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

There are 1,617 Rare Holo cards on file, 1,512 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $8.50.

Rarity · 1,617 cards · 1,512 with a price · $0.14 to $1,299.96 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Rare Holo Pokémon card worth?

The typical Rare Holo card costs $8.50. Across the 1,512 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.14 and the dearest is $1,299.96 — Lugia 9, at $1,299.96. 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 tiersPrint variantPokédex numberRegulation markEnergy typeSetArtistEvolution stageCard mechanicAttack costAttack damageRetreat cost

Rare Holo 1,617 cardsRarity

Rare Holo price summary

1,512 with a price · $0.14 to $1,299.96 · No. 12 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price · +86.4% in 11 months · 107 HP on average · weak to Fighting

Typical price, last 11 months$8.50+86.4% from $4.56
Card price ladder$1,299.96$388.45 to $1,299.96
Place among rarity tiersNo. 12CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $8.50 · No. 12 of 29
17 rarity tiers cost less than this one
Cards on file1,6171,512 carry a priceMost expensive card$1,299.96Lugia 9Cheapest on record$0.14across all 1,512 priced cardsPrice rose+86.4%over the last 11 monthsPlace by priceNo. 12of 29 rarity tiers

What stands out about Rare Holo cards

  • Scale 1,617 cards carry this rarity tier — 7.9% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
  • Price Half of the priced cards cost under $8.50, but the dearest reaches $1,299.96 — a gap of 153×.
  • Place By typical price this is No. 12 of 29 rarity tiers; 17 of them cost less.
  • Record 1,512 of the 1,617 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 1,617

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 20,0491,617 cardsonly Rare Holo remain · 8.1% of 20,049
  • The 1,617 cards on this page1,617 cards7.9% 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.

Rare Holo Pokémon cards at a glance

  • What this group is. 1,617 cards share the rarity tier Rare Holo. 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 $8.50. Across the 1,512 priced cards the range runs $0.14 to $1,299.96.
  • Where it stands. No. 12 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price, with 17 of them cheaper.
  • What the cards are like. They average 107 HP and 68 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fighting.
  • What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 1,512 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 1,617 cards on file, 1,512 of them with a price

