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Ancient Pokémon cards — how many are there and what are they worth?

There are 73 Ancient cards on file, 71 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $0.88.

Card mechanic · 73 cards · 71 with a price · $0.20 to $171.54 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Ancient Pokémon card worth?

The typical Ancient card costs $0.88. Across the 71 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.20 and the dearest is $171.54 — Roaring Moon ex 162, at $171.54. 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.

All mechanics Rarity Print variant Pokédex number Regulation mark Energy type Set Artist Evolution stage Attack cost Attack damage Retreat cost

Ancient 73 cardsCard mechanic

71 with a price · $0.20 to $171.54 · No. 22 of 28 mechanics by typical price · -13.7% in 11 months · 179 HP on average · weak to Grass

Typical price, last 11 months$0.88-13.7% from $1.02

Card price ladder$171.54$0.33 to $171.54

Place among mechanicsNo. 22CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $0.88 · No. 22 of 28
6 mechanics cost less than this one

Cards on file7371 carry a price Most expensive card$171.54Roaring Moon ex 162 Cheapest on record$0.20across all 71 priced cards Price fell-13.7%over the last 11 months Place by priceNo. 22of 28 mechanics

What stands out about Ancient cards

Scale 73 cards carry this mechanic — 0.4% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
Price Half of the priced cards cost under $0.88, but the dearest reaches $171.54 — a gap of 195×.
Place By typical price this is No. 22 of 28 mechanics; 6 of them cost less.
Record 71 of the 73 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 73

Full bar = that step's denominator · filled = what carries over

English cards on file 20,4447,208 cardsonly cards that record a mechanic remain · 35.3% of 20,444
Cards with a mechanic 7,20873 cardsonly Ancient remain · 1.0% of 7,208
The 73 cards on this page73 cards0.4% of every English card on file

The middle step counts every card that records a mechanic, including mechanics too small to have a page of their own. That is why its figure is larger than the totals on the mechanic list, which only counts the groups it can open.

Ancient Pokémon cards at a glance

What this group is. 73 cards share the mechanic Ancient. A mechanic is the special kind a card is printed as — V, VMAX and ex among Pokémon, Item, Supporter and Stadium among Trainers — recorded with each card in the card files this site reads. Evolution stages are counted on their own, and a plain card carries no mechanic at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.
What they cost. The typical card is $0.88. Across the 71 priced cards the range runs $0.20 to $171.54.
Where it stands. No. 22 of 28 mechanics by typical price, with 6 of them cheaper.
What the cards are like. They average 179 HP and 127 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Grass.
What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 71 cards that carry a price, each with its own price page. Cards without a price are counted in the total but are not listed.
When it was read. Every figure on this page comes from the archive as it stood on August 14, 2026.

Source: Counted from 73 cards on file, 71 of them with a price

Every Ancient Pokémon card with a price on file

These are the 50 dearest Ancient cards in the archive, most expensive first. The strip shows them as cards; the list under it carries the same 50 with their set and exact price as text.

The 50 dearest Ancient cards, most expensive first

Prices are the latest reading held in this site's own archive. A card with no picture on file is drawn as a small stand-in that still carries its name, set and number.

The same 50 cards as a listRank is by price inside this group.

CardNameSetPriceRarity

Roaring Moon exPrismatic Evolutions$171.54Special Illustration Rare Raging Bolt exPrismatic Evolutions$69.16Special Illustration Rare Raging Bolt exTemporal Forces$66.01Special Illustration Rare Gouging Fire exTemporal Forces$55.88Special Illustration Rare Walking Wake exTemporal Forces$52.00Special Illustration Rare Scream TailScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos$41.02Promo Roaring Moon exParadox Rift$39.43Special Illustration Rare Flutter ManeScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos$35.37Promo Gouging FireScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos$34.84Promo Sandy Shocks exPrismatic Evolutions$26.52Special Illustration Rare

