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

There are 5,334 Common cards on file, 5,249 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $0.59.

Rarity · 5,334 cards · 5,249 with a price · $0.02 to $616.33 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Common Pokémon card worth?

The typical Common card costs $0.59. Across the 5,249 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.02 and the dearest is $616.33 — Charmander 70, at $616.33. 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 rarity tiers Print variant Pokédex number Regulation mark Energy type Set Artist Evolution stage Card mechanic Attack cost Attack damage Retreat cost

Common 5,334 cardsRarity

5,249 with a price · $0.02 to $616.33 · No. 28 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price · +28.3% in 11 months · 63 HP on average · weak to Fighting

Typical price, last 11 months$0.59+28.3% from $0.46

Card price ladder$616.33$87.50 to $616.33

Place among rarity tiersNo. 28CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $0.59 · No. 28 of 29
1 rarity tiers cost less than this one

Cards on file5,3345,249 carry a price Most expensive card$616.33Charmander 70 Cheapest on record$0.02across all 5,249 priced cards Price rose+28.3%over the last 11 months Place by priceNo. 28of 29 rarity tiers

What stands out about Common cards

Scale 5,334 cards carry this rarity tier — 26.1% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
Price Half of the priced cards cost under $0.59, but the dearest reaches $616.33 — a gap of 1,045×.
Place By typical price this is No. 28 of 29 rarity tiers; 1 of them cost less.
Record 5,249 of the 5,334 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 5,334

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

English cards on file 20,44420,049 cardsonly cards that record a rarity remain · 98.1% of 20,444
Cards with a rarity 20,0495,334 cardsonly Common remain · 26.6% of 20,049
The 5,334 cards on this page5,334 cards26.1% of every English card on file

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

Common Pokémon cards at a glance

What this group is. 5,334 cards share the rarity tier Common. 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.
What they cost. The typical card is $0.59. Across the 5,249 priced cards the range runs $0.02 to $616.33.
Where it stands. No. 28 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price, with 1 of them cheaper.
What the cards are like. They average 63 HP and 26 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fighting.
What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 5,249 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 5,334 cards on file, 5,249 of them with a price

Every Common card with a price on file

The 50 dearest Common cards on file are laid out below, first as pictures and then as a list you can read straight down.

The 50 dearest Common cards, most expensive first.

