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

There are 2,562 Rare cards on file, 2,486 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $2.14.

Rarity · 2,562 cards · 2,486 with a price · $0.10 to $750.00 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Rare Pokémon card worth?

The typical Rare card costs $2.14. Across the 2,486 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.10 and the dearest is $750.00 — Chimecho δ 1, at $750.00. 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 2,562 cardsRarity

Rare price summary

2,486 with a price · $0.10 to $750.00 · No. 23 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price · +59.7% in 11 months · 105 HP on average · weak to Fighting

Typical price, last 11 months$2.14+59.7% from $1.34
Card price ladder$750.00$123.78 to $750.00
Place among rarity tiersNo. 23CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $2.14 · No. 23 of 29
6 rarity tiers cost less than this one
Cards on file2,5622,486 carry a priceMost expensive card$750.00Chimecho δ 1Cheapest on record$0.10across all 2,486 priced cardsPrice rose+59.7%over the last 11 monthsPlace by priceNo. 23of 29 rarity tiers

What stands out about Rare cards

  • Scale 2,562 cards carry this rarity tier — 12.5% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
  • Price Half of the priced cards cost under $2.14, but the dearest reaches $750.00 — a gap of 350×.
  • Place By typical price this is No. 23 of 29 rarity tiers; 6 of them cost less.
  • Record 2,486 of the 2,562 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 2,562

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 20,0492,562 cardsonly Rare remain · 12.8% of 20,049
  • The 2,562 cards on this page2,562 cards12.5% 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 Pokémon cards at a glance

  • What this group is. 2,562 cards share the rarity tier 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 $2.14. Across the 2,486 priced cards the range runs $0.10 to $750.00.
  • Where it stands. No. 23 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price, with 6 of them cheaper.
  • What the cards are like. They average 105 HP and 68 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fighting.
  • What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 2,486 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 2,562 cards on file, 2,486 of them with a price

Every Rare card with a price on file

The 50 dearest Rare cards on file are laid out below, first as pictures and then as a list you can read straight down.
1Chimecho δ — POP Series 4 #1Market $750.00Chimecho δ [1]2Victini — Black Bolt #171Market $603.80Victini [171]3Victini — White Flare #172Market $560.28Victini [172]4Gengar — Skyridge #10Market $509.99Gengar [10]5Mew δ — POP Series 5 #3Market $456.33Mew δ [3]6Umbreon — Aquapolis #41Market $350.00Umbreon [41]7Tyranitar ex — POP Series 1 #17Market $335.66Tyranitar ex [17]8Rayquaza δ — Holon Phantoms #26Market $308.60Rayquaza δ [26]9Mewtwo δ — Holon Phantoms #24Market $287.50Mewtwo δ [24]10Charizard — Expedition Base Set #39Market $284.68Charizard [39]11Umbreon — Skyridge #32Market $279.99Umbreon [32]12Ho-Oh ex — POP Series 3 #17Market $279.99Ho-Oh ex [17]13Sabrina's Gengar — Gym Challenge #29Market $272.00Sabrina's Gengar [29]14Milotic — Supreme Victors #SH7Market $245.63Milotic [SH7]15Magneton — Legendary Collection #28Market $239.99Magneton [28]16Dragonite — HS—Triumphant #18Market $234.28Dragonite [18]17Arcanine — Sandstorm #15Market $221.68Arcanine [15]18Blastoise — POP Series 3 #1Market $217.50Blastoise [1]19Dragonite — Expedition Base Set #43Market $200.00Dragonite [43]20Umbreon — Sandstorm #24Market $200.00Umbreon [24]21Gengar — Diamond & Pearl #27Market $199.99Gengar [27]22Gyarados — Skyridge #11Market $199.99Gyarados [11]23Umbreon — Neo Discovery #32Market $199.33Umbreon [32]24Ponyta — Arceus #SH11Market $194.77Ponyta [SH11]25Celebi ex — POP Series 2 #17Market $194.49Celebi ex [17]26Houndoom — Aquapolis #15Market $185.61Houndoom [15]27Gengar — Arceus #16Market $182.65Gengar [16]28Dragonair — Base #18Market $181.00Dragonair [18]29Dark Charizard — Team Rocket #21Market $178.36Dark Charizard [21]30Rocket's Snorlax — Gym Heroes #33Market $173.78Rocket's Snorlax [33]31Gengar — Expedition Base Set #48Market $170.07Gengar [48]32Vulpix — Platinum #SH6Market $167.28Vulpix [SH6]33Blastoise — Expedition Base Set #36Market $165.00Blastoise [36]34Shinx — Arceus #SH12Market $163.37Shinx [SH12]35Espeon — Aquapolis #11Market $159.99Espeon [11]36Ninetales — Power Keepers #19Market $159.98Ninetales [19]37Blastoise — Expedition Base Set #37Market $157.87Blastoise [37]38Typhlosion — Expedition Base Set #64Market $155.00Typhlosion [64]39Beedrill — Base #17Market $153.17Beedrill [17]40Pidgeot — Legendary Collection #33Market $152.50Pidgeot [33]41Beedrill — Legendary Collection #20Market $149.99Beedrill [20]42Deoxys — Deoxys #17Market $149.21Deoxys [17]43Item Finder — Base #74Market $144.99Item Finder [74]44Arcanine — Aquapolis #2Market $142.08Arcanine [2]45UnownRareNo imageUnseen Forces?Market $139.99Unown [?]46Gengar — Stormfront #18Market $139.73Gengar [18]47Raichu — Expedition Base Set #61Market $134.66Raichu [61]48Electabuzz — Base #20Market $127.02Electabuzz [20]49Raikou — Skyridge #28Market $124.99Raikou [28]50Charizard — Expedition Base Set #40Market $123.78Charizard [40]

