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

There are 120 Shiny Rare cards on file, 120 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $4.55.

Rarity · 120 cards · 120 with a price · $1.86 to $80.87 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Shiny Rare Pokémon card worth?

The typical Shiny Rare card costs $4.55. Across the 120 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $1.86 and the dearest is $80.87 — Pikachu 131, at $80.87. 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

Shiny Rare 120 cardsRarity

120 with a price · $1.86 to $80.87 · No. 18 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price · +62.5% in 11 months · 90 HP on average · weak to Fighting

Typical price, last 11 months$4.55+62.5% from $2.80

Card price ladder$80.87$5.21 to $80.87

Place among rarity tiersNo. 18CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $4.55 · No. 18 of 29
11 rarity tiers cost less than this one

Cards on file120120 carry a price Most expensive card$80.87Pikachu 131 Cheapest on record$1.86across all 120 priced cards Price rose+62.5%over the last 11 months Place by priceNo. 18of 29 rarity tiers

What stands out about Shiny Rare cards

Scale 120 cards carry this rarity tier — 0.6% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
Price Half of the priced cards cost under $4.55, but the dearest reaches $80.87 — a gap of 18×.
Place By typical price this is No. 18 of 29 rarity tiers; 11 of them cost less.
Record 120 of the 120 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 120

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 20,049120 cardsonly Shiny Rare remain · 0.6% of 20,049
The 120 cards on this page120 cards0.6% 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.

Shiny Rare Pokémon cards at a glance

What this group is. 120 cards share the rarity tier Shiny 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 $4.55. Across the 120 priced cards the range runs $1.86 to $80.87.
Where it stands. No. 18 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price, with 11 of them cheaper.
What the cards are like. They average 90 HP and 60 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fighting.
What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 120 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 120 cards on file, 120 of them with a price

Every Shiny Rare card with a price on file

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

The 50 dearest Shiny Rare cards, most expensive first.

