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

There are 492 Illustration Rare cards on file, 492 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $12.91.

Rarity · 492 cards · 492 with a price · $1.04 to $389.43 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Illustration Rare Pokémon card worth?

The typical Illustration Rare card costs $12.91. Across the 492 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $1.04 and the dearest is $389.43 — Magikarp 203, at $389.43. 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

Illustration Rare 492 cardsRarity

492 with a price · $1.04 to $389.43 · No. 11 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price · +67.9% in 11 months · 99 HP on average · weak to Fire

Typical price, last 11 months$12.91+67.9% from $7.69

Card price ladder$389.43$44.39 to $389.43

Place among rarity tiersNo. 11CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $12.91 · No. 11 of 29
18 rarity tiers cost less than this one

Cards on file492492 carry a price Most expensive card$389.43Magikarp 203 Cheapest on record$1.04across all 492 priced cards Price rose+67.9%over the last 11 months Place by priceNo. 11of 29 rarity tiers

What stands out about Illustration Rare cards

Scale 492 cards carry this rarity tier — 2.4% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
Price Half of the priced cards cost under $12.91, but the dearest reaches $389.43 — a gap of 30×.
Place By typical price this is No. 11 of 29 rarity tiers; 18 of them cost less.
Record 492 of the 492 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 492

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 20,049492 cardsonly Illustration Rare remain · 2.5% of 20,049
The 492 cards on this page492 cards2.4% 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.

Illustration Rare Pokémon cards at a glance

What this group is. 492 cards share the rarity tier Illustration Rare. 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 $12.91. Across the 492 priced cards the range runs $1.04 to $389.43.
Where it stands. No. 11 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price, with 18 of them cheaper.
What the cards are like. They average 99 HP and 65 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fire.
What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 492 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 492 cards on file, 492 of them with a price

Every Illustration Rare card with a price on file

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

The 50 dearest Illustration Rare cards, most expensive first.

