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Pokémon cards by rarity — which rarity tiers hold the most, and what do they cost?

The 20,049 English cards on file split into 29 rarity tiers, and their typical prices run from $0.52 to $1,067.00.

29 rarity tiers · 20,049 cards · 19,302 with a price on file · read August 14, 2026

How many rarity tiers do Pokémon cards split into?

Sorted by rarity, the 20,049 English Pokémon cards on file fall into 29 rarity tiers. The largest is Common with 5,334 cards, and the dearest by typical price is Rare Holo Star at $1,067.00. The cheapest is ACE SPEC Rare at $0.52, and the single most expensive card anywhere in this list is Lugia 149 at $4,500.00.

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. Counts on this page were taken on August 14, 2026.

Print variant Pokédex number Regulation mark Energy type Set Artist Evolution stage Card mechanic Attack cost Attack damage Retreat cost

Rarity 29 rarity tiers20,049 cards

20,049 of the 20,444 cards on file carry one · 19,302 have a price · typical prices $0.52 to $1,067.00

Typical price across all 29 rarity tiers$2.41+53.5% over 11 months$1.57 → $2.41 · as of August 14, 2026

Typical price, last 11 months$2.41+53.5% from $1.57

Cards per group16525 to 5,334

Typical price$6.40$0.52 to $1,067.00

Dearest card per group$4,500.00$7.67 to $4,500.00

Priced coverage96.3%19,302 of 20,049 cards

Shape of the splitEvenEvenUnevenConcentratedBiggest group holds 26.6% of the cards
5,334 of 20,049 cards sit in one group

Typical rarity price over 11 monthsSeptember 12, 2025 → August 14, 2026

Biggest groupCommon5,334 cards Dearest groupRare Holo Startypical $1,067.00 Cheapest groupACE SPEC Raretypical $0.52 Most expensive card$4,500.00Lugia 149

What stands out across these rarity tiers

Scale 20,049 cards carry a rarity, which is 98.1% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
Split The rarity tier biggest group, Common, holds 5,334 cards — 26.6% of the list.
Price Half the rarity tiers have a typical price under $6.40; the range across all of them runs $0.52 to $1,067.00.
Record Every figure here is counted from 19,302 priced cards, not estimated. Cards without a price are left out of the price columns.

Rarity tiers listed

29rarity tiers

Each one is big enough to have its own page.

Cards behind them

20,049cards

98.1% of the 20,444 English cards on file.

Cards with a price

19,302cards

Cards with no price are left out of every price figure.

Dearest single card$4,500.00Typical price$6.40Biggest rarity tierCommonDearest rarity tierRare Holo Star

See every rarity tier29 rows

How the prices are spread$0.52 to $1,067.00

The card behind each one29 cards

The dearest card of each of the 3 largest rarity tiers — hover to fan them out

Largest · CharmanderCommonLegendary Collection 70$616.33

How concentrated are Pokémon cards across these rarity tiers?

Across = rarity tiers ordered by how many cards they hold · Up = share of cards reached so far

Hover a band to read that pointPress and hold a band to read that point

The biggest rarity tier alone holds 26.6% of the cards, and half the rarity tiers (15 of them) hold 95.9%. "There are many rarity tiers" and "the cards are spread evenly" are not the same statement.

Four things that split the price of these rarity tiers — press a panel to reach the part of the page that shows it

01 Which rarity tier costs the most per card?$1,067.00typical price of one cardRare Holo Star$1,067.00Rare Holo LV.X$100.63Rare Prime$94.02Middle of the rarity tiers$6.40Every bar is measured against No. 1 at $1,067.00Price ranking 02 Does a big rarity tier mean an expensive one?No. 28price rank of the biggest rarity tierCommon$0.59Rare Holo Star$1,067.00Middle of the rarity tiers$6.40ACE SPEC Rare$0.52The biggest rarity tier ranks No. 28 of 29 on priceTwo rankings 03 How cheap does a rarity tier get?$0.52typical price of one cardDouble Rare$0.73Uncommon$0.72Common$0.59ACE SPEC Rare$0.52Top to bottom is 2,052 timesPrice spread 04 Which rarity tier holds the single dearest card?$4,500.00Lugia 149Rare Secret$4,500.00Dearest rarity tier typically$1,067.00Middle of the rarity tiers$6.40This bar is measured against the dearest card at $4,500.00Every card

Dearest rarity tier by typical price$1,067.00Rare Holo Star · 2,051.9× the cheapest, ACE SPEC Rare at $0.52

Dearest single card anywhere here$4,500.00Lugia in Rare Secret · 306× that rarity tier's typical price

Rarity tier that moved most this year+159.4%Rare Prime · the least moved, Hyper Rare, is at +5.5%

Widest rarity tier inside$598.98Rare Holo Star · the gap between its cheaper quarter and its dearer quarter

Pokémon card rarity at a glance

What this splits. Rarity 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.
How many groups. 29 rarity tiers, holding 20,049 cards between them, of which 19,302 carry a price.
How the sizes run. From 25 cards in the smallest group to 5,334 in the largest, with the middle group holding 165.
How the prices run. Typical prices go from $0.52 to $1,067.00, and the middle of those is $6.40. Single cards inside the groups run from $0.02 to $4,500.00.
What is not counted. Cards with no price on file are excluded from every price figure, so a group's card count and its priced count can differ. Graded prices, population counts and sealed product values are not published here.
When it was read. The counts and prices on this page come from the archive as it stood on August 14, 2026.