Every Rare Holo card with a price on file

The 50 dearest Rare Holo cards on file are laid out below, first as pictures and then as a list you can read straight down.
1Lugia — Neo Genesis #9Market $1,299.96Lugia [9]2Umbreon — Aquapolis #H29Market $1,252.62Umbreon [H29]3Charizard δ — Crystal Guardians #4Market $1,199.99Charizard δ [4]4Dark Gengar — Neo Destiny #6Market $1,051.50Dark Gengar [6]5Venusaur — Base #15Market $918.75Venusaur [15]6Blastoise — Base #2Market $820.00Blastoise [2]7Gengar — Expedition Base Set #13Market $799.98Gengar [13]8Dragonite — Expedition Base Set #9Market $799.69Dragonite [9]9Articuno — Legendary Collection #2Market $749.99Articuno [2]10Typhlosion — Neo Genesis #18Market $699.99Typhlosion [18]11Mewtwo — Expedition Base Set #20Market $699.97Mewtwo [20]12Rayquaza — Call of Legends #SL10Market $646.59Rayquaza [SL10]13Gengar — Fossil #5Market $601.49Gengar [5]14Gyarados — Base #6Market $600.00Gyarados [6]15Zapdos — Base #16Market $600.00Zapdos [16]16Rayquaza — Call of Legends #20Market $599.46Rayquaza [20]17Blaine's Charizard — Gym Challenge #2Market $597.59Blaine's Charizard [2]18Dark Scizor — Neo Destiny #9Market $593.99Dark Scizor [9]19Starmie — Skyridge #H28Market $575.75Starmie [H28]20Suicune — Aquapolis #H25Market $539.99Suicune [H25]21Deoxys — Call of Legends #SL1Market $500.00Deoxys [SL1]22Entei — Neo Revelation #6Market $500.00Entei [6]23Blastoise — Expedition Base Set #4Market $499.95Blastoise [4]24Raikou — Neo Revelation #13Market $498.99Raikou [13]25Charizard — Expedition Base Set #6Market $493.04Charizard [6]26Ho-oh — Neo Revelation #7Market $488.52Ho-oh [7]27Umbreon δ — Delta Species #17Market $480.15Umbreon δ [17]28Charizard — Base Set 2 #4Market $480.06Charizard [4]29Raikou — Skyridge #H26Market $475.00Raikou [H26]30Sabrina's Gengar — Gym Heroes #14Market $465.66Sabrina's Gengar [14]31Dragonite — Fossil #4Market $461.75Dragonite [4]32Groudon — Call of Legends #SL4Market $456.25Groudon [SL4]33Dark Blastoise — Team Rocket #3Market $455.66Dark Blastoise [3]34Politoed — Skyridge #H23Market $450.00Politoed [H23]35Tyranitar — Neo Discovery #12Market $450.00Tyranitar [12]36Dark Espeon — Neo Destiny #4Market $425.00Dark Espeon [4]37Mewtwo δ — Delta Species #12Market $424.34Mewtwo δ [12]38Vaporeon — Skyridge #H31Market $423.00Vaporeon [H31]39Machamp — Skyridge #H15Market $419.99Machamp [H15]40Light Dragonite — Neo Destiny #14Market $416.99Light Dragonite [14]41Mew — Expedition Base Set #19Market $411.66Mew [19]42Rayquaza — Emerald #9Market $407.34Rayquaza [9]43Umbreon — Neo Discovery #13Market $404.69Umbreon [13]44Dark Dragonite — Team Rocket #5Market $403.99Dark Dragonite [5]45Charizard — Legendary Collection #3Market $400.00Charizard [3]46Houndoom — Aquapolis #H11Market $399.99Houndoom [H11]47Ninetales — Aquapolis #H19Market $399.99Ninetales [H19]48Kabutops — Skyridge #H13Market $399.99Kabutops [H13]49Dark Charizard — Team Rocket #4Market $399.37Dark Charizard [4]50Piloswine — Skyridge #H22Market $388.45Piloswine [H22]

The 50 dearest Rare Holo cards, most expensive first.

50 cards, most expensive firstGroup12

Which Rare Holo cards share a name across several printings?

16 of the 50 cards listed above are reprints of just 7 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.

Rayquaza3 printings · 2 sets

Rayquaza [SL10]Rare Holo · Call of LegendsMarket $646.59Rayquaza [20]Rare Holo · Call of LegendsMarket $599.46Rayquaza [9]Rare Holo · EmeraldMarket $407.34

Charizard3 printings · 3 sets

Charizard [6]Rare Holo · Expedition Base SetMarket $493.04Charizard [4]Rare Holo · Base Set 2Market $480.06Charizard [3]Rare Holo · Legendary CollectionMarket $400.00

Umbreon2 printings · 2 sets

Umbreon [H29]Rare Holo · AquapolisMarket $1,252.62Umbreon [13]Rare Holo · Neo DiscoveryMarket $404.69

Blastoise2 printings · 2 sets

Blastoise [2]Rare Holo · BaseMarket $820.00Blastoise [4]Rare Holo · Expedition Base SetMarket $499.95

Gengar2 printings · 2 sets

Gengar [13]Rare Holo · Expedition Base SetMarket $799.98Gengar [5]Rare Holo · FossilMarket $601.49

Dragonite2 printings · 2 sets

Dragonite [9]Rare Holo · Expedition Base SetMarket $799.69Dragonite [4]Rare Holo · FossilMarket $461.75

Raikou2 printings · 2 sets

Raikou [13]Rare Holo · Neo RevelationMarket $498.99Raikou [H26]Rare Holo · SkyridgeMarket $475.00
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Are Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards as a group rather than for one card.
Typical Rare Holo card price, September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026
Each point is the middle price of the 1,512 priced Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo Pokémon card from September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026 — rose from $4.56 to $8.50
Reading dateTypical priceWhere it started
12 Sep 254.56
10 Oct 254.71
7 Nov 254.91
5 Dec 255.16
2 Jan 265.22
30 Jan 265.52
27 Feb 265.67
27 Mar 265.88
24 Apr 266.4
22 May 267.02
19 Jun 267.74
17 Jul 268.08
14 Aug 268.5
Typical priceWhere it started · $4.56Now $8.50381 days on file
Rare Holo Pokémon cards — price change by window
WindowTypical thenTypical nowChange
Last month$8.08$8.50+5.2%
Last 3 months$7.02$8.50+21.1%
Last 6 months$5.67$8.50+49.9%
Since September 12, 2025$4.56$8.50+86.4%