The 50 dearest Rare cards, most expensive first.

50 cards, most expensive firstGroup12

Which Rare cards share a name across several printings?

22 of the 50 cards listed above are reprints of just 8 names. Buying by name alone is how people end up with the wrong printing, because these share a name but not a set, a rarity or a price.

Gengar5 printings · 5 sets

Gengar [10]Rare · SkyridgeMarket $509.99Gengar [27]Rare · Diamond & PearlMarket $199.99Gengar [16]Rare · ArceusMarket $182.65Gengar [48]Rare · Expedition Base SetMarket $170.07Gengar [18]Rare · StormfrontMarket $139.73

Umbreon4 printings · 4 sets

Umbreon [41]Rare · AquapolisMarket $350.00Umbreon [32]Rare · SkyridgeMarket $279.99Umbreon [24]Rare · SandstormMarket $200.00Umbreon [32]Rare · Neo DiscoveryMarket $199.33

Blastoise3 printings · 2 sets

Blastoise [1]Rare · POP Series 3Market $217.50Blastoise [36]Rare · Expedition Base SetMarket $165.00Blastoise [37]Rare · Expedition Base SetMarket $157.87

Victini2 printings · 2 sets

Victini [171]Rare · Black BoltMarket $603.80Victini [172]Rare · White FlareMarket $560.28

Charizard2 printings · 1 set

Charizard [39]Rare · Expedition Base SetMarket $284.68Charizard [40]Rare · Expedition Base SetMarket $123.78

Dragonite2 printings · 2 sets

Dragonite [18]Rare · HS—TriumphantMarket $234.28Dragonite [43]Rare · Expedition Base SetMarket $200.00

Arcanine2 printings · 2 sets

Arcanine [15]Rare · SandstormMarket $221.68Arcanine [2]Rare · AquapolisMarket $142.08

