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

There are 1,220 Promo cards on file, 969 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $14.82.

Rarity · 1,220 cards · 969 with a price · $0.22 to $2,199.99 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Promo Pokémon card worth?

The typical Promo card costs $14.82. Across the 969 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.22 and the dearest is $2,199.99 — Gengar SWSH241, at $2,199.99. 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

Promo 1,220 cardsRarity

969 with a price · $0.22 to $2,199.99 · No. 9 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price · +122.5% in 11 months · 136 HP on average · weak to Fighting

Typical price, last 11 months$14.82+122.5% from $6.66

Card price ladder$2,199.99$198.75 to $2,199.99

Place among rarity tiersNo. 9CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $14.82 · No. 9 of 29
20 rarity tiers cost less than this one

Cards on file1,220969 carry a price Most expensive card$2,199.99Gengar SWSH241 Cheapest on record$0.22across all 969 priced cards Price rose+122.5%over the last 11 months Place by priceNo. 9of 29 rarity tiers

What stands out about Promo cards

Scale 1,220 cards carry this rarity tier — 6.0% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
Price Half of the priced cards cost under $14.82, but the dearest reaches $2,199.99 — a gap of 148×.
Place By typical price this is No. 9 of 29 rarity tiers; 20 of them cost less.
Record 969 of the 1,220 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 1,220

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 20,0491,220 cardsonly Promo remain · 6.1% of 20,049
The 1,220 cards on this page1,220 cards6.0% 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.

Promo Pokémon cards at a glance

What this group is. 1,220 cards share the rarity tier Promo. 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 $14.82. Across the 969 priced cards the range runs $0.22 to $2,199.99.
Where it stands. No. 9 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price, with 20 of them cheaper.
What the cards are like. They average 136 HP and 89 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fighting.
What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 969 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 1,220 cards on file, 969 of them with a price

Every Promo card with a price on file

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

The 50 dearest Promo cards, most expensive first.

50 cards, most expensive firstGroup1 2

Group 1 · $2,199.99 down to $300.001–25 of 50, by price

1GengarSWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH241$2,199.99Promo 2Tropical Tidal WaveHGSS Black Star Promos #HGSS18$1,400.00Promo

3Lucky StadiumWizards Black Star Promos #41$1,283.67Promo

Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat

4Pikachu with Grey Felt HatScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos #85$1,098.71Promo

Paradise Resort

5Paradise ResortScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos #45$697.39Promo

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

6GyaradosXY Black Star Promos #XY60$674.49Promo

7CharizardSM Black Star Promos #SM158$625.00Promo

Paradise Resort

8Paradise ResortScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos #150$597.50Promo

9CharizardSWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH066$580.92Promo

Special Delivery Bidoof

10Special Delivery BidoofSWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH177$532.81Promo

Champions Festival

11Champions FestivalXY Black Star Promos #XY176$519.99Promo

12Rayquaza exNintendo Black Star Promos #39$517.27Promo

Champions Festival

13Champions FestivalSM Black Star Promos #SM78$489.99Promo

Rayquaza C LV.X

14Rayquaza C LV.XDP Black Star Promos #DP47$453.33Promo

Champions Festival

15Champions FestivalSWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH296$450.00Promo

Special Delivery Pikachu

16Special Delivery PikachuSWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH074$437.13Promo 17_____'s PikachuWizards Black Star Promos #24$396.03Promo

18MetagrossBW Black Star Promos #BW75$388.00Promo

19GiratinaSM Black Star Promos #SM151$385.00Promo

20TyranitarXY Black Star Promos #XY130$380.00Promo

21SnorlaxWizards Black Star Promos #49$376.93Promo

Champions Festival

22Champions FestivalXY Black Star Promos #XY27$375.00Promo

Mewtwo & Mew-GX

23Mewtwo & Mew-GXSM Black Star Promos #SM191$357.94Promo

24GiratinaBW Black Star Promos #BW74$327.02Promo

25MewBW Black Star Promos #BW98$300.00Promo

Group 2 · $299.06 down to $198.7526–50 of 50, by price

26SnorlaxScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos #51$299.06Promo

