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

There are 31 Prime cards on file, 23 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $72.61.

Card mechanic · 31 cards · 23 with a price · $1.26 to $549.45 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Prime Pokémon card worth?

The typical Prime card costs $72.61. Across the 23 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $1.26 and the dearest is $549.45 — Umbreon 86, at $549.45. 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

Prime 31 cardsCard mechanic

23 with a price · $1.26 to $549.45 · No. 3 of 28 mechanics by typical price · +108.3% in 11 months · 120 HP on average · weak to Fighting

Typical price, last 11 months$72.61+108.3% from $34.86

Card price ladder$549.45$1.26 to $549.45

Place among mechanicsNo. 3CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $72.61 · No. 3 of 28
25 mechanics cost less than this one

Cards on file3123 carry a price Most expensive card$549.45Umbreon 86 Cheapest on record$1.26across all 23 priced cards Price rose+108.3%over the last 11 months Place by priceNo. 3of 28 mechanics

What stands out about Prime cards

Scale 31 cards carry this mechanic — 0.2% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
Price Half of the priced cards cost under $72.61, but the dearest reaches $549.45 — a gap of 8×.
Place By typical price this is No. 3 of 28 mechanics; 25 of them cost less.
Record 23 of the 31 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 31

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 7,20831 cardsonly Prime remain · 0.4% of 7,208
The 31 cards on this page31 cards0.2% 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.

Prime Pokémon cards at a glance

What this group is. 31 cards share the mechanic Prime. 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 $72.61. Across the 23 priced cards the range runs $1.26 to $549.45.
Where it stands. No. 3 of 28 mechanics by typical price, with 25 of them cheaper.
What the cards are like. They average 120 HP and 69 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fighting.
What is listed below. Every one of the 31 cards that carries a price, each with its own price page. The other 8 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.

Source: Counted from 31 cards on file, 23 of them with a price

Every Prime Pokémon card with a price on file

These are the 31 dearest Prime cards in the archive, most expensive first. The strip shows them as cards; the list under it carries the same 31 with their set and exact price as text.

The 31 dearest Prime 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 31 cards as a listRank is by price inside this group.

CardNameSetPriceRarity

UmbreonHS—Undaunted$549.45Rare Prime GengarHS—Triumphant$539.75Rare Prime MewHS—Triumphant$369.47Rare Prime EspeonHS—Undaunted$249.37Rare Prime HoundoomHS—Undaunted$243.01Rare Prime TyranitarHS—Unleashed$239.66Rare Prime RaichuHS—Undaunted$129.01Rare Prime AbsolHS—Triumphant$125.17Rare Prime SteelixHS—Unleashed$123.97Rare Prime FeraligatrHeartGold & SoulSilver$94.02Rare Prime

Show the rest of the list21 more cards, still in price order+21

ScizorHS—Undaunted$81.55Rare Prime FeraligatrHGSS Black Star Promos$72.61Promo SlowkingHS—Undaunted$65.72Rare Prime AmpharosHeartGold & SoulSilver$64.68Rare Prime MeganiumHeartGold & SoulSilver$61.67Rare Prime CrobatHS—Unleashed$61.32Rare Prime TyphlosionHGSS Black Star Promos$55.06Promo MachampHS—Triumphant$51.18Rare Prime MeganiumHGSS Black Star Promos$47.39Promo ElectrodeHS—Triumphant$46.23Rare Prime UrsaringHS—Unleashed$45.80Rare Prime LanturnHS—Unleashed$43.52Rare Prime DonphanCelebrations: Classic Collection$1.26Classic Collection BlisseyHeartGold & SoulSilverRare Prime DonphanHeartGold & SoulSilverRare Prime TyphlosionHeartGold & SoulSilverRare Prime KingdraHS—UnleashedRare Prime CelebiHS—TriumphantRare Prime MagnezoneHS—TriumphantRare Prime YanmegaHS—TriumphantRare Prime DragapultSWSH Black Star PromosPromo

23 cards on file carry a price; the archive holds the 31 dearest of them in full.

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Which Prime cards share a name across several printings?

8 of the 31 cards listed above are reprints of just 4 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.

