TCG GRAIL
Pokémon
Pokémon ✓
·
English
English ✓
PricesCard pricesPrice trendsToday's movers
SetsAll setsRarityPrint variantRegulation mark
PokémonPokédex numberEvolution stageEnergy typeArtists
GuidesCard formatsDeck buildingRarity explainedCard symbolsFakes
AboutAbout usData SourcesEditorial PolicyContact
🃏 Pokémon🌐 English

Black & White Pokémon cards — how many are there and what are they worth?

There are 115 Black & White cards on file, 115 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $1.93.

Set · 115 cards · 115 with a price · $0.50 to $139.44 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Black & White Pokémon card worth?

The typical Black & White card costs $1.93. Across the 115 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.50 and the dearest is $139.44 — Pikachu 115, at $139.44. 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 setsRarityPrint variantPokédex numberRegulation markEnergy typeArtistEvolution stageCard mechanicAttack costAttack damageRetreat cost

Black & White 115 cardsSet

Black & White price summary

115 with a price · $0.50 to $139.44 · No. 78 of 145 sets by typical price · +38.8% in 11 months · 84 HP on average · weak to Fighting

Typical price, last 11 months$1.93+38.8% from $1.39
Card price ladder$139.44$2.24 to $139.44
Place among setsNo. 78CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $1.93 · No. 78 of 145
67 sets cost less than this one
Cards on file115115 carry a priceMost expensive card$139.44Pikachu 115Cheapest on record$0.50across all 115 priced cardsPrice rose+38.8%over the last 11 monthsPlace by priceNo. 78of 145 sets

What stands out about Black & White cards

  • Scale 115 cards carry this set — 0.6% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
  • Price Half of the priced cards cost under $1.93, but the dearest reaches $139.44 — a gap of 72×.
  • Place By typical price this is No. 78 of 145 sets; 67 of them cost less.
  • Record 115 of the 115 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 115

Full bar = that step's denominator · filled = what carries over
  • English cards on file 20,44420,033 cardsonly cards that record a set remain · 98.0% of 20,444
  • Cards with a set 20,033115 cardsonly Black & White remain · 0.6% of 20,033
  • The 115 cards on this page115 cards0.6% of every English card on file

The middle step counts every card that records a set, including sets too small to have a page of their own. That is why its figure is larger than the totals on the set list, which only counts the groups it can open.

Black & White Pokémon cards at a glance

  • What this group is. 115 cards share the set bw1. A set is the expansion a card was printed in, and every card in the card files this site reads names exactly one. Sorting by set puts each release back together the way it was sold, so a card can be read next to the cards it shared a pack with.
  • What they cost. The typical card is $1.93. Across the 115 priced cards the range runs $0.50 to $139.44.
  • Where it stands. No. 78 of 145 sets by typical price, with 67 of them cheaper.
  • What the cards are like. They average 84 HP and 44 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fighting.
  • What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 115 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 115 cards on file, 115 of them with a price