50 cards, most expensive firstGroup1 2

Group 1 · $616.33 down to $126.961–25 of 50, by price

1CharmanderLegendary Collection #70$616.33Common

2BulbasaurLegendary Collection #68$500.00Common

3PsyduckTeam Magma vs Team Aqua #44$249.99Common

4PikachuHolon Phantoms #78$239.99Common

5PsyduckAquapolis #104$190.09Common

Show the other 20 cards in this group6–25 of 50+20

6VenonatSkyridge #112$162.47Common

7MagikarpExpedition Base Set #118$156.87Common

8VulpixLegendary Collection #98$155.30Common

9PikachuSkyridge #84$153.97Common

10Magikarp δHolon Phantoms #69$150.28Common

11RattataLegendary Collection #89$149.99Common

Darkness Energy

12Darkness EnergyCall of Legends #94$149.98Common

13Charmander δCrystal Guardians #49$149.00Common

14EeveeUnseen Forces #55$147.73Common

15Water EnergyCall of Legends #90$145.79Common

16AbraSkyridge #46$145.55Common

17PikachuHS—Undaunted #61$141.23Common

18PikachuSandstorm #72$140.33Common

19BulbasaurFireRed & LeafGreen #54$137.50Common

20SnorlaxSkyridge #100$136.21Common

21CyndaquilExpedition Base Set #104$135.00Common

22OnixLegendary Collection #84$132.50Common

23TentacoolLegendary Collection #96$131.02Common

24Nidoran ♀Legendary Collection #82$128.33Common

25SeelLegendary Collection #92$126.96Common

Group 2 · $121.99 down to $87.5026–50 of 50, by price

26CharmanderExpedition Base Set #97$121.99Common

27CharmanderFireRed & LeafGreen #57$118.28Common

Lightning Energy

28Lightning EnergyCall of Legends #91$114.59Common

29BulbasaurCrystal Guardians #45$113.25Common

30MudkipEmerald #56$110.46Common

Show the other 20 cards in this group31–50 of 50+20

31PikachuExpedition Base Set #124$109.66Common

32MankeyLegendary Collection #81$105.00Common

33ZubatSkyridge #118$104.99Common

34VulpixAquapolis #116$100.58Common

35SpearowLegendary Collection #94$100.00Common

36MagikarpSupreme Victors #110$100.00Common

37Nidoran ♀Skyridge #81$99.99Common

38TangelaAquapolis #112$99.98Common

39VoltorbLegendary Collection #97$99.96Common

40MagnemiteLegendary Collection #80$97.50Common

41SlowpokeUnseen Forces #72$95.00Common

42TogepiHidden Legends #78$94.26Common

43ExeggcuteLegendary Collection #75$92.50Common

44MagikarpSkyridge #75$92.21Common

45SquirtleExpedition Base Set #131$90.00Common

46HoundourAquapolis #87$90.00Common

47SquirtleCrystal Guardians #64$89.45Common

48SwinubSkyridge #107$88.74Common

49MudkipGreat Encounters #80$87.98Common

50GeodudeLegendary Collection #77$87.50Common

Which Common cards share a name across several printings?

22 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.

Pikachu5 printings · 5 sets

Charmander3 printings · 3 sets

Bulbasaur3 printings · 3 sets

Magikarp3 printings · 3 sets

Psyduck2 printings · 2 sets

Vulpix2 printings · 2 sets

Nidoran ♀2 printings · 2 sets

Mudkip2 printings · 2 sets

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

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

Each point is the middle price of the 5,249 priced Common 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 Common Pokémon card from September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026 — rose from $0.46 to $0.59
Reading date	Typical price	Where it started
12 Sep 25	0.46
10 Oct 25	0.45
7 Nov 25	0.46
5 Dec 25	0.46
2 Jan 26	0.47
30 Jan 26	0.49
27 Feb 26	0.5
27 Mar 26	0.49
24 Apr 26	0.51
22 May 26	0.53
19 Jun 26	0.54
17 Jul 26	0.56
14 Aug 26	0.59

Typical priceWhere it started · $0.46Now $0.59381 days on file

Common Pokémon cards — price change by window
Window	Typical then	Typical now	Change
Last month	$0.56	$0.59	+5.4%
Last 3 months	$0.53	$0.59	+11.3%
Last 6 months	$0.50	$0.59	+18.0%
Since September 12, 2025	$0.46	$0.59	+28.3%

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 Common card rose from $0.46 to $0.59 over the 11 months on file — +28.3%. 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 Common Pokémon card prices are spread

One group price cannot describe 5,249 cards. These figures show how far apart they actually sit.

$0.02$616.33$0.59Where the price splits in half — $0.02 to $616.33 laid out on a ten-fold scale

$0.02$616.33$4.01Where the dearer quarter begins — one card in four costs more than this

0%100%22.9%Cards costing more than $5 — 1,200 of the 5,249 that carry a price

Each half circle is the whole price range of the 5,249 priced Common cards, from $0.02 to $616.33, 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 5,249 priced Common cards, by price band

Under $158.0%3,043 cards

$1 to $519.2%1,006 cards

$5 to $2013.7%720 cards

$20 to $506.4%338 cards

$50 to $1002.0%106 cards

$100 to $5000.6%34 cards

$500 and up0.0%2 cards

How every Common card with a price falls into price bands — 5,249 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 Common card actually sits. Bands read the market price of each card on August 14, 2026.

All 5,249 priced Common cards, by price band
Group	Share	Value
Under $1	58.0%	3,043 cards
$1 to $5	19.2%	1,006 cards
$5 to $20	13.7%	720 cards
$20 to $50	6.4%	338 cards
$50 to $100	2.0%	106 cards
$100 to $500	0.6%	34 cards
$500 and up	0.0%	2 cards

Dearest tenth startsone in ten costs more than this$18.08
Dearer quarter startsone in four costs more than this$4.01
Typical cardhalf cost less, half cost more$0.59
Cheaper quarter endsone in four costs less than this$0.26
Cheapest on filenothing in the group costs less$0.02

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

Common Pokémon cards — two ways of counting the same group
Figure	All priced cards	The 50 listed above
Cards counted	5,249	50
Cheapest	$0.02	$87.50
Cheaper quarter, up to	$0.26	—
Typical (median)	$0.59	—
Dearer quarter, from	$4.01	—
Dearest tenth, from	$18.08	—
Average	$6.60	—
Dearest	$616.33	$616.33

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 Common card is $6.60 while the typical one is $0.59. 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 5,249 priced Common cards cost

One in four Common cards costs $0.26 or less, half cost $0.59 or less, and three in four cost $4.01 or less. Only the top quarter runs past $4.01, and the dearest tenth starts at $18.08.

