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

There are 111 Dark Explorers cards on file, 111 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $2.99.

Set · 111 cards · 111 with a price · $0.43 to $789.99 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Dark Explorers Pokémon card worth?

The typical Dark Explorers card costs $2.99. Across the 111 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.43 and the dearest is $789.99 — Darkrai-EX 107, at $789.99. 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 setsRarityPrint variantPokédex numberRegulation markEnergy typeArtistEvolution stageCard mechanicAttack costAttack damageRetreat cost

Dark Explorers 111 cardsSet

Dark Explorers price summary

111 with a price · $0.43 to $789.99 · No. 70 of 145 sets by typical price · +98.0% in 11 months · 95 HP on average · weak to Fighting

Typical price, last 11 months$2.99+98.0% from $1.51
Card price ladder$789.99$3.49 to $789.99
Place among setsNo. 70CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $2.99 · No. 70 of 145
75 sets cost less than this one
Cards on file111111 carry a priceMost expensive card$789.99Darkrai-EX 107Cheapest on record$0.43across all 111 priced cardsPrice rose+98.0%over the last 11 monthsPlace by priceNo. 70of 145 sets

What stands out about Dark Explorers cards

  • Scale 111 cards carry this set — 0.5% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
  • Price Half of the priced cards cost under $2.99, but the dearest reaches $789.99 — a gap of 264×.
  • Place By typical price this is No. 70 of 145 sets; 75 of them cost less.
  • Record 111 of the 111 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 111

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 20,033111 cardsonly Dark Explorers remain · 0.6% of 20,033
  • The 111 cards on this page111 cards0.5% 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.

Dark Explorers Pokémon cards at a glance

  • What this group is. 111 cards share the set bw5. 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 $2.99. Across the 111 priced cards the range runs $0.43 to $789.99.
  • Where it stands. No. 70 of 145 sets by typical price, with 75 of them cheaper.
  • What the cards are like. They average 95 HP and 46 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fighting.
  • What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 111 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 111 cards on file, 111 of them with a price

Every Dark Explorers card with a price on file

The 50 dearest Dark Explorers cards, each one opening its own price page.
1Darkrai-EX 107 — Dark ExplorersMarket $789.99Darkrai-EX [107]2Gardevoir 109 — Dark ExplorersMarket $693.66Gardevoir [109]3Groudon-EX 106 — Dark ExplorersMarket $427.46Groudon-EX [106]4Raikou-EX 105 — Dark ExplorersMarket $320.40Raikou-EX [105]5Entei-EX 103 — Dark ExplorersMarket $320.00Entei-EX [103]6Kyogre-EX 104 — Dark ExplorersMarket $318.96Kyogre-EX [104]7Archeops 110 — Dark ExplorersMarket $125.74Archeops [110]8Pokémon Catcher 111 — Dark ExplorersMarket $115.00Pokémon Catcher [111]9Kyogre-EX 26 — Dark ExplorersMarket $111.35Kyogre-EX [26]10Umbreon 61 — Dark ExplorersMarket $99.99Umbreon [61]11Tornadus-EX 108 — Dark ExplorersMarket $99.99Tornadus-EX [108]12Umbreon 60 — Dark ExplorersMarket $91.63Umbreon [60]13Groudon-EX 54 — Dark ExplorersMarket $81.73Groudon-EX [54]14Raikou-EX 38 — Dark ExplorersMarket $56.52Raikou-EX [38]15Entei-EX 13 — Dark ExplorersMarket $49.24Entei-EX [13]16Venusaur 3 — Dark ExplorersMarket $39.56Venusaur [3]17Scyther 4 — Dark ExplorersMarket $33.99Scyther [4]18Jolteon 37 — Dark ExplorersMarket $26.29Jolteon [37]19Minun 40 — Dark ExplorersMarket $25.24Minun [40]20Bulbasaur 1 — Dark ExplorersMarket $25.19Bulbasaur [1]21Blaziken 17 — Dark ExplorersMarket $21.79Blaziken [17]22Ivysaur 2 — Dark ExplorersMarket $20.74Ivysaur [2]23Darkrai-EX 63 — Dark ExplorersMarket $19.87Darkrai-EX [63]24Sableye 62 — Dark ExplorersMarket $19.32Sableye [62]25Flareon 12 — Dark ExplorersMarket $18.77Flareon [12]26Tornadus-EX 90 — Dark ExplorersMarket $18.75Tornadus-EX [90]27Zorua 70 — Dark ExplorersMarket $12.64Zorua [70]28Leafeon 6 — Dark ExplorersMarket $12.48Leafeon [6]29Ultra Ball 102 — Dark ExplorersMarket $11.94Ultra Ball [102]30Plusle 39 — Dark ExplorersMarket $11.60Plusle [39]31Empoleon 29 — Dark ExplorersMarket $9.92Empoleon [29]32Espeon 48 — Dark ExplorersMarket $9.71Espeon [48]33Slowpoke 23 — Dark ExplorersMarket $9.30Slowpoke [23]34Dark Claw 92 — Dark ExplorersMarket $8.28Dark Claw [92]35Glaceon 30 — Dark ExplorersMarket $7.93Glaceon [30]36Vaporeon 25 — Dark ExplorersMarket $7.53Vaporeon [25]37Haxorus 89 — Dark ExplorersMarket $7.53Haxorus [89]38Zoroark 71 — Dark ExplorersMarket $7.43Zoroark [71]39Eevee 83 — Dark ExplorersMarket $7.05Eevee [83]40Torchic 14 — Dark ExplorersMarket $6.98Torchic [14]41Torchic 15 — Dark ExplorersMarket $6.28Torchic [15]42Bisharp 79 — Dark ExplorersMarket $5.67Bisharp [79]43Prinplup 28 — Dark ExplorersMarket $5.55Prinplup [28]44Dark Patch 93 — Dark ExplorersMarket $5.15Dark Patch [93]45Chansey 80 — Dark ExplorersMarket $4.87Chansey [80]46Joltik 41 — Dark ExplorersMarket $4.62Joltik [41]47Slowking 49 — Dark ExplorersMarket $4.38Slowking [49]48Stoutland 88 — Dark ExplorersMarket $3.63Stoutland [88]49Rare Candy 100 — Dark ExplorersMarket $3.50Rare Candy [100]50Aerodactyl 53 — Dark ExplorersMarket $3.49Aerodactyl [53]