50 cards, most expensive firstGroup1 2

Group 1 · $80.87 down to $10.471–25 of 50, by price

1PikachuPaldean Fates #131$80.87Shiny Rare

2SnorlaxPaldean Fates #202$56.75Shiny Rare

3CharmanderPaldean Fates #109$52.78Shiny Rare

4MimikyuPaldean Fates #160$49.80Shiny Rare

5DittoPaldean Fates #201$43.50Shiny Rare

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

6MausholdPaldean Fates #210$30.97Shiny Rare

7JigglypuffPaldean Fates #198$30.09Shiny Rare

8TandemausPaldean Fates #209$27.35Shiny Rare

9LucarioPaldean Fates #174$26.78Shiny Rare

10RaichuPaldean Fates #132$20.09Shiny Rare

11SlowpokePaldean Fates #116$19.78Shiny Rare

12SlowbroPaldean Fates #117$17.76Shiny Rare

13LechonkPaldean Fates #207$17.12Shiny Rare

14CharmeleonPaldean Fates #110$17.10Shiny Rare

15ShinxPaldean Fates #135$17.08Shiny Rare

16AbraPaldean Fates #148$14.85Shiny Rare

17RioluPaldean Fates #173$14.14Shiny Rare

18OddishPaldean Fates #92$12.10Shiny Rare

19EnteiPaldean Fates #112$12.07Shiny Rare

20Paldean WooperPaldean Fates #180$11.47Shiny Rare

21CeruledgePaldean Fates #162$11.45Shiny Rare

22LuxrayPaldean Fates #137$11.15Shiny Rare

23TinkatonPaldean Fates #167$10.76Shiny Rare

24ScytherPaldean Fates #95$10.70Shiny Rare

25DachsbunPaldean Fates #161$10.47Shiny Rare

Group 2 · $10.17 down to $5.2126–50 of 50, by price

26PachirisuPaldean Fates #138$10.17Shiny Rare

27ScizorPaldean Fates #191$9.83Shiny Rare

28RaltsPaldean Fates #153$9.43Shiny Rare

29VileplumePaldean Fates #94$9.17Shiny Rare

30CleffaPaldean Fates #150$8.96Shiny Rare

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

31SableyePaldean Fates #184$8.47Shiny Rare

32StarmiePaldean Fates #119$7.87Shiny Rare

33TinkatinkPaldean Fates #165$7.62Shiny Rare

34KadabraPaldean Fates #149$7.57Shiny Rare

35HawluchaPaldean Fates #175$7.50Shiny Rare

36PidgeyPaldean Fates #196$7.18Shiny Rare

37TatsugiriPaldean Fates #127$7.06Shiny Rare

38StaryuPaldean Fates #118$7.03Shiny Rare

39KirliaPaldean Fates #154$6.93Shiny Rare

40CharcadetPaldean Fates #114$6.70Shiny Rare

41TinkatuffPaldean Fates #166$6.49Shiny Rare

42SpiritombPaldean Fates #158$6.22Shiny Rare

43SmolivPaldean Fates #102$6.17Shiny Rare

44WigglytuffPaldean Fates #147$6.01Shiny Rare

45LuxioPaldean Fates #136$5.67Shiny Rare

46PawmiPaldean Fates #142$5.61Shiny Rare

47NoibatPaldean Fates #194$5.54Shiny Rare

48DrifloonPaldean Fates #155$5.53Shiny Rare

49ArmarougePaldean Fates #115$5.52Shiny Rare

50JumpluffPaldean Fates #98$5.21Shiny Rare

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

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

Each point is the middle price of the 120 priced Shiny 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 Shiny Rare Pokémon card from September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026 — rose from $2.80 to $4.55
Reading date	Typical price	Where it started
12 Sep 25	2.8
10 Oct 25	2.95
7 Nov 25	2.85
5 Dec 25	2.79
2 Jan 26	2.71
30 Jan 26	2.72
27 Feb 26	3.1
27 Mar 26	3.3
24 Apr 26	3.59
22 May 26	3.93
19 Jun 26	4.26
17 Jul 26	4.42
14 Aug 26	4.55

Typical priceWhere it started · $2.80Now $4.55381 days on file

Shiny Rare Pokémon cards — price change by window
Window	Typical then	Typical now	Change
Last month	$4.42	$4.55	+2.9%
Last 3 months	$3.93	$4.55	+15.8%
Last 6 months	$3.10	$4.55	+46.8%
Since September 12, 2025	$2.80	$4.55	+62.5%

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 Shiny Rare card rose from $2.80 to $4.55 over the 11 months on file — +62.5%. 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 Shiny Rare Pokémon card prices are spread

One group price cannot describe 120 cards. These figures show how far apart they actually sit.

$1.86$80.87$4.55Where the price splits in half — $1.86 to $80.87 laid out on a ten-fold scale

$1.86$80.87$8.59Where the dearer quarter begins — one card in four costs more than this

0%100%8.3%Cards costing more than $20 — 10 of the 120 that carry a price

Each half circle is the whole price range of the 120 priced Shiny Rare cards, from $1.86 to $80.87, 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 120 priced Shiny Rare cards, by price band

$1 to $556.7%68 cards

$5 to $2035.0%42 cards

$20 to $505.8%7 cards

$50 to $1002.5%3 cards

How every Shiny Rare card with a price falls into price bands — 120 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 Shiny Rare card actually sits. Bands read the market price of each card on August 14, 2026.

Dearest tenth startsone in ten costs more than this$17.18
Dearer quarter startsone in four costs more than this$8.59
Typical cardhalf cost less, half cost more$4.55
Cheaper quarter endsone in four costs less than this$2.87
Cheapest on filenothing in the group costs less$1.86

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

Shiny Rare Pokémon cards — two ways of counting the same group
Figure	All priced cards	The 50 listed above
Cards counted	120	50
Cheapest	$1.86	$5.21
Cheaper quarter, up to	$2.87	—
Typical (median)	$4.55	—
Dearer quarter, from	$8.59	—
Dearest tenth, from	$17.18	—
Average	$8.62	—
Dearest	$80.87	$80.87

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 Shiny Rare card is $8.62 while the typical one is $4.55. The gap between those two numbers is the shape of this group: the cards sit close together, so the average and the typical price say roughly the same thing.