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 Rare Holo card rose from $4.56 to $8.50 over the 11 months on file — +86.4%. 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 Rare Holo Pokémon card prices are spread

One group price cannot describe 1,512 cards. These figures show how far apart they actually sit.
$0.14$1,299.96$8.50Where the price splits in half — $0.14 to $1,299.96 laid out on a ten-fold scale
$0.14$1,299.96$60.45Where the dearer quarter begins — one card in four costs more than this
0%100%17.1%Cards costing more than $100 — 259 of the 1,512 that carry a price

Each half circle is the whole price range of the 1,512 priced Rare Holo cards, from $0.14 to $1,299.96, 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 1,512 priced Rare Holo cards, by price band
Under $122.9%346 cards
$1 to $519.4%294 cards
$5 to $2017.3%262 cards
$20 to $5013.4%203 cards
$50 to $1009.8%148 cards
$100 to $50015.7%237 cards
$500 and up1.5%22 cards

How every Rare Holo card with a price falls into price bands — 1,512 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 Rare Holo card actually sits. Bands read the market price of each card on August 14, 2026.

All 1,512 priced Rare Holo cards, by price band
GroupShareValue
Under $122.9%346 cards
$1 to $519.4%294 cards
$5 to $2017.3%262 cards
$20 to $5013.4%203 cards
$50 to $1009.8%148 cards
$100 to $50015.7%237 cards
$500 and up1.5%22 cards
  • Dearest tenth startsone in ten costs more than this$179.93
  • Dearer quarter startsone in four costs more than this$60.45
  • Typical cardhalf cost less, half cost more$8.50
  • Cheaper quarter endsone in four costs less than this$1.21
  • Cheapest on filenothing in the group costs less$0.14

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

Rare Holo Pokémon cards — two ways of counting the same group
FigureAll priced cardsThe 50 listed above
Cards counted1,51250
Cheapest$0.14$388.45
Cheaper quarter, up to$1.21—
Typical (median)$8.50—
Dearer quarter, from$60.45—
Dearest tenth, from$179.93—
Average$60.74—
Dearest$1,299.96$1,299.96

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 Rare Holo card is $60.74 while the typical one is $8.50. 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 1,512 priced Rare Holo cards cost

One in four Rare Holo cards costs $1.21 or less, half cost $8.50 or less, and three in four cost $60.45 or less. Only the top quarter runs past $60.45, and the dearest tenth starts at $179.93.

See the dearest Lugia — $1,299.96
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When were Rare Holo Pokémon cards printed, and are the old ones worth more?

Rare Holo cards were printed from 1999 to 2023, and 2003 was the biggest year with 104 of them.
  1. Venusaur — Base #151999 Base The first year this rarity was printed47 that year
  2. Umbreon — Aquapolis #H292003 Aquapolis The year it was printed most104 that year
  3. 2023 The last year on file20 that year

Every year this rarity was printed, oldest first. The tallest bar is 2003.

Bar height is against 2003, the biggest year at 104 cards.

1999typically $120.3347 cards
2000typically $99.3195 cards
2001typically $118.7431 cards
2002typically $168.1667 cards
2003typically $113.32104 cards
2004typically $47.9658 cards
2005typically $70.2369 cards
2006typically $69.7962 cards
2007typically $21.6774 cards
2008typically $22.2453 cards
2009typically $17.9356 cards
2010typically $16.1247 cards
2011typically $8.7568 cards
2012typically $5.6570 cards
2013typically $6.9765 cards
2014typically $1.5847 cards
2015typically $2.8358 cards
2016typically $2.8441 cards
2017typically $0.8270 cards
2018typically $2.8475 cards
2019typically $1.6390 cards
2020typically $0.4982 cards
2021typically $0.3886 cards
2022typically $0.4082 cards
2023typically $0.4220 cards