See the dearest Charmander — $616.33

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

Common cards were printed from 1999 to 2026, and 2023 was the biggest year with 483 of them.

1999 The first year this rarity was printed64 that year
2023 The year it was printed most483 that year
2026 The last year on file203 that year

Every year this rarity was printed, oldest first. The tallest bar is 2023.

Bar height is against 2023, the biggest year at 483 cards.

1999typically $11.1464 cards

2000typically $2.74186 cards

2001typically $2.7940 cards

2002typically $11.33118 cards

2003typically $21.30230 cards

2004typically $14.46137 cards

2005typically $20.34134 cards

2006typically $22.82128 cards

2007typically $5.56179 cards

2008typically $4.14162 cards

2009typically $4.18156 cards

2010typically $5.55127 cards

2011typically $2.12140 cards

2012typically $1.32151 cards

2013typically $1.02136 cards

2014typically $0.65142 cards

2015typically $0.69156 cards

2016typically $0.54164 cards

2017typically $0.38193 cards

2018typically $0.55197 cards

2019typically $0.47265 cards

2020typically $0.29227 cards

2021typically $0.26233 cards

2022typically $0.25206 cards

2023typically $0.22483 cards

2024typically $0.23374 cards

2025typically $0.26403 cards

2026typically $0.22203 cards

Bar length is against 2023, the biggest year at 483 cards. The figure beside each year is the middle price of the cards printed that year, left blank where fewer than three of them carry a price.

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

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

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

Normal88.3%4,709 cards

1st Edition5.2%277 cards

Holofoil3.4%180 cards

Reverse Holofoil1.6%83 cards

Each track is the whole of the 5,334 Common 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 Common card is worth more?
Printing	Cards	Share	Typical price
Normal	4,709	88.3%	$0.50
1st Edition	277	5.2%	$3.50
Holofoil	180	3.4%	$2.90
Reverse Holofoil	83	1.6%	$0.28

Counted across all 5,334 Common 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 Common cards?

Scarlet & Violet2.0%105 cards

Obsidian Flames1.7%92 cards

Fusion Strike1.7%89 cards

Surging Sparks1.6%88 cards

Destined Rivals1.6%85 cards

Journey Together1.6%85 cards

Ascended Heroes1.6%84 cards

Paldea Evolved1.5%81 cards

Paradox Rift1.5%81 cards

Twilight Masquerade1.4%76 cards

Each track is the whole of the 5,334 Common 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 Common cards?
Group	Share	Value
Scarlet & Violet	2.0%	105 cards
Obsidian Flames	1.7%	92 cards
Fusion Strike	1.7%	89 cards
Surging Sparks	1.6%	88 cards
Destined Rivals	1.6%	85 cards
Journey Together	1.6%	85 cards
Ascended Heroes	1.6%	84 cards
Paldea Evolved	1.5%	81 cards
Paradox Rift	1.5%	81 cards
Twilight Masquerade	1.4%	76 cards

Which sets hold the Common cards?
Set	Cards	Share	Typical price
Scarlet & Violet	105	2.0%	$0.21
Obsidian Flames	92	1.7%	$0.22
Fusion Strike	89	1.7%	$0.28
Surging Sparks	88	1.6%	$0.23
Destined Rivals	85	1.6%	$0.23
Journey Together	85	1.6%	$0.25
Ascended Heroes	84	1.6%	$0.26
Paldea Evolved	81	1.5%	$0.20
Paradox Rift	81	1.5%	$0.18
Twilight Masquerade	76	1.4%	$0.23

Counted across all 5,334 Common 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 kinds of Common card carry the value?

