Moltres Pokémon cards — how many are there and what are they worth?
There are 38 Moltres cards on file, 36 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $14.87.
Pokédex number · 38 cards · 36 with a price · $0.25 to $498.88 · read August 14, 2026
How much is a Moltres Pokémon card worth?
The typical Moltres card costs $14.87. Across the 36 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.25 and the dearest is $498.88 — Rocket's Moltres ex 100, at $498.88. That spread is why the group price is a starting point and not a valuation of any one card.
Card facts are read from openly published card files; prices are read once a day from public marketplace listings into this site's own archive. Figures on this page were read on August 14, 2026.
Moltres 38 cardsPokédex number
Moltres price summary
36 with a price · $0.25 to $498.88 · No. 62 of 206 Pokémon by typical price · +42.7% in 11 months · 129 HP on average · weak to Water
144 Pokémon cost less than this one
What stands out about Moltres cards
- Scale 38 cards carry this Pokémon — 0.2% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
- Price Half of the priced cards cost under $14.87, but the dearest reaches $498.88 — a gap of 34×.
- Place By typical price this is No. 62 of 206 Pokémon; 144 of them cost less.
- Record 36 of the 38 cards have a price on file. The rest are counted but left out of every price figure rather than guessed at.
How 20,444 English cards narrow down to these 38
Full bar = that step's denominator · filled = what carries over- English cards on file 20,4447,142 cardsonly cards that record a Pokédex number remain · 34.9% of 20,444
- Cards with a Pokédex number 7,14238 cardsonly Moltres remain · 0.5% of 7,142
- The 38 cards on this page38 cards0.2% of every English card on file
The middle step counts every card that records a Pokédex number, including Pokémon too small to have a page of their own. That is why its figure is larger than the totals on the Pokédex number list, which only counts the groups it can open.
Moltres Pokémon cards at a glance
- What this group is. 38 cards share the Pokédex number Moltres. The Pokédex number ties every print of the same Pokémon together, whatever the set is called and whatever extra words the card name carries. Grouping by the number keeps prints of one Pokémon in one place instead of scattering them by name.
- What they cost. The typical card is $14.87. Across the 36 priced cards the range runs $0.25 to $498.88.
- Where it stands. No. 62 of 206 Pokémon by typical price, with 144 of them cheaper.
- What the cards are like. They average 129 HP and 90 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Water.
- What is listed below. Every one of the 38 cards that carries a price, each with its own price page. The other 2 are counted in the total but have no published price, so they are not listed.
- When it was read. Every figure on this page comes from the archive as it stood on August 14, 2026.
Every Moltres card with a price on file
released 2004Rocket's Moltres ex [100]2
released 2021Galarian Moltres V [177]3
released 2000Rocket's Moltres [12]4
released 2009Moltres [149]5
released 1999Moltres [12]6
released 2004Moltres ex [115]7
released 2013Moltres [XY127]8
released 2000Blaine's Moltres [1]9
released 2003Moltres ex [31]10
released 2025Team Rocket's Moltres ex [229]11
released 2003Moltres [21]12
released 2008Moltres [10]13
released 1999Moltres [27]14
released 2022Galarian Moltres V [183]15
released 2022Galarian Moltres V [TG20]16
released 1999Moltres [21]17
released 2019Moltres [SWSH185]18
released 2021Galarian Moltres V [176]19
released 2019Galarian Moltres [SWSH125]20
released 2019Galarian Moltres [SWSH284]21
released 2002Moltres [30]22
released 2009Moltres [36]23
released 2017Moltres [SM143]24
released 2016Moltres [9]25
released 2013Moltres-EX [14]26
released 2013Moltres [22]27
released 2025Team Rocket's Moltres ex [208]28
released 2012Moltres [14]29
released 2019Moltres [19]30
released 2021Galarian Moltres V [97]31
released 2018Moltres [38]32
released 2025Team Rocket's Moltres ex [31]33
released 2021Galarian Moltres [93]34
released 2022Moltres [12]35
released 2022Moltres [21]36
released 2025Moltres [14]37
released 2003Moltres [H20]38
released 2023Moltres [146]The 38 dearest Moltres cards, most expensive first, each badged with the year it was printed. Hover a card to see it full size.
The grid above carries pictures for the 38 dearest cards only. Putting a picture on all 36 cards would make the first screen slow to arrive. The list below instead carries every one of them as a row.