Show the rest of the list40 more cards, still in price order+40

KoraidonScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos$25.29Promo Brute BonnetParadox Rift$19.27Illustration Rare Earthen VesselShrouded Fable$18.49Hyper Rare Gouging Fire exTemporal Forces$15.82Hyper Rare Raging Bolt exTemporal Forces$13.18Hyper Rare Walking Wake exTemporal Forces$12.09Hyper Rare Flutter ManePrismatic Evolutions$11.45Rare Scream TailPrismatic Evolutions$9.16Uncommon Sandy Shocks exParadox Rift$8.72Special Illustration Rare Professor Sada's VitalityParadox Rift$8.00Special Illustration Rare Roaring MoonPrismatic Evolutions$7.61Rare Roaring Moon exParadox Rift$6.37Hyper Rare Slither WingParadox Rift$6.12Illustration Rare Walking Wake exPrismatic Evolutions$5.92Hyper Rare Great TuskPrismatic Evolutions$5.65Uncommon Roaring Moon exParadox Rift$3.66Ultra Rare Raging Bolt exTemporal Forces$3.14Ultra Rare Gouging Fire exTemporal Forces$2.88Ultra Rare Scream Tail exTwilight Masquerade$2.71Ultra Rare Sandy Shocks exParadox Rift$2.25Ultra Rare Explorer's GuidanceTemporal Forces$2.09Ultra Rare Walking Wake exTemporal Forces$2.01Ultra Rare Professor Sada's VitalityParadox Rift$1.54Ultra Rare Raging Bolt exScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos$1.45Promo Raging Bolt exTemporal Forces$1.26Double Rare Gouging Fire exScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos$0.88Promo Roaring Moon exParadox Rift$0.77Double Rare Gouging Fire exTemporal Forces$0.73Double Rare Walking Wake exTemporal Forces$0.70Double Rare Koraidon exTemporal Forces$0.68Double Rare Sandy Shocks exParadox Rift$0.67Double Rare Walking Wake exScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos$0.65Promo Scream Tail exTwilight Masquerade$0.62Double Rare Great Tusk exPaldean Fates$0.59Double Rare Sandy Shocks exPrismatic Evolutions$0.52Double Rare Earthen VesselPrismatic Evolutions$0.41Uncommon Walking WakeTwilight Masquerade$0.38Rare Gouging FireSurging Sparks$0.36Rare Professor Sada's VitalityPrismatic Evolutions$0.34Uncommon Brute BonnetParadox Rift$0.33Rare

71 cards on file carry a price; the archive holds the 50 dearest of them in full.

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Which Ancient cards share a name across several printings?

34 of the 50 cards listed above are reprints of just 8 names. Buying by name alone is how people end up with the wrong printing, because these share a name but not a set, a rarity or a price.

Raging Bolt ex6 printings · 3 sets

Walking Wake ex6 printings · 3 sets

Roaring Moon ex5 printings · 2 sets

Gouging Fire ex5 printings · 2 sets

Sandy Shocks ex5 printings · 2 sets

Professor Sada's Vitality3 printings · 2 sets

Scream Tail2 printings · 2 sets

Flutter Mane2 printings · 2 sets

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Are Ancient Pokémon cards going up in value?

This is the middle price of the whole group on each reading day, so it answers the question for Ancient cards as a group rather than for one card.

Typical Ancient card price, September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026

Each point is the middle price of the 71 priced Ancient cards on that day, read from this site's own archive. The 13 readings drawn above are also listed as text below.

Typical price of a Ancient Pokémon card from September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026 — fell from $1.02 to $0.88
Reading date	Typical price	Where it started
12 Sep 25	1.02
10 Oct 25	1.47
7 Nov 25	0.98
5 Dec 25	1.22
2 Jan 26	0.97
30 Jan 26	1
27 Feb 26	0.97
27 Mar 26	0.85
24 Apr 26	1.02
22 May 26	0.8
19 Jun 26	1.02
17 Jul 26	0.87
14 Aug 26	0.88

Typical priceWhere it started · $1.02Now $0.88381 days on file

Ancient Pokémon cards — price change by window
Window	Typical then	Typical now	Change
Last month	$0.87	$0.88	+1.1%
Last 3 months	$0.80	$0.88	+10.0%
Last 6 months	$0.97	$0.88	-9.3%
Since September 12, 2025	$1.02	$0.88	-13.7%

Each row compares the middle price of the whole group on two days. It is not the change of any single card — a card can fall while the group rises, which is what the movers list below shows.

The typical Ancient card fell from $1.02 to $0.88 over the 11 months on file — -13.7%. A falling middle means the ordinary card of this group got cheaper, which is not always visible from the most expensive card alone.

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How Ancient Pokémon card prices are spread

One group price cannot describe 71 cards. These figures show how far apart they actually sit.

$0.20$171.54$0.88Where the price splits in half — $0.20 to $171.54 laid out on a ten-fold scale

$0.20$171.54$8.94Where the dearer quarter begins — one card in four costs more than this

0%100%15.5%Cards costing more than $20 — 11 of the 71 that carry a price

Each half circle is the whole price range of the 71 priced Ancient cards, from $0.20 to $171.54, with the tenfold steps evenly spaced. The last one is read differently — it counts cards rather than dollars, and says so in its own label.

All 71 priced Ancient cards, by price band

Under $150.7%36 cards

$1 to $514.1%10 cards

$5 to $2019.7%14 cards

$20 to $508.5%6 cards

$50 to $1005.6%4 cards

$100 to $5001.4%1 cards

How every Ancient card with a price falls into price bands — 71 cards counted, not just the ones drawn above. Each track is the whole group, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits outside that band.

The longest bar is where an ordinary Ancient card actually sits. Bands read the market price of each card on August 14, 2026.

Dearest tenth startsone in ten costs more than this$35.37
Dearer quarter startsone in four costs more than this$8.94
Typical cardhalf cost less, half cost more$0.88
Cheaper quarter endsone in four costs less than this$0.31
Cheapest on filenothing in the group costs less$0.20

The five points that describe every Ancient card price. Bar length is that price against the highest point on this ladder, and the highlighted row is the typical card.