Beedrill2 printings · 2 sets

Beedrill [17]Rare · BaseMarket $153.17Beedrill [20]Rare · Legendary CollectionMarket $149.99
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Are 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 Rare cards as a group rather than for one card.
Typical Rare card price, September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026
Each point is the middle price of the 2,486 priced 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 Rare Pokémon card from September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026 — rose from $1.34 to $2.14
Reading dateTypical priceWhere it started
12 Sep 251.34
10 Oct 251.34
7 Nov 251.36
5 Dec 251.41
2 Jan 261.46
30 Jan 261.5
27 Feb 261.52
27 Mar 261.59
24 Apr 261.7
22 May 261.83
19 Jun 261.94
17 Jul 262.03
14 Aug 262.14
Typical priceWhere it started · $1.34Now $2.14381 days on file
Rare Pokémon cards — price change by window
WindowTypical thenTypical nowChange
Last month$2.03$2.14+5.4%
Last 3 months$1.83$2.14+16.9%
Last 6 months$1.52$2.14+40.8%
Since September 12, 2025$1.34$2.14+59.7%

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 card rose from $1.34 to $2.14 over the 11 months on file — +59.7%. 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 Pokémon card prices are spread

One group price cannot describe 2,486 cards. These figures show how far apart they actually sit.
$0.10$750.00$2.14Where the price splits in half — $0.10 to $750.00 laid out on a ten-fold scale
$0.10$750.00$14.80Where the dearer quarter begins — one card in four costs more than this
0%100%20.7%Cards costing more than $20 — 515 of the 2,486 that carry a price

Each half circle is the whole price range of the 2,486 priced Rare cards, from $0.10 to $750.00, 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 2,486 priced Rare cards, by price band
Under $140.5%1,008 cards
$1 to $520.6%512 cards
$5 to $2018.1%451 cards
$20 to $5012.8%318 cards
$50 to $1004.9%121 cards
$100 to $5002.9%72 cards
$500 and up0.2%4 cards

How every Rare card with a price falls into price bands — 2,486 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 card actually sits. Bands read the market price of each card on August 14, 2026.

All 2,486 priced Rare cards, by price band
GroupShareValue
Under $140.5%1,008 cards
$1 to $520.6%512 cards
$5 to $2018.1%451 cards
$20 to $5012.8%318 cards
$50 to $1004.9%121 cards
$100 to $5002.9%72 cards
$500 and up0.2%4 cards
  • Dearest tenth startsone in ten costs more than this$42.25
  • Dearer quarter startsone in four costs more than this$14.80
  • Typical cardhalf cost less, half cost more$2.14
  • Cheaper quarter endsone in four costs less than this$0.46
  • Cheapest on filenothing in the group costs less$0.10

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

Rare Pokémon cards — two ways of counting the same group
FigureAll priced cardsThe 50 listed above
Cards counted2,48650
Cheapest$0.10$123.78
Cheaper quarter, up to$0.46—
Typical (median)$2.14—
Dearer quarter, from$14.80—
Dearest tenth, from$42.25—
Average$16.21—
Dearest$750.00$750.00

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 card is $16.21 while the typical one is $2.14. 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 2,486 priced Rare cards cost

One in four Rare cards costs $0.46 or less, half cost $2.14 or less, and three in four cost $14.80 or less. Only the top quarter runs past $14.80, and the dearest tenth starts at $42.25.

See the dearest Chimecho δ — $750.00
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When were Rare Pokémon cards printed, and are the old ones worth more?

Rare cards were printed from 1999 to 2026, and 2019 was the biggest year with 167 of them.
  1. Dragonair — Base #181999 Base The first year this rarity was printed47 that year
  2. 2019 The year it was printed most167 that year
  3. 2026 The last year on file59 that year

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

Bar height is against 2019, the biggest year at 167 cards.

