Persian Pokémon cards — how many are there and what are they worth?
There are 35 Persian cards on file, 34 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $4.30.
Pokédex number · 35 cards · 34 with a price · $0.25 to $199.99 · read August 14, 2026
How much is a Persian Pokémon card worth?
The typical Persian card costs $4.30. Across the 34 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.25 and the dearest is $199.99 — Rocket's Persian ex 116, at $199.99. 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.
Persian 35 cardsPokédex number
Persian price summary
34 with a price · $0.25 to $199.99 · No. 120 of 206 Pokémon by typical price · +124.0% in 11 months · 115 HP on average · weak to Fighting
86 Pokémon cost less than this one
What stands out about Persian cards
- Scale 35 cards carry this Pokémon — 0.2% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
- Price Half of the priced cards cost under $4.30, but the dearest reaches $199.99 — a gap of 47×.
- Place By typical price this is No. 120 of 206 Pokémon; 86 of them cost less.
- Record 34 of the 35 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 35
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 7,14235 cardsonly Persian remain · 0.5% of 7,142
- The 35 cards on this page35 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.
Persian Pokémon cards at a glance
- What this group is. 35 cards share the Pokédex number Persian. 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 $4.30. Across the 34 priced cards the range runs $0.25 to $199.99.
- Where it stands. No. 120 of 206 Pokémon by typical price, with 86 of them cheaper.
- What the cards are like. They average 115 HP and 66 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fighting.
- What is listed below. Every one of the 35 cards that carries a price, each with its own price page. The other 1 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 Persian card with a price on file
released 2005Rocket's Persian ex [116]2
released 1999Dark Persian [17]3
released 2024Persian [78]4
released 2004Persian [44]5
released 2000Giovanni's Persian [8]6
released 2002Dark Persian [6]7
released 2003Persian [42]8
released 2019Persian-GX [227]9
released 2010Persian [27]10
released 2019Alolan Persian-GX [257]11
released 2017Persian [SM182]12
released 1999Persian [42]13
released 2019Persian-GX [207]14
released 2008Persian [68]15
released 2019Alolan Persian-GX [219]16
released 2006Persian δ [48]17
released 2000Dark Persian [42]18
released 2025Team Rocket's Persian ex [219]19
released 2005Persian [50]20
released 2018Alolan Persian [119]21
released 2000Persian [56]22
released 2012Persian [81]23
released 2019Persian-GX [149]24
released 2019Alolan Persian-GX [129]25
released 2019Persian [148]26
released 2016Persian [54]27
released 2025Team Rocket's Persian ex [150]28
released 2015Persian [62]29
released 2019Persian [126]30
released 2016Persian [89]31
released 2017Persian [102]32
released 2021Persian [200]33
released 2023Persian [53]34
released 2024Persian [49]35
released 2017Alolan Persian [79]The 35 dearest Persian 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 35 dearest cards only. Putting a picture on all 34 cards would make the first screen slow to arrive. The list below instead carries every one of them as a row.
1Rocket's Persian exUnseen Forces #116 · 2005$199.99Rare Secret2Dark PersianWizards Black Star Promos #17 · 1999$115.23Promo3PersianShrouded Fable #78 · 2024$72.98Illustration Rare4PersianFireRed & LeafGreen #44 · 2004$65.00Uncommon5Giovanni's PersianGym Challenge #8 · 2000$51.20Rare Holo6Dark PersianLegendary Collection #6 · 2002$36.48Rare Holo7PersianSkyridge #42 · 2003$22.02Uncommon8Persian-GXUnbroken Bonds #227 · 2019$19.92Rare RainbowShow the other 27They carry on in the same order — you do not leave this page+27
9PersianHeartGold & SoulSilver #27 · 2010$14.92Rare10Alolan Persian-GXCosmic Eclipse #257 · 2019$13.30Rare Rainbow11PersianSM Black Star Promos #SM182 · 2017$11.31Promo12PersianJungle #42 · 1999$10.87Uncommon13Persian-GXUnbroken Bonds #207 · 2019$7.10Rare Ultra14PersianLegends Awakened #68 · 2008$6.82Uncommon15Alolan Persian-GXCosmic Eclipse #219 · 2019$6.45Rare Ultra16Persian δHolon Phantoms #48 · 2006$5.16Uncommon17Dark PersianTeam Rocket #42 · 2000$4.72Uncommon18Team Rocket's Persian exDestined Rivals #219 · 2025$3.87Ultra Rare19PersianDelta Species #50 · 2005$3.28Uncommon20Alolan PersianLost Thunder #119 · 2018$3.28Rare21PersianBase Set 2 #56 · 2000$3.13Uncommon22PersianNext Destinies #81 · 2012$2.92Rare23Persian-GXUnbroken Bonds #149 · 2019$2.59Rare Holo GX24Alolan Persian-GXCosmic Eclipse #129 · 2019$2.49Rare Holo GX25PersianUnbroken Bonds #148 · 2019$0.96Rare26PersianGenerations #54 · 2016$0.81Uncommon27Team Rocket's Persian exDestined Rivals #150 · 2025$0.67Double Rare28PersianAncient Origins #62 · 2015$0.55Common29PersianTeam Up #126 · 2019$0.51Uncommon30PersianSteam Siege #89 · 2016$0.49Uncommon31PersianBurning Shadows #102 · 2017$0.45Rare32PersianFusion Strike #200 · 2021$0.28Uncommon33Persian151 #53 · 2023$0.26Uncommon34PersianShrouded Fable #49 · 2024$0.25Common35Alolan PersianSun & Moon #79 · 2017UncommonWhich Persian cards share a name across several printings?