Ancient Pokémon cards — two ways of counting the same group
Figure	All priced cards	The 50 listed above
Cards counted	71	50
Cheapest	$0.20	$0.33
Cheaper quarter, up to	$0.31	—
Typical (median)	$0.88	—
Dearer quarter, from	$8.94	—
Dearest tenth, from	$35.37	—
Average	$11.30	—
Dearest	$171.54	$171.54

The two columns are different groups of cards, not two readings of the same one — the right column is the dearest end of the left one. "Typical" is the middle price, which half the cards sit below; "average" is pulled upward by the few very expensive cards, which is why the two differ.

The average price of a Ancient card is $11.30 while the typical one is $0.88. The gap between those two numbers is the shape of this group: a small number of very expensive cards is dragging the average far above what most cards actually cost.

What three quarters of the 71 priced Ancient cards cost

One in four Ancient cards costs $0.31 or less, half cost $0.88 or less, and three in four cost $8.94 or less. Only the top quarter runs past $8.94, and the dearest tenth starts at $35.37.

See the dearest Roaring Moon ex — $171.54

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When were Ancient Pokémon cards printed, and are the old ones worth more?

The run starts in 2023 with 26 cards and reaches 2025 with 12. Age and price are drawn separately below, because the year with the most cards is rarely the year with the dearest ones.

How many Ancient cards were printed each year

202335.6%26 cards

202447.9%35 cards

202516.4%12 cards

Bar length is that year against the busiest year for Ancient cards, and the figure beside each year is its share of all 73 of them.

Years are left in printing order rather than sorted by size, because the shape of the run over time is what this chart is for.

202326 cards printed$1.90
202435 cards printed$0.59
202512 cards printed$6.77

The middle price of the Ancient cards printed in each year, oldest first. Bar length is that year against the dearest year. Years where fewer than three cards carry a price are not drawn.

Are older Ancient cards worth more?
Year	Cards	Share	Typical price
2023	26	35.6%	$1.90
2024	35	47.9%	$0.59
2025	12	16.4%	$6.77

Counted across all 73 Ancient cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that year, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price.

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What Ancient Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

The group price says what an ordinary Ancient card costs. These tables break the group down by rarity, printing and set, each row beside its own typical price, so you can tell a $1 card from a $100 one before you look it up.

Which Ancient cards are rare, and does rarity show up in the price?

Uncommon27.4%20 cards

Double Rare12.3%9 cards

Promo12.3%9 cards

Rare12.3%9 cards

Special Illustration Rare12.3%9 cards

Ultra Rare11.0%8 cards

Hyper Rare8.2%6 cards

Illustration Rare2.7%2 cards

ACE SPEC Rare1.4%1 cards

Each track is the whole of the 73 Ancient cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits in the other rows.

Only the ten largest rows are drawn. The table below carries the same counts as text, together with what each row typically costs.

Which Ancient cards are rare, and does rarity show up in the price?
Group	Share	Value
Uncommon	27.4%	20 cards
Double Rare	12.3%	9 cards
Promo	12.3%	9 cards
Rare	12.3%	9 cards
Special Illustration Rare	12.3%	9 cards
Ultra Rare	11.0%	8 cards
Hyper Rare	8.2%	6 cards
Illustration Rare	2.7%	2 cards
ACE SPEC Rare	1.4%	1 cards

Which Ancient cards are rare, and does rarity show up in the price?
Rarity	Cards	Share	Typical price
Uncommon	20	27.4%	$0.29
Double Rare	9	12.3%	$0.68
Promo	9	12.3%	$25.29
Rare	9	12.3%	$0.33
Special Illustration Rare	9	12.3%	$52.00
Ultra Rare	8	11.0%	$2.48
Hyper Rare	6	8.2%	$12.64
Illustration Rare	2	2.7%	—
ACE SPEC Rare	1	1.4%	—

Counted across all 73 Ancient 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.

Holo, reverse holo or plain — which printing of a Ancient card is worth more?

Holofoil76.7%56 cards

Normal20.5%15 cards

Each track is the whole of the 73 Ancient cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits in the other rows.

Only the ten largest rows are drawn. The table below carries the same counts as text, together with what each row typically costs.

Holo, reverse holo or plain — which printing of a Ancient card is worth more?
Printing	Cards	Share	Typical price
Holofoil	56	76.7%	$2.80
Normal	15	20.5%	$0.27

Counted across all 73 Ancient 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.

Which sets hold the Ancient cards?

Temporal Forces32.9%24 cards

Paradox Rift23.3%17 cards

Prismatic Evolutions16.4%12 cards

Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos12.3%9 cards

Twilight Masquerade5.5%4 cards

Surging Sparks4.1%3 cards

Shrouded Fable2.7%2 cards

Paldean Fates1.4%1 cards

Stellar Crown1.4%1 cards

Each track is the whole of the 73 Ancient cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits in the other rows.