Every Black & White card with a price on file

The 50 dearest Black & White cards, each one opening its own price page.
1Pikachu 115 — Black & WhiteMarket $139.44Pikachu [115]2Zekrom 114 — Black & WhiteMarket $120.50Zekrom [114]3Reshiram 113 — Black & WhiteMarket $99.05Reshiram [113]4Sawsbuck 14 — Black & WhiteMarket $11.52Sawsbuck [14]5Zoroark 71 — Black & WhiteMarket $9.49Zoroark [71]6Zekrom 47 — Black & WhiteMarket $7.68Zekrom [47]7Water Energy 107 — Black & WhiteMarket $7.64Water Energy [107]8Reshiram 26 — Black & WhiteMarket $7.36Reshiram [26]9Joltik 44 — Black & WhiteMarket $7.16Joltik [44]10Ducklett 36 — Black & WhiteMarket $6.46Ducklett [36]11Zorua 70 — Black & WhiteMarket $6.36Zorua [70]12Serperior 5 — Black & WhiteMarket $6.05Serperior [5]13Cinccino 89 — Black & WhiteMarket $5.25Cinccino [89]14Darumaka 24 — Black & WhiteMarket $4.95Darumaka [24]15Oshawott 28 — Black & WhiteMarket $4.91Oshawott [28]16Serperior 6 — Black & WhiteMarket $4.83Serperior [6]17Sandile 63 — Black & WhiteMarket $4.73Sandile [63]18Snivy 2 — Black & WhiteMarket $4.65Snivy [2]19Emboar 20 — Black & WhiteMarket $4.58Emboar [20]20Metal Energy 112 — Black & WhiteMarket $4.55Metal Energy [112]21Oshawott 27 — Black & WhiteMarket $4.53Oshawott [27]22Lightning Energy 108 — Black & WhiteMarket $4.48Lightning Energy [108]23Darkness Energy 111 — Black & WhiteMarket $4.31Darkness Energy [111]24Samurott 32 — Black & WhiteMarket $4.24Samurott [32]25Lilligant 10 — Black & WhiteMarket $4.21Lilligant [10]26Grass Energy 105 — Black & WhiteMarket $3.67Grass Energy [105]27Petilil 9 — Black & WhiteMarket $3.60Petilil [9]28Fire Energy 106 — Black & WhiteMarket $3.57Fire Energy [106]29Reuniclus 57 — Black & WhiteMarket $3.42Reuniclus [57]30Lillipup 80 — Black & WhiteMarket $3.40Lillipup [80]31Emboar 19 — Black & WhiteMarket $3.16Emboar [19]32Scrafty 69 — Black & WhiteMarket $3.13Scrafty [69]33Duosion 56 — Black & WhiteMarket $3.07Duosion [56]34Maractus 12 — Black & WhiteMarket $3.06Maractus [12]35Pignite 18 — Black & WhiteMarket $3.04Pignite [18]36Pignite 17 — Black & WhiteMarket $3.02Pignite [17]37Samurott 31 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.90Samurott [31]38Servine 4 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.87Servine [4]39Klinklang 76 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.87Klinklang [76]40Fighting Energy 110 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.71Fighting Energy [110]41Psychic Energy 109 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.64Psychic Energy [109]42Krookodile 65 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.62Krookodile [65]43Darmanitan 25 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.47Darmanitan [25]44Servine 3 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.45Servine [3]45Solosis 55 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.39Solosis [55]46Joltik 45 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.33Joltik [45]47Scolipede 54 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.29Scolipede [54]48Whirlipede 53 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.27Whirlipede [53]49Audino 87 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.27Audino [87]50Dewott 29 — Black & WhiteMarket $2.24Dewott [29]

The 50 most expensive Black & White cards on file, dearest first. The badge on each card is its market price.

0 of the 115 cards on file carry no published price, so they are counted in every total on this page but are not drawn here rather than shown with a guessed figure.

The grid above runs dearest first. This list runs in printing order — by card number inside the set — so a card can be found the way it sits in a binder rather than by what it costs.

Each row opens that card's own price page.