1999typically $30.0947 cards
2000typically $14.1897 cards
2001typically $27.5232 cards
2002typically $36.8578 cards
2003typically $49.38119 cards
2004typically $22.1059 cards
2005typically $35.3699 cards
2006typically $33.2680 cards
2007typically $6.5898 cards
2008typically $13.31102 cards
2009typically $9.59130 cards
2010typically $10.2671 cards
2011typically $2.6179 cards
2012typically $1.7281 cards
2013typically $3.6976 cards
2014typically $0.9385 cards
2015typically $0.9877 cards
2016typically $0.8279 cards
2017typically $0.4488 cards
2018typically $1.03105 cards
2019typically $0.87167 cards
2020typically $0.47131 cards
2021typically $0.28114 cards
2022typically $0.2996 cards
2023typically $0.27130 cards
2024typically $0.2884 cards
2025typically $0.5399 cards
2026typically $0.2659 cards

Bar length is against 2019, the biggest year at 167 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 Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

The group price says what an ordinary Rare 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 card is worth more?
Normal72.2%1,851 cards
Holofoil16.2%415 cards
1st Edition6.8%174 cards
Reverse Holofoil1.8%46 cards

Each track is the whole of the 2,562 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.

Holo, reverse holo or plain — which printing of a Rare card is worth more?
GroupShareValue
Normal72.2%1,851 cards
Holofoil16.2%415 cards
1st Edition6.8%174 cards
Reverse Holofoil1.8%46 cards
Holo, reverse holo or plain — which printing of a Rare card is worth more?
PrintingCardsShareTypical price
Normal1,85172.2%$2.09
Holofoil41516.2%$0.31
1st Edition1746.8%$20.90
Reverse Holofoil461.8%$0.51

Counted across all 2,562 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 sets hold the Rare cards?
Aquapolis1.9%48 cards
Unseen Forces1.7%44 cards
Expedition Base Set1.6%40 cards
Unbroken Bonds1.5%39 cards
Cosmic Eclipse1.5%38 cards
Lost Thunder1.5%38 cards
Unified Minds1.5%38 cards
Supreme Victors1.4%37 cards
Skyridge1.4%35 cards
Darkness Ablaze1.3%34 cards

Each track is the whole of the 2,562 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 Rare cards?
GroupShareValue
Aquapolis1.9%48 cards
Unseen Forces1.7%44 cards
Expedition Base Set1.6%40 cards
Unbroken Bonds1.5%39 cards
Cosmic Eclipse1.5%38 cards
Lost Thunder1.5%38 cards
Unified Minds1.5%38 cards
Supreme Victors1.4%37 cards
Skyridge1.4%35 cards
Darkness Ablaze1.3%34 cards
Which sets hold the Rare cards?
SetCardsShareTypical price
Aquapolis481.9%$51.27
Unseen Forces441.7%$38.75
Expedition Base Set401.6%$40.00
Unbroken Bonds391.5%$0.92
Cosmic Eclipse381.5%$0.88
Lost Thunder381.5%$1.72
Unified Minds381.5%$0.57
Supreme Victors371.4%$6.79
Skyridge351.4%$72.49
Darkness Ablaze341.3%$0.44

Counted across all 2,562 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 Rare card carry the value?
Special1.8%46 cards
Team Plasma1.2%31 cards
SP1.1%27 cards
Rapid Strike0.5%14 cards
Supporter0.5%12 cards
Ancient0.4%9 cards
Future0.4%9 cards
Single Strike0.4%9 cards
Fusion Strike0.3%8 cards
Stadium0.3%8 cards

Each track is the whole of the 2,562 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 Rare card carry the value?
GroupShareValue
Special1.8%46 cards
Team Plasma1.2%31 cards
SP1.1%27 cards
Rapid Strike0.5%14 cards
Supporter0.5%12 cards
Ancient0.4%9 cards
Future0.4%9 cards
Single Strike0.4%9 cards
Fusion Strike0.3%8 cards
Stadium0.3%8 cards
Which kinds of Rare card carry the value?
Card kindCardsShareTypical price
Special461.8%$6.99
Team Plasma311.2%$4.70
SP271.1%$9.59
Rapid Strike140.5%$0.27
Supporter120.5%$0.33
Ancient90.4%$0.33
Future90.4%$0.28
Single Strike90.4%$0.28
Fusion Strike80.3%$0.31
Stadium80.3%$11.21