Item1.9%100 cards

Supporter0.6%33 cards

Single Strike0.4%22 cards

Rapid Strike0.4%20 cards

SP0.2%12 cards

Fusion Strike0.1%5 cards

Pokémon Tool0.1%4 cards

Stadium0.0%2 cards

Ultra Beast0.0%2 cards

Rocket's Secret Machine0.0%1 cards

Each track is the whole of the 5,334 Common 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 kinds of Common card carry the value?
Group	Share	Value
Item	1.9%	100 cards
Supporter	0.6%	33 cards
Single Strike	0.4%	22 cards
Rapid Strike	0.4%	20 cards
SP	0.2%	12 cards
Fusion Strike	0.1%	5 cards
Pokémon Tool	0.1%	4 cards
Stadium	0.0%	2 cards
Ultra Beast	0.0%	2 cards
Rocket's Secret Machine	0.0%	1 cards

Which kinds of Common card carry the value?
Card kind	Cards	Share	Typical price
Item	100	1.9%	$0.45
Supporter	33	0.6%	$0.27
Single Strike	22	0.4%	$0.25
Rapid Strike	20	0.4%	$0.25
SP	12	0.2%	$3.72
Fusion Strike	5	0.1%	$0.26
Pokémon Tool	4	0.1%	$0.45
Stadium	2	0.0%	—
Ultra Beast	2	0.0%	—
Rocket's Secret Machine	1	0.0%	—

Counted across all 5,334 Common 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 Common cards?

Ken Sugimori6.6%351 cards

Kagemaru Himeno3.8%201 cards

Kouki Saitou3.6%190 cards

Atsuko Nishida3.3%175 cards

Midori Harada2.9%155 cards

Mitsuhiro Arita2.9%153 cards

Yuka Morii2.3%125 cards

Tomokazu Komiya2.3%124 cards

Masakazu Fukuda2.2%120 cards

Miki Tanaka2.1%111 cards

Each track is the whole of the 5,334 Common 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 Common cards?
Group	Share	Value
Ken Sugimori	6.6%	351 cards
Kagemaru Himeno	3.8%	201 cards
Kouki Saitou	3.6%	190 cards
Atsuko Nishida	3.3%	175 cards
Midori Harada	2.9%	155 cards
Mitsuhiro Arita	2.9%	153 cards
Yuka Morii	2.3%	125 cards
Tomokazu Komiya	2.3%	124 cards
Masakazu Fukuda	2.2%	120 cards
Miki Tanaka	2.1%	111 cards

Who drew the Common cards?
Illustrator	Cards	Share	Typical price
Ken Sugimori	351	6.6%	$2.99
Kagemaru Himeno	201	3.8%	$2.66
Kouki Saitou	190	3.6%	$1.10
Atsuko Nishida	175	3.3%	$3.67
Midori Harada	155	2.9%	$3.07
Mitsuhiro Arita	153	2.9%	$3.01
Yuka Morii	125	2.3%	$4.98
Tomokazu Komiya	124	2.3%	$3.23
Masakazu Fukuda	120	2.2%	$1.93
Miki Tanaka	111	2.1%	$1.86

Counted across all 5,334 Common 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 Common cards use?

Grass15.7%840 cards

Water14.2%758 cards

Colorless13.6%723 cards

Psychic11.8%632 cards

Fighting11.5%616 cards

Fire7.9%422 cards

Lightning7.7%413 cards

Darkness6.3%335 cards

Metal3.5%188 cards

Dragon1.4%76 cards

Each track is the whole of the 5,334 Common 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 Common cards use?
Group	Share	Value
Grass	15.7%	840 cards
Water	14.2%	758 cards
Colorless	13.6%	723 cards
Psychic	11.8%	632 cards
Fighting	11.5%	616 cards
Fire	7.9%	422 cards
Lightning	7.7%	413 cards
Darkness	6.3%	335 cards
Metal	3.5%	188 cards
Dragon	1.4%	76 cards

Which energy types do Common cards use?
Energy type	Cards	Share	Typical price
Grass	840	15.7%	$0.63
Water	758	14.2%	$0.76
Colorless	723	13.6%	$0.77
Psychic	632	11.8%	$0.54
Fighting	616	11.5%	$0.47
Fire	422	7.9%	$0.62
Lightning	413	7.7%	$0.60
Darkness	335	6.3%	$0.34
Metal	188	3.5%	$0.31
Dragon	76	1.4%	$0.50

Counted across all 5,334 Common 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 Common cards come from?

