Pokémon cards by mechanic — which mechanics hold the most, and what do they cost?

Every Pokémon card mechanic, biggest group first

Every Pokémon card mechanic — 28 in all, most cards firstEach row carries that mechanic's dearest card, how many cards it holds and its typical price · press a row to open it

Dearest cardMechanicCardsTypicalCard name

1Supporterlargest→1,166 cards$1.97Lillie — Ultra Prism 1512ex→942 cards$3.61Umbreon ex — Prismatic Evolutions 161—3Item→856 cards$0.81Tropical Tidal Wave — HGSS Black Star Promos HGSS184V→601 cards$2.40Giratina V — Lost Origin 1865GX→601 cards$20.14Latias & Latios-GX — Team Up 170

Show the remaining 23 mechanicsNo. 6 to No. 28 · still in order of how many cards they hold23

6EX→438 cards$25.03M Rayquaza-EX — Ancient Origins 987Pokémon Toolcheapest→336 cards$0.55Rocky Helmet — Boundaries Crossed 1538Stadium→265 cards$1.25Lucky Stadium — Wizards Black Star Promos 419Special→211 cards$2.43Potion Energy — Legendary Collection 10110VMAX→209 cards$8.23Umbreon VMAX — Evolving Skies 21511MEGA→207 cards$21.41Mega Gengar ex — Ascended Heroes 28412Rapid Strike→158 cards$0.90Rayquaza VMAX — Evolving Skies 21813Single Strike→147 cards$0.79Umbreon VMAX — Evolving Skies 21514Tera→146 cards$3.30Umbreon ex — Prismatic Evolutions 16115TAG TEAM→130 cards$89.66Latias & Latios-GX — Team Up 17016Team Plasma→113 cards$7.76Lugia-EX — Plasma Storm 13417SP→105 cards$12.47Rayquaza C LV.X — DP Black Star Promos DP4718Ultra Beast→105 cards$9.32Ultra Necrozma-GX — Dragon Majesty 7819VSTAR→94 cards$8.00Giratina VSTAR — Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery GG6920Ancient→73 cards$0.88Roaring Moon ex — Prismatic Evolutions 16221Future→70 cards$0.73Iron Crown ex — Temporal Forces 20622Fusion Strike→53 cards$0.80Mew VMAX — Fusion Strike 26923ACE SPEC→46 cards$0.82Hero's Cape — Temporal Forces 15224Prime→31 cards$72.61Umbreon — HS—Undaunted 8625Stardearest→29 cards$1,010.00Pikachu ★ — Holon Phantoms 10426Prism Star→27 cards$5.41Giratina ◇ — Ultra Prism 5827Technical Machine→25 cards$5.21Miracle Sphere β — Skyridge 13028V-UNION→24 cards$6.20Mewtwo V-UNION — SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH160

There is no page to turn — all 28 mechanics are on this one address. The price column is the typical price of that group, which is the middle price of the cards inside it. Prices were read on August 14, 2026.

How Pokémon card prices are spread across mechanics

The 28 mechanics on this page are cut from the 7,208 cards that carry a mechanic. The grey slice is the rest of the archive, which this axis says nothing about.

Each slice is one size band: how many of the 7,208 cards the mechanics in that band hold between them.

The 28 mechanics sorted into size bands, largest band first, with the number of cards behind each band.

※The two halves of this table count the same groups twice — once by what they cost and once by how big they are. Shares are of the 7,208 cards in this list.

※The 12 largest groups are shown; the full list is the panel grid above. Read the three price columns together: a group where all three are close is dear all the way through, while a group with a low typical price and a very high dearest card is carrying one chased print. A dash means fewer than four cards in that group carry a price, which is too few to split into quarters.

1Single Strike→147 cards · a cheap one $0.26, the dearest $2,259.478,690times wider ($0.26 to $2,259.47)2Rapid Strike→158 cards · a cheap one $0.28, the dearest $1,247.904,457times wider ($0.28 to $1,247.90)3—Item→856 cards · a cheap one $0.32, the dearest $1,400.004,375times wider ($0.32 to $1,400.00)

The widest mechanics on this page: how many times the dearest card inside costs more than a cheap one. A wide mechanic is not an expensive mechanic — it is one where the price of a single card tells you almost nothing about the next.

Are Pokémon cards going up in value, mechanic by mechanic?

One line per mechanic, each drawn against its own scale so the shapes can be compared rather than the heights. The figures beneath are the typical price now and the change over the 11 months on file; the ladder below ranks the same moves by size.