50 cards, most expensive firstGroup1 2

Group 1 · $389.43 down to $61.521–25 of 50, by price

1MagikarpPaldea Evolved #203$389.43Illustration Rare

2SeismitoadBlack Bolt #105$235.15Illustration Rare

3GroudonParadox Rift #199$127.24Illustration Rare

4SquirtleStellar Crown #148$116.86Illustration Rare

5BulbasaurStellar Crown #143$104.52Illustration Rare

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

6RaichuPaldea Evolved #211$99.48Illustration Rare

7EeveeTwilight Masquerade #188$99.30Illustration Rare

8GastlyTemporal Forces #177$95.43Illustration Rare

9MausholdPaldea Evolved #226$94.30Illustration Rare

10OshawottWhite Flare #105$93.52Illustration Rare

11Charmander151 #168$93.51Illustration Rare

12Pikachu151 #173$91.69Illustration Rare

13Squirtle151 #170$90.84Illustration Rare

14Bulbasaur151 #166$81.81Illustration Rare

15ZoroarkWhite Flare #143$79.55Illustration Rare

16HaxorusBlack Bolt #147$75.68Illustration Rare

17TyranitarPaldea Evolved #222$73.79Illustration Rare

18PersianShrouded Fable #78$72.98Illustration Rare

19ChandelureWhite Flare #103$72.23Illustration Rare

20PsyduckAscended Heroes #226$70.01Illustration Rare

21Psyduck151 #175$68.17Illustration Rare

22SprigatitoPaldea Evolved #196$62.64Illustration Rare

23Wartortle151 #171$62.57Illustration Rare

24VolcaronaBlack Bolt #100$62.15Illustration Rare

Misty's Psyduck

25Misty's PsyduckDestined Rivals #193$61.52Illustration Rare

Group 2 · $61.25 down to $44.3926–50 of 50, by price

26Charmeleon151 #169$61.25Illustration Rare

27SawsbuckTemporal Forces #166$59.68Illustration Rare

28DrowzeeScarlet & Violet #210$58.80Illustration Rare

29FuecocoPaldea Evolved #201$57.37Illustration Rare

30KrookodileBlack Bolt #137$56.87Illustration Rare

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

31HoundoomShrouded Fable #66$56.58Illustration Rare

32LilligantBlack Bolt #92$56.52Illustration Rare

33MarillPaldea Evolved #204$56.35Illustration Rare

34ChanseyTwilight Masquerade #187$55.72Illustration Rare

35MorpekoParadox Rift #206$54.38Illustration Rare

36DuskullShrouded Fable #68$53.64Illustration Rare

37SamurottWhite Flare #107$53.28Illustration Rare

38DwebbleBlack Bolt #129$51.98Illustration Rare

39HorseaShrouded Fable #67$49.09Illustration Rare

40LiepardWhite Flare #137$48.18Illustration Rare

41Dragonair151 #181$47.86Illustration Rare

42PlusleParadox Rift #193$47.35Illustration Rare

43ZoruaWhite Flare #142$46.85Illustration Rare

44EmboarWhite Flare #98$46.11Illustration Rare

45AmoongussBlack Bolt #96$45.89Illustration Rare

46MinunParadox Rift #194$45.85Illustration Rare

47NinetalesObsidian Flames #199$45.51Illustration Rare

48Ivysaur151 #167$45.11Illustration Rare

49DeerlingTemporal Forces #165$44.48Illustration Rare

50AudinoBlack Bolt #151$44.39Illustration Rare

Which Illustration Rare cards share a name across several printings?

6 of the 50 cards listed above are reprints of just 3 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.

Squirtle2 printings · 2 sets

Bulbasaur2 printings · 2 sets

Psyduck2 printings · 2 sets

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Are Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare cards as a group rather than for one card.

Typical Illustration Rare card price, September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026

Each point is the middle price of the 492 priced Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare Pokémon card from September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026 — rose from $7.69 to $12.91
Reading date	Typical price	Where it started
12 Sep 25	7.69
10 Oct 25	8.67
7 Nov 25	8.08
5 Dec 25	7.78
2 Jan 26	7.56
30 Jan 26	7.91
27 Feb 26	8.33
27 Mar 26	8.79
24 Apr 26	9.61
22 May 26	11.13
19 Jun 26	13
17 Jul 26	13.29
14 Aug 26	12.91

Typical priceWhere it started · $7.69Now $12.91381 days on file

Illustration Rare Pokémon cards — price change by window
Window	Typical then	Typical now	Change
Last month	$13.29	$12.91	-2.9%
Last 3 months	$11.13	$12.91	+16.0%
Last 6 months	$8.33	$12.91	+55.0%
Since September 12, 2025	$7.69	$12.91	+67.9%

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 Illustration Rare card rose from $7.69 to $12.91 over the 11 months on file — +67.9%. 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 Illustration Rare Pokémon card prices are spread

One group price cannot describe 492 cards. These figures show how far apart they actually sit.

$1.04$389.43$12.91Where the price splits in half — $1.04 to $389.43 laid out on a ten-fold scale

$1.04$389.43$24.35Where the dearer quarter begins — one card in four costs more than this

0%100%7.7%Cards costing more than $50 — 38 of the 492 that carry a price

Each half circle is the whole price range of the 492 priced Illustration Rare cards, from $1.04 to $389.43, 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 492 priced Illustration Rare cards, by price band

$1 to $517.3%85 cards

$5 to $2052.2%257 cards

$20 to $5022.8%112 cards

$50 to $1006.7%33 cards

$100 to $5001.0%5 cards

How every Illustration Rare card with a price falls into price bands — 492 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 Illustration Rare card actually sits. Bands read the market price of each card on August 14, 2026.