27Porygon-ZBW Black Star Promos #BW84$299.00Promo

Charizard G LV.X

28Charizard G LV.XDP Black Star Promos #DP45$297.68Promo

29KyogreSM Black Star Promos #SM129$295.00Promo

30Armored MewtwoSM Black Star Promos #SM228$294.55Promo

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

31M Gengar-EXXY Black Star Promos #XY166$268.25Promo

32VenusaurWizards Black Star Promos #13$250.49Promo

33RioluBW Black Star Promos #BW33$250.00Promo

Champions Festival

34Champions FestivalSM Black Star Promos #SM148$249.99Promo

35SuicuneSM Black Star Promos #SM149$249.99Promo

36JirachiXY Black Star Promos #XY67a$247.76Promo

37CharmanderScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos #44$244.92Promo

38Venusaur-EXXY Black Star Promos #XY123$242.88Promo

39LugiaSWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH069$242.85Promo

40KingdraXY Black Star Promos #XY39$235.00Promo

41FlygonBW Black Star Promos #BW53$229.94Promo

Pikachu & Zekrom-GX

42Pikachu & Zekrom-GXSM Black Star Promos #SM168$225.93Promo

Rocket's Hitmonchan

43Rocket's HitmonchanBest of Game #9$220.00Promo

44UmbreonBW Black Star Promos #BW93$216.88Promo

45Mew-EXXY Black Star Promos #XY126$215.73Promo

46Tropical WindNintendo Black Star Promos #26$210.75Promo

47VolcaronaBW Black Star Promos #BW40$210.00Promo

Special Delivery Charizard

48Special Delivery CharizardSWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH075$209.79Promo

49Yveltal-EXXY Black Star Promos #XY150a$202.91Promo

50RaikouSM Black Star Promos #SM150$198.75Promo

Which Promo cards share a name across several printings?

13 of the 50 cards listed above are reprints of just 5 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.

Champions Festival5 printings · 3 sets

Paradise Resort2 printings · 1 set

Charizard2 printings · 2 sets

Giratina2 printings · 2 sets

Snorlax2 printings · 2 sets

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

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

Each point is the middle price of the 969 priced Promo 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 Promo Pokémon card from September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026 — rose from $6.66 to $14.82
Reading date	Typical price	Where it started
12 Sep 25	6.66
10 Oct 25	7.25
7 Nov 25	7.67
5 Dec 25	7.56
2 Jan 26	7.71
30 Jan 26	8.11
27 Feb 26	8.77
27 Mar 26	9.29
24 Apr 26	10.56
22 May 26	12.09
19 Jun 26	13.11
17 Jul 26	13.76
14 Aug 26	14.82

Typical priceWhere it started · $6.66Now $14.82381 days on file

Promo Pokémon cards — price change by window
Window	Typical then	Typical now	Change
Last month	$13.76	$14.82	+7.7%
Last 3 months	$12.09	$14.82	+22.6%
Last 6 months	$8.77	$14.82	+69.0%
Since September 12, 2025	$6.66	$14.82	+122.5%

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 Promo card rose from $6.66 to $14.82 over the 11 months on file — +122.5%. 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 Promo Pokémon card prices are spread

One group price cannot describe 969 cards. These figures show how far apart they actually sit.

$0.22$2,199.99$14.82Where the price splits in half — $0.22 to $2,199.99 laid out on a ten-fold scale

$0.22$2,199.99$48.95Where the dearer quarter begins — one card in four costs more than this

0%100%24.3%Cards costing more than $50 — 235 of the 969 that carry a price

Each half circle is the whole price range of the 969 priced Promo cards, from $0.22 to $2,199.99, 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 969 priced Promo cards, by price band

Under $18.5%82 cards

$1 to $523.1%224 cards

$5 to $2024.3%235 cards

$20 to $5019.9%193 cards

$50 to $10014.0%136 cards

$100 to $5009.0%87 cards

$500 and up1.2%12 cards

How every Promo card with a price falls into price bands — 969 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 Promo card actually sits. Bands read the market price of each card on August 14, 2026.