Change in the typical price of each mechanic between September 12, 2025 and August 14, 2026, counted from 28 mechanics that carry a price on both dates.

Which mechanic holds the most valuable Pokémon card?

No.1Dearest card (of 28 mechanics)

Pikachu ★ 104 · $3,216.67 · the dearest single card in the whole mechanic list, and it sits in Star, whose ordinary card costs $1,010.00.

No. 1 Pikachu ★ at $3,216.67 is $58.74 above No. 2 Latias & Latios-GX at $3,157.93 — 1.0 times its price.

• Dearest card — against the middle of the mechanics$3,216.67
  middle of these cards $637.23

The four rows below are No. 2 to No. 5. Each bar is that card against Pikachu ★ at $3,216.67, the dearest card on this page.

No. 2Latias & Latios-GX$3,157.93 · dearest in GX98.2%of $3,216.67No. 3Latias & Latios-GXsmall mechanic$3,157.93 · dearest in TAG TEAM98.2%of $3,216.67No. 4Umbreon VMAX$2,259.47 · dearest in VMAX70.2%of $3,216.67No. 5Umbreon VMAX$2,259.47 · dearest in Single Strike70.2%of $3,216.67

※ One card is taken from each mechanic — whichever is worth the most inside it. Every row opens that card's own price page.

No. 6 to No. 10Bars are measured against No. 1 at $3,216.67, and the cards under them are those same mechanics.

The cards behind the five bars above. Each one is the dearest card of its own mechanic.

How far each of these cards sits above its own mechanic

Pikachu ★Star · Holon Phantoms 104 · Rare Holo Star$3,216.673.2× the group medianLatias & Latios-GXGX · Team Up 170 · Rare Ultra$3,157.93157× the group medianLatias & Latios-GXTAG TEAM · Team Up 170 · Rare Ultra$3,157.9335.2× the group medianUmbreon VMAXVMAX · Evolving Skies 215 · Rare Rainbow$2,259.47275× the group medianUmbreon VMAXSingle Strike · Evolving Skies 215 · Rare Rainbow$2,259.472,860× the group medianUmbreon exex · Prismatic Evolutions 161 · Special Illustration Rare$1,499.24415× the group medianUmbreon exTera · Prismatic Evolutions 161 · Special Illustration Rare$1,499.24454× the group medianTropical Tidal WaveItemHGSS Black Star PromosHGSS18Tropical Tidal WaveItem · HGSS Black Star Promos HGSS18 · Promo$1,400.001,728× the group medianLucky StadiumStadium · Wizards Black Star Promos 41 · Promo$1,283.671,027× the group medianRayquaza VMAXRapid Strike · Evolving Skies 218 · Rare Rainbow$1,247.901,387× the group median

The last column is that one card measured against the typical price of the mechanic it belongs to, not against the other cards on this list.

A large multiple means the mechanic is carried by a single chased print: the card is dear but an ordinary card of that mechanic is not. A small multiple means the group is dear all the way through. Mechanics that record no typical price are left out of this list rather than shown as zero.

Pokémon card mechanic records — the biggest, the dearest and the fastest moving

Biggest mechanic — by card countSupportertypical $1.971,166 cards

VSChange the question, change the leaderCards 1,166 → 29
Typical $1.97 → $1,010.00

Dearest mechanic — by priceStar29 cards$1,010.00

The most valuable Pokémon card in every mechanic

1Market $3,216.67Pikachu ★ [104]2Market $3,157.93Latias & Latios-GX [170]3Market $3,157.93Latias & Latios-GX [170]4Market $2,259.47Umbreon VMAX [215]5Market $2,259.47Umbreon VMAX [215]6Market $1,499.24Umbreon ex [161]7Market $1,499.24Umbreon ex [161]8Tropical Tidal WavePromoNo imageHGSS Black Star PromosHGSS18Market $1,400.00Tropical Tidal Wave [HGSS18]9Market $1,283.67Lucky Stadium [41]10Market $1,247.90Rayquaza VMAX [218]11Market $1,098.16Mega Gengar ex [284]12Market $1,069.91M Rayquaza-EX [98]13Market $824.39Giratina V [186]14Market $725.00Lugia-EX [134]15Market $549.45Umbreon [86]16Market $462.63Lillie [151]17Market $453.33Rayquaza C LV.X [DP47]18Market $352.59Giratina VSTAR [GG69]19Market $271.60Mew VMAX [269]20Market $171.54Roaring Moon ex [162]21Market $113.50Ultra Necrozma-GX [78]22Market $71.01Potion Energy [101]23Market $56.07Iron Crown ex [206]24Market $39.66Rocky Helmet [153]25Market $33.00Miracle Sphere β [130]26Market $22.27Giratina ◇ [58]27Market $22.02Hero's Cape [152]28Market $16.59Mewtwo V-UNION [SWSH160]

The dearest card of each of the 28 mechanics, dearest first.