Feraligatr2 printings · 2 sets

Meganium2 printings · 2 sets

Typhlosion2 printings · 2 sets

Donphan2 printings · 2 sets

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Are Prime 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 Prime cards as a group rather than for one card.

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

Each point is the middle price of the 23 priced Prime 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 Prime Pokémon card from September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026 — rose from $34.86 to $72.61
Reading date	Typical price	Where it started
12 Sep 25	34.86
10 Oct 25	38.95
7 Nov 25	41.61
5 Dec 25	49.7
2 Jan 26	52.92
30 Jan 26	50.59
27 Feb 26	52.21
27 Mar 26	56.41
24 Apr 26	57.52
22 May 26	68
19 Jun 26	70.72
17 Jul 26	70.6
14 Aug 26	72.61

Typical priceWhere it started · $34.86Now $72.61381 days on file

Prime Pokémon cards — price change by window
Window	Typical then	Typical now	Change
Last month	$70.60	$72.61	+2.8%
Last 3 months	$68.00	$72.61	+6.8%
Last 6 months	$52.21	$72.61	+39.1%
Since September 12, 2025	$34.86	$72.61	+108.3%

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 Prime card rose from $34.86 to $72.61 over the 11 months on file — +108.3%. A rising middle means the ordinary card of this group got dearer, not just the headline one at the top of the list.

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How Prime Pokémon card prices are spread

One group price cannot describe 23 cards. These figures show how far apart they actually sit.

$1.26$549.45$72.61Where the price splits in half — $1.26 to $549.45 laid out on a ten-fold scale

$1.26$549.45$184.33Where the dearer quarter begins — one card in four costs more than this

0%100%8.7%Cards costing more than $500 — 2 of the 23 that carry a price

Each half circle is the whole price range of the 23 priced Prime cards, from $1.26 to $549.45, 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 23 priced Prime cards, by price band

$1 to $54.3%1 cards

$20 to $5017.4%4 cards

$50 to $10039.1%9 cards

$100 to $50030.4%7 cards

$500 and up8.7%2 cards

How every Prime card with a price falls into price bands — 23 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 Prime card actually sits. Bands read the market price of each card on August 14, 2026.

Dearest tenth startsone in ten costs more than this$345.45
Dearer quarter startsone in four costs more than this$184.33
Typical cardhalf cost less, half cost more$72.61
Cheaper quarter endsone in four costs less than this$53.12
Cheapest on filenothing in the group costs less$1.26

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

Prime Pokémon cards — two ways of counting the same group
Figure	All priced cards	The 31 listed above
Cards counted	23	31
Cheapest	$1.26	$1.26
Cheaper quarter, up to	$53.12	—
Typical (median)	$72.61	—
Dearer quarter, from	$184.33	—
Dearest tenth, from	$345.45	—
Average	$146.12	—
Dearest	$549.45	$549.45

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 Prime card is $146.12 while the typical one is $72.61. 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 23 priced Prime cards cost

One in four Prime cards costs $53.12 or less, half cost $72.61 or less, and three in four cost $184.33 or less. Only the top quarter runs past $184.33, and the dearest tenth starts at $345.45.

See the dearest Umbreon — $549.45

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

The run starts in 2010 with 29 cards and reaches 2021 with 1. Age and price are drawn separately below, because the year with the most cards is rarely the year with the dearest ones.

How many Prime cards were printed each year

201093.5%29 cards

20193.2%1 cards

20213.2%1 cards

Bar length is that year against the busiest year for Prime cards, and the figure beside each year is its share of all 31 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.

Are older Prime cards worth more?
Year	Cards	Share	Typical price
2010	29	93.5%	$77.08
2019	1	3.2%	—
2021	1	3.2%	—

Counted across all 31 Prime 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 Prime Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

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

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

Rare Prime83.9%26 cards

Promo12.9%4 cards

Classic Collection3.2%1 cards

Each track is the whole of the 31 Prime 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 Prime cards are rare, and does rarity show up in the price?
Rarity	Cards	Share	Typical price
Rare Prime	26	83.9%	$94.02
Promo	4	12.9%	$55.06
Classic Collection	1	3.2%	—

Counted across all 31 Prime 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 Prime cards?