Only the ten largest rows are drawn. The table below carries the same counts as text, together with what each row typically costs.

Which sets hold the Ancient cards?
Group	Share	Value
Temporal Forces	32.9%	24 cards
Paradox Rift	23.3%	17 cards
Prismatic Evolutions	16.4%	12 cards
Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	12.3%	9 cards
Twilight Masquerade	5.5%	4 cards
Surging Sparks	4.1%	3 cards
Shrouded Fable	2.7%	2 cards
Paldean Fates	1.4%	1 cards
Stellar Crown	1.4%	1 cards

Which sets hold the Ancient cards?
Set	Cards	Share	Typical price
Temporal Forces	24	32.9%	$0.72
Paradox Rift	17	23.3%	$1.54
Prismatic Evolutions	12	16.4%	$6.77
Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	9	12.3%	$25.29
Twilight Masquerade	4	5.5%	$0.50
Surging Sparks	3	4.1%	$0.32
Shrouded Fable	2	2.7%	—
Paldean Fates	1	1.4%	—
Stellar Crown	1	1.4%	—

Counted across all 73 Ancient 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.

Who drew the Ancient cards?

takuyoa11.0%8 cards

5ban Graphics8.2%6 cards

PLANETA Mochizuki5.5%4 cards

Teeziro5.5%4 cards

Anesaki Dynamic4.1%3 cards

Ryota Murayama4.1%3 cards

aky CG Works4.1%3 cards

kawayoo4.1%3 cards

AYUMI ODASHIMA2.7%2 cards

GIDORA2.7%2 cards

Each track is the whole of the 73 Ancient cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits in the other rows.

Only the ten largest rows are drawn. The table below carries the same counts as text, together with what each row typically costs.

Who drew the Ancient cards?
Group	Share	Value
takuyoa	11.0%	8 cards
5ban Graphics	8.2%	6 cards
PLANETA Mochizuki	5.5%	4 cards
Teeziro	5.5%	4 cards
Anesaki Dynamic	4.1%	3 cards
Ryota Murayama	4.1%	3 cards
aky CG Works	4.1%	3 cards
kawayoo	4.1%	3 cards
AYUMI ODASHIMA	2.7%	2 cards
GIDORA	2.7%	2 cards

Who drew the Ancient cards?
Illustrator	Cards	Share	Typical price
takuyoa	8	11.0%	$2.01
5ban Graphics	6	8.2%	$0.73
PLANETA Mochizuki	4	5.5%	$1.17
Teeziro	4	5.5%	$53.94
Anesaki Dynamic	3	4.1%	$0.33
Ryota Murayama	3	4.1%	$8.00
aky CG Works	3	4.1%	$3.14
kawayoo	3	4.1%	$0.38
AYUMI ODASHIMA	2	2.7%	—
GIDORA	2	2.7%	—

Counted across all 73 Ancient 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.

Which energy types do Ancient cards use?

Fighting20.5%15 cards

Darkness15.1%11 cards

Dragon13.7%10 cards

Psychic13.7%10 cards

Fire9.6%7 cards

Water9.6%7 cards

Each track is the whole of the 73 Ancient cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits in the other rows.

Only the ten largest rows are drawn. The table below carries the same counts as text, together with what each row typically costs.

Which energy types do Ancient cards use?
Energy type	Cards	Share	Typical price
Fighting	15	20.5%	$0.55
Darkness	11	15.1%	$5.02
Dragon	10	13.7%	$2.30
Psychic	10	13.7%	$1.67
Fire	7	9.6%	$2.88
Water	7	9.6%	$2.01

Counted across all 73 Ancient 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.

Which Ancient cards are still tournament legal?

H61.6%45 cards

G38.4%28 cards

Each track is the whole of the 73 Ancient cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits in the other rows.

Only the ten largest rows are drawn. The table below carries the same counts as text, together with what each row typically costs.

Which Ancient cards are still tournament legal?
Regulation mark	Cards	Share	Typical price
H	45	61.6%	$0.73
G	28	38.4%	$1.90

Counted across all 73 Ancient 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.

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How much HP and damage Ancient Pokémon cards print

An average hides the shape of a group: it reads the same whether every Ancient card prints the same number or they run from one end of the scale to the other. These five points show which of the two is happening.

Ancient Pokémon cards — how far apart the numbers on the cards sit
Measure	Lowest	Lower quarter	Typical	Upper quarter	Highest	Cards counted
HP	90	130	220	230	250	60
Biggest attack	20	88	120	138	280	60

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.

The five points that describe Ancient card HP

Lowest36.0% of the highest90 HP

Lower quarter52.0% of the highest130 HP

Typical88.0% of the highest220 HP

Upper quarter92.0% of the highest230 HP

Highest100.0% of the highest250 HP

HP printed on the 60 Ancient cards that carry one. The typical card is 220 HP. Bar length is that HP against the highest in the group.