1Rocket's Moltres exTeam Rocket Returns #100 · 2004$498.88Rare Holo EX2Galarian Moltres VChilling Reign #177 · 2021$241.45Rare Ultra3Rocket's MoltresGym Heroes #12 · 2000$229.30Rare Holo4MoltresSupreme Victors #149 · 2009$223.59Rare Secret5MoltresFossil #12 · 1999$192.61Rare Holo6Moltres exFireRed & LeafGreen #115 · 2004$180.88Rare Secret7MoltresXY Black Star Promos #XY127 · 2013$158.34Promo8Blaine's MoltresGym Heroes #1 · 2000$133.05Rare HoloShow the other 30They carry on in the same order — you do not leave this page+30
9Moltres exNintendo Black Star Promos #31 · 2003$116.00Promo10Team Rocket's Moltres exDestined Rivals #229 · 2025$104.75Special Illustration Rare11MoltresSkyridge #21 · 2003$71.28Rare12MoltresMajestic Dawn #10 · 2008$44.19Rare Holo13MoltresFossil #27 · 1999$29.30Rare14Galarian Moltres VBrilliant Stars #183 · 2022$20.26Rare Secret15Galarian Moltres VAstral Radiance Trainer Gallery #TG20 · 2022$19.82Rare Holo V16MoltresWizards Black Star Promos #21 · 1999$19.73Promo17MoltresSWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH185 · 2019$17.67Promo18Galarian Moltres VChilling Reign #176 · 2021$14.92Rare Ultra19Galarian MoltresSWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH125 · 2019$14.82Promo20Galarian MoltresSWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH284 · 2019$14.26Promo21MoltresLegendary Collection #30 · 2002$13.46Rare22MoltresSupreme Victors #36 · 2009$10.54Rare23MoltresSM Black Star Promos #SM143 · 2017$9.97Promo24MoltresFates Collide #9 · 2016$9.92Rare25Moltres-EXPlasma Storm #14 · 2013$9.62Rare Holo EX26MoltresLegendary Treasures #22 · 2013$6.09Rare Holo27Team Rocket's Moltres exDestined Rivals #208 · 2025$4.95Ultra Rare28MoltresNext Destinies #14 · 2012$3.64Rare Holo29MoltresTeam Up #19 · 2019$3.02Rare Holo30Galarian Moltres VChilling Reign #97 · 2021$1.83Rare Holo V31MoltresLost Thunder #38 · 2018$1.25Rare32Team Rocket's Moltres exDestined Rivals #31 · 2025$0.73Double Rare33Galarian MoltresEvolving Skies #93 · 2021$0.57Rare Holo34MoltresPokémon GO #12 · 2022$0.45Rare Holo35MoltresBrilliant Stars #21 · 2022$0.40Rare Holo36MoltresPhantasmal Flames #14 · 2025$0.25Rare37MoltresSkyridge #H20 · 2003Rare Holo38Moltres151 #146 · 2023RareWhich Moltres cards share a name across several printings?
Moltres21 printings · 18 sets
Galarian Moltres V5 printings · 3 sets
Team Rocket's Moltres ex3 printings · 1 set
Galarian Moltres3 printings · 2 sets
Moltres ex2 printings · 2 sets
Are Moltres Pokémon cards going up in value?
What one Moltres card cost over twelve months
Middle price of one card · 13 readings · latest $14.87How Moltres Pokémon card prices are spread
An average hides the shape of a group. These four points say where the money actually sits among Moltres cards.
The counting sections and the price sections do not share a denominator. This group holds 38 cards, but only 36 of them carry a price. Every figure about money on this page — the typical price, the quarters, the bands, the ladder — is counted on those 36, while every figure about how many cards exist is counted on all 38.| Price band | Cards | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $1 | 13.9% | |
| $1 to $5 | 13.9% | |
| $5 to $20 | 33.3% | |
| $20 to $50 | 8.3% | |
| $50 to $100 | 2.8% | |
| $100 to $500 | 27.8% |
Counted across the 36 Moltres cards that carry a price. The bands are the round numbers people use when they talk about price, not equal-width steps.
The two ends of that spread are both Moltres cards. Put side by side, they show what you are actually paying for.
Rarity Rare Holo EX VS Rare
Set Team Rocket Returns VS Phantasmal Flames
When were Moltres Pokémon cards printed, and are the old ones worth more?
This counts how many Moltres cards were printed in each year on file. The busiest year is 2019 with 4.
