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

There are 356 Ultra Rare cards on file, 356 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $2.26.

Rarity · 356 cards · 356 with a price · $0.46 to $61.99 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Ultra Rare Pokémon card worth?

The typical Ultra Rare card costs $2.26. Across the 356 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.46 and the dearest is $61.99 — Gengar ex 193, at $61.99. That spread is why the group price is a starting point and not a valuation of any one card.

Card facts are read from openly published card files; prices are read once a day from public marketplace listings into this site's own archive. Figures on this page were read on August 14, 2026.

All rarity tiers Print variant Pokédex number Regulation mark Energy type Set Artist Evolution stage Card mechanic Attack cost Attack damage Retreat cost

Ultra Rare 356 cardsRarity

356 with a price · $0.46 to $61.99 · No. 22 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price · +6.6% in 11 months · 267 HP on average · weak to Fighting

Typical price, last 11 months$2.26+6.6% from $2.12

Card price ladder$61.99$6.87 to $61.99

Place among rarity tiersNo. 22CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $2.26 · No. 22 of 29
7 rarity tiers cost less than this one

Cards on file356356 carry a price Most expensive card$61.99Gengar ex 193 Cheapest on record$0.46across all 356 priced cards Price rose+6.6%over the last 11 months Place by priceNo. 22of 29 rarity tiers

What stands out about Ultra Rare cards

Scale 356 cards carry this rarity tier — 1.7% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
Price Half of the priced cards cost under $2.26, but the dearest reaches $61.99 — a gap of 27×.
Place By typical price this is No. 22 of 29 rarity tiers; 7 of them cost less.
Record 356 of the 356 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 356

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 20,049356 cardsonly Ultra Rare remain · 1.8% of 20,049
The 356 cards on this page356 cards1.7% 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.

Ultra Rare Pokémon cards at a glance

What this group is. 356 cards share the rarity tier Ultra 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 $2.26. Across the 356 priced cards the range runs $0.46 to $61.99.
Where it stands. No. 22 of 29 rarity tiers by typical price, with 7 of them cheaper.
What the cards are like. They average 267 HP and 158 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fighting.
What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 356 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 356 cards on file, 356 of them with a price

Every Ultra Rare card with a price on file

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

The 50 dearest Ultra Rare cards, most expensive first.