Scarlet & Violet20.8%1,108 cards

Sword & Shield13.3%708 cards

Sun & Moon12.3%655 cards

EX9.7%516 cards

XY8.6%461 cards

Black & White7.4%396 cards

Mega Evolution5.9%313 cards

Diamond & Pearl5.3%283 cards

E-Card3.2%173 cards

HeartGold & SoulSilver3.0%158 cards

Each track is the whole of the 5,334 Common 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 Common cards come from?
Group	Share	Value
Scarlet & Violet	20.8%	1,108 cards
Sword & Shield	13.3%	708 cards
Sun & Moon	12.3%	655 cards
EX	9.7%	516 cards
XY	8.6%	461 cards
Black & White	7.4%	396 cards
Mega Evolution	5.9%	313 cards
Diamond & Pearl	5.3%	283 cards
E-Card	3.2%	173 cards
HeartGold & SoulSilver	3.0%	158 cards

Which eras of the game do Common cards come from?
Series	Cards	Share	Typical price
Scarlet & Violet	1,108	20.8%	$0.24
Sword & Shield	708	13.3%	$0.27
Sun & Moon	655	12.3%	$0.47
EX	516	9.7%	$17.36
XY	461	8.6%	$0.64
Black & White	396	7.4%	$1.32
Mega Evolution	313	5.9%	$0.22
Diamond & Pearl	283	5.3%	$3.97
E-Card	173	3.2%	$29.18
HeartGold & SoulSilver	158	3.0%	$6.29

Counted across all 5,334 Common 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 Common cards are still tournament legal?

G8.8%472 cards

H8.1%432 cards

I6.8%364 cards

D4.5%239 cards

F4.4%236 cards

E4.4%233 cards

J2.6%137 cards

Each track is the whole of the 5,334 Common 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 Common cards are still tournament legal?
Regulation mark	Cards	Share	Typical price
G	472	8.8%	$0.21
H	432	8.1%	$0.24
I	364	6.8%	$0.25
D	239	4.5%	$0.28
F	236	4.4%	$0.26
E	233	4.4%	$0.26
J	137	2.6%	$0.18

Counted across all 5,334 Common 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 Common cards worth more?

Basic90.1%4,807 cards

Stage 16.4%341 cards

Baby0.1%4 cards

Each track is the whole of the 5,334 Common 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 Common cards worth more?
Evolution stage	Cards	Share	Typical price
Basic	4,807	90.1%	$0.62
Stage 1	341	6.4%	$0.26
Baby	4	0.1%	$21.01

Counted across all 5,334 Common 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 Common Pokémon cards print

The 5,098 cards in this group that print HP run from 10 to 180, and the middle one prints 60.

Highest HP180Middle HP60Lowest HP10Biggest damage260Middle damage20Cards with HP5,098 cards

How wide the HP range is

Lowest HP10

Lower quarter HP50

Middle HP60

Upper quarter HP70

Highest HP180

Five points across the 5,098 cards that print HP, each measured against the highest of them.

How wide the damage range is

Lowest damage10

Lower quarter damage10

Middle damage20

Upper quarter damage30

Highest damage260

Five points across the 4,636 cards that print an attack with a damage number.

What are Common Pokémon cards weak to?

Weakness is the one printed number that doubles incoming damage, so it decides more matches than HP does. Across the 4,946 Common cards that print one, the most common is Fighting on 1,080 of them.

What Common Pokémon cards are weak to

Fighting21.8%1,080 cards

Fire19.0%942 cards

Lightning15.8%779 cards

Grass12.4%614 cards

Psychic10.5%521 cards

Water9.6%475 cards

Metal5.6%275 cards

Darkness5.3%260 cards

What Common Pokémon cards are weak to — 4,946 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 4,946 Common cards that print a weakness.

What Common Pokémon cards are weak to
Group	Share	Value
Fighting	21.8%	1,080 cards
Fire	19.0%	942 cards
Lightning	15.8%	779 cards
Grass	12.4%	614 cards
Psychic	10.5%	521 cards
Water	9.6%	475 cards
Metal	5.6%	275 cards
Darkness	5.3%	260 cards

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Which Common Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 1,215 of the 5,334 Common cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.

What Common Pokémon cards resist

Fighting48.7%592 cards

Psychic16.9%205 cards

Metal11.2%136 cards

Grass9.7%118 cards

Water7.4%90 cards

Lightning6.1%74 cards

What Common Pokémon cards resist — 1,215 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 Common cards print one, which is why this count is smaller than the card total.

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How do Common Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 5,152 Common cards that print a stage.