Source: Counted from 20,049 cards on file, 19,302 of them with a price

Every Pokémon card rarity tier, biggest group first

Every rarity tier is a row: its dearest card, its name, how many cards it holds and what an ordinary card inside it costs. The list runs from the biggest group down, and the whole of it is on this one address.

Top 10 rarity tiers89.4%17,916 cards

All 29 rarity tiers100.0%20,049 cards

How much of the 20,049 cards each slice of the list covers, biggest group first.

The track is the whole list, so the empty part of each bar is what the rest of the 29 rarity tiers hold.

Every Pokémon card rarity tier — 29 in all, most cards firstEach row carries that rarity tier's dearest card, how many cards it holds and its typical price · press a row to open it

Dearest cardRarity tierCardsTypicalCard name

Commonlargest5,334 cards$0.59Charmander — Legendary Collection 70 Uncommon4,888 cards$0.72Magikarp — Legendary Collection 52 Rare2,562 cards$2.14Chimecho δ — POP Series 4 1 Rare Holo1,617 cards$8.50Lugia — Neo Genesis 9 Promo1,220 cards$14.82Gengar — SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH241

Show the remaining 24 rarity tiersNo. 6 to No. 29 · still in order of how many cards they hold24

Rare Ultra798 cards$17.97Latias & Latios-GX — Team Up 170 Illustration Rare492 cards$12.91Magikarp — Paldea Evolved 203 Ultra Rare356 cards$2.26Gengar ex — Temporal Forces 193 Rare Secret325 cards$14.72Lugia — Aquapolis 149 Rare Rainbow324 cards$16.02Umbreon VMAX — Evolving Skies 215 Rare Holo EX318 cards$28.94Gengar ex — FireRed & LeafGreen 108 Double Rare317 cards$0.73Umbreon ex — Prismatic Evolutions 60 Rare Holo V281 cards$1.02Pikachu V — Lost Origin Trainer Gallery TG16 Special Illustration Rare222 cards$37.69Umbreon ex — Prismatic Evolutions 161 Rare Holo GX165 cards$6.40Gengar & Mimikyu-GX — Team Up 53 Rare Shiny149 cards$3.32Eevee — Hidden Fates Shiny Vault SV41 Shiny Rare120 cards$4.55Pikachu — Paldean Fates 131 Rare Holo VMAX110 cards$3.61Rayquaza VMAX — Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery TG20 Trainer Gallery Rare Holo80 cards$6.09Mew — Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery GG10 Hyper Rare74 cards$8.31Pikachu ex — Surging Sparks 247 Rare Holo LV.X56 cards$100.63Snorlax LV.X — Rising Rivals 111 Rare Holo VSTAR43 cards$2.00Mewtwo VSTAR — Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery GG44 Rare Shiny GX35 cards$25.48Charizard-GX — Hidden Fates Shiny Vault SV49 ACE SPEC Rarecheapest33 cards$0.52Hero's Cape — Temporal Forces 152 Rare Prism Star27 cards$5.41Giratina ◇ — Ultra Prism 58 Rare BREAK27 cards$4.19Greninja BREAK — BREAKpoint 41 Rare Prime26 cards$94.02Umbreon — HS—Undaunted 86 —28Classic Collection25 cards$6.43Charizard — Celebrations: Classic Collection 4 Rare Holo Stardearest25 cards$1,067.00Pikachu ★ — Holon Phantoms 104

There is no page to turn — all 29 rarity tiers 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.

Group size and group price do not move together. Common holds the most cards (5,334), while Rare Holo Star carries the highest typical price ($1,067.00) — and those are different groups.

A big group is a common one, so its cards are easy to find and usually cheap. A dear group is a scarce one. Reading both columns together is what tells you whether a card is expensive because of what it is, or because there are few of them.

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How Pokémon card prices are spread across rarity tiers

These bands count groups, not cards. They answer a different question from the list above: not which group is biggest, but what shape the whole split has.

29rarity tiers

Cards that carry a rarity tier20,049 · 98.1%Cards that carry none395 · 1.9%

The 29 rarity tiers on this page are cut from the 20,049 cards that carry a rarity tier. The grey slice is the rest of the archive, which this axis says nothing about.