Counted across all 2,562 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 Rare cards?
Kouki Saitou6.0%154 cards
Ken Sugimori5.8%148 cards
Mitsuhiro Arita5.6%143 cards
Kagemaru Himeno5.2%132 cards
Masakazu Fukuda4.0%102 cards
Shin Nagasawa2.8%72 cards
kawayoo2.5%64 cards
5ban Graphics2.4%62 cards
Midori Harada2.1%54 cards
Atsuko Nishida2.0%52 cards

Each track is the whole of the 2,562 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 Rare cards?
GroupShareValue
Kouki Saitou6.0%154 cards
Ken Sugimori5.8%148 cards
Mitsuhiro Arita5.6%143 cards
Kagemaru Himeno5.2%132 cards
Masakazu Fukuda4.0%102 cards
Shin Nagasawa2.8%72 cards
kawayoo2.5%64 cards
5ban Graphics2.4%62 cards
Midori Harada2.1%54 cards
Atsuko Nishida2.0%52 cards
Who drew the Rare cards?
IllustratorCardsShareTypical price
Kouki Saitou1546.0%$2.53
Ken Sugimori1485.8%$17.45
Mitsuhiro Arita1435.6%$8.67
Kagemaru Himeno1325.2%$7.94
Masakazu Fukuda1024.0%$2.84
Shin Nagasawa722.8%$0.85
kawayoo642.5%$1.15
5ban Graphics622.4%$3.39
Midori Harada542.1%$6.82
Atsuko Nishida522.0%$10.88

Counted across all 2,562 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 Rare cards use?
Psychic15.8%405 cards
Water13.9%357 cards
Grass12.7%325 cards
Fighting11.2%286 cards
Colorless10.9%278 cards
Fire7.9%202 cards
Lightning7.7%197 cards
Darkness6.6%170 cards
Metal5.7%145 cards
Dragon1.8%47 cards

Each track is the whole of the 2,562 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 Rare cards use?
GroupShareValue
Psychic15.8%405 cards
Water13.9%357 cards
Grass12.7%325 cards
Fighting11.2%286 cards
Colorless10.9%278 cards
Fire7.9%202 cards
Lightning7.7%197 cards
Darkness6.6%170 cards
Metal5.7%145 cards
Dragon1.8%47 cards
Which energy types do Rare cards use?
Energy typeCardsShareTypical price
Psychic40515.8%$2.90
Water35713.9%$2.66
Grass32512.7%$2.08
Fighting28611.2%$1.41
Colorless27810.9%$3.16
Fire2027.9%$2.58
Lightning1977.7%$2.34
Darkness1706.6%$0.87
Metal1455.7%$0.77
Dragon471.8%$0.53

Counted across all 2,562 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 Rare cards come from?
Sword & Shield14.2%363 cards
Sun & Moon14.1%360 cards
Scarlet & Violet10.5%269 cards
EX10.2%262 cards
XY9.4%241 cards
Black & White8.5%219 cards
Diamond & Pearl6.4%164 cards
Platinum4.9%125 cards
E-Card4.8%123 cards
HeartGold & SoulSilver3.4%88 cards

Each track is the whole of the 2,562 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 Rare cards come from?
GroupShareValue
Sword & Shield14.2%363 cards
Sun & Moon14.1%360 cards
Scarlet & Violet10.5%269 cards
EX10.2%262 cards
XY9.4%241 cards
Black & White8.5%219 cards
Diamond & Pearl6.4%164 cards
Platinum4.9%125 cards
E-Card4.8%123 cards
HeartGold & SoulSilver3.4%88 cards
Which eras of the game do Rare cards come from?
SeriesCardsShareTypical price
Sword & Shield36314.2%$0.33
Sun & Moon36014.1%$0.75
Scarlet & Violet26910.5%$0.30
EX26210.2%$28.63
XY2419.4%$0.92
Black & White2198.5%$2.43
Diamond & Pearl1646.4%$7.53
Platinum1254.9%$9.59
E-Card1234.8%$51.55
HeartGold & SoulSilver883.4%$10.09