Persian19 printings · 18 sets
Dark Persian3 printings · 3 sets
Persian-GX3 printings · 1 set
Alolan Persian-GX3 printings · 1 set
Team Rocket's Persian ex2 printings · 1 set
Alolan Persian2 printings · 2 sets
Are Persian Pokémon cards going up in value?
What one Persian card cost over twelve months
Middle price of one card · 13 readings · latest $4.30How Persian Pokémon card prices are spread
An average hides the shape of a group. These four points say where the money actually sits among Persian cards.
The counting sections and the price sections do not share a denominator. This group holds 35 cards, but only 34 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 34, while every figure about how many cards exist is counted on all 35.| Price band | Cards | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $1 | 29.4% | |
| $1 to $5 | 23.5% | |
| $5 to $20 | 26.5% | |
| $20 to $50 | 5.9% | |
| $50 to $100 | 8.8% | |
| $100 to $500 | 5.9% |
Counted across the 34 Persian 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 Persian cards. Put side by side, they show what you are actually paying for.
Rarity Rare Secret VS Common
Set Unseen Forces VS Shrouded Fable
When were Persian Pokémon cards printed, and are the old ones worth more?
This counts how many Persian cards were printed in each year on file. The busiest year is 2019 with 8.
Bar height is that year against the busiest one (2019, 8 cards). Press a bar for the exact count.
| Year | Cards | Share | Typical price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5.7% | — | |
| 2000 | 8.6% | $4.72 | |
| 2002 | 2.9% | — | |
| 2003 | 2.9% | — | |
| 2004 | 2.9% | — | |
| 2005 | 5.7% | — | |
| 2006 | 2.9% | — | |
| 2008 | 2.9% | — | |
| 2010 | 2.9% | — | |
| 2012 | 2.9% | — | |
| 2015 | 2.9% | — | |
| 2016 | 5.7% | — | |
| 2017 | 8.6% | — | |
| 2018 | 2.9% | — | |
| 2019 | 22.9% | $4.52 | |
| 2021 | 2.9% | — | |
| 2023 | 2.9% | — | |
| 2024 | 5.7% | — | |
| 2025 | 5.7% | — |
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 Persian Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value
The words printed after the name split Persian cards into kinds, and each kind plays by different rules.
| Card kind | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GX | 17.1% | $6.78 | | |
| ex | 8.6% | $3.87 | |
Counted across all 35 Persian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncommon | 40.0% | $3.28 | | |
| Rare | 14.3% | $2.92 | | |
| Common | 5.7% | — | | |
| Promo | 5.7% | — | | |
| Rare Holo | 5.7% | — | | |
| Rare Holo GX | 5.7% | — | | |
| Rare Rainbow | 5.7% | — | | |
| Rare Ultra | 5.7% | — | | |
| Double Rare | 2.9% | — | | |
| Illustration Rare | 2.9% | — | |
Counted across all 35 Persian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 51.4% | $1.94 | | |
| Holofoil | 37.1% | $11.31 | | |
| 1st Edition | 5.7% | — | | |
| 1st Edition Holofoil | 2.9% | — | |
Counted across all 35 Persian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unbroken Bonds | 11.4% | $4.85 | | |
| Cosmic Eclipse | 8.6% | $6.45 | | |
| Destined Rivals | 5.7% | — | | |
| Shrouded Fable | 5.7% | — | | |
| 151 | 2.9% | — | | |
| Ancient Origins | 2.9% | — | | |
| Base Set 2 | 2.9% | — | | |
| Burning Shadows | 2.9% | — | | |
| Delta Species | 2.9% | — | | |
| FireRed & LeafGreen | 2.9% | — | |
Counted across all 35 Persian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5ban Graphics | 8.6% | $7.10 | | |
| Kagemaru Himeno | 8.6% | $10.87 | | |
| Ken Sugimori | 8.6% | $51.20 | | |
| Mitsuhiro Arita | 8.6% | $0.81 | | |
| PLANETA Tsuji | 5.7% | — | | |
| Shin-ichi Yoshida | 5.7% | — | | |
| Anesaki Dynamic | 2.9% | — | | |
| Atsuko Nishida | 2.9% | — | | |
| Lee HyunJung | 2.9% | — | | |
| Masakazu Fukuda | 2.9% | — | |
Counted across all 35 Persian 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 Persian card can attack with.