77.9%1,000 and up

Under 50 cards — 8 rarity tiers241 · 1.2%50 to 99 — 3 rarity tiers210 · 1.0%100 to 249 — 5 rarity tiers766 · 3.8%250 to 999 — 8 rarity tiers3,211 · 16.0%1,000 and up — 5 rarity tiers15,621 · 77.9%

Each slice is one size band: how many of the 20,049 cards the rarity tiers in that band hold between them.

Rarity tiers by typical price

Typical price Under $110,572 cards13.8%4 rarity tiers

Typical price $1 to $53,648 cards27.6%8 rarity tiers

Typical price $5 to $205,147 cards37.9%11 rarity tiers

Typical price $20 to $100601 cards13.8%4 rarity tiers

Typical price $100 to $50056 cards3.4%1 rarity tier

Typical price $1,000 to $5,00025 cards3.4%1 rarity tier

How many of the 29 rarity tiers fall into each price band, counted by the typical price of the group.

Bands are read from the middle price of each group, not from single cards. A group can hold cards far above its own band.

Rarity tiers by typical price
Group	Share	Value
Typical price Under $1	13.8%	4 rarity tiers
Typical price $1 to $5	27.6%	8 rarity tiers
Typical price $5 to $20	37.9%	11 rarity tiers
Typical price $20 to $100	13.8%	4 rarity tiers
Typical price $100 to $500	3.4%	1 rarity tier
Typical price $1,000 to $5,000	3.4%	1 rarity tier

Rarity tiers by how many cards they hold

Under 50 cards241 cards27.6%8 rarity tiers

50 to 99210 cards10.3%3 rarity tiers

100 to 249766 cards17.2%5 rarity tiers

250 to 9993,211 cards27.6%8 rarity tiers

1,000 and up15,621 cards17.2%5 rarity tiers

How many of the 29 rarity tiers fall into each size band.

Size is the number of cards on file in that group, whether or not each card carries a price.

Rarity tiers by how many cards they hold
Group	Share	Value
Under 50 cards	27.6%	8 rarity tiers
50 to 99	10.3%	3 rarity tiers
100 to 249	17.2%	5 rarity tiers
250 to 999	27.6%	8 rarity tiers
1,000 and up	17.2%	5 rarity tiers

Size band	Rarity tiers	Cards they hold
1,000 and up	5 rarity tiers	15,621 cards · 77.9% of the list
250 to 999	8 rarity tiers	3,211 cards · 16.0% of the list
100 to 249	5 rarity tiers	766 cards · 3.8% of the list
50 to 99	3 rarity tiers	210 cards · 1.0% of the list
Under 50 cards	8 rarity tiers	241 cards · 1.2% of the list

The 29 rarity tiers sorted into size bands, largest band first, with the number of cards behind each band.

Pokémon card rarity — groups and cards in each band
Band	Rarity tiers	Cards	Share of cards
Typical price Under $1	4	10,572	52.7%
Typical price $1 to $5	8	3,648	18.2%
Typical price $5 to $20	11	5,147	25.7%
Typical price $20 to $100	4	601	3.0%
Typical price $100 to $500	1	56	0.3%
Typical price $1,000 to $5,000	1	25	0.1%
Group size Under 50 cards	8	241	1.2%
Group size 50 to 99	3	210	1.0%
Group size 100 to 249	5	766	3.8%
Group size 250 to 999	8	3,211	16.0%
Group size 1,000 and up	5	15,621	77.9%

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 20,049 cards in this list.

Half of the 29 rarity tiers have a typical price below $6.40, and the whole set of typical prices runs from $0.52 to $1,067.00. Inside the groups the individual cards go much wider — from $0.02 to $4,500.00.

That gap between the group middle and the single cards is the point of this axis: a cheap group can still hold an expensive card. The group tells you what to expect, not what you will pay.

Common $0.59~~middle half $0.26 – $4.01~~
typical $0.59
Uncommon $0.72~~middle half $0.30 – $4.80~~
typical $0.72
Rare $2.14~~middle half $0.46 – $14.80~~
typical $2.14
Rare Holo $8.50~~middle half $1.21 – $60.45~~
typical $8.50
Promo $14.82~~middle half $3.50 – $48.95~~
typical $14.82
Rare Ultra $17.97~~middle half $4.84 – $61.22~~
typical $17.97
Illustration Rare $12.91~~middle half $6.27 – $24.35~~
typical $12.91
Ultra Rare $2.26~~middle half $1.37 – $4.46~~
typical $2.26
Rare Secret $14.72~~middle half $5.93 – $113.88~~
typical $14.72
Rare Rainbow $16.02~~middle half $7.41 – $49.49~~
typical $16.02
Rare Holo EX $28.94~~middle half $9.58 – $129.70~~
typical $28.94
Double Rare $0.73~~middle half $0.62 – $1.02~~
typical $0.73

$0.01$1$100$10,000

Each notch is ten times the one before.