HS—Triumphant25.8%8 cards

HS—Undaunted19.4%6 cards

HS—Unleashed19.4%6 cards

HeartGold & SoulSilver19.4%6 cards

HGSS Black Star Promos9.7%3 cards

Celebrations: Classic Collection3.2%1 cards

SWSH Black Star Promos3.2%1 cards

Each track is the whole of the 31 Prime 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 Prime cards?
Group	Share	Value
HS—Triumphant	25.8%	8 cards
HS—Undaunted	19.4%	6 cards
HS—Unleashed	19.4%	6 cards
HeartGold & SoulSilver	19.4%	6 cards
HGSS Black Star Promos	9.7%	3 cards
Celebrations: Classic Collection	3.2%	1 cards
SWSH Black Star Promos	3.2%	1 cards

Which sets hold the Prime cards?
Set	Cards	Share	Typical price
HS—Triumphant	8	25.8%	$125.17
HS—Undaunted	6	19.4%	$186.01
HS—Unleashed	6	19.4%	$61.32
HeartGold & SoulSilver	6	19.4%	$64.68
HGSS Black Star Promos	3	9.7%	$55.06
Celebrations: Classic Collection	1	3.2%	—
SWSH Black Star Promos	1	3.2%	—

Counted across all 31 Prime 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 Prime cards?

Hideaki Hakozaki32.3%10 cards

Noriko Hotta19.4%6 cards

Kent Kanetsuna16.1%5 cards

Wataru Kawahara16.1%5 cards

Takashi Yamaguchi9.7%3 cards

5ban Graphics3.2%1 cards

Shizurow3.2%1 cards

Each track is the whole of the 31 Prime 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 Prime cards?
Group	Share	Value
Hideaki Hakozaki	32.3%	10 cards
Noriko Hotta	19.4%	6 cards
Kent Kanetsuna	16.1%	5 cards
Wataru Kawahara	16.1%	5 cards
Takashi Yamaguchi	9.7%	3 cards
5ban Graphics	3.2%	1 cards
Shizurow	3.2%	1 cards

Who drew the Prime cards?
Illustrator	Cards	Share	Typical price
Hideaki Hakozaki	10	32.3%	$184.09
Noriko Hotta	6	19.4%	$65.72
Kent Kanetsuna	5	16.1%	$68.65
Wataru Kawahara	5	16.1%	$89.52
Takashi Yamaguchi	3	9.7%	$129.01
5ban Graphics	1	3.2%	—
Shizurow	1	3.2%	—

Counted across all 31 Prime 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 Prime cards use?

Psychic19.4%6 cards

Lightning16.1%5 cards

Darkness12.9%4 cards

Grass12.9%4 cards

Fighting9.7%3 cards

Water9.7%3 cards

Colorless6.5%2 cards

Fire6.5%2 cards

Metal6.5%2 cards

Each track is the whole of the 31 Prime 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 Prime cards use?
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	19.4%	6 cards
Lightning	16.1%	5 cards
Darkness	12.9%	4 cards
Grass	12.9%	4 cards
Fighting	9.7%	3 cards
Water	9.7%	3 cards
Colorless	6.5%	2 cards
Fire	6.5%	2 cards
Metal	6.5%	2 cards

Which energy types do Prime cards use?
Energy type	Cards	Share	Typical price
Psychic	6	19.4%	$249.37
Lightning	5	16.1%	$55.46
Darkness	4	12.9%	$241.33
Grass	4	12.9%	—
Fighting	3	9.7%	—
Water	3	9.7%	—
Colorless	2	6.5%	—
Fire	2	6.5%	—
Metal	2	6.5%	—

Counted across all 31 Prime 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 eras of the game do Prime cards come from?

HeartGold & SoulSilver93.5%29 cards

Sword & Shield6.5%2 cards

Each track is the whole of the 31 Prime 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 eras of the game do Prime cards come from?
Series	Cards	Share	Typical price
HeartGold & SoulSilver	29	93.5%	$77.08
Sword & Shield	2	6.5%	—

Counted across all 31 Prime 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.

Are evolved Prime cards worth more?

Stage 145.2%14 cards

Stage 245.2%14 cards

Basic9.7%3 cards

Each track is the whole of the 31 Prime 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.