All 969 priced Promo cards, by price band
Group	Share	Value
Under $1	8.5%	82 cards
$1 to $5	23.1%	224 cards
$5 to $20	24.3%	235 cards
$20 to $50	19.9%	193 cards
$50 to $100	14.0%	136 cards
$100 to $500	9.0%	87 cards
$500 and up	1.2%	12 cards

Dearest tenth startsone in ten costs more than this$101.77
Dearer quarter startsone in four costs more than this$48.95
Typical cardhalf cost less, half cost more$14.82
Cheaper quarter endsone in four costs less than this$3.50
Cheapest on filenothing in the group costs less$0.22

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

Promo Pokémon cards — two ways of counting the same group
Figure	All priced cards	The 50 listed above
Cards counted	969	50
Cheapest	$0.22	$198.75
Cheaper quarter, up to	$3.50	—
Typical (median)	$14.82	—
Dearer quarter, from	$48.95	—
Dearest tenth, from	$101.77	—
Average	$49.62	—
Dearest	$2,199.99	$2,199.99

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 Promo card is $49.62 while the typical one is $14.82. 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 969 priced Promo cards cost

One in four Promo cards costs $3.50 or less, half cost $14.82 or less, and three in four cost $48.95 or less. Only the top quarter runs past $48.95, and the dearest tenth starts at $101.77.

See the dearest Gengar — $2,199.99

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

Promo cards were printed from 1999 to 2023, and 2019 was the biggest year with 304 of them.

Every year this rarity was printed, oldest first. The tallest bar is 2019.

Bar height is against 2019, the biggest year at 304 cards.

1999typically $44.4253 cards

20029 cards

2003typically $57.3340 cards

2007typically $30.0056 cards

2010typically $37.6525 cards

2011typically $22.00101 cards

2013typically $18.61216 cards

2017typically $17.12251 cards

2019typically $4.61304 cards

2023typically $4.67165 cards

Bar length is against 2019, the biggest year at 304 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 Promo Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

The group price says what an ordinary Promo 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 Promo card is worth more?

Holofoil69.4%847 cards

Normal9.1%111 cards

Reverse Holofoil0.9%11 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,220 Promo 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 Promo card is worth more?
Printing	Cards	Share	Typical price
Holofoil	847	69.4%	$12.81
Normal	111	9.1%	$36.79
Reverse Holofoil	11	0.9%	$31.72

Counted across all 1,220 Promo 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 Promo cards?

SWSH Black Star Promos24.9%304 cards

SM Black Star Promos20.6%251 cards

XY Black Star Promos17.7%216 cards

Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos13.5%165 cards

BW Black Star Promos8.3%101 cards

DP Black Star Promos4.6%56 cards

Wizards Black Star Promos4.3%53 cards

Nintendo Black Star Promos3.3%40 cards

HGSS Black Star Promos2.0%25 cards

Best of Game0.7%9 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,220 Promo 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 Promo cards?
Group	Share	Value
SWSH Black Star Promos	24.9%	304 cards
SM Black Star Promos	20.6%	251 cards
XY Black Star Promos	17.7%	216 cards
Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	13.5%	165 cards
BW Black Star Promos	8.3%	101 cards
DP Black Star Promos	4.6%	56 cards
Wizards Black Star Promos	4.3%	53 cards
Nintendo Black Star Promos	3.3%	40 cards
HGSS Black Star Promos	2.0%	25 cards
Best of Game	0.7%	9 cards

Which sets hold the Promo cards?
Set	Cards	Share	Typical price
SWSH Black Star Promos	304	24.9%	$4.61
SM Black Star Promos	251	20.6%	$17.12
XY Black Star Promos	216	17.7%	$18.61
Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	165	13.5%	$4.67
BW Black Star Promos	101	8.3%	$22.00
DP Black Star Promos	56	4.6%	$30.00
Wizards Black Star Promos	53	4.3%	$44.42
Nintendo Black Star Promos	40	3.3%	$57.33
HGSS Black Star Promos	25	2.0%	$37.65
Best of Game	9	0.7%	—

Counted across all 1,220 Promo 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 Promo card carry the value?