The same 50 cards in printing orderCard number · name · rarity · market price
Snivy 2 — Black & White price page1Snivy#2 · Common$4.65GrassServine 3 — Black & White price page2Servine#3 · Uncommon$2.45GrassServine 4 — Black & White price page3Servine#4 · Uncommon$2.87GrassSerperior 5 — Black & White price page4Serperior#5 · Rare Holo$6.05GrassSerperior 6 — Black & White price page5Serperior#6 · Rare Holo$4.83GrassPetilil 9 — Black & White price page6Petilil#9 · Common$3.60GrassLilligant 10 — Black & White price page7Lilligant#10 · Rare$4.21GrassMaractus 12 — Black & White price page8Maractus#12 · Rare$3.06GrassSawsbuck 14 — Black & White price page9Sawsbuck#14 · Rare$11.52GrassPignite 17 — Black & White price page10Pignite#17 · Uncommon$3.02Fire
Show the rest of the list40 more cards in printing order+40
Pignite 18 — Black & White price page11Pignite#18 · Uncommon$3.04FireEmboar 19 — Black & White price page12Emboar#19 · Rare Holo$3.16FireEmboar 20 — Black & White price page13Emboar#20 · Rare Holo$4.58FireDarumaka 24 — Black & White price page14Darumaka#24 · Uncommon$4.95FireDarmanitan 25 — Black & White price page15Darmanitan#25 · Rare$2.47FireReshiram 26 — Black & White price page16Reshiram#26 · Rare Holo$7.36FireOshawott 27 — Black & White price page17Oshawott#27 · Common$4.53WaterOshawott 28 — Black & White price page18Oshawott#28 · Common$4.91WaterDewott 29 — Black & White price page19Dewott#29 · Uncommon$2.24WaterSamurott 31 — Black & White price page20Samurott#31 · Rare Holo$2.90WaterSamurott 32 — Black & White price page21Samurott#32 · Rare Holo$4.24WaterDucklett 36 — Black & White price page22Ducklett#36 · Common$6.46WaterJoltik 44 — Black & White price page23Joltik#44 · Common$7.16LightningJoltik 45 — Black & White price page24Joltik#45 · Common$2.33LightningZekrom 47 — Black & White price page25Zekrom#47 · Rare Holo$7.68LightningWhirlipede 53 — Black & White price page26Whirlipede#53 · Uncommon$2.27PsychicScolipede 54 — Black & White price page27Scolipede#54 · Rare$2.29PsychicSolosis 55 — Black & White price page28Solosis#55 · Common$2.39PsychicDuosion 56 — Black & White price page29Duosion#56 · Uncommon$3.07PsychicReuniclus 57 — Black & White price page30Reuniclus#57 · Rare Holo$3.42PsychicSandile 63 — Black & White price page31Sandile#63 · Common$4.73FightingKrookodile 65 — Black & White price page32Krookodile#65 · Rare Holo$2.62FightingScrafty 69 — Black & White price page33Scrafty#69 · Rare$3.13DarknessZorua 70 — Black & White price page34Zorua#70 · Common$6.36DarknessZoroark 71 — Black & White price page35Zoroark#71 · Rare Holo$9.49DarknessKlinklang 76 — Black & White price page36Klinklang#76 · Rare Holo$2.87MetalLillipup 80 — Black & White price page37Lillipup#80 · Common$3.40ColorlessAudino 87 — Black & White price page38Audino#87 · Uncommon$2.27ColorlessCinccino 89 — Black & White price page39Cinccino#89 · Rare$5.25ColorlessGrass Energy 105 — Black & White price page40Grass Energy#105 · Common$3.67Fire Energy 106 — Black & White price page41Fire Energy#106 · Common$3.57Water Energy 107 — Black & White price page42Water Energy#107 · Common$7.64Lightning Energy 108 — Black & White price page43Lightning Energy#108 · Common$4.48Psychic Energy 109 — Black & White price page44Psychic Energy#109 · Common$2.64Fighting Energy 110 — Black & White price page45Fighting Energy#110 · Common$2.71Darkness Energy 111 — Black & White price page46Darkness Energy#111 · Common$4.31Metal Energy 112 — Black & White price page47Metal Energy#112 · Common$4.55Reshiram 113 — Black & White price page48Reshiram#113 · Rare Ultra$99.05FireZekrom 114 — Black & White price page49Zekrom#114 · Rare Ultra$120.50LightningPikachu 115 — Black & White price page50Pikachu#115 · Rare Secret$139.44Lightning
Back to summary

Which Black & White cards share a name across several printings?

16 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.

Zekrom2 printings · 1 set

Zekrom [114]Rare Ultra · Black & WhiteMarket $120.50Zekrom [47]Rare Holo · Black & WhiteMarket $7.68

Reshiram2 printings · 1 set

Reshiram [113]Rare Ultra · Black & WhiteMarket $99.05Reshiram [26]Rare Holo · Black & WhiteMarket $7.36

Joltik2 printings · 1 set

Joltik [44]Common · Black & WhiteMarket $7.16Joltik [45]Common · Black & WhiteMarket $2.33

Serperior2 printings · 1 set

Serperior [5]Rare Holo · Black & WhiteMarket $6.05Serperior [6]Rare Holo · Black & WhiteMarket $4.83