What three quarters of the 120 priced Shiny Rare cards cost

One in four Shiny Rare cards costs $2.87 or less, half cost $4.55 or less, and three in four cost $8.59 or less. Only the top quarter runs past $8.59, and the dearest tenth starts at $17.18.

See the dearest Pikachu — $80.87

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

The group price says what an ordinary Shiny Rare card costs. These tables break the group down by illustrator, energy type and evolution stage, each row beside its own typical price, so you can tell a $1 card from a $100 one before you look it up.

Who drew the Shiny Rare cards?

Kouki Saitou5.8%7 cards

Hitoshi Ariga5.0%6 cards

Misa Tsutsui5.0%6 cards

Shin Nagasawa5.0%6 cards

Souichirou Gunjima5.0%6 cards

nagimiso5.0%6 cards

Kagemaru Himeno4.2%5 cards

Saya Tsuruta4.2%5 cards

otumami4.2%5 cards

GOSSAN3.3%4 cards

Each track is the whole of the 120 Shiny 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 Shiny Rare cards?
Group	Share	Value
Kouki Saitou	5.8%	7 cards
Hitoshi Ariga	5.0%	6 cards
Misa Tsutsui	5.0%	6 cards
Shin Nagasawa	5.0%	6 cards
Souichirou Gunjima	5.0%	6 cards
nagimiso	5.0%	6 cards
Kagemaru Himeno	4.2%	5 cards
Saya Tsuruta	4.2%	5 cards
otumami	4.2%	5 cards
GOSSAN	3.3%	4 cards

Who drew the Shiny Rare cards?
Illustrator	Cards	Share	Typical price
Kouki Saitou	7	5.8%	$5.14
Hitoshi Ariga	6	5.0%	$3.47
Misa Tsutsui	6	5.0%	$3.92
Shin Nagasawa	6	5.0%	$2.93
Souichirou Gunjima	6	5.0%	$6.59
nagimiso	6	5.0%	$4.08
Kagemaru Himeno	5	4.2%	$6.01
Saya Tsuruta	5	4.2%	$4.61
otumami	5	4.2%	$3.38
GOSSAN	4	3.3%	$4.12

Counted across all 120 Shiny 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 Shiny Rare cards use?

Psychic18.3%22 cards

Grass14.2%17 cards

Colorless13.3%16 cards

Lightning13.3%16 cards

Water12.5%15 cards

Darkness9.2%11 cards

Fighting9.2%11 cards

Fire5.8%7 cards

Metal2.5%3 cards

Dragon1.7%2 cards

Each track is the whole of the 120 Shiny 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 Shiny Rare cards use?
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	18.3%	22 cards
Grass	14.2%	17 cards
Colorless	13.3%	16 cards
Lightning	13.3%	16 cards
Water	12.5%	15 cards
Darkness	9.2%	11 cards
Fighting	9.2%	11 cards
Fire	5.8%	7 cards
Metal	2.5%	3 cards
Dragon	1.7%	2 cards

Which energy types do Shiny Rare cards use?
Energy type	Cards	Share	Typical price
Psychic	22	18.3%	$6.36
Grass	17	14.2%	$2.88
Colorless	16	13.3%	$5.17
Lightning	16	13.3%	$4.56
Water	15	12.5%	$3.80
Darkness	11	9.2%	$2.91
Fighting	11	9.2%	$3.85
Fire	7	5.8%	$6.70
Metal	3	2.5%	$2.28
Dragon	2	1.7%	—

Counted across all 120 Shiny 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 Shiny Rare cards worth more?

Basic55.8%67 cards

Stage 135.8%43 cards

Stage 28.3%10 cards

Each track is the whole of the 120 Shiny 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 Shiny Rare cards worth more?
Evolution stage	Cards	Share	Typical price
Basic	67	55.8%	$4.61
Stage 1	43	35.8%	$4.18
Stage 2	10	8.3%	$4.22

Counted across all 120 Shiny 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 Shiny Rare Pokémon cards print

The 120 cards in this group that print HP run from 30 to 180, and the middle one prints 80.