| Energy type | Cards | Share | Typical price (median) | A card from it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorless | 80.0% | $3.58 | | |
| Darkness | 20.0% | $5.81 | |
Counted across all 35 Persian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun & Moon | 34.3% | $3.28 | | |
| Scarlet & Violet | 14.3% | $0.67 | | |
| Base | 11.4% | $7.80 | | |
| EX | 11.4% | $35.08 | | |
| XY | 8.6% | $0.55 | | |
| Black & White | 2.9% | — | | |
| Diamond & Pearl | 2.9% | — | | |
| E-Card | 2.9% | — | | |
| Gym | 2.9% | — | | |
| HeartGold & SoulSilver | 2.9% | — | |
Counted across all 35 Persian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 5.7% | — | | |
| I | 5.7% | — | | |
| E | 2.9% | — | | |
| G | 2.9% | — | |
Counted across all 35 Persian 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 Persian Pokémon cards print
| Measure | Lowest | Lower quarter | Typical | Upper quarter | Highest | Cards counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 60 | 80 | 90 | 110 | 260 | 35 |
| Biggest attack | 10 | 30 | 40 | 100 | 150 | 34 |
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 35 Persian cards that carry one. The typical card is 90 HP. Bar length is that HP against the highest in the group.
Half of these cards sit between 80 and 110 HP. The distance between the two ends is what a single average would have hidden.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest | 23.1% of the highest | 60 HP |
| Lower quarter | 30.8% of the highest | 80 HP |
| Typical | 34.6% of the highest | 90 HP |
| Upper quarter | 42.3% of the highest | 110 HP |
| Highest | 100.0% of the highest | 260 HP |
The largest printed damage number on each of the 34 Persian cards that print one. The typical card hits for 40. Bar length is that number against the hardest hitter in the group.
Half of these cards hit between 30 and 100. Attack text that adds a condition is not counted here — only the printed number.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest | 6.7% of the highest | 10 damage |
| Lower quarter | 20.0% of the highest | 30 damage |
| Typical | 26.7% of the highest | 40 damage |
| Upper quarter | 66.7% of the highest | 100 damage |
| Highest | 100.0% of the highest | 150 damage |
Can you still play Persian Pokémon cards, and what do they cost to retreat?
What it costs to retreat a Persian Pokémon card
- 146%
- 031%
- 223%
| Item | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 46% |
| 0 | 11 | 31% |
| 2 | 8 | 23% |
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 | 5 | 14.3% |
| Legal in Expanded today | 22 | 62.9% |
| Cards with an Ability | 13 | 37.1% |
| Cards with a special rule | 10 | 28.6% |
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 35 Persian 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 | 14.3% | 5 cards |
| Legal in Expanded today | 62.9% | 22 cards |
| Cards with an Ability | 37.1% | 13 cards |
| Cards with a special rule | 28.6% | 10 cards |
Which Persian Pokémon cards moved most this year
Biggest risers over 12 months
Biggest fallers over 12 months
Counted on the 23 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 Persian Pokémon cards you can buy
$0.25
Persian [49]
2
$0.26
Persian [53]
3
$0.28
Persian [200]
4
$0.45
Persian [102]
5
$0.49
Persian [89]
6
$0.51
Persian [126]
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 $2.24, against $199.99 for the single dearest Persian card. The two ends of the same group sit 800× apart, and both of them are correctly described as "Persian".
How Persian 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, Persian is number 96 of 206 Pokémon, on Unseen Forces #116 at $199.99. By card count it is number 64, and by the price of an ordinary card number 120 — three different answers to "is it the most expensive".
These are the Pokémon that sit next to Persian on that ladder.
Gengar — 50 cardsPokédex 94typical $160.00
Rayquaza — 59 cardsPokédex 384typical $125.27
Umbreon — 44 cardsPokédex 197typical $110.85
Meowth — 60 cardsPokédex 52typical $4.22
Butterfree — 25 cardsPokédex 12typical $3.95How do Persian Pokémon cards evolve?
- The printed stage climbs Basic → Stage 1 along this line.
- Typical HP rises from 60 on Meowth cards to 90 on Persian cards, 1.5× as high.
- Persian cards are not played from the hand: they go on top of a Meowth card that is already on the table.
- 26 of the 35 Persian cards on file print Evolves from Meowth.
Every one of the 35 Persian cards that prints a stage prints Stage 1, so there is nothing to split inside the group. The tracks count the 206 Pokémon on file instead, and the highlighted one is the row Persian sits in.
Persian is one of 59 Pokémon whose cards are typically Stage 1. Basic cards are played straight from the hand; the later stages have to evolve from the card before them.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | 56.8% | 117 Pokémon |
| Stage 1 | 28.6% | 59 Pokémon |
| Stage 2 | 14.6% | 30 Pokémon |
4 things that split what a Persian card is worth — press a panel to drop to the working behind it
Persian Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions
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Which sets have Persian Pokémon cards?
How these Persian 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 Persian 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