Dearest tenth startsone in ten costs more than this$44.36
Dearer quarter startsone in four costs more than this$24.35
Typical cardhalf cost less, half cost more$12.91
Cheaper quarter endsone in four costs less than this$6.27
Cheapest on filenothing in the group costs less$1.04

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

Illustration Rare Pokémon cards — two ways of counting the same group
Figure	All priced cards	The 50 listed above
Cards counted	492	50
Cheapest	$1.04	$44.39
Cheaper quarter, up to	$6.27	—
Typical (median)	$12.91	—
Dearer quarter, from	$24.35	—
Dearest tenth, from	$44.36	—
Average	$20.30	—
Dearest	$389.43	$389.43

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 Illustration Rare card is $20.30 while the typical one is $12.91. The gap between those two numbers is the shape of this group: the cards sit close together, so the average and the typical price say roughly the same thing.

What three quarters of the 492 priced Illustration Rare cards cost

One in four Illustration Rare cards costs $6.27 or less, half cost $12.91 or less, and three in four cost $24.35 or less. Only the top quarter runs past $24.35, and the dearest tenth starts at $44.36.

See the dearest Magikarp — $389.43

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

Illustration Rare cards were printed from 2023 to 2026, and 2025 was the biggest year with 207 of them.

Every year this rarity was printed, oldest first. The tallest bar is 2025.

Bar height is against 2025, the biggest year at 207 cards.

2023typically $17.19122 cards

2024typically $11.3597 cards

2025typically $14.50207 cards

2026typically $5.0266 cards

Bar length is against 2025, the biggest year at 207 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 Illustration Rare Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

The group price says what an ordinary Illustration Rare card costs. These tables break the group down by set, card kind 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 sets hold the Illustration Rare cards?

Black Bolt14.0%69 cards

White Flare14.0%69 cards

Paldea Evolved7.3%36 cards

Paradox Rift6.9%34 cards

Ascended Heroes6.7%33 cards

Scarlet & Violet4.9%24 cards

Destined Rivals4.7%23 cards

Surging Sparks4.7%23 cards

Mega Evolution4.5%22 cards

Temporal Forces4.5%22 cards

Each track is the whole of the 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare cards?
Group	Share	Value
Black Bolt	14.0%	69 cards
White Flare	14.0%	69 cards
Paldea Evolved	7.3%	36 cards
Paradox Rift	6.9%	34 cards
Ascended Heroes	6.7%	33 cards
Scarlet & Violet	4.9%	24 cards
Destined Rivals	4.7%	23 cards
Surging Sparks	4.7%	23 cards
Mega Evolution	4.5%	22 cards
Temporal Forces	4.5%	22 cards

Which sets hold the Illustration Rare cards?
Set	Cards	Share	Typical price
Black Bolt	69	14.0%	$18.28
White Flare	69	14.0%	$18.73
Paldea Evolved	36	7.3%	$20.65
Paradox Rift	34	6.9%	$14.65
Ascended Heroes	33	6.7%	$5.98
Scarlet & Violet	24	4.9%	$14.12
Destined Rivals	23	4.7%	$7.42
Surging Sparks	23	4.7%	$8.33
Mega Evolution	22	4.5%	$4.03
Temporal Forces	22	4.5%	$16.28

Counted across all 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare card carry the value?

Ancient0.4%2 cards

Future0.4%2 cards

Each track is the whole of the 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare card carry the value?
Card kind	Cards	Share	Typical price
Ancient	2	0.4%	—
Future	2	0.4%	—

Counted across all 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare cards?

Jerky1.6%8 cards

Mina Nakai1.4%7 cards

OKACHEKE1.4%7 cards

REND1.4%7 cards

Jiro Sasumo1.2%6 cards

Shibuzoh.1.2%6 cards

Tomokazu Komiya1.2%6 cards

Akira Komayama1.0%5 cards

KEIICHIRO ITO1.0%5 cards

Narumi Sato1.0%5 cards

Each track is the whole of the 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare cards?
Group	Share	Value
Jerky	1.6%	8 cards
Mina Nakai	1.4%	7 cards
OKACHEKE	1.4%	7 cards
REND	1.4%	7 cards
Jiro Sasumo	1.2%	6 cards
Shibuzoh.	1.2%	6 cards
Tomokazu Komiya	1.2%	6 cards
Akira Komayama	1.0%	5 cards
KEIICHIRO ITO	1.0%	5 cards
Narumi Sato	1.0%	5 cards