The 50 most expensive Dark Explorers cards on file, dearest first. The badge on each card is its market price.

0 of the 111 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
Bulbasaur 1 — Dark Explorers price page1Bulbasaur#1 · Common$25.19GrassIvysaur 2 — Dark Explorers price page2Ivysaur#2 · Uncommon$20.74GrassVenusaur 3 — Dark Explorers price page3Venusaur#3 · Rare Holo$39.56GrassScyther 4 — Dark Explorers price page4Scyther#4 · Uncommon$33.99GrassLeafeon 6 — Dark Explorers price page5Leafeon#6 · Rare$12.48GrassFlareon 12 — Dark Explorers price page6Flareon#12 · Uncommon$18.77FireEntei-EX 13 — Dark Explorers price page7Entei-EX#13 · Rare Holo EX$49.24FireTorchic 14 — Dark Explorers price page8Torchic#14 · Common$6.98FireTorchic 15 — Dark Explorers price page9Torchic#15 · Common$6.28FireBlaziken 17 — Dark Explorers price page10Blaziken#17 · Rare Holo$21.79Fire
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Slowpoke 23 — Dark Explorers price page11Slowpoke#23 · Common$9.30WaterVaporeon 25 — Dark Explorers price page12Vaporeon#25 · Uncommon$7.53WaterKyogre-EX 26 — Dark Explorers price page13Kyogre-EX#26 · Rare Holo EX$111.35WaterPrinplup 28 — Dark Explorers price page14Prinplup#28 · Uncommon$5.55WaterEmpoleon 29 — Dark Explorers price page15Empoleon#29 · Rare Holo$9.92WaterGlaceon 30 — Dark Explorers price page16Glaceon#30 · Rare$7.93WaterJolteon 37 — Dark Explorers price page17Jolteon#37 · Uncommon$26.29LightningRaikou-EX 38 — Dark Explorers price page18Raikou-EX#38 · Rare Holo EX$56.52LightningPlusle 39 — Dark Explorers price page19Plusle#39 · Common$11.60LightningMinun 40 — Dark Explorers price page20Minun#40 · Common$25.24LightningJoltik 41 — Dark Explorers price page21Joltik#41 · Common$4.62LightningEspeon 48 — Dark Explorers price page22Espeon#48 · Rare$9.71PsychicSlowking 49 — Dark Explorers price page23Slowking#49 · Rare$4.38PsychicAerodactyl 53 — Dark Explorers price page24Aerodactyl#53 · Rare$3.49FightingGroudon-EX 54 — Dark Explorers price page25Groudon-EX#54 · Rare Holo EX$81.73FightingUmbreon 60 — Dark Explorers price page26Umbreon#60 · Uncommon$91.63DarknessUmbreon 61 — Dark Explorers price page27Umbreon#61 · Uncommon$99.99DarknessSableye 62 — Dark Explorers price page28Sableye#62 · Uncommon$19.32DarknessDarkrai-EX 63 — Dark Explorers price page29Darkrai-EX#63 · Rare Holo EX$19.87DarknessZorua 70 — Dark Explorers price page30Zorua#70 · Common$12.64DarknessZoroark 71 — Dark Explorers price page31Zoroark#71 · Rare$7.43DarknessBisharp 79 — Dark Explorers price page32Bisharp#79 · Rare$5.67MetalChansey 80 — Dark Explorers price page33Chansey#80 · Common$4.87ColorlessEevee 83 — Dark Explorers price page34Eevee#83 · Common$7.05ColorlessStoutland 88 — Dark Explorers price page35Stoutland#88 · Rare$3.63ColorlessHaxorus 89 — Dark Explorers price page36Haxorus#89 · Rare Holo$7.53ColorlessTornadus-EX 90 — Dark Explorers price page37Tornadus-EX#90 · Rare Holo EX$18.75ColorlessDark Claw 92 — Dark Explorers price page38Dark Claw#92 · Uncommon$8.28Dark Patch 93 — Dark Explorers price page39Dark Patch#93 · Uncommon$5.15Rare Candy 100 — Dark Explorers price page40Rare Candy#100 · Uncommon$3.50Ultra Ball 102 — Dark Explorers price page41Ultra Ball#102 · Uncommon$11.94Entei-EX 103 — Dark Explorers price page42Entei-EX#103 · Rare Ultra$320.00FireKyogre-EX 104 — Dark Explorers price page43Kyogre-EX#104 · Rare Ultra$318.96WaterRaikou-EX 105 — Dark Explorers price page44Raikou-EX#105 · Rare Ultra$320.40LightningGroudon-EX 106 — Dark Explorers price page45Groudon-EX#106 · Rare Ultra$427.46FightingDarkrai-EX 107 — Dark Explorers price page46Darkrai-EX#107 · Rare Ultra$789.99DarknessTornadus-EX 108 — Dark Explorers price page47Tornadus-EX#108 · Rare Ultra$99.99ColorlessGardevoir 109 — Dark Explorers price page48Gardevoir#109 · Rare Secret$693.66PsychicArcheops 110 — Dark Explorers price page49Archeops#110 · Rare Secret$125.74FightingPokémon Catcher 111 — Dark Explorers price page50Pokémon Catcher#111 · Rare Secret$115.00
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Which Dark Explorers 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.