How Common Pokémon cards evolve

How Common Pokémon cards evolve — 5,152 cards counted.

Basic93%
Stage 17%
Baby0%

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 Common 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 put a Common card on the table.

Legal in Standard1,711 cardsLegal in Expanded3,713 cardsCards with an Ability318 cardsCards with a special rule208 cards

What it costs to retreat a Common Pokémon card

1 energy to retreat72.4%3,665 cards

2 energy to retreat19.0%961 cards

3 energy to retreat5.2%262 cards

0 energy to retreat2.7%139 cards

4 energy to retreat0.7%36 cards

Counted across the 5,063 cards in this group that print a retreat cost. Bar length is against the most common cost.

What Common Pokémon cards are weak to

Fighting21.8%1,080 cards

Fire19.0%942 cards

Lightning15.8%779 cards

Grass12.4%614 cards

Psychic10.5%521 cards

Water9.6%475 cards

Metal5.6%275 cards

Darkness5.3%260 cards

Counted across the 4,946 cards in this group that print a weakness.

Which Common Pokémon cards moved most this year

The group moved +28.3%. These are the Common cards inside it that moved furthest in each direction over the same window.

Change between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026, for the 1,720 Common cards that carried a price on both days. Bar length is the size of the move, not its direction.

1,720 Common cards tracked across the yearSee the group line

A group line and a card line are not the same thing. The Common group rose over this window, yet the cards above ran from -72.1% to +1,666.7% — 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 Common Pokémon cards you can buy

Every list on this page so far has run from the top down. This one runs from the bottom, because the first question of anyone starting a Common collection is what it costs to get in.

Bombirdier 71 — Pitch Black

$0.02 Bombirdier [71] 2

Litleo 14 — Chaos Rising

$0.04 Litleo [14] 3

Ferroseed 62 — Chaos Rising

$0.04 Ferroseed [62] 4

Charjabug 25 — Pitch Black

$0.04 Charjabug [25] 5

Sandile 64 — Phantasmal Flames

$0.05 Sandile [64] 6

Smeargle 80 — Phantasmal Flames

$0.05 Smeargle [80]

The 6 cheapest Common cards on file

Cheapest first. Each card opens its own price page. Prices exclude shipping, which on a card at this level is usually more than the card.

These six together cost $0.24, against $616.33 for the single dearest Common card. The two ends of the same group sit 30,817× apart, and both of them are correctly described as "Common".

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How Common compares with the other rarity tiers

Every rarity tier with a page here is ranked by its typical price. The highlighted row is where Common sits.

No. 1Rare Holo Star0.1%25 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$1,067.00
No. 2Rare Holo LV.X0.3%56 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$100.63
No. 3Rare Prime0.1%26 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$94.02
No. 4Special Illustration Rare1.1%222 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$37.69
No. 5Rare Holo EX1.6%318 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$28.94
No. 6Rare Shiny GX0.2%35 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$25.48
No. 7Rare Ultra3.9%798 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$17.97
No. 8Rare Rainbow1.6%324 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$16.02
No. 9Promo6.0%1,220 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$14.82
No. 10Rare Secret1.6%325 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$14.72
No. 11Illustration Rare2.4%492 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$12.91
No. 12Rare Holo7.9%1,617 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$8.50
No. 13Hyper Rare0.4%74 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$8.31
No. 14Classic Collection0.1%25 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$6.43
No. 15Rare Holo GX0.8%165 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$6.40
No. 16Trainer Gallery Rare Holo0.4%80 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$6.09
No. 17Rare Prism Star0.1%27 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$5.41
No. 18Shiny Rare0.6%120 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$4.55
No. 19Rare BREAK0.1%27 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$4.19
No. 20Rare Holo VMAX0.5%110 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$3.61
No. 21Rare Shiny0.7%149 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$3.32
No. 22Ultra Rare1.7%356 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$2.26
No. 23Rare12.5%2,562 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$2.14
No. 24Rare Holo VSTAR0.2%43 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$2.00
No. 25Rare Holo V1.4%281 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$1.02
No. 26Double Rare1.6%317 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$0.73
No. 27Uncommon23.9%4,888 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$0.72
No. 28Common26.1%5,334 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$0.59
No. 29ACE SPEC Rare0.2%33 cards on file · share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards$0.52

Bar length is the typical price against Rare Holo Star, the dearest tier at $1,067.00. The figure beside each name is that tier’s share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards on file, so size and price can be read against each other in one place.