50 cards, most expensive firstGroup1 2

Group 1 · $61.99 down to $10.681–25 of 50, by price

1Gengar exTemporal Forces #193$61.99Ultra Rare

2Charizard ex151 #183$39.06Ultra Rare

3Mew ex151 #193$34.10Ultra Rare

4Pikachu exSurging Sparks #219$28.73Ultra Rare

Mega Charizard X ex

5Mega Charizard X exPhantasmal Flames #109$27.84Ultra Rare

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

6Charizard exObsidian Flames #215$22.24Ultra Rare

Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex

7Team Rocket's Mewtwo exDestined Rivals #213$20.73Ultra Rare

Lillie's Determination

8Lillie's DeterminationMega Evolution #169$20.61Ultra Rare

Misty's Vitality

9Misty's VitalityPitch Black #111$20.41Ultra Rare

10Blastoise ex151 #184$18.77Ultra Rare

11Dedenne exPaldea Evolved #239$16.17Ultra Rare

12Arcanine exScarlet & Violet #224$15.15Ultra Rare

13Maushold exParadox Rift #233$14.99Ultra Rare

14Greninja exTwilight Masquerade #198$14.91Ultra Rare

15Ninetales ex151 #186$14.55Ultra Rare

16Venusaur ex151 #182$14.47Ultra Rare

Mega Darkrai ex

17Mega Darkrai exPitch Black #101$13.35Ultra Rare

18Dragapult exTwilight Masquerade #200$12.72Ultra Rare

Mega Lucario ex

19Mega Lucario exMega Evolution #160$12.45Ultra Rare

20Fezandipiti exShrouded Fable #84$11.97Ultra Rare

21Alakazam ex151 #188$11.45Ultra Rare

Mega Venusaur ex

22Mega Venusaur exMega Evolution #155$11.17Ultra Rare

Mega Greninja ex

23Mega Greninja exChaos Rising #100$11.13Ultra Rare

24HildaWhite Flare #164$11.13Ultra Rare

25Meowth exPerfect Order #107$10.68Ultra Rare

Group 2 · $10.58 down to $6.8726–50 of 50, by price

26Poké PadPerfect Order #113$10.58Ultra Rare

Boss's Orders (Ghetsis)

27Boss's Orders (Ghetsis)Paldea Evolved #248$10.40Ultra Rare

28IonoPaldea Evolved #254$10.35Ultra Rare

Team Rocket's Petrel

29Team Rocket's PetrelDestined Rivals #226$9.94Ultra Rare

30Zapdos ex151 #192$9.94Ultra Rare

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

31GwynnPitch Black #109$9.44Ultra Rare

32Gyarados exScarlet & Violet #225$9.28Ultra Rare

Mega Excadrill ex

33Mega Excadrill exPitch Black #103$9.16Ultra Rare

Mega Chandelure ex

34Mega Chandelure exPitch Black #99$8.99Ultra Rare

35Tinkaton exPaldea Evolved #240$8.70Ultra Rare

36Slowking exPaldea Evolved #238$8.53Ultra Rare

Mega Zeraora ex

37Mega Zeraora exPitch Black #98$8.01Ultra Rare

Lillie's Clefairy ex

38Lillie's Clefairy exJourney Together #173$7.88Ultra Rare

39Pecharunt exShrouded Fable #85$7.73Ultra Rare

Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking

40Ciphermaniac's CodebreakingTemporal Forces #198$7.57Ultra Rare

Erika's Invitation

41Erika's Invitation151 #196$7.50Ultra Rare

42Arbok ex151 #185$7.49Ultra Rare

43Wigglytuff ex151 #187$7.41Ultra Rare

Xerosic's Machinations

44Xerosic's MachinationsShrouded Fable #89$7.40Ultra Rare

45Latias exSurging Sparks #220$7.32Ultra Rare

Colress's Tenacity

46Colress's TenacityShrouded Fable #87$7.27Ultra Rare

47CrispinStellar Crown #164$7.11Ultra Rare

48Golem ex151 #189$7.07Ultra Rare

49Garchomp exParadox Rift #219$6.97Ultra Rare

Janine's Secret Art

50Janine's Secret ArtShrouded Fable #88$6.87Ultra Rare

Which Ultra Rare cards share a name across several printings?

2 of the 50 cards listed above are reprints of just 1 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.

Charizard ex2 printings · 2 sets

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

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

Each point is the middle price of the 356 priced Ultra 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 Ultra Rare Pokémon card from September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026 — rose from $2.12 to $2.26
Reading date	Typical price	Where it started
12 Sep 25	2.12
10 Oct 25	2.38
7 Nov 25	2.04
5 Dec 25	2.15
2 Jan 26	1.9
30 Jan 26	2.01
27 Feb 26	2.2
27 Mar 26	2.36
24 Apr 26	2.42
22 May 26	2.68
19 Jun 26	2.6
17 Jul 26	2.47
14 Aug 26	2.26

Typical priceWhere it started · $2.12Now $2.26381 days on file

Ultra Rare Pokémon cards — price change by window
Window	Typical then	Typical now	Change
Last month	$2.47	$2.26	-8.5%
Last 3 months	$2.68	$2.26	-15.7%
Last 6 months	$2.20	$2.26	+2.7%
Since September 12, 2025	$2.12	$2.26	+6.6%

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 Ultra Rare card rose from $2.12 to $2.26 over the 11 months on file — +6.6%. 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 Ultra Rare Pokémon card prices are spread

One group price cannot describe 356 cards. These figures show how far apart they actually sit.