Cheapest to dearest card
Middle half of the cards
Typical price (the middle card)

The tick inside the box is the middle card. The closer it sits to the box's left edge, the more the cards cluster at the cheap end of that range.

One row is one rarity tier. The thick line is the typical price, the block is the middle half of the cards inside, and the thin line runs from the cheapest card to the dearest. That scale is used because the prices here span 6 decades — on an even scale every cheap group would sit on top of one another.

Pokémon card rarity — what a cheap, a typical and a dear card costs in each rarity tier
Rarity tier	Cards	Cheaper quarter	Typical	Dearer quarter	Dearest card	Year change
Common	5,334	$0.26	$0.59	$4.01	$616.33	+28.3%
Uncommon	4,888	$0.30	$0.72	$4.80	$699.99	+18.0%
Rare	2,562	$0.46	$2.14	$14.80	$750.00	+59.7%
Rare Holo	1,617	$1.21	$8.50	$60.45	$1,299.96	+86.4%
Promo	1,220	$3.50	$14.82	$48.95	$2,199.99	+122.5%
Rare Ultra	798	$4.84	$17.97	$61.22	$3,157.93	+33.9%
Illustration Rare	492	$6.27	$12.91	$24.35	$389.43	+67.9%
Ultra Rare	356	$1.37	$2.26	$4.46	$61.99	+6.6%
Rare Secret	325	$5.93	$14.72	$113.88	$4,500.00	+18.1%
Rare Rainbow	324	$7.41	$16.02	$49.49	$2,259.47	+48.6%
Rare Holo EX	318	$9.58	$28.94	$129.70	$1,399.99	+28.1%
Double Rare	317	$0.62	$0.73	$1.02	$7.67	+7.4%

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.

1Common5,334 cards · a cheap one $0.26, the dearest $616.332,371times wider ($0.26 to $616.33)2Uncommon4,888 cards · a cheap one $0.30, the dearest $699.992,333times wider ($0.30 to $699.99)3Rare2,562 cards · a cheap one $0.46, the dearest $750.001,630times wider ($0.46 to $750.00)

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

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Are Pokémon cards going up in value, rarity tier by rarity tier?

The list above is today. This is the last 11 months: the whole split as one line, then which rarity tiers moved and which did not.

Typical Pokémon card price by rarity, September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026

Each point is the middle price of every Pokémon card that carries a rarity tier on that day. The 13 readings drawn above are also listed as text below.

Typical price of every Pokémon card that carries a rarity tier, from September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026 — rose from $1.57 to $2.41
Reading date	Typical price	Where it started
12 Sep 25	1.57
10 Oct 25	1.61
7 Nov 25	1.61
5 Dec 25	1.63
2 Jan 26	1.63
30 Jan 26	1.7
27 Feb 26	1.77
27 Mar 26	1.83
24 Apr 26	1.94
22 May 26	2.1
19 Jun 26	2.26
17 Jul 26	2.34
14 Aug 26	2.41

Typical priceWhere it started · $1.57Now $2.41381 days on file

Rare Prime$94.02▲ +159.4%Rare Prism Star$5.41▲ +147.0%Trainer Gallery Rare Holo$6.09▲ +128.1%Promo$14.82▲ +122.5%Rare Holo$8.50▲ +86.4%Rare Holo LV.X$100.63▲ +80.3%Illustration Rare$12.91▲ +67.9%Shiny Rare$4.55▲ +62.5%Rare$2.14▲ +59.7%Rare Shiny$3.32▲ +59.6%Rare Holo GX$6.40▲ +59.2%Rare Rainbow$16.02▲ +48.6%Rare BREAK$4.19▲ +47.5%Rare Shiny GX$25.48▲ +39.8%Rare Ultra$17.97▲ +33.9%Classic Collection$6.43▲ +33.4%Rare Holo Star$1,067.00▲ +33.4%Rare Holo VMAX$3.61▲ +30.8%Special Illustration Rare$37.69▲ +29.3%Common$0.59▲ +28.3%Rare Holo EX$28.94▲ +28.1%Rare Holo VSTAR$2.00▲ +26.6%Rare Secret$14.72▲ +18.1%Uncommon$0.72▲ +18.0%Double Rare$0.73▲ +7.4%Ultra Rare$2.26▲ +6.6%Rare Holo V$1.02▲ +6.3%ACE SPEC Rare$0.52▲ +6.1%Hyper Rare$8.31▲ +5.5%

One line per rarity tier, 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 rarity tier between September 12, 2025 and August 14, 2026. Bar length is the size of the move, not its direction, and each row opens that rarity tier.