Oshawott2 printings · 1 set

Oshawott [28]Common · Black & WhiteMarket $4.91Oshawott [27]Common · Black & WhiteMarket $4.53

Emboar2 printings · 1 set

Emboar [20]Rare Holo · Black & WhiteMarket $4.58Emboar [19]Rare Holo · Black & WhiteMarket $3.16

Samurott2 printings · 1 set

Samurott [32]Rare Holo · Black & WhiteMarket $4.24Samurott [31]Rare Holo · Black & WhiteMarket $2.90

Pignite2 printings · 1 set

Pignite [18]Uncommon · Black & WhiteMarket $3.04Pignite [17]Uncommon · Black & WhiteMarket $3.02
Back to summary

Are Black & White Pokémon cards going up in value?

This is the middle price of the whole set on each reading day, so it answers the question for Black & White as a set rather than for one card.

What one Black & White card cost over the readings on file

Middle price of one card · 13 readings · latest $1.93
Sep 12, 2025Middle price of one card$1.39Aug 14, 2026Middle price of one card$1.93From start+38.8%From previous+0.5%
Hover a band to read that readingTap a band to read that reading
Every point is a reading taken on that date, joined without smoothing. Cards that carry no price are left out of every point rather than counted as zero.
Back to summary

How Black & White Pokémon card prices are spread

One number cannot describe a set whose cards run from pocket change to several hundred dollars. These points and the two ends below show the shape of it.

An average hides the shape of a set. These points say where the money actually sits among Black & White cards.

A typical Black & White card$1.93medianThat is 1.4% of the dearest single card at $139.44. "Black & White cards are expensive" is a story about one card.
The cheapest Black & White card$0.50Black & White #95That is 25.9% of the typical price, so this set has cards you can buy for pocket change.
One in four costs less than this$1.15lower quarterA quarter of the priced cards sit under $1.15.
One in ten costs more than this$5.73upper tenthThat is 3.0× the typical price. This bar is the longest one here, and the tiles above are measured against it.

The two ends of that spread are both Black & White cards. Put side by side, they show what you are actually paying for.

Dearest on filePikachuBlack & White #115One card carries the reputation of the whole set at $139.44.
279 times apartBoth were opened out of the same packs.
A quarter of the set costs under $1.15.
115 of the 115 cards carry a price at all.
Cheapest on fileFull HealBlack & White #95The same set, in print, for $0.50.
Back to summary

What Black & White Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

Black & White prints 6 rarities across its 115 cards, and the biggest of them is Common with 44 cards.
6rarities printed
Common44 · 38.3%Uncommon37 · 32.2%Rare19 · 16.5%Rare Holo12 · 10.4%Rare Ultra2 · 1.7%Rare Secret1 · 0.9%

The rarities printed in Black & White, counted across all 115 cards on file.

Every rarity in Black & White, most printed first
Common38.3%$1.93 typical44 cards
Uncommon32.2%$1.17 typical37 cards
Rare16.5%$2.04 typical19 cards
Rare Holo10.4%$4.41 typical12 cards
Rare Ultra1.7%2 cards
Rare Secret0.9%1 cards

Each bar is measured against the biggest rarity, Common with 44 cards, so the bars compare the rarities with one another. The percentage on each row is that rarity's share of all 115 cards.

The price on each row is the middle price inside that rarity, not the price of any single card.

Every rarity in Black & White, most printed first
GroupShareValue
Common38.3%44 cards
Uncommon32.2%37 cards
Rare16.5%19 cards
Rare Holo10.4%12 cards
Rare Ultra1.7%2 cards
Rare Secret0.9%1 cards
9energy types
Colorless15 · 13.0%Grass14 · 12.2%Fire13 · 11.3%Water13 · 11.3%Lightning10 · 8.7%Psychic10 · 8.7%The rest40 · 34.8%

The energy types printed in Black & White. 94 of the 115 cards carry a type; the rest are cards with no energy type printed on them.