$0.46$61.99$2.26Where the price splits in half — $0.46 to $61.99 laid out on a ten-fold scale

$0.46$61.99$4.46Where the dearer quarter begins — one card in four costs more than this

0%100%21.3%Cards costing more than $5 — 76 of the 356 that carry a price

Each half circle is the whole price range of the 356 priced Ultra Rare cards, from $0.46 to $61.99, with the tenfold steps evenly spaced. The last one is read differently — it counts cards rather than dollars, and says so in its own label.

All 356 priced Ultra Rare cards, by price band

Under $111.2%40 cards

$1 to $567.4%240 cards

$5 to $2018.8%67 cards

$20 to $502.2%8 cards

$50 to $1000.3%1 cards

How every Ultra Rare card with a price falls into price bands — 356 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 Ultra 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$8.27
Dearer quarter startsone in four costs more than this$4.46
Typical cardhalf cost less, half cost more$2.26
Cheaper quarter endsone in four costs less than this$1.37
Cheapest on filenothing in the group costs less$0.46

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

Ultra Rare Pokémon cards — two ways of counting the same group
Figure	All priced cards	The 50 listed above
Cards counted	356	50
Cheapest	$0.46	$6.87
Cheaper quarter, up to	$1.37	—
Typical (median)	$2.26	—
Dearer quarter, from	$4.46	—
Dearest tenth, from	$8.27	—
Average	$4.03	—
Dearest	$61.99	$61.99

The two columns are different groups of cards, not two readings of the same one — the right column is the dearest end of the left one. "Typical" is the middle price, which half the cards sit below; "average" is pulled upward by the few very expensive cards, which is why the two differ.

The average price of a Ultra Rare card is $4.03 while the typical one is $2.26. 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 356 priced Ultra Rare cards cost

One in four Ultra Rare cards costs $1.37 or less, half cost $2.26 or less, and three in four cost $4.46 or less. Only the top quarter runs past $4.46, and the dearest tenth starts at $8.27.

See the dearest Gengar ex — $61.99

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

Ultra Rare cards were printed from 2023 to 2026, and 2023 was the biggest year with 102 of them.

Every year this rarity was printed, oldest first. The tallest bar is 2023.

Bar height is against 2023, the biggest year at 102 cards.

2023typically $2.61102 cards

2024typically $2.3686 cards

2025typically $1.58100 cards

2026typically $2.6668 cards

Bar length is against 2023, the biggest year at 102 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 Ultra Rare Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

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

Which sets hold the Ultra Rare cards?

Paradox Rift7.9%28 cards

Paldea Evolved7.3%26 cards

Destined Rivals6.2%22 cards

Mega Evolution6.2%22 cards

Surging Sparks5.9%21 cards

Twilight Masquerade5.9%21 cards

Scarlet & Violet5.6%20 cards

Chaos Rising5.1%18 cards

Perfect Order5.1%18 cards

Pitch Black5.1%18 cards

Each track is the whole of the 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare cards?
Group	Share	Value
Paradox Rift	7.9%	28 cards
Paldea Evolved	7.3%	26 cards
Destined Rivals	6.2%	22 cards
Mega Evolution	6.2%	22 cards
Surging Sparks	5.9%	21 cards
Twilight Masquerade	5.9%	21 cards
Scarlet & Violet	5.6%	20 cards
Chaos Rising	5.1%	18 cards
Perfect Order	5.1%	18 cards
Pitch Black	5.1%	18 cards

Which sets hold the Ultra Rare cards?
Set	Cards	Share	Typical price
Paradox Rift	28	7.9%	$2.42
Paldea Evolved	26	7.3%	$2.54
Destined Rivals	22	6.2%	$2.63
Mega Evolution	22	6.2%	$2.80
Surging Sparks	21	5.9%	$1.72
Twilight Masquerade	21	5.9%	$2.71
Scarlet & Violet	20	5.6%	$2.01
Chaos Rising	18	5.1%	$2.66
Perfect Order	18	5.1%	$3.19
Pitch Black	18	5.1%	$5.00