29 rarity tiers tracked across the yearSee them all

Rare Prime▲ +159.4%
Rare Prism Star▲ +147.0%
Trainer Gallery Rare Holo▲ +128.1%
Promo▲ +122.5%
Rare Holo▲ +86.4%
Rare Holo LV.X▲ +80.3%
Illustration Rare▲ +67.9%
Shiny Rare▲ +62.5%
Rare▲ +59.7%
Rare Shiny▲ +59.6%
Rare Holo GX▲ +59.2%
Rare Rainbow▲ +48.6%
Rare BREAK▲ +47.5%
Rare Shiny GX▲ +39.8%
Rare Ultra▲ +33.9%
Classic Collection▲ +33.4%
Rare Holo Star▲ +33.4%
Rare Holo VMAX▲ +30.8%
Special Illustration Rare▲ +29.3%
Common▲ +28.3%
Rare Holo EX▲ +28.1%
Rare Holo VSTAR▲ +26.6%
Rare Secret▲ +18.1%
Uncommon▲ +18.0%
Double Rare▲ +7.4%
Ultra Rare▲ +6.6%
Rare Holo V▲ +6.3%
ACE SPEC Rare▲ +6.1%
Hyper Rare▲ +5.5%

Every rarity tier that carries a price on both dates, biggest move first. Bar length is measured against the largest move (159.4%), not against price, so the bars compare the rarity tiers with one another. Window: September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026.

Rose the most over 11 months

Fell the most over 11 months

Change in the typical price of each rarity tier between September 12, 2025 and August 14, 2026, counted from 29 rarity tiers that carry a price on both dates.

Taken together, Pokémon cards sorted by rarity rose from a typical $1.57 to $2.41 over the 11 months on file — +53.5%. The ladder shows that the whole did not move as one: 29 rarity tiers rose and 0 fell over the same window.

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Which rarity tier holds the most valuable Pokémon card?

The list above ranks rarity tiers by what an ordinary card inside them costs. This one ranks them by their single most expensive card, which is a different question with a different answer.

This ranking has no trade-volume columnfree-data limit — how often a card actually changes hands is not published in any source this site can read without paying for it.So this section says what a card is listed at, and stops short of saying how easily it sells. A high price on a card that rarely trades is not the same as a high price on one that trades every day.

No.1Dearest card (of 29 rarity tiers)

Lugia 149 · $4,500.00 · the dearest single card in the whole rarity list, and it sits in Rare Secret, whose ordinary card costs $14.72.

No. 1 Lugia at $4,500.00 is $1,283.33 above No. 2 Pikachu ★ at $3,216.67 — 1.4 times its price.

Dearest card — against the middle of the rarity tiers$4,500.00
middle of these cards $389.43

The four rows below are No. 2 to No. 5. Each bar is that card against Lugia at $4,500.00, the dearest card on this page.

No. 2Pikachu ★dearest by typical price$3,216.67 · dearest in Rare Holo Star71.5%of $4,500.00No. 3Latias & Latios-GX$3,157.93 · dearest in Rare Ultra70.2%of $4,500.00No. 4Umbreon VMAX$2,259.47 · dearest in Rare Rainbow50.2%of $4,500.00No. 5Gengar$2,199.99 · dearest in Promo48.9%of $4,500.00

One card is taken from each rarity tier — 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 $4,500.00, and the cards under them are those same rarity tiers.

No. 6 Special Illustration Rare33.3%222 cards$1,499.24

No. 7 Rare Holo EX31.1%318 cards$1,399.99

No. 8 Rare Holo28.9%1,617 cards$1,299.96

No. 9 Rare Shiny GX16.9%35 cards$761.96

No. 10 Rare16.7%2,562 cards$750.00

The next five, measured against Lugia at $4,500.00.

The next five, measured against Lugia at $4,500.00.
Group	Share	Value
No. 6 Special Illustration Rare	33.3%	$1,499.24
No. 7 Rare Holo EX	31.1%	$1,399.99
No. 8 Rare Holo	28.9%	$1,299.96
No. 9 Rare Shiny GX	16.9%	$761.96
No. 10 Rare	16.7%	$750.00

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

How far each of these cards sits above its own rarity tier

Lugia

LugiaRare Secret · Aquapolis 149 · Rare Secret$4,500.00306× the group median

Pikachu ★

Pikachu ★Rare Holo Star · Holon Phantoms 104 · Rare Holo Star$3,216.673.0× the group median

Latias & Latios-GX

Latias & Latios-GXRare Ultra · Team Up 170 · Rare Ultra$3,157.93176× the group median

Umbreon VMAX

Umbreon VMAXRare Rainbow · Evolving Skies 215 · Rare Rainbow$2,259.47141× the group median

Gengar

GengarPromo · SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH241 · Promo$2,199.99148× the group median