Half of these cards sit between 130 and 230 HP. The distance between the two ends is what a single average would have hidden.

The five points that describe Ancient card HP
Group	Share	Value
Lowest	36.0% of the highest	90 HP
Lower quarter	52.0% of the highest	130 HP
Typical	88.0% of the highest	220 HP
Upper quarter	92.0% of the highest	230 HP
Highest	100.0% of the highest	250 HP

The five points that describe the biggest attack on a Ancient card

Lowest7.1% of the highest20 damage

Lower quarter31.4% of the highest88 damage

Typical42.9% of the highest120 damage

Upper quarter49.3% of the highest138 damage

Highest100.0% of the highest280 damage

The largest printed damage number on each of the 60 Ancient cards that print one. The typical card hits for 120. Bar length is that number against the hardest hitter in the group.

Half of these cards hit between 88 and 138. Attack text that adds a condition is not counted here — only the printed number.

The five points that describe the biggest attack on a Ancient card
Group	Share	Value
Lowest	7.1% of the highest	20 damage
Lower quarter	31.4% of the highest	88 damage
Typical	42.9% of the highest	120 damage
Upper quarter	49.3% of the highest	138 damage
Highest	100.0% of the highest	280 damage

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What are Ancient Pokémon cards weak to?

Weakness is the one printed number that doubles incoming damage, so it decides more matches than HP does. Across the 50 Ancient cards that print one, the most common is Grass on 17 of them.

What Ancient Pokémon cards are weak to

Grass34.0%17 cards

Psychic18.0%9 cards

Lightning14.0%7 cards

Water14.0%7 cards

Darkness12.0%6 cards

Metal8.0%4 cards

What Ancient Pokémon cards are weak to — 50 cards counted. Each track is the whole of that count, so a short bar means most of the group sits elsewhere.

An attack of this type does double damage to the card. Counted across the 50 Ancient cards that print a weakness.

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Can you still play Ancient Pokémon cards, and what do they cost to retreat?

Price is only half of what separates this group from the one next to it. These are the conditions you meet when you actually put a Ancient card on the table, across all 73 of them.

Standard

73 cards you can play today

73 of the 73 Ancient cards are legal in Standard, the format most tournaments run. That is 100.0% of the group.

Expanded only

0 more that need the older format

These 0 have rotated out of Standard but are still legal in Expanded, which reaches back much further.

Neither

0 that no current format accepts

0 of the group — 0.0% — are collector cards now rather than deck cards.

What it costs to retreat a Ancient Pokémon card

241.7%25 cards

128.3%17 cards

325.0%15 cards

45.0%3 cards

60 cards counted.

The number of energy cards you discard to move this Pokémon back to the bench. Zero means it retreats for free.

Can you still play Ancient Pokémon cards in a tournament?
Question	Cards	Share of the group
Legal in Standard today	73	100.0%
Legal in Expanded today	73	100.0%
Cards with an Ability	18	24.7%
Cards with a special rule	46	63.0%

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.

How much of the group each answer covers, out of 73 cards

Legal in Standard today100.0%73 cards

Legal in Expanded today100.0%73 cards

Cards with an Ability24.7%18 cards

Cards with a special rule63.0%46 cards

Each track is the whole of the 73 Ancient cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share the answer does not cover.

The 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.

How much of the group each answer covers, out of 73 cards
Group	Share	Value
Legal in Standard today	100.0%	73 cards
Legal in Expanded today	100.0%	73 cards
Cards with an Ability	24.7%	18 cards
Cards with a special rule	63.0%	46 cards

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Which Ancient Pokémon cards moved most this year

The group moved -13.7%. These are the Ancient cards inside it that moved furthest in each direction over the same window.

Change between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026, for the 32 Ancient cards that carried a price on both days. Bar length is the size of the move, not its direction.

32 Ancient cards tracked across the yearSee the group line

A group line and a card line are not the same thing. The Ancient group fell over this window, yet the cards above ran from -61.1% to +153.9% — which is why a figure taken from the group tells you what to expect, and only the card page tells you what happened.

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The cheapest Ancient Pokémon cards you can buy

A group price hides its own floor. These are the 6 least expensive Ancient cards carrying a price, which is what the group costs to start rather than what its best card costs.

Read from the same daily price archive as the rest of this page. A low price usually means the card is common rather than that it is a bargain.

The same 6 cards with their set and number

Ancient Booster Energy CapsuleParadox Rift#159$0.20Uncommon Scream TailTemporal Forces#77$0.20Uncommon Professor Sada's VitalityParadox Rift#170$0.25Uncommon Brute BonnetTwilight Masquerade#118$0.25Uncommon Great TuskTemporal Forces#96$0.26Uncommon Sandy ShocksTemporal Forces#98$0.26Uncommon

Set and number are what you match against a listing; two cards with the same name are different cards if either of those differs.