Counted across all 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare card carry the value?

ex56.2%200 cards

Supporter33.1%118 cards

Tera9.6%34 cards

MEGA7.6%27 cards

Item6.7%24 cards

Ancient2.2%8 cards

Future2.2%8 cards

Stadium2.0%7 cards

Pokémon Tool1.7%6 cards

Special0.3%1 cards

Each track is the whole of the 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare card carry the value?
Group	Share	Value
ex	56.2%	200 cards
Supporter	33.1%	118 cards
Tera	9.6%	34 cards
MEGA	7.6%	27 cards
Item	6.7%	24 cards
Ancient	2.2%	8 cards
Future	2.2%	8 cards
Stadium	2.0%	7 cards
Pokémon Tool	1.7%	6 cards
Special	0.3%	1 cards

Which kinds of Ultra Rare card carry the value?
Card kind	Cards	Share	Typical price
ex	200	56.2%	$2.56
Supporter	118	33.1%	$1.91
Tera	34	9.6%	$3.30
MEGA	27	7.6%	$5.04
Item	24	6.7%	$2.08
Ancient	8	2.2%	$2.48
Future	8	2.2%	$2.02
Stadium	7	2.0%	$1.69
Pokémon Tool	6	1.7%	$1.00
Special	1	0.3%	—

Counted across all 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare cards?

5ban Graphics18.3%65 cards

takuyoa3.4%12 cards

PLANETA Mochizuki3.1%11 cards

aky CG Works3.1%11 cards

N-DESIGN Inc.2.8%10 cards

GIDORA2.5%9 cards

Studio Bora Inc.2.0%7 cards

Naoki Saito1.7%6 cards

PLANETA Yamashita1.7%6 cards

Toyste Beach1.7%6 cards

Each track is the whole of the 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare cards?
Group	Share	Value
5ban Graphics	18.3%	65 cards
takuyoa	3.4%	12 cards
PLANETA Mochizuki	3.1%	11 cards
aky CG Works	3.1%	11 cards
N-DESIGN Inc.	2.8%	10 cards
GIDORA	2.5%	9 cards
Studio Bora Inc.	2.0%	7 cards
Naoki Saito	1.7%	6 cards
PLANETA Yamashita	1.7%	6 cards
Toyste Beach	1.7%	6 cards

Who drew the Ultra Rare cards?
Illustrator	Cards	Share	Typical price
5ban Graphics	65	18.3%	$2.42
takuyoa	12	3.4%	$3.61
PLANETA Mochizuki	11	3.1%	$2.12
aky CG Works	11	3.1%	$2.79
N-DESIGN Inc.	10	2.8%	$1.43
GIDORA	9	2.5%	$2.64
Studio Bora Inc.	7	2.0%	$1.38
Naoki Saito	6	1.7%	$2.01
PLANETA Yamashita	6	1.7%	$3.86
Toyste Beach	6	1.7%	$0.61

Counted across all 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare cards use?

Psychic7.0%25 cards

Darkness6.5%23 cards

Fighting6.5%23 cards

Water6.5%23 cards

Fire6.2%22 cards

Grass6.2%22 cards

Colorless5.3%19 cards

Lightning5.3%19 cards

Metal4.2%15 cards

Dragon2.5%9 cards

Each track is the whole of the 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare cards use?
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	7.0%	25 cards
Darkness	6.5%	23 cards
Fighting	6.5%	23 cards
Water	6.5%	23 cards
Fire	6.2%	22 cards
Grass	6.2%	22 cards
Colorless	5.3%	19 cards
Lightning	5.3%	19 cards
Metal	4.2%	15 cards
Dragon	2.5%	9 cards

Which energy types do Ultra Rare cards use?
Energy type	Cards	Share	Typical price
Psychic	25	7.0%	$4.45
Darkness	23	6.5%	$3.71
Fighting	23	6.5%	$2.25
Water	23	6.5%	$2.71
Fire	22	6.2%	$3.22
Grass	22	6.2%	$1.80
Colorless	19	5.3%	$1.90
Lightning	19	5.3%	$2.49
Metal	15	4.2%	$1.74
Dragon	9	2.5%	$2.68

Counted across all 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare cards come from?