V7.7%94 cards

EX7.4%90 cards

GX7.2%88 cards

ex4.3%52 cards

V-UNION2.0%24 cards

Item1.6%20 cards

Ultra Beast1.6%20 cards

Stadium1.4%17 cards

Supporter1.4%17 cards

TAG TEAM1.4%17 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,220 Promo 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 Promo card carry the value?
Group	Share	Value
V	7.7%	94 cards
EX	7.4%	90 cards
GX	7.2%	88 cards
ex	4.3%	52 cards
V-UNION	2.0%	24 cards
Item	1.6%	20 cards
Ultra Beast	1.6%	20 cards
Stadium	1.4%	17 cards
Supporter	1.4%	17 cards
TAG TEAM	1.4%	17 cards

Which kinds of Promo card carry the value?
Card kind	Cards	Share	Typical price
V	94	7.7%	$2.79
EX	90	7.4%	$15.55
GX	88	7.2%	$10.43
ex	52	4.3%	$3.33
V-UNION	24	2.0%	$6.20
Item	20	1.6%	$35.67
Ultra Beast	20	1.6%	$6.17
Stadium	17	1.4%	$375.00
Supporter	17	1.4%	$3.10
TAG TEAM	17	1.4%	$134.75

Counted across all 1,220 Promo 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 Promo cards?

5ban Graphics17.7%216 cards

Mitsuhiro Arita3.3%40 cards

Naoki Saito3.2%39 cards

Ken Sugimori2.9%35 cards

Shin Nagasawa2.7%33 cards

Kouki Saitou2.4%29 cards

Kagemaru Himeno2.2%27 cards

aky CG Works2.2%27 cards

Eske Yoshinob1.9%23 cards

Ryo Ueda1.9%23 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,220 Promo 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 Promo cards?
Group	Share	Value
5ban Graphics	17.7%	216 cards
Mitsuhiro Arita	3.3%	40 cards
Naoki Saito	3.2%	39 cards
Ken Sugimori	2.9%	35 cards
Shin Nagasawa	2.7%	33 cards
Kouki Saitou	2.4%	29 cards
Kagemaru Himeno	2.2%	27 cards
aky CG Works	2.2%	27 cards
Eske Yoshinob	1.9%	23 cards
Ryo Ueda	1.9%	23 cards

Who drew the Promo cards?
Illustrator	Cards	Share	Typical price
5ban Graphics	216	17.7%	$6.05
Mitsuhiro Arita	40	3.3%	$19.98
Naoki Saito	39	3.2%	$53.74
Ken Sugimori	35	2.9%	$27.98
Shin Nagasawa	33	2.7%	$11.53
Kouki Saitou	29	2.4%	$18.77
Kagemaru Himeno	27	2.2%	$16.68
aky CG Works	27	2.2%	$4.21
Eske Yoshinob	23	1.9%	$11.11
Ryo Ueda	23	1.9%	$47.72

Counted across all 1,220 Promo 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 Promo cards use?

Psychic13.5%165 cards

Lightning13.2%161 cards

Water12.4%151 cards

Colorless11.1%136 cards

Fire10.5%128 cards

Grass9.0%110 cards

Fighting7.0%85 cards

Darkness6.2%76 cards

Metal6.1%74 cards

Dragon4.4%54 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,220 Promo 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 Promo cards use?
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	165 cards
Lightning	13.2%	161 cards
Water	12.4%	151 cards
Colorless	11.1%	136 cards
Fire	10.5%	128 cards
Grass	9.0%	110 cards
Fighting	7.0%	85 cards
Darkness	6.2%	76 cards
Metal	6.1%	74 cards
Dragon	4.4%	54 cards

Which energy types do Promo cards use?
Energy type	Cards	Share	Typical price
Psychic	165	13.5%	$14.39
Lightning	161	13.2%	$23.00
Water	151	12.4%	$11.01
Colorless	136	11.1%	$23.71
Fire	128	10.5%	$11.89
Grass	110	9.0%	$11.17
Fighting	85	7.0%	$7.99
Darkness	76	6.2%	$11.96
Metal	74	6.1%	$5.70
Dragon	54	4.4%	$27.46

Counted across all 1,220 Promo 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 Promo cards come from?