Every energy type in Black & White, most printed first
Colorless13.0%$1.52 typical15 cards
Grass12.2%$2.97 typical14 cards
Fire11.3%$3.02 typical13 cards
Water11.3%$2.10 typical13 cards
Lightning8.7%$2.28 typical10 cards
Psychic8.7%$2.10 typical10 cards
Darkness7.0%$1.75 typical8 cards
Fighting7.0%$1.83 typical8 cards
Metal2.6%$1.44 typical3 cards

Bars are measured against the most printed type. Adding the rows gives 94 cards; the other 21 carry no energy type, which is why the rows do not add up to 115.

A wide spread of types means a set can supply the start of almost any deck. A set that leans on two or three types only helps those decks.

Every energy type in Black & White, most printed first
GroupShareValue
Colorless13.0%15 cards
Grass12.2%14 cards
Fire11.3%13 cards
Water11.3%13 cards
Lightning8.7%10 cards
Psychic8.7%10 cards
Darkness7.0%8 cards
Fighting7.0%8 cards
Metal2.6%3 cards
13rule box cards
Rule box cards13 · 11.3%The rest102 · 88.7%
Rule box
13cards
11.3% · gives up an extra prize
The rest
102cards
88.7% · one prize when knocked out
Basic Pokémon
59cards
playable straight from hand
Highest HP
150
the real reason to run one

A rule box card carries a printed rule that hands the opponent an extra prize card when it is knocked out. 13 of the 115 cards in Black & White carry one.

The count is read from the printed rule on the card face, so it covers ex, V, GX and every other rule box wording without needing a list of names.

What kinds of card Black & White prints
Item10.4%$0.72 typical12 cards
Supporter0.9%1 cards

Card kinds read from the card face. A card can carry more than one of these, so the rows are read one at a time against the 115 cards on file rather than as slices of one whole.

What kinds of card Black & White prints
GroupShareValue
Item10.4%12 cards
Supporter0.9%1 cards
Holo, reverse holo or plain — how Black & White cards were printed
Normal87.0%$1.67 typical100 cards
Holofoil13.0%$4.83 typical15 cards

The printing finish of each card, with the middle price inside each finish beside it.

Holo, reverse holo or plain — how Black & White cards were printed
GroupShareValue
Normal87.0%100 cards
Holofoil13.0%15 cards
How far up the evolution line Black & White cards sit
Basic51.3%$2.08 typical59 cards
Stage 127.0%$1.78 typical31 cards
Stage 210.4%$3.03 typical12 cards

Basic cards can be played straight from hand; Stage 1 and Stage 2 need the card below them on the board first.

How far up the evolution line Black & White cards sit
GroupShareValue
Basic51.3%59 cards
Stage 127.0%31 cards
Stage 210.4%12 cards
An evolution line printed inside Black & White3 steps · every one of them in this set
SnivyBasic · Black & White #2 · $4.65
ServineStage 1 · Black & White #4 · $2.87
SerperiorStage 2 · Black & White #5 · $6.05
Snivy → Servine → Serperior
  • Every card in this line was printed in Black & White itself, so the whole line can be put together out of the same set.
  • The card at the end of the line costs $6.05, against $4.65 for the one it starts from — a gap of 1.3×.
  • 23 of the 50 cards listed on this page name an earlier Pokémon they evolve from.
What Black & White cards are played on top of6 named earlier Pokémon · most cards first
2 cardsBlitzle1.7% of the set
2 cardsDewott1.7% of the set
2 cardsOshawott1.7% of the set
2 cardsPignite1.7% of the set
2 cardsServine1.7% of the set
2 cardsSnivy1.7% of the set
Who drew the Black & White cards
5ban Graphics16.5%$3.42 typical19 cards
Masakazu Fukuda15.7%$2.23 typical18 cards
Kouki Saitou13.0%$1.93 typical15 cards
Kagemaru Himeno11.3%$1.52 typical13 cards
Naoki Saito5.2%$2.06 typical6 cards
Naoyo Kimura4.3%$1.33 typical5 cards
Atsuko Nishida3.5%$1.25 typical4 cards
match3.5%$1.14 typical4 cards

The 8 illustrators with the most cards in this set, out of 10 credited in total.