Highest HP180Middle HP80Lowest HP30Biggest damage230Middle damage40Cards with HP120 cards

How wide the HP range is

Lowest HP30

Lower quarter HP70

Middle HP80

Upper quarter HP120

Highest HP180

Five points across the 120 cards that print HP, each measured against the highest of them.

How wide the damage range is

Lowest damage10

Lower quarter damage20

Middle damage40

Upper quarter damage90

Highest damage230

Five points across the 116 cards that print an attack with a damage number.

What are Shiny 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 118 Shiny Rare cards that print one, the most common is Fighting on 26 of them.

What Shiny Rare Pokémon cards are weak to

Fighting22.0%26 cards

Lightning18.6%22 cards

Fire16.9%20 cards

Darkness11.9%14 cards

Grass9.3%11 cards

Metal9.3%11 cards

Psychic5.9%7 cards

Water5.9%7 cards

What Shiny Rare Pokémon cards are weak to — 118 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 118 Shiny Rare cards that print a weakness.

What Shiny Rare Pokémon cards are weak to
Group	Share	Value
Fighting	22.0%	26 cards
Lightning	18.6%	22 cards
Fire	16.9%	20 cards
Darkness	11.9%	14 cards
Grass	9.3%	11 cards
Metal	9.3%	11 cards
Psychic	5.9%	7 cards
Water	5.9%	7 cards

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Which Shiny Rare Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 27 of the 120 Shiny Rare cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.

What Shiny Rare Pokémon cards resist

What Shiny Rare Pokémon cards resist — 27 cards counted.

Fighting89%
Grass11%

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

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How do Shiny Rare Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 120 Shiny Rare cards that print a stage.

How Shiny Rare Pokémon cards evolve

How Shiny Rare Pokémon cards evolve — 120 cards counted.

Basic56%
Stage 136%
Stage 28%

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 Shiny 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 Shiny Rare card on the table.

Legal in Standard120 cardsLegal in Expanded120 cardsCards with an Ability38 cardsCards with a special rule0 cards

What it costs to retreat a Shiny Rare Pokémon card

1 energy to retreat60.0%72 cards

2 energy to retreat26.7%32 cards

3 energy to retreat7.5%9 cards

0 energy to retreat4.2%5 cards

4 energy to retreat1.7%2 cards

Counted across the 120 cards in this group that print a retreat cost. Bar length is against the most common cost.

What Shiny Rare Pokémon cards are weak to

Fighting22.0%26 cards

Lightning18.6%22 cards

Fire16.9%20 cards

Darkness11.9%14 cards

Grass9.3%11 cards

Metal9.3%11 cards

Psychic5.9%7 cards

Water5.9%7 cards

Counted across the 118 cards in this group that print a weakness.

Which Shiny Rare Pokémon cards moved most this year

The group moved +62.5%. These are the Shiny 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 118 Shiny Rare cards that carried a price on both days. Bar length is the size of the move, not its direction.

118 Shiny Rare cards tracked across the yearSee the group line

A group line and a card line are not the same thing. The Shiny Rare group rose over this window, yet the cards above ran from -19.7% to +463.5% — 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 Shiny 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 Shiny Rare collection is what it costs to get in.

Varoom 192 — Paldean Fates

$1.86 Varoom [192] 2

Rellor 108 — Paldean Fates

$2.05 Rellor [108] 3

Mabosstiff 188 — Paldean Fates

$2.10 Mabosstiff [188] 4

Scovillain 107 — Paldean Fates

$2.16 Scovillain [107] 5

Grafaiai 190 — Paldean Fates

$2.20 Grafaiai [190] 6

Rabsca 163 — Paldean Fates

$2.27 Rabsca [163]

The 6 cheapest Shiny 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 $12.64, against $80.87 for the single dearest Shiny Rare card. The two ends of the same group sit 43× apart, and both of them are correctly described as "Shiny Rare".

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How Shiny 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 Shiny Rare sits.

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

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

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

Shiny Rare covers 120 of the 20,444 Pokémon cards on file, which is 0.6% of the archive and No. 17 of the 29 tiers by size.

