rangeLow $1.08 · high $1.80 · now $1.68 · 365 days measuredPrice historyHow much does the printing change it?1finishes on recordHolofoil$1.68One finish is on record — the Holofoil printingPrint variantsWhere does it rank among its own?No. 2of 5No. 1Basic Metal Energy$33.89No. 2Basic Metal Energy$1.68No. 3Basic Metal Energy$1.450 moreNo. 2Basic Metal Energy 16$1.68Top of the list is Basic Metal Energy at $33.89Pokemon rankingHow far apart are the prints?20.2×top vs this one
  • SV: Shrouded Fable 099/064$33.89
  • SVE: Scarlet & Violet Energies 016$1.68
  • Prize Pack Series Cards 008$1.45
  • Prize Pack Series Cards 008$1.09
  • +10
14 prints carry this name; the dearest is $33.89Same name, other printsHow dear is it for its grade?No. 25of 171 BasicMeasured against every priced Basic cardGrade rankingWhere can you buy it?$1.01cheapest listingCheapest listing$1.01Market price$1.68Dearest listing$25.20Sellers ask a wide range, so the listing you pick decides most of what you payWhere to buy

Basic Metal Energy 16 at a glance

  • What it costs. The market price is $1.68 and the cheapest listing is $1.01. Graded copies are not included in either figure.
  • How it moved. +2.4% over 7 days, +13.5% over 30 days, +29.2% over 90 days and -5.6% over one year, on 381 days of daily snapshots.
  • What it is. A Common printed in Scarlet & Violet Energies, released March 31, 2023, with 0 HP and a weakness.
  • Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only — it is outside the Standard rotation, so demand comes from collectors rather than tournament players.
  • What this page does not claim. Graded prices, population counts and sealed product values are not published here, because no free commercial data source provides them.
  • When it was read. Every figure on this page comes from the snapshot taken on August 14, 2026.
Source: Read once a day from public marketplace listings into this site's own archive — 381 daily readings

Basic Metal Energy 16 price history — where does it sit today?

The line below plots the last 90 daily closes against the 90-day average. The table underneath compares four windows against the same reading on August 14, 2026.

Basic Metal Energy 16 market price, last 90 days
Daily market price in US dollars, May 17, 2026 to August 14, 2026. Drawn from 90 daily readings, sampled to 19 points; all 90 are listed as text below.
Basic Metal Energy 16 market price over 90 days — low $1.28, high $1.75, now $1.68
Reading dateMarket price90-day average
May 17, 2026$1.30$1.28
May 22, 2026$1.28$1.28
May 27, 2026$1.36$1.28
June 1, 2026$1.46$1.29
June 6, 2026$1.43$1.30
June 11, 2026$1.47$1.31
June 16, 2026$1.51$1.32
June 21, 2026$1.47$1.33
June 26, 2026$1.46$1.34
July 1, 2026$1.43$1.35
July 6, 2026$1.41$1.36
July 11, 2026$1.43$1.36
July 16, 2026$1.44$1.37
July 21, 2026$1.60$1.39
July 26, 2026$1.62$1.41
July 31, 2026$1.75$1.44
August 5, 2026$1.68$1.46
August 10, 2026$1.65$1.48
August 14, 2026$1.68$1.50
Market price90-day averageToday $1.68381 days on file
Basic Metal Energy 16 price change by window
WindowPrice thenPrice nowChangeRange in windowPosition in range
7 days$1.64$1.68+2.4%$1.64 – $1.68100%
30 days$1.48$1.68+13.5%$1.44 – $1.7577%
90 days$1.30$1.68+29.2%$1.28 – $1.7585%
1 year$1.78$1.68-5.6%$1.08 – $1.8083%

Position in range means how high the current price sits between the lowest and highest reading of that window. 0% is the floor of the window and 100% is its ceiling.

Over the last 90 days the price moved between $1.28 and $1.75, and it now sits 85% of the way up that range. Measured against the reading 90 days ago it is +29.2%.

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Which print variants of 16 exist, and what do they cost?

Basic Metal Energy 16 is on record in the Holofoil finish, and that is the only finish this site holds a price for. Any other finish is marked no price record below, which is not the same as saying the card was never printed that way.