Who drew the Black & White cards
GroupShareValue
5ban Graphics16.5%19 cards
Masakazu Fukuda15.7%18 cards
Kouki Saitou13.0%15 cards
Kagemaru Himeno11.3%13 cards
Naoki Saito5.2%6 cards
Naoyo Kimura4.3%5 cards
Atsuko Nishida3.5%4 cards
match3.5%4 cards
Black & White Pokémon cards by rarity
RarityCardsShare of the setTypical price
Common44 38.3%$1.93
Uncommon37 32.2%$1.17
Rare19 16.5%$2.04
Rare Holo12 10.4%$4.41
Rare Ultra2 1.7%—
Rare Secret1 0.9%—

Counted across all 115 Black & White cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row.

The most common rarity alone covers 38.3% of the set. The thicker that layer is, the less it costs to put a first deck together — the frame gets built out of cards that fall out of packs, and the scarce ones are kept for the slots that decide a game.

Black & White prints 6 rarities, and the top three fill 87.0% of the set between them. The other 3 split the remaining 15 cards, which is the usual shape: the scarcer the tier, the more tiers there are and the fewer cards sit in each.

By energy type the set leans on Colorless with 15 cards, and the thinnest type on file is Metal with 3. A gap of 12 cards between the widest and the narrowest type is what decides whether this set can start a deck of any colour or only feeds two of them.

Back to summary

How much HP and damage Black & White Pokémon cards print

An average hides the shape of a group: it reads the same whether every Black & White card prints the same number or they run from one end of the scale to the other. These five points show which of the two is happening.
Black & White Pokémon cards — how far apart the numbers on the cards sit
MeasureLowestLower quarterTypicalUpper quarterHighestCards counted
HP3060809015094
Biggest attack1020306015093

Trainer and energy cards carry no HP or attack, so they are left out of these counts rather than entered as zero. "Biggest attack" is the largest printed damage number on the card, before any condition the attack text adds.

The five points that describe Black & White card HP
Lowest20.0% of the highest30 HP
Lower quarter40.0% of the highest60 HP
Typical53.3% of the highest80 HP
Upper quarter60.0% of the highest90 HP
Highest100.0% of the highest150 HP

HP printed on the 94 Black & White cards that carry one. The typical card is 80 HP. Bar length is that HP against the highest in the group.

Half of these cards sit between 60 and 90 HP. The distance between the two ends is what a single average would have hidden.

The five points that describe Black & White card HP
GroupShareValue
Lowest20.0% of the highest30 HP
Lower quarter40.0% of the highest60 HP
Typical53.3% of the highest80 HP
Upper quarter60.0% of the highest90 HP
Highest100.0% of the highest150 HP
The five points that describe the biggest attack on a Black & White card
Lowest6.7% of the highest10 damage
Lower quarter13.3% of the highest20 damage
Typical20.0% of the highest30 damage
Upper quarter40.0% of the highest60 damage
Highest100.0% of the highest150 damage

The largest printed damage number on each of the 93 Black & White cards that print one. The typical card hits for 30. Bar length is that number against the hardest hitter in the group.

Half of these cards hit between 20 and 60. Attack text that adds a condition is not counted here — only the printed number.

The five points that describe the biggest attack on a Black & White card
GroupShareValue
Lowest6.7% of the highest10 damage
Lower quarter13.3% of the highest20 damage
Typical20.0% of the highest30 damage
Upper quarter40.0% of the highest60 damage
Highest100.0% of the highest150 damage
Back to summary

What are Black & White Pokémon cards weak to?

Weakness is the one printed number that doubles incoming damage, so it decides more matches than HP does. Across the 94 Black & White cards that print one, the most common is Fighting on 28 of them.

What Black & White Pokémon cards are weak to

What Black & White Pokémon cards are weak to — 94 cards counted.
Share across 5 items. The largest is Fighting at 30%.30%Fighting
  • Fighting30%
  • Lightning21%
  • Fire18%
  • Water17%
  • Psychic14%

An attack of this type does double damage to the card. Counted across the 94 Black & White cards that print a weakness.