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How Ancient compares with the other mechanics

Every mechanic in this list is ranked by its typical price. The bar is that price against the dearest group, and the highlighted row is where Ancient sits.

Star 29 cardsNo. 1 · $26.56 to $3,216.67$1,010.00
19 more mechanics between
Rapid Strike 158 cardsNo. 21 · $0.07 to $1,247.90$0.90
Ancient 73 cardsNo. 22 · $0.20 to $171.54$0.88
ACE SPEC 46 cardsNo. 23 · $0.30 to $22.02$0.82
4 more mechanics between
Pokémon Tool 336 cardsNo. 28 · $0.06 to $39.66$0.55

Bar length is the typical price against Star, the dearest mechanic at $1,010.00. The row without a link is this group.

28 mechanics in totalSee them all

Ancient is No. 22 of 28 mechanics by typical price, with 6 of them cheaper and 21 dearer. Rank is not the same as scarcity: a group can rank high because a handful of its cards are chased, while most of it stays affordable — the price ladder above shows which of those two is happening here.

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How much energy do Ancient Pokémon cards need to attack?

A card does nothing on the table until it has been paid for in energy. Across the 60 Ancient cards that print an attack at all, this is what the cheapest attack on each of them asks for.

1 energy19 cards · 31.7% of the 60 counted

2 energy17 cards · 28.3% of the 60 counted

3 energy22 cards · 36.7% of the 60 counted

4 energy2 cards · 3.3% of the 60 counted

Ancient Pokémon cards — energy asked for by the cheapest printed attack, 60 cards counted

Each symbol is one Energy card of any type, which is how the cost is recorded: as a number of cards rather than a list of types. Cards that print no attack are left out of this count rather than entered as zero.

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How the mechanics compare on HP, damage and how hard they hit for their size

Price is one ladder, and the numbers printed on the cards are another. These are the 21 mechanics side by side, each on its own averages, with Ancient among them.

Mechanics compared on what their cards actually print
Card mechanic	Cards	Average HP	Average biggest attack	Damage per HP	Most common stage
Team Plasma	113	124	66	0.53	Basic
EX	438	179	99	0.55	Basic
V	601	208	126	0.61	Basic
VMAX	209	320	143	0.45	Eternamax
ex	942	243	144	0.59	Basic
Star	29	80	50	0.63	Basic
SP	105	90	47	0.52	Basic
Prime	31	120	69	0.58	Stage 1
MEGA	207	278	154	0.55	Stage 2
GX	601	214	133	0.62	Basic
Tera	146	260	170	0.65	Basic
VSTAR	94	271	167	0.62	—
TAG TEAM	130	266	161	0.61	Basic
Ultra Beast	105	169	119	0.70	Basic
Prism Star	27	126	75	0.60	Basic
Future	70	183	152	0.83	Basic
Ancient	73	179	127	0.71	Basic
Fusion Strike	53	146	96	0.66	Basic
Single Strike	147	182	121	0.66	Basic
Rapid Strike	158	173	70	0.40	Basic
V-UNION	24	307	232	0.76	—

Damage per HP is that group's average biggest attack divided by its average HP: a larger number means the group hits harder for the size it prints. Both averages are counted only across the cards that carry the number at all, and Trainer and Energy cards carry neither. Only groups large enough to have their own page are listed.

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The dearest and the cheapest Ancient Pokémon card, side by side

Both of these are Ancient cards, and one costs 858 times what the other does. That gap is why a single group price is a starting point and not a valuation of any one card.

Dearest in the groupRoaring Moon exPrismatic Evolutions 162$171.54

858× apartBoth are Ancient cards
$0.20 VS $171.54

Cheapest in the groupAncient Booster Energy CapsuleParadox Rift 159$0.20

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The other mechanics, and what each one is made of

The price ladder above ranks these same groups by what they cost. This one shows how big each of them is and what a card from it actually looks like, which is the part a ladder cannot carry.

Potion Energy — Legendary Collection 101

Special211 cardsFor example: Potion EnergyTypical card $2.43

Lucky Stadium — Wizards Black Star Promos 41

Stadium265 cardsFor example: Lucky StadiumTypical card $1.25Item856 cards · 51 HP on average · 300 damageFor example: Tropical Tidal WaveTypical card $0.81

Lillie — Ultra Prism 151

Supporter1,166 cardsFor example: LillieTypical card $1.97

Lugia-EX — Plasma Storm 134

Team Plasma113 cards · 124 HP on average · 66 damageFor example: Lugia-EXTypical card $7.76

M Rayquaza-EX — Ancient Origins 98

EX438 cards · 179 HP on average · 99 damageFor example: M Rayquaza-EXTypical card $25.03

Rocky Helmet — Boundaries Crossed 153

Pokémon Tool336 cards · 175 damageFor example: Rocky HelmetTypical card $0.55

Hero's Cape — Temporal Forces 152

ACE SPEC46 cards · 200 damageFor example: Hero's CapeTypical card $0.82

Giratina V — Lost Origin 186

V601 cards · 208 HP on average · 126 damageFor example: Giratina VTypical card $2.40