Counted across all 2,562 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 Rare cards are still tournament legal?
D5.2%133 cards
G5.1%130 cards
E4.6%118 cards
F4.4%112 cards
I3.7%96 cards
H3.4%86 cards
J1.5%38 cards

Each track is the whole of the 2,562 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 Rare cards are still tournament legal?
GroupShareValue
D5.2%133 cards
G5.1%130 cards
E4.6%118 cards
F4.4%112 cards
I3.7%96 cards
H3.4%86 cards
J1.5%38 cards
Which Rare cards are still tournament legal?
Regulation markCardsShareTypical price
D1335.2%$0.47
G1305.1%$0.26
E1184.6%$0.28
F1124.4%$0.30
I963.7%$0.36
H863.4%$0.30
J381.5%$0.21

Counted across all 2,562 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 Rare cards worth more?
Stage 146.3%1,186 cards
Basic28.7%735 cards
Stage 220.2%517 cards
Baby0.2%6 cards
Restored0.1%2 cards

Each track is the whole of the 2,562 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 Rare cards worth more?
GroupShareValue
Stage 146.3%1,186 cards
Basic28.7%735 cards
Stage 220.2%517 cards
Baby0.2%6 cards
Restored0.1%2 cards
Are evolved Rare cards worth more?
Evolution stageCardsShareTypical price
Stage 11,18646.3%$1.44
Basic73528.7%$3.96
Stage 251720.2%$1.85
Baby60.2%$20.55
Restored20.1%—

Counted across all 2,562 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 Rare Pokémon cards print

The 2,447 cards in this group that print HP run from 10 to 240, and the middle one prints 100.
Highest HP240Middle HP100Lowest HP10Biggest damage250Middle damage60Cards with HP2,447 cards

How wide the HP range is

Lowest HP10
Lower quarter HP80
Middle HP100
Upper quarter HP130
Highest HP240

Five points across the 2,447 cards that print HP, each measured against the highest of them.

How wide the damage range is

Lowest damage10
Lower quarter damage38
Middle damage60
Upper quarter damage90
Highest damage250

Five points across the 2,324 cards that print an attack with a damage number.

What are 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 2,328 Rare cards that print one, the most common is Fighting on 425 of them.
What Rare Pokémon cards are weak to
Fighting18.3%425 cards
Fire18.2%424 cards
Lightning15.1%351 cards
Psychic14.9%347 cards
Grass12.0%280 cards
Water9.6%224 cards
Metal6.6%154 cards
Darkness5.3%123 cards

What Rare Pokémon cards are weak to — 2,328 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 2,328 Rare cards that print a weakness.

What Rare Pokémon cards are weak to
GroupShareValue
Fighting18.3%425 cards
Fire18.2%424 cards
Lightning15.1%351 cards
Psychic14.9%347 cards
Grass12.0%280 cards
Water9.6%224 cards
Metal6.6%154 cards
Darkness5.3%123 cards
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Which Rare Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 704 of the 2,562 Rare cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.
What Rare Pokémon cards resist
Fighting43.5%306 cards
Psychic23.0%162 cards
Grass10.1%71 cards
Metal10.1%71 cards
Water7.2%51 cards
Lightning6.1%43 cards

What Rare Pokémon cards resist — 704 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 cards print one, which is why this count is smaller than the card total.

What Rare Pokémon cards resist
GroupShareValue
Fighting43.5%306 cards
Psychic23.0%162 cards
Grass10.1%71 cards
Metal10.1%71 cards
Water7.2%51 cards
Lightning6.1%43 cards
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How do Rare Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 2,446 Rare cards that print a stage.

How Rare Pokémon cards evolve

How Rare Pokémon cards evolve — 2,446 cards counted.
Share across 5 items. The largest is Stage 1 at 48%.48%Stage 1
  • Stage 148%
  • Basic30%
  • Stage 221%
  • Baby0%
  • Restored0%

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 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 card on the table.
Legal in Standard449 cardsLegal in Expanded1,532 cardsCards with an Ability825 cardsCards with a special rule156 cards

What it costs to retreat a Rare Pokémon card

1 energy to retreat39.3%962 cards
2 energy to retreat28.9%708 cards
3 energy to retreat16.4%401 cards
0 energy to retreat8.2%200 cards
4 energy to retreat7.1%174 cards
5 energy to retreat0.0%1 cards

Counted across the 2,446 cards in this group that print a retreat cost. Bar length is against the most common cost.