Umbreon ex

Umbreon exSpecial Illustration Rare · Prismatic Evolutions 161 · Special Illustration Rare$1,499.2439.8× the group median

Gengar ex

Gengar exRare Holo EX · FireRed & LeafGreen 108 · Rare Holo EX$1,399.9948.4× the group median

Lugia

LugiaRare Holo · Neo Genesis 9 · Rare Holo$1,299.96153× the group median

Charizard-GX

Charizard-GXRare Shiny GX · Hidden Fates Shiny Vault SV49 · Rare Shiny GX$761.9629.9× the group median

Chimecho δ

Chimecho δRare · POP Series 4 1 · Rare$750.00350× the group median

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

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

The two rankings disagree, and that is the useful part. Rare Secret holds the dearest single card at $4,500.00, but Rare Holo Star is the dearest rarity tier by typical price at $1,067.00. One group has a chased card in it; the other is dear all the way through — and only the second of those makes an ordinary card of that group expensive.

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

The grid above reads across all 29 rarity tiers at once. These are the ends of it: the rarity tiers that hold the extremes, and the single card that tops the whole list.

Biggest rarity tier — by card countCommontypical $0.595,334 cards

Change the question, change the leaderCards 5,334 → 25
Typical $0.59 → $1,067.00

Dearest rarity tier — by priceRare Holo Star25 cards$1,067.00

What is certain

The two rankings count different things

Common holds 5,334 cards, the most of any rarity tier. Rare Holo Star holds 25, yet its ordinary card costs $1,067.00 against $0.59.

Where they split

Size is availability, price is scarcity

A big rarity tier is a common one, so its cards are easy to find and usually cheap. A dear one is scarce. The same phrase — «the top rarity tier» — means two different things depending on which column you read.

What only this list shows

One page at a time hides the disagreement

A single rarity tier page shows one group and a card page shows one card. Only the whole rarity list, read side by side, shows that the leader changes with the question.

26.6%of all 20,049 cards

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Common is the largest rarity tier with 5,334 cards. The remaining 28 rarity tiers share what is left.

The biggest rarity tier and the dearest rarity tier are not the same rarity tier

Bars are measured against Rare Holo Star at $1,067.00 = 100

Rare Holo Star25 cards in this rarity tierbaseline$1,067.00
Rare Holo LV.X56 cards in this rarity tier$100.63
Rare Prime26 cards in this rarity tier$94.02
Special Illustration Rare222 cards in this rarity tier$37.69
Middle of the 29 rarity tiersHalf of them cost less than this, half cost more$6.40

The dearest rarity tier costs $1,067.00 per card while the middle one costs $6.40 — a gap of 167 times. Size does not move with price: the biggest rarity tier, Common, is only No. 28 of 29 on this ladder.

Cheapest single card$0.02one cardThe lowest price found anywhere in these rarity tiers.Middle of the 29 rarity tiers$6.40typicalHalf the groups have a typical price below this and half above it.Dearest single card$4,500.00one cardOne card, not a group average — a group can be cheap and still hold it.Smallest rarity tier25cardsThe fewest cards of any group big enough to have its own page.Biggest rarity tier5,334cardsCommon — 26.6% of every card in this list.Cards carrying a price96.3%of the list19,302 of the 20,049 cards. The rest are left out of every price figure rather than guessed at.

Largest rarity tier

Common — 26.6% of every card in this list

Smallest rarity tier with a page

Classic Collection — the fewest cards of any rarity tier big enough to list

Dearest rarity tier by typical price

Rare Holo Star — half the cards inside it cost more than this

Cheapest rarity tier by typical price

ACE SPEC Rare — the least costly place to start in this list

Biggest mover of the last 11 months

Rare Prime — now typically $94.02

Most expensive single card

Lugia 149, in Rare Secret

No single rarity tier holds every record. The largest is Common, the dearest by typical price is Rare Holo Star, and the one card that tops the list sits in Rare Secret — three different places on this page.

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The most valuable Pokémon card in every rarity tier

One card from each of the 29 rarity tiers — whichever is worth the most inside it, dearest first. Every rarity tier is here, so this is also the quickest way to see what a rarity tier actually looks like.

The dearest card of each of the 29 rarity tiers, dearest first.

All 29 cards are on this one page — there is nothing folded away. Each picture opens that card's own price page; to open the rarity tier instead, use the list higher up. Prices were read on August 14, 2026.

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The first six panels open the largest rarity tiers on this page. The rest cut the same 20,444 cards by a different measure altogether, so a card you found here can be found again from another direction.