Sword & Shield24.9%304 cards

Sun & Moon20.6%251 cards

XY17.7%216 cards

Scarlet & Violet13.5%165 cards

Black & White8.3%101 cards

Diamond & Pearl4.6%56 cards

Base4.3%53 cards

NP3.3%40 cards

HeartGold & SoulSilver2.0%25 cards

Other0.7%9 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,220 Promo 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 Promo cards come from?
Group	Share	Value
Sword & Shield	24.9%	304 cards
Sun & Moon	20.6%	251 cards
XY	17.7%	216 cards
Scarlet & Violet	13.5%	165 cards
Black & White	8.3%	101 cards
Diamond & Pearl	4.6%	56 cards
Base	4.3%	53 cards
NP	3.3%	40 cards
HeartGold & SoulSilver	2.0%	25 cards
Other	0.7%	9 cards

Which eras of the game do Promo cards come from?
Series	Cards	Share	Typical price
Sword & Shield	304	24.9%	$4.61
Sun & Moon	251	20.6%	$17.12
XY	216	17.7%	$18.61
Scarlet & Violet	165	13.5%	$4.67
Black & White	101	8.3%	$22.00
Diamond & Pearl	56	4.6%	$30.00
Base	53	4.3%	$44.42
NP	40	3.3%	$57.33
HeartGold & SoulSilver	25	2.0%	$37.65
Other	9	0.7%	—

Counted across all 1,220 Promo 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 Promo cards are still tournament legal?

G9.2%112 cards

D9.0%110 cards

E8.4%103 cards

F7.0%85 cards

H4.3%53 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,220 Promo 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 Promo cards are still tournament legal?
Regulation mark	Cards	Share	Typical price
G	112	9.2%	$4.32
D	110	9.0%	$4.71
E	103	8.4%	$4.91
F	85	7.0%	$2.80
H	53	4.3%	$10.02

Counted across all 1,220 Promo 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 Promo cards worth more?

Basic61.6%751 cards

Stage 115.6%190 cards

Stage 29.5%116 cards

Level-Up1.6%20 cards

BREAK0.7%8 cards

Baby0.2%3 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,220 Promo 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 Promo cards worth more?
Evolution stage	Cards	Share	Typical price
Basic	751	61.6%	$14.45
Stage 1	190	15.6%	$13.32
Stage 2	116	9.5%	$17.98
Level-Up	20	1.6%	$75.05
BREAK	8	0.7%	$13.36
Baby	3	0.2%	$16.53

Counted across all 1,220 Promo 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 Promo Pokémon cards print

The 1,155 cards in this group that print HP run from 30 to 340, and the middle one prints 120.

Highest HP340Middle HP120Lowest HP30Biggest damage340Middle damage80Cards with HP1,155 cards

How wide the HP range is

Lowest HP30

Lower quarter HP70

Middle HP120

Upper quarter HP180

Highest HP340

Five points across the 1,155 cards that print HP, each measured against the highest of them.

How wide the damage range is

Lowest damage10

Lower quarter damage30

Middle damage80

Upper quarter damage120

Highest damage340

Five points across the 1,100 cards that print an attack with a damage number.

What are Promo Pokémon cards weak to?

Weakness is the one printed number that doubles incoming damage, so it decides more matches than HP does. Across the 1,062 Promo cards that print one, the most common is Fighting on 285 of them.

What Promo Pokémon cards are weak to

Fighting26.8%285 cards

Fire16.9%179 cards

Lightning12.3%131 cards

Water12.1%129 cards

Psychic10.1%107 cards

Grass9.1%97 cards

Darkness6.9%73 cards

Metal5.7%61 cards

What Promo Pokémon cards are weak to — 1,062 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 1,062 Promo cards that print a weakness.

What Promo Pokémon cards are weak to
Group	Share	Value
Fighting	26.8%	285 cards
Fire	16.9%	179 cards
Lightning	12.3%	131 cards
Water	12.1%	129 cards
Psychic	10.1%	107 cards
Grass	9.1%	97 cards
Darkness	6.9%	73 cards
Metal	5.7%	61 cards

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Which Promo Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 329 of the 1,220 Promo cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.