Are evolved Prime cards worth more?
Evolution stage	Cards	Share	Typical price
Stage 1	14	45.2%	$81.55
Stage 2	14	45.2%	$63.18
Basic	3	9.7%	—

Counted across all 31 Prime 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 Prime Pokémon cards print

An average hides the shape of a group: it reads the same whether every Prime 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.

Prime Pokémon cards — how far apart the numbers on the cards sit
Measure	Lowest	Lower quarter	Typical	Upper quarter	Highest	Cards counted
HP	60	100	130	140	160	31
Biggest attack	30	50	65	83	150	28

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 Prime card HP

Lowest37.5% of the highest60 HP

Lower quarter62.5% of the highest100 HP

Typical81.3% of the highest130 HP

Upper quarter87.5% of the highest140 HP

Highest100.0% of the highest160 HP

HP printed on the 31 Prime cards that carry one. The typical card is 130 HP. Bar length is that HP against the highest in the group.

Half of these cards sit between 100 and 140 HP. The distance between the two ends is what a single average would have hidden.

The five points that describe Prime card HP
Group	Share	Value
Lowest	37.5% of the highest	60 HP
Lower quarter	62.5% of the highest	100 HP
Typical	81.3% of the highest	130 HP
Upper quarter	87.5% of the highest	140 HP
Highest	100.0% of the highest	160 HP

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

Lowest20.0% of the highest30 damage

Lower quarter33.3% of the highest50 damage

Typical43.3% of the highest65 damage

Upper quarter55.3% of the highest83 damage

Highest100.0% of the highest150 damage

The largest printed damage number on each of the 28 Prime cards that print one. The typical card hits for 65. Bar length is that number against the hardest hitter in the group.

Half of these cards hit between 50 and 83. Attack text that adds a condition is not counted here — only the printed number.

The five points that describe the biggest attack on a Prime card
Group	Share	Value
Lowest	20.0% of the highest	30 damage
Lower quarter	33.3% of the highest	50 damage
Typical	43.3% of the highest	65 damage
Upper quarter	55.3% of the highest	83 damage
Highest	100.0% of the highest	150 damage

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What are Prime Pokémon cards weak to?

Weakness is the one printed number that doubles incoming damage, so it decides more matches than HP does. Across the 31 Prime cards that print one, the most common is Fighting on 11 of them.

What Prime Pokémon cards are weak to

Fighting35.5%11 cards

Fire16.1%5 cards

Psychic12.9%4 cards

Water12.9%4 cards

Lightning9.7%3 cards

Darkness6.5%2 cards

Grass6.5%2 cards

What Prime Pokémon cards are weak to — 31 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 31 Prime cards that print a weakness.

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Which Prime Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 18 of the 31 Prime cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.

What Prime Pokémon cards resist

Psychic33.3%6 cards

Metal22.2%4 cards

Fighting16.7%3 cards

Lightning11.1%2 cards

Water11.1%2 cards

Colorless5.6%1 cards

What Prime Pokémon cards resist — 18 cards counted. Each track is the whole of that count, so a short bar means most of the group sits elsewhere.

Resistance cuts incoming damage from that type. Only some Prime cards print one, which is why this count is smaller than the card total.

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How do Prime Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 31 Prime cards that print a stage.

31Prime

Stage 114 · 45.2%Stage 214 · 45.2%Basic3 · 9.7%

The 31 Prime cards that print a stage, split by which stage it is

How Prime Pokémon cards evolve

Stage 145.2%typically $81.5514 cards

Stage 245.2%typically $63.1814 cards

Basic9.7%3 cards

31 cards counted. Each track is the whole of that count, so a short bar means most of the group sits elsewhere.

Basic cards are played straight from the hand; the later stages have to evolve from the card before them.

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Can you still play Prime 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 Prime card on the table, across all 31 of them.

Standard

0 cards you can play today

0 of the 31 Prime cards are legal in Standard, the format most tournaments run. That is 0.0% 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

31 that no current format accepts

31 of the group — 100.0% — are collector cards now rather than deck cards.