Bar length is against 2003, the biggest year at 104 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 Rare Holo Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

The group price says what an ordinary Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo card is worth more?
Holofoil83.1%1,344 cards
1st Edition Holofoil10.2%165 cards
Unlimited Holofoil0.2%3 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo card is worth more?
GroupShareValue
Holofoil83.1%1,344 cards
1st Edition Holofoil10.2%165 cards
Unlimited Holofoil0.2%3 cards
Holo, reverse holo or plain — which printing of a Rare Holo card is worth more?
PrintingCardsShareTypical price
Holofoil1,34483.1%$5.73
1st Edition Holofoil16510.2%$130.24
Unlimited Holofoil30.2%$404.69

Counted across all 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards?
Call of Legends2.0%33 cards
Aquapolis2.0%32 cards
Expedition Base Set2.0%32 cards
Skyridge2.0%32 cards
Legendary Treasures1.9%30 cards
Chilling Reign1.5%24 cards
Holon Phantoms1.4%23 cards
Cosmic Eclipse1.4%22 cards
Lost Origin1.4%22 cards
Unbroken Bonds1.4%22 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards?
GroupShareValue
Call of Legends2.0%33 cards
Aquapolis2.0%32 cards
Expedition Base Set2.0%32 cards
Skyridge2.0%32 cards
Legendary Treasures1.9%30 cards
Chilling Reign1.5%24 cards
Holon Phantoms1.4%23 cards
Cosmic Eclipse1.4%22 cards
Lost Origin1.4%22 cards
Unbroken Bonds1.4%22 cards
Which sets hold the Rare Holo cards?
SetCardsShareTypical price
Call of Legends332.0%$59.99
Aquapolis322.0%$188.99
Expedition Base Set322.0%$156.14
Skyridge322.0%$252.10
Legendary Treasures301.9%$6.36
Chilling Reign241.5%$0.39
Holon Phantoms231.4%$104.47
Cosmic Eclipse221.4%$1.63
Lost Origin221.4%$0.38
Unbroken Bonds221.4%$1.55

Counted across all 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo card carry the value?
Supporter1.8%29 cards
SP1.2%20 cards
Team Plasma1.0%16 cards
Rapid Strike0.8%13 cards
Single Strike0.8%13 cards
Ultra Beast0.7%11 cards
Item0.2%4 cards
Fusion Strike0.2%3 cards
Pokémon Tool0.2%3 cards
Special0.2%3 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo card carry the value?
GroupShareValue
Supporter1.8%29 cards
SP1.2%20 cards
Team Plasma1.0%16 cards
Rapid Strike0.8%13 cards
Single Strike0.8%13 cards
Ultra Beast0.7%11 cards
Item0.2%4 cards
Fusion Strike0.2%3 cards
Pokémon Tool0.2%3 cards
Special0.2%3 cards
Which kinds of Rare Holo card carry the value?
Card kindCardsShareTypical price
Supporter291.8%$0.48
SP201.2%$14.98
Team Plasma161.0%$8.87
Rapid Strike130.8%$0.36
Single Strike130.8%$0.34
Ultra Beast110.7%$6.33
Item40.2%$0.34
Fusion Strike30.2%$0.36
Pokémon Tool30.2%$0.30
Special30.2%$43.34

Counted across all 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards?
Ken Sugimori8.3%134 cards
Mitsuhiro Arita7.9%128 cards
Kouki Saitou5.6%90 cards
Kagemaru Himeno5.4%87 cards
5ban Graphics4.5%73 cards
Masakazu Fukuda3.8%62 cards
Shin Nagasawa3.3%53 cards
Hajime Kusajima3.0%49 cards
Atsuko Nishida3.0%48 cards
Ryo Ueda2.4%38 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards?
GroupShareValue
Ken Sugimori8.3%134 cards
Mitsuhiro Arita7.9%128 cards
Kouki Saitou5.6%90 cards
Kagemaru Himeno5.4%87 cards
5ban Graphics4.5%73 cards
Masakazu Fukuda3.8%62 cards
Shin Nagasawa3.3%53 cards
Hajime Kusajima3.0%49 cards
Atsuko Nishida3.0%48 cards
Ryo Ueda2.4%38 cards
Who drew the Rare Holo cards?
IllustratorCardsShareTypical price
Ken Sugimori1348.3%$94.25
Mitsuhiro Arita1287.9%$44.44
Kouki Saitou905.6%$7.78
Kagemaru Himeno875.4%$34.97
5ban Graphics734.5%$3.42
Masakazu Fukuda623.8%$9.92
Shin Nagasawa533.3%$2.04
Hajime Kusajima493.0%$38.50
Atsuko Nishida483.0%$91.97
Ryo Ueda382.4%$34.02