Who drew the Illustration Rare cards?
Illustrator	Cards	Share	Typical price
Jerky	8	1.6%	$9.59
Mina Nakai	7	1.4%	$15.17
OKACHEKE	7	1.4%	$14.54
REND	7	1.4%	$9.40
Jiro Sasumo	6	1.2%	$22.91
Shibuzoh.	6	1.2%	$14.20
Tomokazu Komiya	6	1.2%	$21.15
Akira Komayama	5	1.0%	$13.51
KEIICHIRO ITO	5	1.0%	$6.69
Narumi Sato	5	1.0%	$31.81

Counted across all 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare cards use?

Water15.0%74 cards

Grass14.8%73 cards

Colorless12.6%62 cards

Psychic12.6%62 cards

Fighting10.4%51 cards

Darkness9.3%46 cards

Fire8.9%44 cards

Lightning7.3%36 cards

Metal6.1%30 cards

Dragon2.8%14 cards

Each track is the whole of the 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare cards use?
Group	Share	Value
Water	15.0%	74 cards
Grass	14.8%	73 cards
Colorless	12.6%	62 cards
Psychic	12.6%	62 cards
Fighting	10.4%	51 cards
Darkness	9.3%	46 cards
Fire	8.9%	44 cards
Lightning	7.3%	36 cards
Metal	6.1%	30 cards
Dragon	2.8%	14 cards

Which energy types do Illustration Rare cards use?
Energy type	Cards	Share	Typical price
Water	74	15.0%	$14.86
Grass	73	14.8%	$12.80
Colorless	62	12.6%	$12.29
Psychic	62	12.6%	$14.37
Fighting	51	10.4%	$9.58
Darkness	46	9.3%	$13.69
Fire	44	8.9%	$15.65
Lightning	36	7.3%	$9.19
Metal	30	6.1%	$8.39
Dragon	14	2.8%	$18.23

Counted across all 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare cards come from?

Scarlet & Violet79.5%391 cards

Mega Evolution20.5%101 cards

Each track is the whole of the 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare cards come from?
Series	Cards	Share	Typical price
Scarlet & Violet	391	79.5%	$15.24
Mega Evolution	101	20.5%	$4.60

Counted across all 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare cards are still tournament legal?

I44.9%221 cards

G25.8%127 cards

H21.1%104 cards

J8.1%40 cards

Each track is the whole of the 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare cards are still tournament legal?
Regulation mark	Cards	Share	Typical price
I	221	44.9%	$13.67
G	127	25.8%	$16.87
H	104	21.1%	$9.80
J	40	8.1%	$4.38

Counted across all 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare cards worth more?

Basic53.3%262 cards

Stage 136.2%178 cards

Stage 210.6%52 cards

Each track is the whole of the 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare cards worth more?
Evolution stage	Cards	Share	Typical price
Basic	262	53.3%	$14.30
Stage 1	178	36.2%	$11.07
Stage 2	52	10.6%	$13.49

Counted across all 492 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare Pokémon cards print

The 492 cards in this group that print HP run from 30 to 240, and the middle one prints 90.

Highest HP240Middle HP90Lowest HP30Biggest damage260Middle damage50Cards with HP492 cards

How wide the HP range is

Lowest HP30

Lower quarter HP70

Middle HP90

Upper quarter HP130

Highest HP240

Five points across the 492 cards that print HP, each measured against the highest of them.

How wide the damage range is

Lowest damage10

Lower quarter damage28

Middle damage50

Upper quarter damage90

Highest damage260

Five points across the 472 cards that print an attack with a damage number.

What are Illustration Rare Pokémon cards weak to?

Weakness is the one printed number that doubles incoming damage, so it decides more matches than HP does. Across the 478 Illustration Rare cards that print one, the most common is Fire on 101 of them.