Charmander — dearest card in Common

Pokémon cards in Common5,334 cards · typical $0.59Dearest: Charmander

Magikarp — dearest card in Uncommon

Pokémon cards in Uncommon4,888 cards · typical $0.72Dearest: Magikarp

Chimecho δ — dearest card in Rare

Pokémon cards in Rare2,562 cards · typical $2.14Dearest: Chimecho δ

Lugia — dearest card in Rare Holo

Pokémon cards in Rare Holo1,617 cards · typical $8.50Dearest: Lugia

Gengar — dearest card in Promo

Pokémon cards in Promo1,220 cards · typical $14.82Dearest: Gengar

Latias & Latios-GX — dearest card in Rare Ultra

Pokémon cards in Rare Ultra798 cards · typical $17.97Dearest: Latias & Latios-GX

Lugia — dearest Holofoil

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.

Pikachu ★ — dearest Pikachu

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.

Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat — dearest Regulation G

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.

Vaporeon ★ — dearest Water

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.

Gengar — dearest SWSH Black Star Promos

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.

M Rayquaza-EX — dearest 5ban Graphics

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.

Lugia — dearest Basic

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.

Lillie — dearest Supporter

Pokémon cards by mechanicA 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.

Pikachu ★ — dearest Attack cost 1

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.

Pikachu ★ — dearest Damage ~30

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.

Pikachu ★ — dearest Retreat cost 1

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.

Charmander — The bar is the number of groups, measured against the measure that splits the archive most finely. A measure with many groups cuts the archive into small, specific lists; one with few groups cuts it into broad ones. Rarity makes 29 of them.

Lugia — The bar is the number of groups, measured against the measure that splits the archive most finely. A measure with many groups cuts the archive into small, specific lists; one with few groups cuts it into broad ones. Rarity makes 29 of them.

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What the Pokémon cards inside each rarity tier are like

Price is only half of what separates one rarity tier from another. This table reads the cards themselves: how tough they are, how hard they hit, and what beats them.

Group with the highest typical HP

Rare Holo VMAX 320

Group with the lowest typical HP

Common 63

Group with the highest typical max damage

Hyper Rare 168

Group with the lowest typical max damage

Common 26

Most common evolution stage

Basic — first in 19 of 29 groups

Most common retreat cost

2 — first in 15 of 29 groups

HP and damage are the averages of the Pokémon cards inside each rarity tier. Stage and retreat cost are counted differently: each rarity tier reports its own most common value, and the figure says how many rarity tiers picked the same one.

1709520

HP 60190320

Rare Holo 107/68Rare 105/68Uncommon 90/55Common 63/26Rare Secret 148/86Promo 136/89Rare Ultra 201/115Rare Holo EX 156/85Rare Holo V 208/125Rare Holo VMAX 320/144Classic Collection 109/71Rare Holo LV.X 120/75Rare Holo Star 79/48Rare Prime 117/65Double Rare 268/159Illustration Rare 99/65Ultra Rare 267/158Special Illustration Rare 265/161Rare Holo VSTAR 269/163Rare Rainbow 252/139Rare Holo GX 212/130Rare Prism Star 126/75Rare Shiny 94/59Rare Shiny GX 199/122Hyper Rare 245/168Shiny Rare 90/60Trainer Gallery Rare Holo 103/60Rare BREAK 150/104

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

Typical HP and typical max damage of every rarity tier, drawn as one dot each
Group	Typical HP	Typical max damage	Cards
Rare Holo	107	68	1,617
Rare	105	68	2,562
Uncommon	90	55	4,888
Common	63	26	5,334
Rare Secret	148	86	325
Promo	136	89	1,220
Rare Ultra	201	115	798
Rare Holo EX	156	85	318
Rare Holo V	208	125	281
Rare Holo VMAX	320	144	110
Classic Collection	109	71	25
Rare Holo LV.X	120	75	56
Rare Holo Star	79	48	25
Rare Prime	117	65	26
Double Rare	268	159	317
Illustration Rare	99	65	492
Ultra Rare	267	158	356
Special Illustration Rare	265	161	222
Rare Holo VSTAR	269	163	43
Rare Rainbow	252	139	324
Rare Holo GX	212	130	165
Rare Prism Star	126	75	27
Rare Shiny	94	59	149
Rare Shiny GX	199	122	35
Hyper Rare	245	168	74
Shiny Rare	90	60	120
Trainer Gallery Rare Holo	103	60	80
Rare BREAK	150	104	27

What beats the cards in each rarity tier

Fighting85.2%23 rarity tiers

Fire7.4%2 rarity tiers

Psychic3.7%1 rarity tier

Water3.7%1 rarity tier

The most common weakness inside each of the 27 rarity tiers that record one.

27 of the 29 rarity tiers report a main weakness; the rest hold no Pokémon cards that print one, so they are not counted here rather than counted as zero.