  • PrintedHolofoilThe artwork itself is foiled.$1.68market
Check before you buy — the finish is told apart by where the foil sits

HolofoilThis card

The artwork itself is foiled

Reverse HolofoilNo price record

The border around the artwork is foiled

Only the Holofoil finish is on record for Basic Metal Energy 16, so there is no second finish here to pick wrongly between — and no print premium showing in these figures. A finish with no price record is marked that way above, not as one the card was never given.
The finish on record for this card, and the other finish beside it for comparison

Holofoil$1.68

Basic Metal Energy 16 — Scarlet & Violet Energies 16, Holofoil finish

The artwork itself catches the light

The artwork itself is foiled.

Market price on record for this finish — lowest listing $1.01, highest $25.20 — 15× the market price, unusually wide.

Reverse HolofoilExample — a different card

Basic Fire Energy 10 — shown as an example of the Reverse Holofoil finish

The area outside the picture catches the light

The border around the artwork is foiled instead.

This pane is Basic Fire Energy 10, a card from the same set, borrowed so the two finishes can be compared side by side. Basic Metal Energy 16 has no Reverse Holofoil on record here, and that is a statement about our price record rather than a claim about what was printed.

The left pane is Basic Metal Energy 16. The right pane is a different card, standing in so the two finishes can be held side by side — this card has no Reverse Holofoil on record here. Compare where the light sits, not the cards themselves. If you have motion reduced on your device the tilt stops and only the light remains.

On cards that were given several finishes the gap is wide — an early 1st Edition print can run five to eight times the plain one. Same artwork, same number, and the price is decided by a single mark under the picture.

Basic Metal Energy 16 carries none of that risk here, because one finish is all this site holds a price for. The flip side is that there is no print premium showing in these figures — what moves this price is the grade and whether the copy is genuine.

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Where does Basic Metal Energy 16 rank among Basic Metal Energy cards?

The record for this Pokémon is $33.89, and this card is 5% of it

Bars are measured against the record, not against the whole archive
  • Basic Metal Energy 099/064the record among Basic Metal Energy printsSV: Shrouded Fable · the highest price on record for this Pokémon$33.89
  • Basic Metal Energy 16against that record, at number 2 of 55% of the record · the record is 20× this card$1.68

The record is the dearest print of this Pokémon that carries a price on the day of the snapshot. 5 prints are on record.

Bars are measured against the dearest print, Basic Metal Energy at $33.89.

5 prints of this Pokémon are on record; 5 of them carry a price, and 5 are shown here

Among the priced prints of this Pokémon this card is number 2 of 5. The top of the list is held by early releases, which is the plainest sign that the year of printing moves the price more than the character does.

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How far apart are the Basic Metal Energy prints in price?

This name was printed 14 times across different sets. Some share the very same artwork in a different edition; others carry different art or different attacks under the same name. Set, rarity and version, not the Pokémon, decide the gap between them.

Dearest printBasic Metal EnergyBasic Metal EnergySV: Shrouded Fable 099/064Hyper Rare$33.89
20.2×Same name · same 0 HP
$33.89 vs $1.68
This cardBasic Metal Energy 16Basic Metal Energy 16Scarlet & Violet Energies 16Common$1.68

Bar height and the number above each bar = prints that year; the two digits below = the year.

Bars are measured against the dearest print, Basic Metal Energy 099/064 at $33.89.

14 prints carry this name, and every one of them that has a price is shown above

The cards themselves are identical. Same 0 HP, same attacks. What splits the price is not the card but which box it came out of — the rarity mark and the size of the set together decide how hard one was to pull.

Put the rarity marks and the set sizes side by side and the order explains itself: the smaller the set and the scarcer the mark, the dearer the print.

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How expensive is Basic Metal Energy 16 for a Basic card?

171 Basic cards carry a price. The bars show how those prices are spread, and the rows below place this card at number 25 among them.

  • $0–$10 — this card 95.3%
    163
  • $10–$25 1.8%
    3
  • $25–$50 0.6%
    1
  • $50–$100 1.8%
    3
  • $100–$250 0.6%
    1
  • $250 and up 0%
    0

171 priced Basic cards, counted from the August 14, 2026 snapshot. The bars give the shape of the group; the rows below give this card's own place in it.

Basic Metal Energy 16 — Scarlet & Violet Energies
Basic Metal EnergyScarlet & Violet Energies 16

Basic Metal Energy 16 costs $1.68, which makes it number 25 of the 171 Basic cards that carry a price. The typical Basic card costs $0.28, and the dearest is $149.98 (Darkness Energy).

  • This card$1.68
  • Typical Basic card — the group median$0.28
  • Dearest Basic card on record$149.98
Darkness Energy — Call of Legends 94/95 · the dearest Basic card at $149.98

The top of this group is Darkness Energy at $149.98 — the dearest Basic card on record.