What Illustration Rare Pokémon cards are weak to

Fire21.1%101 cards

Fighting19.2%92 cards

Lightning18.6%89 cards

Grass11.5%55 cards

Darkness9.2%44 cards

Water8.8%42 cards

Metal7.5%36 cards

Psychic4.0%19 cards

What Illustration Rare Pokémon cards are weak to — 478 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 478 Illustration Rare cards that print a weakness.

What Illustration Rare Pokémon cards are weak to
Group	Share	Value
Fire	21.1%	101 cards
Fighting	19.2%	92 cards
Lightning	18.6%	89 cards
Grass	11.5%	55 cards
Darkness	9.2%	44 cards
Water	8.8%	42 cards
Metal	7.5%	36 cards
Psychic	4.0%	19 cards

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Which Illustration Rare Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 112 of the 492 Illustration Rare cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.

What Illustration Rare Pokémon cards resist

What Illustration Rare Pokémon cards resist — 112 cards counted.

Fighting74%
Grass26%

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

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How do Illustration Rare Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 492 Illustration Rare cards that print a stage.

How Illustration Rare Pokémon cards evolve

How Illustration Rare Pokémon cards evolve — 492 cards counted.

Basic53%
Stage 136%
Stage 211%

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 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare card on the table.

Legal in Standard474 cardsLegal in Expanded492 cardsCards with an Ability102 cardsCards with a special rule0 cards

What it costs to retreat a Illustration Rare Pokémon card

1 energy to retreat50.2%247 cards

2 energy to retreat29.3%144 cards

3 energy to retreat15.4%76 cards

0 energy to retreat3.0%15 cards

4 energy to retreat2.0%10 cards

Counted across the 492 cards in this group that print a retreat cost. Bar length is against the most common cost.

What Illustration Rare Pokémon cards are weak to

Fire21.1%101 cards

Fighting19.2%92 cards

Lightning18.6%89 cards

Grass11.5%55 cards

Darkness9.2%44 cards

Water8.8%42 cards

Metal7.5%36 cards

Psychic4.0%19 cards

Counted across the 478 cards in this group that print a weakness.

Which Illustration Rare Pokémon cards moved most this year

The group moved +67.9%. These are the Illustration Rare cards inside it that moved furthest in each direction over the same window.

Change between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026, for the 380 Illustration Rare cards that carried a price on both days. Bar length is the size of the move, not its direction.

380 Illustration Rare cards tracked across the yearSee the group line

A group line and a card line are not the same thing. The Illustration Rare group rose over this window, yet the cards above ran from -35.6% to +319.6% — 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 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare collection is what it costs to get in.

Probopass 96 — Perfect Order

$1.04 Probopass [96] 2

Garganacl 147 — Mega Evolution

$1.35 Garganacl [147] 3

Drapion 97 — Perfect Order

$1.39 Drapion [97] 4

Nymble 96 — Phantasmal Flames

$1.54 Nymble [96] 5

Watchog 97 — Chaos Rising

$1.65 Watchog [97] 6

Thievul 92 — Pitch Black

$1.88 Thievul [92]

The 6 cheapest Illustration Rare 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 $8.85, against $389.43 for the single dearest Illustration Rare card. The two ends of the same group sit 374× apart, and both of them are correctly described as "Illustration Rare".

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How Illustration Rare compares with the other rarity tiers

Every rarity tier with a page here is ranked by its typical price. The highlighted row is where Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare, and which rarity tiers are bigger?

Illustration Rare covers 492 of the 20,444 Pokémon cards on file, which is 2.4% of the archive and No. 7 of the 29 tiers by size.

2.41%492 cards

Illustration Rare492 · 2.4%Every other rarity19,952 · 97.6%

Common26.1% of the archive5,334 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 Rarethis page492 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. 7of 29 rarity tiers by size

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Ranked 7 by number of cards — 492 of the 20,444 English cards on file carry this rarity, which is 2.4% of them. 6 tiers are larger and 22 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 series of the game printed Illustration Rare Pokémon cards?