Back to summary

Which Black & White Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 35 of the 115 Black & White cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.

What Black & White Pokémon cards resist

What Black & White Pokémon cards resist — 35 cards counted.
Share across 4 items. The largest is Water at 40%.40%Water
  • Water40%
  • Fighting26%
  • Psychic26%
  • Lightning9%

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

Back to summary

How do Black & White Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 102 Black & White cards that print a stage.

How Black & White Pokémon cards evolve

How Black & White Pokémon cards evolve — 102 cards counted.
Share across 3 items. The largest is Basic at 58%.58%Basic
  • Basic58%
  • Stage 130%
  • Stage 212%

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

Back to summary

Can you still play Black & White Pokémon cards, and what do they cost to retreat?

Retreat cost is the energy discarded to move a Pokémon back to the bench, and 10 of the 115 Black & White cards cost three or more.
What it costs to retreat a Black & White card
Retreat cost 00.9%discards nothing1 cards
Retreat cost 147.8%55 cards
Retreat cost 224.3%28 cards
Retreat cost 37.0%8 cards
Retreat cost 41.7%2 cards

Retreat cost is the number of energy cards discarded to move a Pokémon back to the bench. Counted across the 94 Black & White cards that print one.

What it costs to retreat a Black & White card
GroupShareValue
Retreat cost 00.9%1 cards
Retreat cost 147.8%55 cards
Retreat cost 224.3%28 cards
Retreat cost 37.0%8 cards
Retreat cost 41.7%2 cards
8.7%effectively stuck
Retreat cost 01 · 0.9%Retreat cost 155 · 47.8%Retreat cost 228 · 24.3%Retreat cost 38 · 7.0%Retreat cost 42 · 1.7%The rest21 · 18.3%

10 of the 115 cards on file cost three energy or more to retreat, which is where a Pokémon starts to be stuck in the active spot.

Cards that print no retreat cost at all are not Pokémon, so they never retreat and are counted in "the rest".

Can you still play Black & White Pokémon cards in a tournament?
QuestionCardsShare of the group
Legal in Standard today1412.2%
Legal in Expanded today115100.0%
Cards with an Ability54.3%
Cards with a special rule1311.3%

Standard and Expanded are the two tournament formats. A card leaves Standard when its set rotates out, so this share moves each year while the card itself does not change.

How much of the group each answer covers, out of 115 cards
Legal in Standard today12.2%14 cards
Legal in Expanded today100.0%115 cards
Cards with an Ability4.3%5 cards
Cards with a special rule11.3%13 cards

Each track is the whole of the 115 Black & White cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share the answer does not cover.

These rows are not slices of one whole — a card can be legal in Standard and carry an Ability at the same time, so each bar is read on its own.

How much of the group each answer covers, out of 115 cards
GroupShareValue
Legal in Standard today12.2%14 cards
Legal in Expanded today100.0%115 cards
Cards with an Ability4.3%5 cards
Cards with a special rule11.3%13 cards

A card that costs three energy or more to retreat is stuck in practice: paying it empties the board of the energy that was meant to attack. 10 of the 115 cards here sit at that level, which is the argument for packing switch cards alongside them.

At the other end, 1 cards retreat for free. Those are the ones that open a game, because moving them out costs nothing that was going to be spent on an attack.

The rows above add up to 94 cards. The remaining 21 print no retreat cost at all — they never stand in the active spot, so they never retreat.

Back to summary

Which Black & White Pokémon cards moved most this year

The set line is made of single cards, and they do not all move together. These are the two ends of that spread over the last twelve months.

Biggest risers over 12 months

Biggest fallers over 12 months

Counted on the 68 cards that carried a price on both the first and the last reading, so a card that only appeared recently is not in here.

Back to summary

The cheapest Black & White Pokémon cards you can buy

The opposite end of the list above — the 6 Black & White cards with the lowest price on file.
Full HealUncommon · Black & WhiteMarket $0.50DeerlingCommon · Black & WhiteMarket $0.53SwitchCommon · Black & WhiteMarket $0.53PansageCommon · Black & WhiteMarket $0.55PansearCommon · Black & WhiteMarket $0.58SimisearUncommon · Black & WhiteMarket $0.58

Read on the same day as every other figure on this page. A cheap card is not a broken card — most of a set sits down here, which is what makes a set collectable at all.