What Promo Pokémon cards resist

Fighting39.5%130 cards

Psychic22.2%73 cards

Metal18.2%60 cards

Grass10.9%36 cards

Water4.9%16 cards

Darkness4.3%14 cards

What Promo Pokémon cards resist — 329 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 Promo cards print one, which is why this count is smaller than the card total.

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How do Promo Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 1,088 Promo cards that print a stage.

How Promo Pokémon cards evolve

Basic69.0%751 cards

Stage 117.5%190 cards

Stage 210.7%116 cards

Level-Up1.8%20 cards

BREAK0.7%8 cards

Baby0.3%3 cards

How Promo Pokémon cards evolve — 1,088 cards counted. Each track is the whole of that count, so a short bar means most of the group sits elsewhere.

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

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Can you still play Promo 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 Promo card on the table.

Legal in Standard253 cardsLegal in Expanded1,031 cardsCards with an Ability320 cardsCards with a special rule481 cards

What it costs to retreat a Promo Pokémon card

1 energy to retreat40.9%472 cards

2 energy to retreat37.7%435 cards

3 energy to retreat11.2%129 cards

0 energy to retreat5.2%60 cards

4 energy to retreat5.1%59 cards

Counted across the 1,155 cards in this group that print a retreat cost. Bar length is against the most common cost.

What Promo Pokémon cards are weak to

Fighting26.8%285 cards

Fire16.9%179 cards

Lightning12.3%131 cards

Water12.1%129 cards

Psychic10.1%107 cards

Grass9.1%97 cards

Darkness6.9%73 cards

Metal5.7%61 cards

Counted across the 1,062 cards in this group that print a weakness.

Which Promo Pokémon cards moved most this year

The group moved +122.5%. These are the Promo cards inside it that moved furthest in each direction over the same window.

Change between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026, for the 759 Promo cards that carried a price on both days. Bar length is the size of the move, not its direction.

759 Promo cards tracked across the yearSee the group line

A group line and a card line are not the same thing. The Promo group rose over this window, yet the cards above ran from -52.1% to +1,108.9% — which is why a figure taken from the group tells you what to expect, and only the card page tells you what happened.

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The cheapest Promo 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 Promo collection is what it costs to get in.

Pawniard 111 — Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos

$0.22 Pawniard [111] 2

Bisharp 112 — Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos

$0.23 Bisharp [112] 3

Pupitar 120 — Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos

$0.29 Pupitar [120] 4

Spidops 9 — Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos

$0.30 Spidops [9] 5

Carvanha 93 — Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos

$0.31 Carvanha [93] 6

Hisuian Basculin SWSH273 — SWSH Black Star Promos

$0.32 Hisuian Basculin [SWSH273]

The 6 cheapest Promo 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 $1.67, against $2,199.99 for the single dearest Promo card. The two ends of the same group sit 10,000× apart, and both of them are correctly described as "Promo".

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How Promo compares with the other rarity tiers

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

Promo covers 1,220 of the 20,444 Pokémon cards on file, which is 6.0% of the archive and No. 5 of the 29 tiers by size.

5.97%1,220 cards

Promo1,220 · 6.0%Every other rarity19,224 · 94.0%

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

Promothis page1,220 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. 5of 29 rarity tiers by size

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Ranked 5 by number of cards — 1,220 of the 20,444 English cards on file carry this rarity, which is 6.0% of them. 4 tiers are larger and 24 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 Promo — Pokémon, Trainer or Energy?

Rarity is printed on every kind of card, not only on Pokémon. Of the 1,220 Promo cards on file, 1,155 are Pokémon cards.

94.7%nearly all Pokémon

Pokémon1,155 · 94.7%Trainer65 · 5.3%

Cards with an Ability

320cards

26.2% of the group

Cards with a special rule

481cards

39.4% of the group

Cards with printed HP

1,155cards

94.7% — Trainer and Energy cards have no HP box

Counted across all 1,220 Promo 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 Promo use

Psychictypically $14.39165 cards

Lightningtypically $23.00161 cards

Watertypically $11.01151 cards

Colorlesstypically $23.71136 cards

Firetypically $11.89128 cards

Grasstypically $11.17110 cards

Fightingtypically $7.9985 cards

Darknesstypically $11.9676 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 Promo cards on file. Every kind of card counted above can carry this rarity.