This card costs $1.68, which is dearer than 86% of the group.

Every figure in this panel is counted over the same set: the 171 Basic cards that carry a price in the market index this site reads, read August 14, 2026. Each bar is how far up the group that figure sits — the median is the halfway mark, the middle half reaches three quarters and the dearest card fills it. Prices move, so the ranking moves with them.

Bars are measured against the dearest Basic card, Darkness Energy 94/95 at $149.98.

171 Basic cards carry a price; the rows above are the top of the list and this card with its immediate neighbours

Among the 171 priced Basic cards this one is number 25. It sits above the group median of $0.28, and the dearest Basic card is $149.98 — being in the same class does not carry the price with it.

The rows either side of it show how tight this part of the list is: $1.84 one place above and $1.63 one place below, a difference of $0.21 across three places. Rank moves quickly here, price barely does.

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Where is Basic Metal Energy 16 cheapest to buy — the total across marketplaces

These are the cheapest copies on each marketplace, ordered by the total you pay once shipping is added. Read the asking price alone and the order flips.

Example figures, not collected prices. The measured price of this card is $1.68 (August 14, 2026).

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Cheapest Basic Metal Energy 16 listing on each marketplace, lowest total first
MarketplaceAsking priceShippingTotalWhy it sits here
eBay$248.00Free$248.00Lowest total · affiliate link
TCGplayer$248.27$5.49$253.76+$5.76 · affiliate link
Cardmarket€211.50€8.90$258.40+$10.40 · Europe · standard link
Fanatics Collect$1,275.00Auction—PSA 10 · 2 days left · 14 bids · standard link

Example figures. Only the total column decides the order — an asking price on its own does not.

Asking prices differ by $0.27Add shipping and the gap is $10.40That is 38× wider

  • eBayFree shippingTotal $248.00 · +$0.00
  • TCGplayerShipping $5.49Total $253.76 · +$5.76
  • CardmarketShipping €8.90 + dutyTotal $258.40 · +$10.40

The cheapest total is $248.00 at eBay, and the dearest of the marketplaces that quote a total is $258.40 — a spread of $10.40 on a card whose asking prices sit within $0.27 of each other. Shipping, not the sticker price, is what decides it.

A price quoted in euros moves with the exchange rate, and an order that crosses a border can pick up import duty on arrival, so a European total can change place between one day and the next.

Basic Metal Energy 16 asking prices on TCGplayer
FigureAmountWhat it means
Lowest listing$1.01The cheapest copy on sale right now.
Direct price$2.06The cheapest copy shipped by the marketplace itself.
Market price$1.68What recent sales actually settled at.
Median listing$1.75The middle of every asking price on the page.
Highest listing$25.20The most expensive copy on sale, usually a graded or signed one.

Read on August 14, 2026. A listing price is what a seller asks; the market price is what buyers paid.

Basic Metal Energy 16 price spread on TCGplayer

The gap between the lowest and the highest asking price, in US dollars.
  • Lowest 1USD
  • Direct 2.1USD
  • Market 1.7USD
  • Median 1.8USD
  • Highest 25.2USD

The gap between the cheapest copy on sale and what buyers actually settled at is $0.67. That gap is the room you have to negotiate or to wait out — the market price is the honest middle, and the lowest listing is one seller, on one day, in one condition.

Prices here are for the card alone. Shipping, import duty and marketplace fees are added on top by the seller, and on cross-border orders they can move the order of the marketplaces around.

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Basic Metal Energy 16 in depth — what the numbers mean

The figures from the sections above, tied together once more.

One card, three different places — the answer to "how highly does it rank" changes with the group you measure it against.

This is where Basic Metal Energy 16 stands highest — number 25 of 171 cards printed in the same class. The rows beside it are the same card measured other ways, and they do not agree.

The same card, ranked three ways

Bars are how far up each list this card sits — longer is dearer
  • Among Basic Metal Energy printsof 5 priced prints · top 20%No. 2
  • Among Basic cardsof 171 cards · top 14%You are hereNo. 25

What makes the price of Basic Metal Energy

  1. Basic Metal Energy — the Pokémon this card is, and the group it is ranked inside
  2. Common — Scarlet & Violet Energies, so supply came from how many packs of that set were opened, at the rate this rarity is inserted
  3. Basic — the class it was printed as, and the group its price is measured against

Set against cards like it

Basic Metal Energy$33.89
Basic Metal Energy$1.68
Basic Metal Energy$1.45
Basic Metal Energy 16$1.68

What holds the price where it is

  • It sits at 83% of its own 1-year range, between $1.08 and $1.80 — priced where it has usually been
  • Legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, so it is not bought to fill a tournament deck
  • 381 daily readings stand behind every figure above
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Which cheaper cards fill the same slot as Basic Metal Energy 16?