How many Pokémon cards are Common, and which rarity tiers are bigger?

Common covers 5,334 of the 20,444 Pokémon cards on file, which is 26.1% of the archive and No. 1 of the 29 tiers by size.

26.09%5,334 cards

Common5,334 · 26.1%Every other rarity15,110 · 73.9%

Commonthis page5,334 cards

Uncommon23.9% of the archive4,888 cards

Rare12.5% of the archive2,562 cards

Rare Holo7.9% of the archive1,617 cards

Promo6.0% of the archive1,220 cards

Rare Ultra3.9% of the archive798 cards

Illustration Rare2.4% of the archive492 cards

Ultra Rare1.7% of the archive356 cards

Bar length is against Common, the largest tier at 5,334 cards. The figure beside each name is that tier’s share of the 20,444 Pokémon cards on file.

No. 1of 29 rarity tiers by size

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Ranked 1 by number of cards — 5,334 of the 20,444 English cards on file carry this rarity, which is 26.1% of them. 0 tiers are larger and 28 are smaller.

This ranking counts cards, not money. A rarity can be small and cheap at the same time, so read it beside the price ladder rather than instead of it.

Which kinds of card are printed as Common — Pokémon, Trainer or Energy?

Rarity is printed on every kind of card, not only on Pokémon. Of the 5,334 Common cards on file, 5,063 are Pokémon cards.

94.9%nearly all Pokémon

Pokémon5,063 · 94.9%Trainer181 · 3.4%Energy90 · 1.7%

Cards with an Ability

318cards

6.0% of the group

Cards with a special rule

208cards

3.9% of the group

Cards with printed HP

5,098cards

95.6% — Trainer and Energy cards have no HP box

Counted across all 5,334 Common cards on file.

Every card names exactly one kind, so the three slices add up to the whole group.

Which energy types the Pokémon cards in Common use

Grasstypically $0.63840 cards

Watertypically $0.76758 cards

Colorlesstypically $0.77723 cards

Psychictypically $0.54632 cards

Fightingtypically $0.47616 cards

Firetypically $0.62422 cards

Lightningtypically $0.60413 cards

Darknesstypically $0.34335 cards

Bar length is against the largest type in this group. A card printed with two types is counted on both rows, so these counts can add up to more than the number of Pokémon cards.

What these cards look like

The six dearest Common cards on file. Every kind of card counted above can carry this rarity.

Why the HP figures use a smaller denominator

Only 5,098 of these 5,334 cards print an HP figure, because Trainer and Energy cards carry no HP box at all. Every HP and damage figure on this page is counted across those cards alone.

Which series of the game printed Common Pokémon cards?

Common cards appear in 10 series, and Scarlet & Violet carries the most of them with 1,108 cards.

Scarlet & Violettypically $0.241,108 cards

Sword & Shieldtypically $0.27708 cards

Sun & Moontypically $0.47655 cards

EXtypically $17.36516 cards

XYtypically $0.64461 cards

Black & Whitetypically $1.32396 cards

Mega Evolutiontypically $0.22313 cards

Diamond & Pearltypically $3.97283 cards

E-Cardtypically $29.18173 cards

HeartGold & SoulSilvertypically $6.29158 cards

Bar length is against the largest series. A series is a run of sets sold under one name, so this is a coarser split than the set tables and it shows which era of the game carried Common.

Each tier below has its own page with the same figures, so you can read them side by side.

Rare Holo Star25 cards · typically $1,067.00Dearest: Pikachu ★

Rare Holo LV.X56 cards · typically $100.63Dearest: Snorlax LV.X

Rare Prime26 cards · typically $94.02Dearest: Umbreon

Special Illustration Rare

Special Illustration Rare222 cards · typically $37.69Dearest: Umbreon ex

Rare Holo EX318 cards · typically $28.94Dearest: Gengar ex

Rare Shiny GX35 cards · typically $25.48Dearest: Charizard-GX

Rare Ultra798 cards · typically $17.97Dearest: Latias & Latios-GX

Rare Rainbow324 cards · typically $16.02Dearest: Umbreon VMAX

Promo1,220 cards · typically $14.82Dearest: Gengar

What a Common Pokémon card looks like

Three of the 50 cards on file, taken from the top, the middle and the bottom of the price list.