Counted across all 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards use?
Water13.2%214 cards
Psychic13.1%212 cards
Grass11.9%192 cards
Fighting10.2%165 cards
Colorless9.8%159 cards
Fire9.8%158 cards
Lightning9.4%152 cards
Darkness6.6%106 cards
Metal6.3%102 cards
Dragon4.1%67 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards use?
GroupShareValue
Water13.2%214 cards
Psychic13.1%212 cards
Grass11.9%192 cards
Fighting10.2%165 cards
Colorless9.8%159 cards
Fire9.8%158 cards
Lightning9.4%152 cards
Darkness6.6%106 cards
Metal6.3%102 cards
Dragon4.1%67 cards
Which energy types do Rare Holo cards use?
Energy typeCardsShareTypical price
Water21413.2%$11.50
Psychic21213.1%$11.22
Grass19211.9%$17.17
Fighting16510.2%$6.79
Colorless1599.8%$21.41
Fire1589.8%$16.84
Lightning1529.4%$18.50
Darkness1066.6%$4.89
Metal1026.3%$3.16
Dragon674.1%$2.30

Counted across all 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards come from?
Sword & Shield16.7%270 cards
EX15.3%248 cards
Sun & Moon14.5%235 cards
Black & White10.5%170 cards
XY9.0%146 cards
Diamond & Pearl6.7%108 cards
E-Card5.9%96 cards
Base5.2%84 cards
HeartGold & SoulSilver4.9%80 cards
Neo4.1%66 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards come from?
GroupShareValue
Sword & Shield16.7%270 cards
EX15.3%248 cards
Sun & Moon14.5%235 cards
Black & White10.5%170 cards
XY9.0%146 cards
Diamond & Pearl6.7%108 cards
E-Card5.9%96 cards
Base5.2%84 cards
HeartGold & SoulSilver4.9%80 cards
Neo4.1%66 cards
Which eras of the game do Rare Holo cards come from?
SeriesCardsShareTypical price
Sword & Shield27016.7%$0.41
EX24815.3%$50.26
Sun & Moon23514.5%$1.58
Black & White17010.5%$5.27
XY1469.0%$2.44
Diamond & Pearl1086.7%$22.20
E-Card965.9%$188.87
Base845.2%$99.41
HeartGold & SoulSilver804.9%$33.72
Neo664.1%$150.01

Counted across all 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards are still tournament legal?
D6.0%97 cards
F5.8%94 cards
E4.9%79 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards are still tournament legal?
GroupShareValue
D6.0%97 cards
F5.8%94 cards
E4.9%79 cards
Which Rare Holo cards are still tournament legal?
Regulation markCardsShareTypical price
D976.0%$0.46
F945.8%$0.41
E794.9%$0.38

Counted across all 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards worth more?
Stage 235.3%571 cards
Stage 131.1%503 cards
Basic30.4%491 cards
Baby0.2%3 cards

Each track is the whole of the 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards worth more?
GroupShareValue
Stage 235.3%571 cards
Stage 131.1%503 cards
Basic30.4%491 cards
Baby0.2%3 cards
Are evolved Rare Holo cards worth more?
Evolution stageCardsShareTypical price
Stage 257135.3%$8.59
Stage 150331.1%$11.44
Basic49130.4%$7.68
Baby30.2%$299.99

Counted across all 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo Pokémon cards print

The 1,550 cards in this group that print HP run from 30 to 200, and the middle one prints 100.
Highest HP200Middle HP100Lowest HP30Biggest damage250Middle damage60Cards with HP1,550 cards

How wide the HP range is

Lowest HP30
Lower quarter HP80
Middle HP100
Upper quarter HP130
Highest HP200

Five points across the 1,550 cards that print HP, each measured against the highest of them.