Cards that fill the same slot as Basic Metal Energy 16
CardSetHPTop damageRetreatMarket price
Darkness Energy [94]Call of Legends00$149.98
Water Energy [90]Call of Legends00$145.79
Lightning Energy [91]Call of Legends00$114.59
Fairy Energy [169]Burning Shadows00$88.09
Grass Energy [88]Call of Legends00$78.70
Psychic Energy [92]Call of Legends00$77.46

0 of the 6 cards here cost less than $1.68, and the cheapest of them is $77.46 — $-75.78 below this card. Every one of them asks a deck for the same slot, so that gap is what you pay for this particular printing rather than for what it does.

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Basic Metal Energy 16 card details

Basic Metal Energy 16 — what a listing has to match
SetScarlet & Violet EnergiesCard number16 of 8
ReleasedMarch 31, 2023SeriesScarlet & Violet
RarityCommon

Read from the set listing and the printed card face.

Print finishes on record for this card

  • HolofoilOn record · $1.68

One finish is on record for this card. With a single finish there is no "which version should I buy", and the price moves as one line.

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Which Pokémon cards moved most since yesterday?

Measured across 30,444 priced cards between August 13, 2026 and August 14, 2026. Cards under $5 and moves under half a percent are left out, because rounding alone can produce them.

Biggest gains since yesterday

Biggest falls since yesterday

Both lists are recalculated once a day, after the source archive is refreshed — the readings compared here are August 13, 2026 against August 14, 2026. Cards under $5 are left out of the ranking, because a one-cent move on a card worth a few cents becomes a double-digit percentage and would bury everything else.

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Basic Metal Energy 16 price — frequently asked questions

How much is Basic Metal Energy 16 worth?

Basic Metal Energy 16 has a market price of $1.68, and the cheapest copy on sale is $1.01, read on August 14, 2026. Both figures are for ungraded cards.

Is Basic Metal Energy 16 rare?

Basic Metal Energy 16 is a Common, which means it was pulled from Scarlet & Violet Energies packs at the rate that rarity is inserted into them. Its supply is set by how many packs were opened, and it carries the set number printed under the picture. Among 5 priced Basic Metal Energy prints it sits at number 2, so it sits in the middle third of what this Pokémon costs — dearer than most prints, but not one of the chased ones.

Why is another Basic Metal Energy selling for much more?

Basic Metal Energy was printed in 14 different sets. The artwork looks alike, but the set name and the card number under the picture are different, and so is the price. Check the number before you buy.

Should I get Basic Metal Energy graded?

No grading figure for Basic Metal Energy 16 is published here. Graded prices and population counts come from paid grading services under commercial plans that are not in use on this site, so the question cannot be answered with data. What can be said is the ungraded price above, which is the floor any grading decision starts from.

Is the German or French Basic Metal Energy cheaper?

No. The six European language printings of Basic Metal Energy share one product record, so they trade at the same price. Only the Japanese release is a separate card, because Japan uses a different set and numbering system.

Does tournament play affect what Basic Metal Energy 16 sells for?

Yes, and mostly by keeping it out. Basic Metal Energy 16 is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, so it is not bought to fill a competitive deck — its price is set by collectors instead, which is why it moves with condition and print rather than with the season's results.

Do these Basic Metal Energy prices include shipping or tax?

No. Every figure on this page is the listed price of Basic Metal Energy 16 itself. Shipping, import duty and marketplace fees are added on top by the seller.

How often does the Basic Metal Energy 16 price update?

Once a day. The Basic Metal Energy 16 archive behind this page holds 381 daily readings, the oldest from July 30, 2025 and the newest from August 14, 2026.

Price today

$1.68

Past year $1.08–$1.80

Where to buy

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How these figures are collected, and where you can check them

Prices on this page are read once a day from public marketplace listings and stored in this site's own archive — 381 daily readings for Basic Metal Energy 16, the oldest from July 30, 2025 and the newest from August 14, 2026. Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings. The places below are where the same information can be checked.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

1
The Pokémon Company International — official tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

1
Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com
2
TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (printed names in German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) github.com
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