Dearest, middle and cheapest of the 50 Common cards this site holds a price for.

Middle · CharmanderExpedition Base Set · 2002

What is a Common Pokémon card worth?

5,249 of the 5,334 Common cards on file carry a price. Here is how those prices sit against each other.

Every tile is measured against the dearest Common card on file, so a short bar means that figure sits far below the top of the group.

A typical Common card$0.59middle priceHalf of the 5,249 priced cards cost less than this and half cost more.

The cheaper quarter$0.26lower quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost less than this.

The dearer quarter$4.01upper quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost more than this.

The top tenth$18.0890th placeOnly one card in ten costs more than this.

The dearest one on file$616.33highestCharmander carries the highest asking price in this group.

The cheapest one on file$0.02lowestThe cheapest way into this group.

Graded prices are not on this pageNever Prices here are for ungraded English cards. A graded copy of the same card sells for a different figure.No free commercial source publishes graded prices or population counts, so this site does not print a number it cannot check.

What a typical Common card has cost over the last 336 days

Point at the chart to read any month

Middle price of the whole group, measured on each date shown. Nothing is smoothed between the points.Middle price of the whole group, measured on each date shown. Nothing is smoothed between the points.

Read from $0.46 to $0.59. The group moved +28.3% over that span.

Why do two Common Pokémon cards cost such different amounts?

Both cards below carry the same rarity. One is the dearest on file and the other is the cheapest, and nothing about the rarity mark itself separates them.

The same Common marking, 30,816.5× apart.

Dearest on fileCharmanderLegendary Collection #70HP 50 · Damage 30 · Printed 2002

30,816.5× apartPrice $616.33 VS $0.02
HP 50 VS 100
Printed 2002 VS 2026

Cheapest on fileBombirdierPitch Black #71HP 100 · Damage 100 · Printed 2026

What is the same

The rarity printed on the card

Both are recorded as Common in the card files this site reads, so a search by rarity returns them together.

What is different

The card underneath it

Set, year, artwork and how many people want it. Rarity says how a card was printed, not how sought after it is.

What this means

Rarity alone does not price a card

The middle Common card costs $0.59, which is much closer to the cheap end than to the dear one. Most of this group is affordable and a handful of cards carry the headline figures.

Common Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Common Pokémon cards are there?

There are 5,334 Common cards in this archive, and 5,249 of them carry a price. 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 much is a Common Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $0.59. Across the 5,249 priced cards the range runs from $0.02 to $616.33, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Common Pokémon card?

Charmander 70 from Legendary Collection, at $616.33. It is 1,045× the typical price of the group.

Are Common Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 28 of 29 rarity tiers, with 1 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 5,334 of the 20,444 English cards on file, or 26.1%. Those two together are what "rare" usually means in practice — few of them, and dear because of it.

Do all Common Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 5,249 of the 5,334 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 Common 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 5,284 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

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

Over the last 11 months the typical Common card rose from $0.46 to $0.59, a change of +28.3%. 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 Common Pokémon card cost?

One in four Common cards costs $0.26 or less and the cheapest on file is $0.02. Three in four cost $4.01 or less, so the cards past that point are the exception rather than the rule for this group.

What is the highest HP on a Common Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Common cards is 180, and the lowest is 10. The typical one is 60 HP, with half of them between 50 and 70 — figures counted from the 5,098 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Common Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

1,711 of the 5,334 Common cards are legal in Standard today and 3,713 in Expanded — 32.1% and 69.6% 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 Common Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Fighting — 1,080 of the 4,946 Common cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Fire next at 942 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Are old Common Pokémon cards worth more than new ones?

Not simply by age. Among Common cards the 1999 printings sit at a typical $11.14 and the 2026 ones at $0.22, while the dearest year of all is 2006 at $22.82. Print run and demand decide it, not the date on its own.

Which Common Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Phanpy 15 from POP Series 2, which went from $1.05 to $18.55 — a change of +1,666.7% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 1,720 Common cards that carried a price on both days.

Which sets have Common Pokémon cards?

Common cards appear across 10 sets on file. The largest are Scarlet & Violet (105 cards, typically $0.21), Obsidian Flames (92 cards, typically $0.22), Fusion Strike (89 cards, typically $0.28). The full list on this page gives every set beside its card count and typical price.

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

Every figure on this page is counted from the 5,334 Common cards this site holds on file — 5,249 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 Common 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