Umbreon VMAX — Evolving Skies 215

VMAX209 cards · 320 HP on average · 143 damageFor example: Umbreon VMAXTypical card $8.23

Umbreon ex — Prismatic Evolutions 161

ex942 cards · 243 HP on average · 144 damageFor example: Umbreon exTypical card $3.61

Pikachu ★ — Holon Phantoms 104

Star29 cards · 80 HP on average · 50 damageFor example: Pikachu ★Typical card $1,010.00

Rayquaza C LV.X — DP Black Star Promos DP47

SP105 cards · 90 HP on average · 47 damageFor example: Rayquaza C LV.XTypical card $12.47

Umbreon — HS—Undaunted 86

Prime31 cards · 120 HP on average · 69 damageFor example: UmbreonTypical card $72.61

Mega Gengar ex — Ascended Heroes 284

MEGA207 cards · 278 HP on average · 154 damageFor example: Mega Gengar exTypical card $21.41

Latias & Latios-GX — Team Up 170

GX601 cards · 214 HP on average · 133 damageFor example: Latias & Latios-GXTypical card $20.14

Miracle Sphere β — Skyridge 130

Technical Machine25 cards · 20 damageFor example: Miracle Sphere βTypical card $5.21

Umbreon ex — Prismatic Evolutions 161

Tera146 cards · 260 HP on average · 170 damageFor example: Umbreon exTypical card $3.30

Giratina VSTAR — Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery GG69

VSTAR94 cards · 271 HP on average · 167 damageFor example: Giratina VSTARTypical card $8.00

Latias & Latios-GX — Team Up 170

TAG TEAM130 cards · 266 HP on average · 161 damageFor example: Latias & Latios-GXTypical card $89.66

Ultra Necrozma-GX — Dragon Majesty 78

Ultra Beast105 cards · 169 HP on average · 119 damageFor example: Ultra Necrozma-GXTypical card $9.32

Giratina ◇ — Ultra Prism 58

Prism Star27 cards · 126 HP on average · 75 damageFor example: Giratina ◇Typical card $5.41

Iron Crown ex — Temporal Forces 206

Future70 cards · 183 HP on average · 152 damageFor example: Iron Crown exTypical card $0.73

Mew VMAX — Fusion Strike 269

Fusion Strike53 cards · 146 HP on average · 96 damageFor example: Mew VMAXTypical card $0.80

Umbreon VMAX — Evolving Skies 215

Single Strike147 cards · 182 HP on average · 121 damageFor example: Umbreon VMAXTypical card $0.79

Rayquaza VMAX — Evolving Skies 218

Rapid Strike158 cards · 173 HP on average · 70 damageFor example: Rayquaza VMAXTypical card $0.90

Mewtwo V-UNION — SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH160

V-UNION24 cards · 307 HP on average · 232 damageFor example: Mewtwo V-UNIONTypical card $6.20

Bar length is that group's size against the largest of them, which is 1,166 cards. The card shown on each panel is the dearest one in that group, not a typical one.

Every group listed here is large enough to have a page of its own; smaller ones stay as rows on the page above.

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The 7 things that tell Ancient cards apart

Each panel already carries the answer its section arrives at, so you can read the whole of Ancient here and open only the part you came for.

Are they going up in value?-13.7%$1.02 to $0.88See the trend What are they made of?UncommonUncommon20Double Rare9Promo9Rare927.4% of the groupSee the breakdown What beats them?Grass17 of the 50 that print a weaknessSee every weakness Can you still play them?100.0%73 of 73 are legal in StandardSee both formats What do they cost to attack?3 energy22 cards, the most common answerSee the energy ladder How hard do they hit for their size?0.71179 HP and 127 damage on averageCompare every group What is the cheapest one?$0.20Ancient Booster Energy Capsule — Paradox RiftSee the cheapest six

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The numbers every figure on this page is read from

These are the readings for Ancient that the rest of the page works from. Each of the lines on the right opens the section that shows how it was arrived at.

Cards on file

73cards

71 of them carry a price

Typical price

$0.88

The middle price of the priced cards

Cheapest on file

$0.20

One card, not the group

Dearest on file

$171.54

One card, not the group

Where the middle half sits$0.31 to $8.94Top tenth starts at$35.37Average HP179Average biggest attack127Most common weaknessGrass

Where Ancient sits, at a glance

Tournament legal100.0%100.0%73 of 73 cards are legal in Standard today Price rank22of 28 mechanicsTypical card $0.88; the dearest group is $1,010.00Where it sits on the ladder22% cheaper below it6 of the 27 mechanics cost less than this one Most common rarityUncommon20 of the 73 cards on file

Each panel is a different way of cutting the same cards; the section it links to shows the full count.

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Which Ancient Pokémon cards hit hardest, type by type

Counting cards tells you which type is common. Counting damage tells you which one is dangerous, and the two answers are not the same: Darkness leads on cards while Fire leads on damage.