Pokémon card rarity — typical card profile of the 12 largest groups
Rarity tier	Cards	Typical HP	Typical max damage	Main weakness	Most common stage	Usual retreat cost
Common	5,334	63	26	Fighting	Basic	1
Uncommon	4,888	90	55	Fighting	Stage 1	1
Rare	2,562	105	68	Fighting	Stage 1	1
Rare Holo	1,617	107	68	Fighting	Stage 2	2
Promo	1,220	136	89	Fighting	Basic	1
Rare Ultra	798	201	115	Fighting	Basic	2
Illustration Rare	492	99	65	Fire	Basic	1
Ultra Rare	356	267	158	Fighting	Basic	2
Rare Secret	325	148	86	Fighting	Basic	2
Rare Rainbow	324	252	139	Fighting	Basic	2
Rare Holo EX	318	156	85	Fighting	Basic	2
Double Rare	317	268	159	Fighting	Basic	2

The 12 largest groups of 29 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.

Two groups can hold the same number of cards and still play nothing alike. Reading this table next to the prices above is what turns rarity from a label into a description — you can see whether a dear group is dear because its cards are strong, or only because there are few of them.

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Pokémon card rarity — frequently asked questions

How many rarity tiers do Pokémon cards split into?

The 20,049 English Pokémon cards on file split into 29 rarity tiers. Rarity 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.

Which Pokémon card rarity tier holds the most cards?

Common, with 5,334 cards — 26.6% of every card in this list. The next largest groups are listed above with their own card counts.

Which Pokémon card rarity tier is the most expensive?

By typical price, Rare Holo Star at $1,067.00. The cheapest is ACE SPEC Rare at $0.52. Typical price means the middle price of the cards inside that group, so half of them cost less and half cost more.

What is the most expensive Pokémon card in the rarity list?

Lugia 149 from Aquapolis, at $4,500.00. It sits in the Rare Secret group.

Do all Pokémon cards have a rarity?

No. 20,049 of the 20,444 English cards on file carry one, which is 98.1% of them. The rest are outside this axis and are not counted anywhere on this page.

Why do some Pokémon card rarity tiers have no price?

Every group has a price, but not every card does. 19,302 of the 20,049 cards in this list carry a price on file; the rest have never been listed at a price this archive could read, so they are left out of the price columns rather than guessed at.

How often are these Pokémon card rarity prices updated?

Prices are read once a day from public marketplace listings. The counts and prices on this page were read on August 14, 2026. Card facts — which card belongs to which group — come from openly published card files and change only when a new set is added.

Are Pokémon cards going up in value by rarity?

Over the last 11 months the typical Pokémon card that carries a rarity tier rose from $1.57 to $2.41, a change of +53.5%. The split did not move as one: 29 rarity tiers rose and 0 fell over the same window.

Which Pokémon card rarity tier rose the most this year?

Rare Prime, whose typical card went to $94.02 — a change of +159.4%. At the other end, Hyper Rare changed by +5.5% over the same window. Each group is ranked on this page with its own figure.

Which Pokémon card rarity tier holds the most valuable card?

Rare Secret — it holds Lugia 149 at $4,500.00, the dearest single card anywhere in this list. That is a different question from which group is dearest on average, which is Rare Holo Star at a typical $1,067.00.

How much does a cheap Pokémon card cost, by rarity?

It depends entirely on the group. In Common a quarter of the cards cost $0.26 or less, which is the cheapest entry point of any rarity tier in this list. The table on this page gives the same figure for every group, so you can see where an inexpensive card is genuinely inexpensive.

Does rarity tell you what a Pokémon card is worth?

Only roughly. Typical prices across the 29 rarity tiers run from $0.52 to $1,067.00 — a spread of 2,052× — but inside a single group the dearest card reaches $4,500.00 while the cheapest is $0.02. The group tells you what to expect; the card itself decides.

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

Every figure on this page is counted from the 20,049 English cards this site holds on file — 19,302 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

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Before you rely on these figures

What this page counts when it counts rarity tiers, and what it leaves out

This page counts the 20,444 English cards this site holds on file, not every Pokémon card ever printed. Cards in other languages are not in these figures.
Only 20,049 of those cards record a rarity at all, so the rarity tiers below add up to that number and not to 20,444.
Prices are read from 19,302 cards. The remaining 747 carry no price in the archive, so they are left out of every price figure rather than counted as zero.
A rarity tier appears here only when it is big enough to stand on its own — at least 24 cards, 12 of them priced, and 10 with a card image. Smaller ones are still counted in the totals above.
Every price is a median, not an average. One chased card can be worth thousands of times an ordinary one, and an average would let that single card speak for the whole group.
These figures are a snapshot of a market that moves. Nothing here is an offer, a valuation or advice to buy or sell.

Prices read on August 14, 2026 · card facts counted on the same file.

Note: Prices on this page are asking and market prices for ungraded English 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, so a rarity tier can hold cards that are not counted here. 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