What Rare Pokémon cards are weak to

Fighting18.3%425 cards
Fire18.2%424 cards
Lightning15.1%351 cards
Psychic14.9%347 cards
Grass12.0%280 cards
Water9.6%224 cards
Metal6.6%154 cards
Darkness5.3%123 cards

Counted across the 2,328 cards in this group that print a weakness.

Which Rare Pokémon cards moved most this year

The group moved +59.7%. These are the 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 1,250 Rare cards that carried a price on both days. Bar length is the size of the move, not its direction.

1,250 Rare cards tracked across the yearSee the group line

A group line and a card line are not the same thing. The Rare group rose over this window, yet the cards above ran from -47.7% to +1,219.8% — 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 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 collection is what it costs to get in.
1 Clawitzer 38 — Mega Evolution $0.10 Clawitzer [38] 2 Trevenant 39 — Chaos Rising $0.12 Trevenant [39] 3 Magnetic Metal Energy 85 — Chaos Rising $0.12 Magnetic Metal Energy [85] 4 Shadowy Darkness Energy 83 — Pitch Black $0.13 Shadowy Darkness Energy [83] 5 Genesect 8 — Phantasmal Flames $0.14 Genesect [8] 6 Chesnaught 7 — Chaos Rising $0.14 Chesnaught [7]
The 6 cheapest 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 $0.75, against $750.00 for the single dearest Rare card. The two ends of the same group sit 7,500× apart, and both of them are correctly described as "Rare".

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How 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 Rare 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, and which rarity tiers are bigger?

Rare covers 2,562 of the 20,444 Pokémon cards on file, which is 12.5% of the archive and No. 3 of the 29 tiers by size.
12.53%2,562 cards
Rare2,562 · 12.5%Every other rarity17,882 · 87.5%
Common26.1% of the archive5,334 cards
Uncommon23.9% of the archive4,888 cards
Rarethis page2,562 cards
Rare Holo7.9% of the archive1,617 cards
Promo6.0% of the archive1,220 cards
Rare Ultra3.9% of the archive798 cards
Illustration Rare2.4% of the archive492 cards
Ultra Rare1.7% of the archive356 cards

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

Ranked 3 by number of cards — 2,562 of the 20,444 English cards on file carry this rarity, which is 12.5% of them. 2 tiers are larger and 26 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 — Pokémon, Trainer or Energy?

Rarity is printed on every kind of card, not only on Pokémon. Of the 2,562 Rare cards on file, 2,446 are Pokémon cards.
95.5%nearly all Pokémon
Pokémon2,446 · 95.5%Trainer70 · 2.7%Energy46 · 1.8%
Cards with an Ability
825cards
32.2% of the group
Cards with a special rule
156cards
6.1% of the group
Cards with printed HP
2,447cards
95.5% — Trainer and Energy cards have no HP box

Counted across all 2,562 Rare 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 use

Psychictypically $2.90405 cards
Watertypically $2.66357 cards
Grasstypically $2.08325 cards
Fightingtypically $1.41286 cards
Colorlesstypically $3.16278 cards
Firetypically $2.58202 cards
Lightningtypically $2.34197 cards
Darknesstypically $0.87170 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

Chimecho δRare · POP Series 4Market $750.00VictiniRare · Black BoltMarket $603.80VictiniRare · White FlareMarket $560.28GengarRare · SkyridgeMarket $509.99Mew δRare · POP Series 5Market $456.33UmbreonRare · AquapolisMarket $350.00

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

Why the HP figures use a smaller denominator

Only 2,447 of these 2,562 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 Pokémon cards?