0.59%120 cards

Shiny Rare120 · 0.6%Every other rarity20,324 · 99.4%

Common26.1% of the archive5,334 cards

Uncommon23.9% of the archive4,888 cards

Rare12.5% of the archive2,562 cards

Rare Holo7.9% of the archive1,617 cards

Promo6.0% of the archive1,220 cards

Rare Ultra3.9% of the archive798 cards

Illustration Rare2.4% of the archive492 cards

Ultra Rare1.7% of the archive356 cards

Shiny Rarethis page120 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. 17of 29 rarity tiers by size

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Ranked 17 by number of cards — 120 of the 20,444 English cards on file carry this rarity, which is 0.6% of them. 16 tiers are larger and 12 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.

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

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

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

Rare Prime26 cards · typically $94.02Dearest: Umbreon

Special Illustration Rare

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

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

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

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

Rare Rainbow324 cards · typically $16.02Dearest: Umbreon VMAX

Promo1,220 cards · typically $14.82Dearest: Gengar

What a Shiny 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 Shiny Rare cards this site holds a price for.

Middle · PachirisuPaldean Fates · 2024

What is a Shiny Rare Pokémon card worth?

120 of the 120 Shiny Rare cards on file carry a price. Here is how those prices sit against each other.

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

A typical Shiny Rare card$4.55middle priceHalf of the 120 priced cards cost less than this and half cost more.

The cheaper quarter$2.87lower quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost less than this.

The dearer quarter$8.59upper quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost more than this.

The top tenth$17.1890th placeOnly one card in ten costs more than this.

The dearest one on file$80.87highestPikachu carries the highest asking price in this group.

The cheapest one on file$1.86lowestThe 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 Shiny Rare card has cost over the last 336 days

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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 $2.80 to $4.55. The group moved +62.5% over that span.

Why do two Shiny 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 Shiny Rare marking, 43.5× apart.

Dearest on filePikachuPaldean Fates #131HP 70 · Damage 30 · Printed 2024

43.5× apartPrice $80.87 VS $1.86
HP 70 VS 60
Printed 2024 VS 2024

Cheapest on fileVaroomPaldean Fates #192HP 60 · Damage 20 · Printed 2024

What is the same

The rarity printed on the card

Both are recorded as Shiny 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 Shiny Rare card costs $4.55, 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.

Shiny Rare Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Shiny Rare Pokémon cards are there?

There are 120 Shiny Rare cards in this archive, and 120 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 Shiny Rare Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $4.55. Across the 120 priced cards the range runs from $1.86 to $80.87, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Shiny Rare Pokémon card?

Pikachu 131 from Paldean Fates, at $80.87. It is 18× the typical price of the group.

Are Shiny Rare Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 18 of 29 rarity tiers, with 11 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 120 of the 20,444 English cards on file, or 0.6%. Those two together are what "rare" usually means in practice — few of them, and dear because of it.

Do all Shiny Rare Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 120 of the 120 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 Shiny 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 70 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

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

Over the last 11 months the typical Shiny Rare card rose from $2.80 to $4.55, a change of +62.5%. 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 Shiny Rare Pokémon card cost?

One in four Shiny Rare cards costs $2.87 or less and the cheapest on file is $1.86. Three in four cost $8.59 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 Shiny Rare Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Shiny Rare cards is 180, and the lowest is 30. The typical one is 80 HP, with half of them between 70 and 120 — figures counted from the 120 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Shiny Rare Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

120 of the 120 Shiny Rare cards are legal in Standard today and 120 in Expanded — 100.0% and 100.0% of the group. A card leaves Standard when its set rotates out, so this share moves each year even though the cards do not change.

What are Shiny Rare Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Fighting — 26 of the 118 Shiny Rare cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Lightning next at 22 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Which Shiny Rare Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Jigglypuff 198 from Paldean Fates, which went from $5.34 to $30.09 — a change of +463.5% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 118 Shiny Rare cards that carried a price on both days.

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

Every figure on this page is counted from the 120 Shiny Rare cards this site holds on file — 120 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 Shiny 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