Why the HP figures use a smaller denominator

Only 1,155 of these 1,220 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 Promo Pokémon cards?

Promo cards appear in 10 series, and Sword & Shield carries the most of them with 304 cards.

Sword & Shieldtypically $4.61304 cards

Sun & Moontypically $17.12251 cards

XYtypically $18.61216 cards

Scarlet & Violettypically $4.67165 cards

Black & Whitetypically $22.00101 cards

Diamond & Pearltypically $30.0056 cards

Basetypically $44.4253 cards

NPtypically $57.3340 cards

HeartGold & SoulSilvertypically $37.6525 cards

Other9 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 Promo.

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

Rare Secret325 cards · typically $14.72Dearest: Lugia

What a Promo 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 Promo cards this site holds a price for.

Middle · SnorlaxScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos · 2023

What is a Promo Pokémon card worth?

969 of the 1,220 Promo cards on file carry a price. Here is how those prices sit against each other.

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

A typical Promo card$14.82middle priceHalf of the 969 priced cards cost less than this and half cost more.

The cheaper quarter$3.50lower quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost less than this.

The dearer quarter$48.95upper quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost more than this.

The top tenth$101.7790th placeOnly one card in ten costs more than this.

The dearest one on file$2,199.99highestGengar carries the highest asking price in this group.

The cheapest one on file$0.22lowestThe 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 Promo 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 $6.66 to $14.82. The group moved +122.5% over that span.

Why do two Promo 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 Promo marking, 10,000.0× apart.

Dearest on fileGengarSWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH241HP 120 · Printed 2019

10,000.0× apartPrice $2,199.99 VS $0.22
HP 120 VS 70
Printed 2019 VS 2023

Cheapest on filePawniardScarlet & Violet Black Star Promos #111HP 70 · Damage 10 · Printed 2023

What is the same

The rarity printed on the card

Both are recorded as Promo 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 Promo card costs $14.82, 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.

Promo Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Promo Pokémon cards are there?

There are 1,220 Promo cards in this archive, and 969 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 Promo Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $14.82. Across the 969 priced cards the range runs from $0.22 to $2,199.99, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Promo Pokémon card?

Gengar SWSH241 from SWSH Black Star Promos, at $2,199.99. It is 148× the typical price of the group.

Are Promo Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 9 of 29 rarity tiers, with 20 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 1,220 of the 20,444 English cards on file, or 6.0%. Those two together are what "rare" usually means in practice — few of them, and dear because of it.

Do all Promo Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 969 of the 1,220 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 Promo 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 1,170 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

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

Over the last 11 months the typical Promo card rose from $6.66 to $14.82, a change of +122.5%. 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 Promo Pokémon card cost?

One in four Promo cards costs $3.50 or less and the cheapest on file is $0.22. Three in four cost $48.95 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 Promo Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Promo cards is 340, and the lowest is 30. The typical one is 120 HP, with half of them between 70 and 180 — figures counted from the 1,155 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Promo Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

253 of the 1,220 Promo cards are legal in Standard today and 1,031 in Expanded — 20.7% and 84.5% 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 Promo Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Fighting — 285 of the 1,062 Promo cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Fire next at 179 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Are old Promo Pokémon cards worth more than new ones?

Not simply by age. Among Promo cards the 1999 printings sit at a typical $44.42 and the 2023 ones at $4.67, while the dearest year of all is 2003 at $57.33. Print run and demand decide it, not the date on its own.

Which Promo Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Mimikyu SM29 from SM Black Star Promos, which went from $1.80 to $21.76 — a change of +1,108.9% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 759 Promo cards that carried a price on both days.

Which sets have Promo Pokémon cards?

Promo cards appear across 10 sets on file. The largest are SWSH Black Star Promos (304 cards, typically $4.61), SM Black Star Promos (251 cards, typically $17.12), XY Black Star Promos (216 cards, typically $18.61). The full list on this page gives every set beside its card count and typical price.

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

Every figure on this page is counted from the 1,220 Promo cards this site holds on file — 969 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 Promo 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