What it costs to retreat a Prime Pokémon card

229.0%9 cards

125.8%8 cards

319.4%6 cards

016.1%retreats free5 cards

49.7%3 cards

31 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 Prime Pokémon cards in a tournament?
Question	Cards	Share of the group
Legal in Standard today	0	0.0%
Legal in Expanded today	0	0.0%
Cards with an Ability	28	90.3%
Cards with a special rule	1	3.2%

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 31 cards

Legal in Standard today0.0%0 cards

Legal in Expanded today0.0%0 cards

Cards with an Ability90.3%28 cards

Cards with a special rule3.2%1 cards

Each track is the whole of the 31 Prime 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 31 cards
Group	Share	Value
Legal in Standard today	0.0%	0 cards
Legal in Expanded today	0.0%	0 cards
Cards with an Ability	90.3%	28 cards
Cards with a special rule	3.2%	1 cards

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Which Prime Pokémon cards moved most this year

The group moved +108.3%. These are the Prime cards inside it that moved furthest in each direction over the same window.

Change between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026, for the 22 Prime cards that carried a price on both days. Bar length is the size of the move, not its direction.

22 Prime cards tracked across the yearSee the group line

A group line and a card line are not the same thing. The Prime group rose over this window, yet the cards above ran from +86.5% to +386.9% — 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 Prime Pokémon cards you can buy

A group price hides its own floor. These are the 6 least expensive Prime 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

DonphanCelebrations: Classic Collection#107$1.26Classic Collection LanturnHS—Unleashed#86$43.52Rare Prime UrsaringHS—Unleashed#89$45.80Rare Prime ElectrodeHS—Triumphant#93$46.23Rare Prime MeganiumHGSS Black Star Promos#HGSS08$47.39Promo MachampHS—Triumphant#95$51.18Rare Prime

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 Prime 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 Prime sits.

Star 29 cardsNo. 1 · $26.56 to $3,216.67$1,010.00
TAG TEAM 130 cardsNo. 2 · $0.52 to $3,157.93$89.66
Prime 31 cardsNo. 3 · $1.26 to $549.45$72.61
EX 438 cardsNo. 4 · $1.31 to $1,069.91$25.03
23 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

Prime is No. 3 of 28 mechanics by typical price, with 25 of them cheaper and 2 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 Prime Pokémon cards need to attack?

A card does nothing on the table until it has been paid for in energy. Across the 31 Prime cards that print an attack at all, this is what the cheapest attack on each of them asks for.

1 energy8 cards · 25.8% of the 31 counted

2 energy7 cards · 22.6% of the 31 counted

3 energy12 cards · 38.7% of the 31 counted

4 energy4 cards · 12.9% of the 31 counted

Prime Pokémon cards — energy asked for by the cheapest printed attack, 31 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 Prime 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 Prime Pokémon card, side by side

Both of these are Prime cards, and one costs 436 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 groupUmbreonHS—Undaunted 86$549.45

436× apartBoth are Prime cards
$1.26 VS $549.45

Cheapest in the groupDonphanCelebrations: Classic Collection 107$1.26

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Which Prime Pokémon cards you have to evolve into

A Basic card is played straight from the hand. Every later stage has to arrive on top of the card before it, so an evolved Prime card costs you deck slots and turns that a Basic one does not.

The stage ladder inside Prime31 cards print a stage

No imageBasic3 Prime cards

No imageStage 114 Prime cards

No imageStage 214 Prime cards

What that costs a Prime deck

28 of the 31 cards that print a stage are evolutions, so they need the card before them in the deck as well.
2 of them evolve from Bayleef.
2 of them evolve from Croconaw.
2 of them evolve from Eevee.
2 of them evolve from Phanpy.

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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

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

Roaring Moon ex — Prismatic Evolutions 162

Ancient73 cards · 179 HP on average · 127 damageFor example: Roaring Moon exTypical card $0.88

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 8 things that tell Prime cards apart

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

Are they going up in value?+108.3%$34.86 to $72.61See the trend What are they made of?Rare PrimeRare Prime26Promo4Classic Collection183.9% of the groupSee the breakdown What beats them?Fighting11 of the 31 that print a weaknessSee every weakness How do they evolve?Stage 114 of the 31 that print a stageSee the stage ladder Can you still play them?0.0%0 of 31 are legal in StandardSee both formats What do they cost to attack?3 energy12 cards, the most common answerSee the energy ladder How hard do they hit for their size?0.58120 HP and 69 damage on averageCompare every group What is the cheapest one?$1.26Donphan — Celebrations: Classic CollectionSee the cheapest six