Bar height is that year against the busiest one (2019, 4 cards). Press a bar for the exact count.
| Year | Cards | Share | Typical price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7.9% | $29.30 | |
| 2000 | 5.3% | — | |
| 2002 | 2.6% | — | |
| 2003 | 7.9% | — | |
| 2004 | 5.3% | — | |
| 2008 | 2.6% | — | |
| 2009 | 5.3% | — | |
| 2012 | 2.6% | — | |
| 2013 | 7.9% | $9.62 | |
| 2016 | 2.6% | — | |
| 2017 | 2.6% | — | |
| 2018 | 2.6% | — | |
| 2019 | 10.5% | $14.54 | |
| 2021 | 10.5% | $8.38 | |
| 2022 | 10.5% | $10.14 | |
| 2023 | 2.6% | — | |
| 2025 | 10.5% | $2.84 |
Years with no card of this group are left out rather than drawn as an empty bar. "Typical price" is the middle price of the cards printed that year.
Back to summaryWhat Moltres Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value
The words printed after the name split Moltres cards into kinds, and each kind plays by different rules.
| Card kind | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | 13.2% | $19.82 | | |
| ex | 13.2% | $104.75 | | |
| EX | 5.3% | — | | |
| Team Plasma | 2.6% | — | |
Counted across all 38 Moltres cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
| Rarity | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rare Holo | 28.9% | $4.87 | | |
| Rare | 21.1% | $10.54 | | |
| Promo | 18.4% | $17.67 | | |
| Rare Secret | 7.9% | $180.88 | | |
| Rare Holo EX | 5.3% | — | | |
| Rare Holo V | 5.3% | — | | |
| Rare Ultra | 5.3% | — | | |
| Double Rare | 2.6% | — | | |
| Special Illustration Rare | 2.6% | — | | |
| Ultra Rare | 2.6% | — | |
Counted across all 38 Moltres cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
| Printing | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | 68.4% | $14.54 | | |
| Normal | 15.8% | $12.00 | | |
| 1st Edition Holofoil | 7.9% | $192.61 | | |
| 1st Edition | 2.6% | — | |
Counted across all 38 Moltres cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
| Set | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilling Reign | 7.9% | $14.92 | | |
| Destined Rivals | 7.9% | $4.95 | | |
| SWSH Black Star Promos | 7.9% | $14.82 | | |
| Brilliant Stars | 5.3% | — | | |
| Fossil | 5.3% | — | | |
| Gym Heroes | 5.3% | — | | |
| Skyridge | 5.3% | — | | |
| Supreme Victors | 5.3% | — | | |
| 151 | 2.6% | — | 151No image | |
| Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery | 2.6% | — | |
Counted across all 38 Moltres cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
| Illustrator | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsuhiro Arita | 10.5% | $21.38 | | |
| Kouki Saitou | 7.9% | — | | |
| Ryo Ueda | 7.9% | $180.88 | | |
| KEIICHIRO ITO | 5.3% | — | | |
| Ken Sugimori | 5.3% | — | | |
| OOYAMA | 5.3% | — | | |
| Shinji Kanda | 5.3% | — | | |
| Toshinao Aoki | 5.3% | — | | |
| aky CG Works | 5.3% | — | | |
| Eske Yoshinob | 2.6% | — | |
Counted across all 38 Moltres cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
The energy symbol in the corner decides what a Moltres card can attack with.
| Energy type | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | 76.3% | $13.46 | | |
| Darkness | 23.7% | $14.92 | |
Counted across all 38 Moltres cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
| Series | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sword & Shield | 28.9% | $14.82 | | |
| Scarlet & Violet | 10.5% | $4.95 | | |
| Base | 7.9% | $29.30 | | |
| Black & White | 7.9% | $6.09 | | |
| Sun & Moon | 7.9% | $3.02 | | |
| E-Card | 5.3% | — | | |
| EX | 5.3% | — | | |
| Gym | 5.3% | — | | |
| Platinum | 5.3% | — | | |
| XY | 5.3% | — | |
Counted across all 38 Moltres cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
| Regulation mark | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | 21.1% | $14.87 | | |
| I | 10.5% | $2.84 | | |
| F | 7.9% | $0.45 | | |
| G | 2.6% | — | GNo image |
Counted across all 38 Moltres cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.
Back to summaryHow much HP and damage Moltres Pokémon cards print
| Measure | Lowest | Lower quarter | Typical | Upper quarter | Highest | Cards counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 60 | 100 | 120 | 120 | 220 | 38 |
| Biggest attack | 20 | 60 | 80 | 110 | 190 | 37 |
Trainer and energy cards carry no HP or attack, so they are left out of these counts rather than entered as zero. "Biggest attack" is the largest printed damage number on the card, before any condition the attack text adds.
HP printed on the 38 Moltres cards that carry one. The typical card is 120 HP. Bar length is that HP against the highest in the group.