How wide the damage range is

Lowest damage10
Lower quarter damage40
Middle damage60
Upper quarter damage90
Highest damage250

Five points across the 1,470 cards that print an attack with a damage number.

What are Rare Holo Pokémon cards weak to?

Weakness is the one printed number that doubles incoming damage, so it decides more matches than HP does. Across the 1,416 Rare Holo cards that print one, the most common is Fighting on 295 of them.
What Rare Holo Pokémon cards are weak to
Fighting20.8%295 cards
Fire18.6%263 cards
Psychic13.4%190 cards
Lightning13.2%187 cards
Water12.0%170 cards
Grass11.4%161 cards
Darkness5.6%80 cards
Metal4.9%70 cards

What Rare Holo Pokémon cards are weak to — 1,416 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 1,416 Rare Holo cards that print a weakness.

What Rare Holo Pokémon cards are weak to
GroupShareValue
Fighting20.8%295 cards
Fire18.6%263 cards
Psychic13.4%190 cards
Lightning13.2%187 cards
Water12.0%170 cards
Grass11.4%161 cards
Darkness5.6%80 cards
Metal4.9%70 cards
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Which Rare Holo Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 512 of the 1,617 Rare Holo cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.
What Rare Holo Pokémon cards resist
Fighting41.0%210 cards
Psychic28.3%145 cards
Metal10.7%55 cards
Grass9.2%47 cards
Water6.1%31 cards
Lightning4.7%24 cards

What Rare Holo Pokémon cards resist — 512 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 Rare Holo cards print one, which is why this count is smaller than the card total.

What Rare Holo Pokémon cards resist
GroupShareValue
Fighting41.0%210 cards
Psychic28.3%145 cards
Metal10.7%55 cards
Grass9.2%47 cards
Water6.1%31 cards
Lightning4.7%24 cards
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How do Rare Holo Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 1,568 Rare Holo cards that print a stage.

How Rare Holo Pokémon cards evolve

How Rare Holo Pokémon cards evolve — 1,568 cards counted.
Share across 4 items. The largest is Stage 2 at 36%.36%Stage 2
  • Stage 236%
  • Stage 132%
  • Basic31%
  • 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 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo card on the table.
Legal in Standard118 cardsLegal in Expanded835 cardsCards with an Ability749 cardsCards with a special rule107 cards

What it costs to retreat a Rare Holo Pokémon card

2 energy to retreat33.5%519 cards
1 energy to retreat32.9%510 cards
3 energy to retreat17.9%278 cards
4 energy to retreat8.6%133 cards
0 energy to retreat7.1%110 cards

Counted across the 1,550 cards in this group that print a retreat cost. Bar length is against the most common cost.

What Rare Holo Pokémon cards are weak to

Fighting20.8%295 cards
Fire18.6%263 cards
Psychic13.4%190 cards
Lightning13.2%187 cards
Water12.0%170 cards
Grass11.4%161 cards
Darkness5.6%80 cards
Metal4.9%70 cards

Counted across the 1,416 cards in this group that print a weakness.

Which Rare Holo Pokémon cards moved most this year

The group moved +86.4%. These are the Rare Holo cards inside it that moved furthest in each direction over the same window.

Change between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026, for the 1,032 Rare Holo cards that carried a price on both days. Bar length is the size of the move, not its direction.

1,032 Rare Holo cards tracked across the yearSee the group line

A group line and a card line are not the same thing. The Rare Holo group rose over this window, yet the cards above ran from -61.0% to +1,213.9% — 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 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo collection is what it costs to get in.
1 Scrafty 42 — Champion's Path $0.14 Scrafty [42] 2 Centiskorch 10 — Champion's Path $0.18 Centiskorch [10] 3 Melmetal 189 — Fusion Strike $0.18 Melmetal [189] 4 Galarian Obstagoon 37 — Champion's Path $0.21 Galarian Obstagoon [37] 5 Professor's Research (Professor Magnolia) 62 — Champion's Path $0.21 Professor's Research (Professor Magnolia) [62] 6 Tornadus 142 — Vivid Voltage $0.21 Tornadus [142]
The 6 cheapest Rare Holo 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 $1.13, against $1,299.96 for the single dearest Rare Holo card. The two ends of the same group sit 9,285× apart, and both of them are correctly described as "Rare Holo".