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The numbers every figure on this page is read from

These are the readings for Prime 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

31cards

23 of them carry a price

Typical price

$72.61

The middle price of the priced cards

Cheapest on file

$1.26

One card, not the group

Dearest on file

$549.45

One card, not the group

Where the middle half sits$53.12 to $184.33Top tenth starts at$345.45Average HP120Average biggest attack69 Most common weaknessFighting

Where Prime sits, at a glance

Tournament legal0.0%0.0%0 of 31 cards are legal in Standard today Price rank3of 28 mechanicsTypical card $72.61; the dearest group is $1,010.00Where it sits on the ladder93% cheaper below it25 of the 27 mechanics cost less than this one Most common rarityRare Prime26 of the 31 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 Prime 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: Lightning leads on cards while Fighting leads on damage.

Counted by power rather than by card, the order changes

Bar length is that type against Fighting, the hardest hitter here at 93 damage

Fighting — hits hardestagainst the group average of 691.35× the average · 3 of the 28 counted93
Psychicagainst the group average of 691.15× the average · 3 of the 28 counted80
Darknessagainst the group average of 691.12× the average · 4 of the 28 counted78
Fireagainst the group average of 691.01× the average · 2 of the 28 counted70
Metalagainst the group average of 690.94× the average · 2 of the 28 counted65
Grassagainst the group average of 690.94× the average · 4 of the 28 counted65

Counted across the 28 Pokémon cards among this group's 31 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 Prime Pokémon cards

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

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

Middle card · Dragapult PsychicHP 150Biggest attack 150Weak to DarknessRetreat 0

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Prime Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Prime Pokémon cards are there?

There are 31 Prime cards in this archive, and 23 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 Prime Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $72.61. Across the 23 priced cards the range runs from $1.26 to $549.45, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Prime Pokémon card?

Umbreon 86 from HS—Undaunted, at $549.45. It is 8× the typical price of the group.

Are Prime Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 3 of 28 mechanics, with 25 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 31 of the 20,444 English cards on file, or 0.2%. Those two together are what "rare" usually means in practice — few of them, and dear because of it.

Do all Prime Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 23 of the 31 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 Prime Pokémon card?

The list on this page holds the 31 most expensive of them, dearest first, and each card opens its own price page. The remaining 0 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

How often are Prime 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 Prime Pokémon cards going up in value?

Over the last 11 months the typical Prime card rose from $34.86 to $72.61, a change of +108.3%. 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 Prime Pokémon card cost?

One in four Prime cards costs $53.12 or less and the cheapest on file is $1.26. Three in four cost $184.33 or less, so the cards past that point are the exception rather than the rule for this group.

Which Prime Pokémon cards are worth the most?

Sorted by rarity, Rare Prime is the dearest kind of Prime card: 26 of them are on file and the middle one costs $94.02. The table on this page lists every rarity in the group beside its own typical price.

What is the highest HP on a Prime Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Prime cards is 160, and the lowest is 60. The typical one is 130 HP, with half of them between 100 and 140 — figures counted from the 31 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Prime Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

0 of the 31 Prime cards are legal in Standard today and 0 in Expanded — 0.0% and 0.0% 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 Prime Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Fighting — 11 of the 31 Prime cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Fire next at 5 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Are old Prime Pokémon cards worth more than new ones?

The year table on this page lists how many Prime cards each year holds and what the middle one costs.

Which Prime Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Steelix 87 from HS—Unleashed, which went from $25.46 to $123.97 — a change of +386.9% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 22 Prime cards that carried a price on both days.

Which sets have Prime Pokémon cards?

Prime cards appear across 7 sets on file. The largest are HS—Triumphant (8 cards, typically $125.17), HS—Undaunted (6 cards, typically $186.01), HS—Unleashed (6 cards, typically $61.32). The full list on this page gives every set beside its card count and typical price.

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

Every figure on this page is counted from the 31 Prime cards this site holds on file — 23 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.

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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

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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 Prime 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