Scarlet & Violet69.9%249 cards

Mega Evolution30.1%107 cards

Each track is the whole of the 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare cards come from?
Series	Cards	Share	Typical price
Scarlet & Violet	249	69.9%	$2.25
Mega Evolution	107	30.1%	$2.28

Counted across all 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare cards are still tournament legal?

G32.3%115 cards

I28.9%103 cards

H26.1%93 cards

J12.6%45 cards

Each track is the whole of the 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare cards are still tournament legal?
Regulation mark	Cards	Share	Typical price
G	115	32.3%	$2.27
I	103	28.9%	$1.85
H	93	26.1%	$2.29
J	45	12.6%	$3.27

Counted across all 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare cards worth more?

Basic23.0%82 cards

Stage 119.9%71 cards

Stage 213.2%47 cards

Each track is the whole of the 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare cards worth more?
Evolution stage	Cards	Share	Typical price
Basic	82	23.0%	$2.49
Stage 1	71	19.9%	$2.07
Stage 2	47	13.2%	$3.86

Counted across all 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare Pokémon cards print

The 200 cards in this group that print HP run from 160 to 380, and the middle one prints 265.

Highest HP380Middle HP265Lowest HP160Biggest damage330Middle damage150Cards with HP200 cards

How wide the HP range is

Lowest HP160

Lower quarter HP230

Middle HP265

Upper quarter HP310

Highest HP380

Five points across the 200 cards that print HP, each measured against the highest of them.

How wide the damage range is

Lowest damage10

Lower quarter damage120

Middle damage150

Upper quarter damage200

Highest damage330

Five points across the 194 cards that print an attack with a damage number.

What are Ultra 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 191 Ultra Rare cards that print one, the most common is Fighting on 43 of them.

What Ultra Rare Pokémon cards are weak to

Fighting22.5%43 cards

Fire18.3%35 cards

Grass14.7%28 cards

Lightning12.6%24 cards

Water11.0%21 cards

Darkness9.4%18 cards

Metal7.9%15 cards

Psychic3.7%7 cards

What Ultra Rare Pokémon cards are weak to — 191 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 191 Ultra Rare cards that print a weakness.

What Ultra Rare Pokémon cards are weak to
Group	Share	Value
Fighting	22.5%	43 cards
Fire	18.3%	35 cards
Grass	14.7%	28 cards
Lightning	12.6%	24 cards
Water	11.0%	21 cards
Darkness	9.4%	18 cards
Metal	7.9%	15 cards
Psychic	3.7%	7 cards

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Which Ultra Rare Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 41 of the 356 Ultra Rare cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.

What Ultra Rare Pokémon cards resist

What Ultra Rare Pokémon cards resist — 41 cards counted.

Fighting66%
Grass34%

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

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How do Ultra Rare Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 200 Ultra Rare cards that print a stage.

How Ultra Rare Pokémon cards evolve

How Ultra Rare Pokémon cards evolve — 200 cards counted.

Basic41%
Stage 136%
Stage 224%

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 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare card on the table.

Legal in Standard340 cardsLegal in Expanded356 cardsCards with an Ability83 cardsCards with a special rule356 cards

What it costs to retreat a Ultra Rare Pokémon card

2 energy to retreat38.5%77 cards

1 energy to retreat28.0%56 cards

3 energy to retreat16.0%32 cards

4 energy to retreat12.0%24 cards

0 energy to retreat5.5%11 cards

Counted across the 200 cards in this group that print a retreat cost. Bar length is against the most common cost.