Counted by power rather than by card, the order changes

Bar length is that type against Fire, the hardest hitter here at 214 damage

Fire — hits hardestagainst the group average of 1351.58× the average · 7 of the 44 counted214
Fightingagainst the group average of 1351.42× the average · 8 of the 44 counted193
Darkness — most cardsagainst the group average of 1350.79× the average · 8 of the 44 counted108
Wateragainst the group average of 1350.78× the average · 7 of the 44 counted106
Dragonagainst the group average of 1350.77× the average · 8 of the 44 counted104
Psychicagainst the group average of 1350.59× the average · 6 of the 44 counted80

Counted across the 44 Pokémon cards among this group's 50 dearest that print both a type and a damage number. Trainer and Energy cards print neither and are left out rather than entered as zero. A type with only one such card is not averaged.

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The three hardest-hitting Ancient Pokémon cards

A group price says nothing about what its cards do on the table. These three print the biggest attacks of any Ancient card in the archive, and the middle one's numbers are set out under them.

The three biggest attacks among Ancient cards — hover to fan them outpress and hold to fan them out

Middle card · Koraidon ex DragonHP 230Biggest attack 280Retreat 2

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Ancient Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Ancient Pokémon cards are there?

There are 73 Ancient cards in this archive, and 71 of them carry a price. A mechanic is the special kind a card is printed as — V, VMAX and ex among Pokémon, Item, Supporter and Stadium among Trainers — recorded with each card in the card files this site reads. Evolution stages are counted on their own, and a plain card carries no mechanic at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

How much is a Ancient Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $0.88. Across the 71 priced cards the range runs from $0.20 to $171.54, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Ancient Pokémon card?

Roaring Moon ex 162 from Prismatic Evolutions, at $171.54. It is 195× the typical price of the group.

Are Ancient Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 22 of 28 mechanics, with 6 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 73 of the 20,444 English cards on file, or 0.4%. Those two together are what "rare" usually means in practice — few of them, and dear because of it.

Do all Ancient Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 71 of the 73 carry a price on file. The rest have never been listed at a price this archive could read, so they are counted in the card total but left out of every price figure rather than guessed at.

Where can I see every Ancient Pokémon card?

The list on this page holds the 50 most expensive of them, dearest first, and each card opens its own price page. The remaining 23 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

How often are Ancient Pokémon card prices updated?

Prices are read once a day from public marketplace listings. The figures on this page were read on August 14, 2026. Which cards belong to this group comes from openly published card files and changes only when a new set is added.

Are Ancient Pokémon cards going up in value?

Over the last 11 months the typical Ancient card fell from $1.02 to $0.88, a change of -13.7%. That is the middle of the whole group, so it describes an ordinary card of this kind rather than the headline one at the top.

How much does a cheap Ancient Pokémon card cost?

One in four Ancient cards costs $0.31 or less and the cheapest on file is $0.20. Three in four cost $8.94 or less, so the cards past that point are the exception rather than the rule for this group.

Which Ancient Pokémon cards are worth the most?

Sorted by rarity, Special Illustration Rare is the dearest kind of Ancient card: 9 of them are on file and the middle one costs $52.00. The table on this page lists every rarity in the group beside its own typical price.

What is the highest HP on a Ancient Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Ancient cards is 250, and the lowest is 90. The typical one is 220 HP, with half of them between 130 and 230 — figures counted from the 60 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Ancient Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

73 of the 73 Ancient cards are legal in Standard today and 73 in Expanded — 100.0% and 100.0% of the group. A card leaves Standard when its set rotates out, so this share moves each year even though the cards do not change.

What are Ancient Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Grass — 17 of the 50 Ancient cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Psychic next at 9 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Are old Ancient Pokémon cards worth more than new ones?

Not simply by age. Among Ancient cards the 2023 printings sit at a typical $1.90 and the 2025 ones at $6.77, while the dearest year of all is 2025 at $6.77. Print run and demand decide it, not the date on its own.

Which Ancient Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Brute Bonnet 207 from Paradox Rift, which went from $7.59 to $19.27 — a change of +153.9% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 32 Ancient cards that carried a price on both days.

Which sets have Ancient Pokémon cards?

Ancient cards appear across 9 sets on file. The largest are Temporal Forces (24 cards, typically $0.72), Paradox Rift (17 cards, typically $1.54), Prismatic Evolutions (12 cards, typically $6.77). The full list on this page gives every set beside its card count and typical price.

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

Every figure on this page is counted from the 73 Ancient cards this site holds on file — 71 of them with a price read once a day from public marketplace listings into this site's own archive. Nothing here is estimated: a card with no price is left out of the price columns rather than filled in. The places below are where the same card 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, rarity, types, regulation mark, illustrator credits) github.com

2

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set listings and printed names) github.com

Before you rely on these figures

Note: Prices on this page are asking and market prices for ungraded English Ancient 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