Half of these cards sit between 100 and 120 HP. The distance between the two ends is what a single average would have hidden.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest | 27.3% of the highest | 60 HP |
| Lower quarter | 45.5% of the highest | 100 HP |
| Typical | 54.5% of the highest | 120 HP |
| Upper quarter | 54.5% of the highest | 120 HP |
| Highest | 100.0% of the highest | 220 HP |
The largest printed damage number on each of the 37 Moltres cards that print one. The typical card hits for 80. Bar length is that number against the hardest hitter in the group.
Half of these cards hit between 60 and 110. Attack text that adds a condition is not counted here — only the printed number.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest | 10.5% of the highest | 20 damage |
| Lower quarter | 31.6% of the highest | 60 damage |
| Typical | 42.1% of the highest | 80 damage |
| Upper quarter | 57.9% of the highest | 110 damage |
| Highest | 100.0% of the highest | 190 damage |
What are Moltres Pokémon cards weak to?
What Moltres Pokémon cards are weak to
- Water55%
- Grass26%
- Lightning19%
| Item | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Water | 17 | 55% |
| Grass | 8 | 26% |
| Lightning | 6 | 19% |
An attack of this type does double damage to the card. Counted across the 31 Moltres cards that print a weakness.
Can you still play Moltres Pokémon cards, and what do they cost to retreat?
What it costs to retreat a Moltres Pokémon card
- 271%
- 126%
- 33%
| Item | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 27 | 71% |
| 1 | 10 | 26% |
| 3 | 1 | 3% |
The number of energy cards you discard to move this Pokémon back to the bench. Zero means it retreats for free.
| Question | Cards | Share of the group |
|---|---|---|
| Legal in Standard today | 8 | 21.1% |
| Legal in Expanded today | 24 | 63.2% |
| Cards with an Ability | 17 | 44.7% |
| Cards with a special rule | 12 | 31.6% |
Standard and Expanded are the two tournament formats. A card leaves Standard when its set rotates out, so this share moves each year while the card itself does not change.
Each track is the whole of the 38 Moltres cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share the answer does not cover.
The four rows are not slices of one whole — a card can be legal in Standard and carry an Ability at the same time, so the bars are read one at a time against the group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Legal in Standard today | 21.1% | 8 cards |
| Legal in Expanded today | 63.2% | 24 cards |
| Cards with an Ability | 44.7% | 17 cards |
| Cards with a special rule | 31.6% | 12 cards |
Which Moltres Pokémon cards moved most this year
Biggest risers over 12 months
Counted on the 30 cards that carried a price on both the first and the last reading, so a card that only appeared recently is not in here.
Back to summaryThe cheapest Moltres Pokémon cards you can buy
$0.25
Moltres [14]
2
$0.40
Moltres [21]
3
$0.45
Moltres [12]
4
$0.57
Galarian Moltres [93]
5
$0.73
Team Rocket's Moltres ex [31]
6
$1.25
Moltres [38]
Cheapest first. Each card opens its own price page. Prices exclude shipping, which on a card at this level is usually more than the card.
These six together cost $3.65, against $498.88 for the single dearest Moltres card. The two ends of the same group sit 1,996× apart, and both of them are correctly described as "Moltres".
How Moltres compares with the other Pokémon
"Which Pokémon is the most expensive" has three different answers depending on what you measure, so this section keeps them apart.
Ranked by its single dearest card, Moltres is number 51 of 206 Pokémon, on Team Rocket Returns #100 at $498.88. By card count it is number 48, and by the price of an ordinary card number 62 — three different answers to "is it the most expensive".
These are the Pokémon that sit next to Moltres on that ladder.
Gengar — 50 cardsPokédex 94typical $160.00
Rayquaza — 59 cardsPokédex 384typical $125.27
Umbreon — 44 cardsPokédex 197typical $110.85
Charmander — 46 cardsPokédex 4typical $14.47
Muk — 32 cardsPokédex 89typical $14.464 things that split what a Moltres card is worth — press a panel to drop to the working behind it
Moltres Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions
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What are Moltres Pokémon cards weak to?
Are old Moltres Pokémon cards worth more than new ones?
Which Moltres Pokémon card rose the most this year?
Which sets have Moltres Pokémon cards?
How these Moltres figures are collected, and where you can check them
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.
Industry source
Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.
Before you rely on these figures
Note: Prices on this page are asking and market prices for ungraded English Moltres cards, taken from a daily snapshot of public marketplace listings read on August 14, 2026. They are not offers, they exclude shipping, duty and marketplace fees, and they move. Counts cover only the English cards this site holds on file. Graded prices, population counts, sealed product values and pack odds are not published on this site because no free commercial source provides them.
Last updated: 2026-08-14