Back to summary

How Black & White compares with the other sets

Where Black & White sits among the 145 sets on file, measured by what an ordinary card in each one costs.

"Which set is the most expensive" has more than one answer depending on what you measure, so this ladder keeps to one: what an ordinary card in each set costs.

Ranked by what an ordinary card costs, Black & White is number 78 of 145 sets, with 67 of them cheaper.

Ranked by what an ordinary card costs, Black & White is number 78

Every bar is measured against No. 1 Legendary Collection at $80.30
  • Legendary CollectionNo. 1 by price · 110 cardsbaseline$80.30
  • Nintendo Black Star PromosNo. 2 by price · 40 cards$57.33
  • Team Rocket ReturnsNo. 3 by price · 111 cards$54.85
  • Black & WhiteNo. 78 by price · 115 cardsYou are here$1.93
  • Next DestiniesNo. 79 by price · 103 cards$1.68
  • McDonald's Collection 2021No. 80 by price · 25 cards$1.68

These are the sets that sit next to Black & White on that ladder.

Legendary Collection — 110 cards110 with a pricetypical $80.30Nintendo Black Star Promos — 40 cards26 with a pricetypical $57.33Team Rocket Returns — 111 cards92 with a pricetypical $54.85Next Destinies — 103 cards103 with a pricetypical $1.68McDonald's Collection 2021 — 25 cards25 with a pricetypical $1.68
Back to summary

The three dearest Black & White cards, side by side

The cards that carry this set's reputation, with the plain facts of the set beside them.
The 3 dearest Black & White cards on file — hover to draw one out
Middle · Zekrom Black & White #114Most drawn by 5ban Graphics
Black & White cards
115on file
115 of them carry a price
Rarities printed
6
Most often Common
Illustrators
10
Most often 5ban Graphics
Typical card
$1.93median
One in ten costs over $5.73
Typical HP80Typical attack30Weak toFightingMost printed typeColorless

Black & White Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Black & White Pokémon cards are there?

There are 115 Black & White cards in this archive, and 115 of them carry a price. A set is the expansion a card was printed in, and every card in the card files this site reads names exactly one. Sorting by set puts each release back together the way it was sold, so a card can be read next to the cards it shared a pack with.

How much is a Black & White Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $1.93. Across the 115 priced cards the range runs from $0.50 to $139.44, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Black & White Pokémon card?

Pikachu 115 from Black & White, at $139.44. It is 72× the typical price of the group.

Are Black & White Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 78 of 145 sets, with 67 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 115 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 Black & White Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 115 of the 115 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 Black & White 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 65 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

How often are Black & White 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 Black & White Pokémon cards going up in value?

Over the last 11 months the typical Black & White card rose from $1.39 to $1.93, a change of +38.8%. 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 Black & White Pokémon card cost?

One in four Black & White cards costs $1.15 or less and the cheapest on file is $0.50. Three in four cost $3.41 or less, so the cards past that point are the exception rather than the rule for this group.

Which Black & White Pokémon cards are worth the most?

Sorted by rarity, Rare Holo is the dearest kind of Black & White card: 12 of them are on file and the middle one costs $4.41. The table on this page lists every rarity in the group beside its own typical price.

What is the highest HP on a Black & White Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Black & White cards is 150, and the lowest is 30. The typical one is 80 HP, with half of them between 60 and 90 — figures counted from the 94 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Black & White Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

14 of the 115 Black & White cards are legal in Standard today and 115 in Expanded — 12.2% 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 Black & White Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Fighting — 28 of the 94 Black & White cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Lightning next at 20 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Which Black & White Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Ducklett 36 from Black & White, which went from $1.31 to $6.46 — a change of +393.1% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 68 Black & White cards that carried a price on both days.

How these Black & White figures are collected, and where you can check them

Every figure on this page is counted from the 115 Black & White cards this site holds on file — 115 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 Black & White 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