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How Rare Holo compares with the other rarity tiers

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

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 Rare Holo, and which rarity tiers are bigger?

Rare Holo covers 1,617 of the 20,444 Pokémon cards on file, which is 7.9% of the archive and No. 4 of the 29 tiers by size.
7.91%1,617 cards
Rare Holo1,617 · 7.9%Every other rarity18,827 · 92.1%
Common26.1% of the archive5,334 cards
Uncommon23.9% of the archive4,888 cards
Rare12.5% of the archive2,562 cards
Rare Holothis page1,617 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.

Ranked 4 by number of cards — 1,617 of the 20,444 English cards on file carry this rarity, which is 7.9% of them. 3 tiers are larger and 25 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 Rare Holo — Pokémon, Trainer or Energy?

Rarity is printed on every kind of card, not only on Pokémon. Of the 1,617 Rare Holo cards on file, 1,550 are Pokémon cards.
95.9%nearly all Pokémon
Pokémon1,550 · 95.9%Trainer46 · 2.8%Energy21 · 1.3%
Cards with an Ability
749cards
46.3% of the group
Cards with a special rule
107cards
6.6% of the group
Cards with printed HP
1,550cards
95.9% — Trainer and Energy cards have no HP box

Counted across all 1,617 Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo use

Watertypically $11.50214 cards
Psychictypically $11.22212 cards
Grasstypically $17.17192 cards
Fightingtypically $6.79165 cards
Colorlesstypically $21.41159 cards
Firetypically $16.84158 cards
Lightningtypically $18.50152 cards
Darknesstypically $4.89106 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

LugiaRare Holo · Neo GenesisMarket $1,299.96UmbreonRare Holo · AquapolisMarket $1,252.62Charizard δRare Holo · Crystal GuardiansMarket $1,199.99Dark GengarRare Holo · Neo DestinyMarket $1,051.50VenusaurRare Holo · BaseMarket $918.75BlastoiseRare Holo · BaseMarket $820.00

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

Why the HP figures use a smaller denominator

Only 1,550 of these 1,617 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 Rare Holo Pokémon cards?

Rare Holo cards appear in 10 series, and Sword & Shield carries the most of them with 270 cards.
Sword & Shieldtypically $0.41270 cards
EXtypically $50.26248 cards
Sun & Moontypically $1.58235 cards
Black & Whitetypically $5.27170 cards
XYtypically $2.44146 cards
Diamond & Pearltypically $22.20108 cards
E-Cardtypically $188.8796 cards
Basetypically $99.4184 cards
HeartGold & SoulSilvertypically $33.7280 cards
Neotypically $150.0166 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 Rare Holo.

Move on to a rarity tier next to Rare Holo

Each tier below has its own page with the same figures, so you can read them side by side.
Rare Holo StarRare Holo Star25 cards · typically $1,067.00Dearest: Pikachu ★Rare Holo LV.XRare Holo LV.X56 cards · typically $100.63Dearest: Snorlax LV.XRare PrimeRare Prime26 cards · typically $94.02Dearest: UmbreonSpecial Illustration RareSpecial Illustration Rare222 cards · typically $37.69Dearest: Umbreon exRare Holo EXRare Holo EX318 cards · typically $28.94Dearest: Gengar exRare Shiny GXRare Shiny GX35 cards · typically $25.48Dearest: Charizard-GXRare UltraRare Ultra798 cards · typically $17.97Dearest: Latias & Latios-GXRare RainbowRare Rainbow324 cards · typically $16.02Dearest: Umbreon VMAXPromoPromo1,220 cards · typically $14.82Dearest: Gengar

What a Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo cards this site holds a price for.
Middle · Ho-ohNeo Revelation · 2001

What is a Rare Holo Pokémon card worth?