Illustration Rare cards appear in 2 series, and Scarlet & Violet carries the most of them with 391 cards.

Scarlet & Violettypically $15.24391 cards

Mega Evolutiontypically $4.60101 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 Illustration Rare.

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 Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare cards this site holds a price for.

Middle · Charmeleon151 · 2023

What is a Illustration Rare Pokémon card worth?

492 of the 492 Illustration Rare cards on file carry a price. Here is how those prices sit against each other.

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

A typical Illustration Rare card$12.91middle priceHalf of the 492 priced cards cost less than this and half cost more.

The cheaper quarter$6.27lower quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost less than this.

The dearer quarter$24.35upper quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost more than this.

The top tenth$44.3690th placeOnly one card in ten costs more than this.

The dearest one on file$389.43highestMagikarp carries the highest asking price in this group.

The cheapest one on file$1.04lowestThe 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 Illustration Rare 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 $7.69 to $12.91. The group moved +67.9% over that span.

Why do two Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare marking, 374.5× apart.

Dearest on fileMagikarpPaldea Evolved #203HP 30 · Damage 10 · Printed 2023

374.5× apartPrice $389.43 VS $1.04
HP 30 VS 140
Printed 2023 VS 2026

Cheapest on fileProbopassPerfect Order #96HP 140 · Damage 260 · Printed 2026

What is the same

The rarity printed on the card

Both are recorded as Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare card costs $12.91, 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.

Illustration Rare Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Illustration Rare Pokémon cards are there?

There are 492 Illustration Rare cards in this archive, and 492 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 Illustration Rare Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $12.91. Across the 492 priced cards the range runs from $1.04 to $389.43, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Illustration Rare Pokémon card?

Magikarp 203 from Paldea Evolved, at $389.43. It is 30× the typical price of the group.

Are Illustration Rare Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 11 of 29 rarity tiers, with 18 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 492 of the 20,444 English cards on file, or 2.4%. Those two together are what "rare" usually means in practice — few of them, and dear because of it.

Do all Illustration Rare Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 492 of the 492 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 Illustration Rare 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 442 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

How often are Illustration Rare 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 Illustration Rare Pokémon cards going up in value?

Over the last 11 months the typical Illustration Rare card rose from $7.69 to $12.91, a change of +67.9%. 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 Illustration Rare Pokémon card cost?

One in four Illustration Rare cards costs $6.27 or less and the cheapest on file is $1.04. Three in four cost $24.35 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 Illustration Rare Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Illustration Rare cards is 240, and the lowest is 30. The typical one is 90 HP, with half of them between 70 and 130 — figures counted from the 492 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Illustration Rare Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

474 of the 492 Illustration Rare cards are legal in Standard today and 492 in Expanded — 96.3% and 100.0% of the group. A card leaves Standard when its set rotates out, so this share moves each year even though the cards do not change.

What are Illustration Rare Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Fire — 101 of the 478 Illustration Rare cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Fighting next at 92 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Are old Illustration Rare Pokémon cards worth more than new ones?

Not simply by age. Among Illustration Rare cards the 2023 printings sit at a typical $17.19 and the 2026 ones at $5.02, while the dearest year of all is 2023 at $17.19. Print run and demand decide it, not the date on its own.

Which Illustration Rare Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Cinccino 183 from Temporal Forces, which went from $10.39 to $43.60 — a change of +319.6% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 380 Illustration Rare cards that carried a price on both days.

Which sets have Illustration Rare Pokémon cards?

Illustration Rare cards appear across 10 sets on file. The largest are Black Bolt (69 cards, typically $18.28), White Flare (69 cards, typically $18.73), Paldea Evolved (36 cards, typically $20.65). The full list on this page gives every set beside its card count and typical price.

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

Every figure on this page is counted from the 492 Illustration Rare cards this site holds on file — 492 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 Illustration Rare 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