All 28 cards are on this one page — there is nothing folded away. Each picture opens that card's own price page; to open the mechanic instead, use the list higher up. Prices were read on August 14, 2026.

Other ways to sort the same Pokémon cards

Pokémon cards in Supporter1,166 cards · typical $1.97Dearest: LilliePokémon cards in ex942 cards · typical $3.61Dearest: Umbreon exPokémon cards in Item856 cards · typical $0.81Dearest: Tropical Tidal WavePokémon cards in V601 cards · typical $2.40Dearest: Giratina VPokémon cards in GX601 cards · typical $20.14Dearest: Latias & Latios-GXPokémon cards in EX438 cards · typical $25.03Dearest: M Rayquaza-EX

Pokémon cards by rarityRarity is the grade recorded with each card in the card files this site reads. Every English card carries one, so the archive splits into rarity tiers without anything left over.Pokémon cards by print variantA print variant is the finish a card was sold in. The same artwork can be issued in more than one finish, and each finish keeps its own price record, so the two are priced apart.Pokémon cards by Pokédex numberThe 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.Pokémon cards by regulation markThe regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.Pokémon cards by energy typeThe energy type is the element recorded for each Pokémon card. Trainer and energy cards carry none, so this axis covers only the Pokémon part of the archive.Pokémon cards by setA set is the expansion a card was printed in, and every card in the card files this site reads names exactly one. Sorting by set puts each release back together the way it was sold, so a card can be read next to the cards it shared a pack with.Pokémon cards by artistThe artist is the illustrator credited on the printed card, recorded with each card in the card files this site reads. One illustrator can appear across many expansions and many decades, so this axis cuts the archive by hand rather than by release.Pokémon cards by evolution stageThe stage is where a card stands in an evolution line, recorded with each card in the card files this site reads. Trainer and energy cards carry no stage, so this axis covers only the Pokémon part of the archive.Pokémon cards by attack costThe attack cost is how many energy a card's cheapest attack asks for, counted from the energy printed on each attack in the card files this site reads. Cards with no attack carry none, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that attacks.Pokémon cards by damage rangeThe damage figure is the highest number any of a card's attacks prints, gathered here into ranges rather than counted one number at a time. Attacks that print no number carry none, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that prints damage.Pokémon cards by retreat costThe retreat cost is how many energy a card asks for to retreat, counted from the retreat cost recorded with each card in the card files this site reads. Cards with no retreat cost on file carry none, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Rarity

29 rarity tiers · 20,049 cards

dearest Common

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Print variant

5 finishes · 19,649 cards

dearest Holofoil

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Pokédex number

206 Pokémon · 7,142 cards

dearest Pikachu

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Regulation mark

7 regulation marks · 8,194 cards

dearest Regulation G

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Energy type

11 types · 17,249 cards

dearest Water

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Set

145 sets · 20,033 cards

dearest SWSH Black Star Promos

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Artist

130 artists · 17,027 cards

dearest 5ban Graphics

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Evolution stage

5 stages · 16,955 cards

dearest Basic

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Card mechanic

28 mechanics · 7,208 cards

dearest Supporter

Attack cost

6 attack costs · 17,262 cards

dearest Attack cost 1

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Attack damage

6 damage ranges · 16,246 cards

dearest Damage ~30

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Retreat cost

5 retreat costs · 17,240 cards

dearest Retreat cost 1

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What the Pokémon cards inside each mechanic are like

Each dot is one mechanic: further right means tougher cards, further up means harder-hitting ones. The size of the dot is how many cards that mechanic holds. HP and damage are the averages of the Pokémon cards inside it, so Trainer and energy cards take no part in either figure.

※The 12 largest groups of 28 are shown; the full list, with sizes and prices, is the panel grid above. Typical HP and typical max damage are the averages across the Pokémon cards in that group. Main weakness, stage and retreat cost are the most common value in the group, not the only one. "Not recorded" means no card in that group reports the value — Trainer and energy cards carry none of these numbers.

Pokémon card mechanic — frequently asked questions

How these counts are made, and where you can check them

Before you rely on these figures