Rare cards appear in 10 series, and Sword & Shield carries the most of them with 363 cards.
Sword & Shieldtypically $0.33363 cards
Sun & Moontypically $0.75360 cards
Scarlet & Violettypically $0.30269 cards
EXtypically $28.63262 cards
XYtypically $0.92241 cards
Black & Whitetypically $2.43219 cards
Diamond & Pearltypically $7.53164 cards
Platinumtypically $9.59125 cards
E-Cardtypically $51.55123 cards
HeartGold & SoulSilvertypically $10.0988 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.

Move on to a rarity tier next to Rare

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 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 cards this site holds a price for.
Middle · HoundoomAquapolis · 2003

What is a Rare Pokémon card worth?

2,486 of the 2,562 Rare cards on file carry a price. Here is how those prices sit against each other.

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

A typical Rare card$2.14middle priceHalf of the 2,486 priced cards cost less than this and half cost more.
The cheaper quarter$0.46lower quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost less than this.
The dearer quarter$14.80upper quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost more than this.
The top tenth$42.2590th placeOnly one card in ten costs more than this.
The dearest one on file$750.00highestChimecho δ carries the highest asking price in this group.
The cheapest one on file$0.10lowestThe 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 card has cost over the last 336 days

Point at the chart to read any month
Sep 12, 2025Typical Rare card$1.342,404 cards carried a price that dayAug 14, 2026Typical Rare card$2.14From start+59.7%From previous+5.4%2,486 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 $1.34 to $2.14. The group moved +59.7% over that span.

Why do two 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 Rare marking, 7,500.0× apart.

Dearest on fileChimecho δPOP Series 4 #1HP 60 · Damage 30 · Printed 2006
7,500.0× apartPrice $750.00 VS $0.10
HP 60 VS 130
Printed 2006 VS 2025
Cheapest on fileClawitzerMega Evolution #38HP 130 · Damage 210 · Printed 2025
What is the same
The rarity printed on the card
Both are recorded as 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 Rare card costs $2.14, 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 Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Rare Pokémon cards are there?

There are 2,562 Rare cards in this archive, and 2,486 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 Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $2.14. Across the 2,486 priced cards the range runs from $0.10 to $750.00, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Rare Pokémon card?

Chimecho δ 1 from POP Series 4, at $750.00. It is 350× the typical price of the group.

Are Rare Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 23 of 29 rarity tiers, with 6 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 2,562 of the 20,444 English cards on file, or 12.5%. Those two together are what "rare" usually means in practice — few of them, and dear because of it.

Do all Rare Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 2,486 of the 2,562 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 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 2,512 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

How often are 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 Rare Pokémon cards going up in value?

Over the last 11 months the typical Rare card rose from $1.34 to $2.14, a change of +59.7%. 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 Pokémon card cost?

One in four Rare cards costs $0.46 or less and the cheapest on file is $0.10. Three in four cost $14.80 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 Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Rare cards is 240, and the lowest is 10. The typical one is 100 HP, with half of them between 80 and 130 — figures counted from the 2,447 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Rare Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

449 of the 2,562 Rare cards are legal in Standard today and 1,532 in Expanded — 17.5% and 59.8% 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 Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Fighting — 425 of the 2,328 Rare cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Fire next at 424 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Are old Rare Pokémon cards worth more than new ones?

Not simply by age. Among Rare cards the 1999 printings sit at a typical $30.09 and the 2026 ones at $0.26, while the dearest year of all is 2003 at $49.38. Print run and demand decide it, not the date on its own.

Which Rare Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Mantine 29 from Mysterious Treasures, which went from $1.06 to $13.99 — a change of +1,219.8% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 1,250 Rare cards that carried a price on both days.

Which sets have Rare Pokémon cards?

Rare cards appear across 10 sets on file. The largest are Aquapolis (48 cards, typically $51.27), Unseen Forces (44 cards, typically $38.75), Expedition Base Set (40 cards, typically $40.00). The full list on this page gives every set beside its card count and typical price.

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

Every figure on this page is counted from the 2,562 Rare cards this site holds on file — 2,486 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 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