What Ultra Rare Pokémon cards are weak to

Fighting22.5%43 cards

Fire18.3%35 cards

Grass14.7%28 cards

Lightning12.6%24 cards

Water11.0%21 cards

Darkness9.4%18 cards

Metal7.9%15 cards

Psychic3.7%7 cards

Counted across the 191 cards in this group that print a weakness.

Which Ultra Rare Pokémon cards moved most this year

The group moved +6.6%. These are the Ultra 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 202 Ultra Rare cards that carried a price on both days. Bar length is the size of the move, not its direction.

202 Ultra Rare cards tracked across the yearSee the group line

A group line and a card line are not the same thing. The Ultra Rare group rose over this window, yet the cards above ran from -69.1% to +237.6% — which is why a figure taken from the group tells you what to expect, and only the card page tells you what happened.

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The cheapest Ultra 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 Ultra Rare collection is what it costs to get in.

Tyme 143 — Prismatic Evolutions

$0.46 Tyme [143] 2

Giacomo 138 — Prismatic Evolutions

$0.51 Giacomo [138] 3

Blowtorch 117 — Phantasmal Flames

$0.53 Blowtorch [117] 4

Glass Trumpet 260 — Ascended Heroes

$0.53 Glass Trumpet [260] 5

Brassius 135 — Prismatic Evolutions

$0.57 Brassius [135] 6

Counter Gain 259 — Ascended Heroes

$0.58 Counter Gain [259]

The 6 cheapest Ultra 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 $3.18, against $61.99 for the single dearest Ultra Rare card. The two ends of the same group sit 135× apart, and both of them are correctly described as "Ultra Rare".

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How Ultra 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 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare, and which rarity tiers are bigger?

Ultra Rare covers 356 of the 20,444 Pokémon cards on file, which is 1.7% of the archive and No. 8 of the 29 tiers by size.

1.74%356 cards

Ultra Rare356 · 1.7%Every other rarity20,088 · 98.3%

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 Rarethis page356 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. 8of 29 rarity tiers by size

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Ranked 8 by number of cards — 356 of the 20,444 English cards on file carry this rarity, which is 1.7% of them. 7 tiers are larger and 21 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 Ultra Rare — Pokémon, Trainer or Energy?

Rarity is printed on every kind of card, not only on Pokémon. Of the 356 Ultra Rare cards on file, 200 are Pokémon cards.

56.2%mostly Pokémon

Pokémon200 · 56.2%Trainer155 · 43.5%Energy1 · 0.3%

Cards with an Ability

83cards

23.3% of the group

Cards with a special rule

356cards

100.0% of the group

Cards with printed HP

200cards

56.2% — Trainer and Energy cards have no HP box

Counted across all 356 Ultra 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 Ultra Rare use

Psychictypically $4.4525 cards

Darknesstypically $3.7123 cards

Fightingtypically $2.2523 cards

Watertypically $2.7123 cards

Firetypically $3.2222 cards

Grasstypically $1.8022 cards

Colorlesstypically $1.9019 cards

Lightningtypically $2.4919 cards

Bar length is against the largest type in this group. A card printed with two types is counted on both rows, so these counts can add up to more than the number of Pokémon cards.

What these cards look like

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

Why the HP figures use a smaller denominator

Only 200 of these 356 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 Ultra Rare Pokémon cards?

Ultra Rare cards appear in 2 series, and Scarlet & Violet carries the most of them with 249 cards.

Scarlet & Violettypically $2.25249 cards

Mega Evolutiontypically $2.28107 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 Ultra Rare.

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

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

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

Rare Prime26 cards · typically $94.02Dearest: Umbreon

Special Illustration Rare

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

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

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

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

Rare Rainbow324 cards · typically $16.02Dearest: Umbreon VMAX

Promo1,220 cards · typically $14.82Dearest: Gengar

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

Middle · Poké PadPerfect Order · 2026

What is a Ultra Rare Pokémon card worth?