1,512 of the 1,617 Rare Holo cards on file carry a price. Here is how those prices sit against each other.

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

A typical Rare Holo card$8.50middle priceHalf of the 1,512 priced cards cost less than this and half cost more.
The cheaper quarter$1.21lower quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost less than this.
The dearer quarter$60.45upper quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost more than this.
The top tenth$179.9390th placeOnly one card in ten costs more than this.
The dearest one on file$1,299.96highestLugia carries the highest asking price in this group.
The cheapest one on file$0.14lowestThe 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.
These are asking and market prices read from public marketplace listings on 2026-08-14. They exclude shipping, duty and fees, and they move.

What a typical Rare Holo card has cost over the last 336 days

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Sep 12, 2025Typical Rare Holo card$4.561,508 cards carried a price that dayAug 14, 2026Typical Rare Holo card$8.50From start+86.4%From previous+5.2%1,512 cards carried a price that day
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 $4.56 to $8.50. The group moved +86.4% over that span.

Why do two Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo marking, 9,285.4× apart.

Dearest on fileLugiaNeo Genesis #9HP 90 · Damage 90 · Printed 2000
9,285.4× apartPrice $1,299.96 VS $0.14
HP 90 VS 120
Printed 2000 VS 2020
Cheapest on fileScraftyChampion's Path #42HP 120 · Damage 90 · Printed 2020
What is the same
The rarity printed on the card
Both are recorded as Rare Holo 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 Rare Holo card costs $8.50, 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.

Rare Holo Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Rare Holo Pokémon cards are there?

There are 1,617 Rare Holo cards in this archive, and 1,512 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 Rare Holo Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $8.50. Across the 1,512 priced cards the range runs from $0.14 to $1,299.96, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Rare Holo Pokémon card?

Lugia 9 from Neo Genesis, at $1,299.96. It is 153× the typical price of the group.

Are Rare Holo Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 12 of 29 rarity tiers, with 17 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 1,617 of the 20,444 English cards on file, or 7.9%. Those two together are what "rare" usually means in practice — few of them, and dear because of it.

Do all Rare Holo Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 1,512 of the 1,617 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 Rare Holo 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 1,567 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

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

Over the last 11 months the typical Rare Holo card rose from $4.56 to $8.50, a change of +86.4%. 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 Rare Holo Pokémon card cost?

One in four Rare Holo cards costs $1.21 or less and the cheapest on file is $0.14. Three in four cost $60.45 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 Rare Holo Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Rare Holo cards is 200, and the lowest is 30. The typical one is 100 HP, with half of them between 80 and 130 — figures counted from the 1,550 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Rare Holo Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

118 of the 1,617 Rare Holo cards are legal in Standard today and 835 in Expanded — 7.3% and 51.6% 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 Rare Holo Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Fighting — 295 of the 1,416 Rare Holo cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Fire next at 263 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

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

Not simply by age. Among Rare Holo cards the 1999 printings sit at a typical $120.33 and the 2023 ones at $0.42, while the dearest year of all is 2002 at $168.16. Print run and demand decide it, not the date on its own.

Which Rare Holo Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Breloom 3 from Deoxys, which went from $7.99 to $104.98 — a change of +1,213.9% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 1,032 Rare Holo cards that carried a price on both days.

Which sets have Rare Holo Pokémon cards?

Rare Holo cards appear across 10 sets on file. The largest are Call of Legends (33 cards, typically $59.99), Aquapolis (32 cards, typically $188.99), Expedition Base Set (32 cards, typically $156.14). The full list on this page gives every set beside its card count and typical price.

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

Every figure on this page is counted from the 1,617 Rare Holo cards this site holds on file — 1,512 of them with a price read once a day from public marketplace listings into this site's own archive. Nothing here is estimated: a card with no price is left out of the price columns rather than filled in. The places below are where the same card information can be checked.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

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The Pokémon Company International — official tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

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Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, rarity, types, regulation mark, illustrator credits) github.com
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TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set listings and printed names) github.com

Before you rely on these figures

Note: Prices on this page are asking and market prices for ungraded English Rare Holo 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