356 of the 356 Ultra Rare cards on file carry a price. Here is how those prices sit against each other.

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

A typical Ultra Rare card$2.26middle priceHalf of the 356 priced cards cost less than this and half cost more.

The cheaper quarter$1.37lower quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost less than this.

The dearer quarter$4.46upper quarterA quarter of the priced cards cost more than this.

The top tenth$8.2790th placeOnly one card in ten costs more than this.

The dearest one on file$61.99highestGengar ex carries the highest asking price in this group.

The cheapest one on file$0.46lowestThe 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 Ultra Rare card has cost over the last 336 days

Point at the chart to read any month

Middle price of the whole group, measured on each date shown. Nothing is smoothed between the points.Middle price of the whole group, measured on each date shown. Nothing is smoothed between the points.

Read from $2.12 to $2.26. The group moved +6.6% over that span.

Why do two Ultra 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 Ultra Rare marking, 134.8× apart.

Dearest on fileGengar exTemporal Forces #193HP 310 · Damage 160 · Printed 2024

134.8× apartPrice $61.99 VS $0.46
Printed 2024 VS 2025

Cheapest on fileTymePrismatic Evolutions #143Printed 2025

What is the same

The rarity printed on the card

Both are recorded as Ultra 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 Ultra Rare card costs $2.26, 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.

Ultra Rare Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Ultra Rare Pokémon cards are there?

There are 356 Ultra Rare cards in this archive, and 356 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 Ultra Rare Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $2.26. Across the 356 priced cards the range runs from $0.46 to $61.99, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Ultra Rare Pokémon card?

Gengar ex 193 from Temporal Forces, at $61.99. It is 27× the typical price of the group.

Are Ultra Rare Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 22 of 29 rarity tiers, with 7 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 356 of the 20,444 English cards on file, or 1.7%. Those two together are what "rare" usually means in practice — few of them, and dear because of it.

Do all Ultra Rare Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 356 of the 356 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 Ultra 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 306 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

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

Over the last 11 months the typical Ultra Rare card rose from $2.12 to $2.26, a change of +6.6%. 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 Ultra Rare Pokémon card cost?

One in four Ultra Rare cards costs $1.37 or less and the cheapest on file is $0.46. Three in four cost $4.46 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 Ultra Rare Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Ultra Rare cards is 380, and the lowest is 160. The typical one is 265 HP, with half of them between 230 and 310 — figures counted from the 200 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Ultra Rare Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

340 of the 356 Ultra Rare cards are legal in Standard today and 356 in Expanded — 95.5% 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 Ultra Rare Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Fighting — 43 of the 191 Ultra Rare cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Fire next at 35 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

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

Not simply by age. Among Ultra Rare cards the 2023 printings sit at a typical $2.61 and the 2026 ones at $2.66, while the dearest year of all is 2026 at $2.66. Print run and demand decide it, not the date on its own.

Which Ultra Rare Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Pecharunt ex 85 from Shrouded Fable, which went from $2.29 to $7.73 — a change of +237.6% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 202 Ultra Rare cards that carried a price on both days.

Which sets have Ultra Rare Pokémon cards?

Ultra Rare cards appear across 10 sets on file. The largest are Paradox Rift (28 cards, typically $2.42), Paldea Evolved (26 cards, typically $2.54), Destined Rivals (22 cards, typically $2.63). The full list on this page gives every set beside its card count and typical price.

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

Every figure on this page is counted from the 356 Ultra Rare cards this site holds on file — 356 of them with a price read once a day from public marketplace listings into this site's own archive. Nothing here is estimated: a card with no price is left out of the price columns rather than filled in. The places below are where the same card information can be checked.

Primary official source

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

1

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

Industry source

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

1

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, rarity, types, regulation mark, illustrator credits) github.com

2

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set listings and printed names) github.com

Before you rely on these figures

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