Darkrai-EX2 printings · 1 set

Darkrai-EX [107]Rare Ultra · Dark ExplorersMarket $789.99Darkrai-EX [63]Rare Holo EX · Dark ExplorersMarket $19.87

Groudon-EX2 printings · 1 set

Groudon-EX [106]Rare Ultra · Dark ExplorersMarket $427.46Groudon-EX [54]Rare Holo EX · Dark ExplorersMarket $81.73

Raikou-EX2 printings · 1 set

Raikou-EX [105]Rare Ultra · Dark ExplorersMarket $320.40Raikou-EX [38]Rare Holo EX · Dark ExplorersMarket $56.52

Entei-EX2 printings · 1 set

Entei-EX [103]Rare Ultra · Dark ExplorersMarket $320.00Entei-EX [13]Rare Holo EX · Dark ExplorersMarket $49.24

Kyogre-EX2 printings · 1 set

Kyogre-EX [104]Rare Ultra · Dark ExplorersMarket $318.96Kyogre-EX [26]Rare Holo EX · Dark ExplorersMarket $111.35

Umbreon2 printings · 1 set

Umbreon [61]Uncommon · Dark ExplorersMarket $99.99Umbreon [60]Uncommon · Dark ExplorersMarket $91.63

Tornadus-EX2 printings · 1 set

Tornadus-EX [108]Rare Ultra · Dark ExplorersMarket $99.99Tornadus-EX [90]Rare Holo EX · Dark ExplorersMarket $18.75

Torchic2 printings · 1 set

Torchic [14]Common · Dark ExplorersMarket $6.98Torchic [15]Common · Dark ExplorersMarket $6.28
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Are Dark Explorers 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 Dark Explorers as a set rather than for one card.

What one Dark Explorers card cost over the readings on file

Middle price of one card · 13 readings · latest $2.99
Sep 12, 2025Middle price of one card$1.51Aug 14, 2026Middle price of one card$2.99From start+98.0%From previous+18.2%
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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.
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How Dark Explorers 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 Dark Explorers cards.

A typical Dark Explorers card$2.99medianThat is 0.4% of the dearest single card at $789.99. "Dark Explorers cards are expensive" is a story about one card.
The cheapest Dark Explorers card$0.43Dark Explorers #10That is 14.4% of the typical price, so this set has cards you can buy for pocket change.
One in four costs less than this$1.34lower quarterA quarter of the priced cards sit under $1.34.
One in ten costs more than this$91.63upper tenthThat is 30.6× 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 Dark Explorers cards. Put side by side, they show what you are actually paying for.

Dearest on fileDarkrai-EXDark Explorers #107One card carries the reputation of the whole set at $789.99.
1,837 times apartBoth were opened out of the same packs.
A quarter of the set costs under $1.34.
111 of the 111 cards carry a price at all.
Cheapest on fileShelmetDark Explorers #10The same set, in print, for $0.43.
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What Dark Explorers Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

Dark Explorers prints 7 rarities across its 111 cards, and the biggest of them is Uncommon with 35 cards.
7rarities printed
Uncommon35 · 31.5%Common33 · 29.7%Rare19 · 17.1%Rare Holo9 · 8.1%Rare Holo EX6 · 5.4%Rare Ultra6 · 5.4%The rest3 · 2.7%

The rarities printed in Dark Explorers, counted across all 111 cards on file.

Every rarity in Dark Explorers, most printed first
Uncommon31.5%$2.19 typical35 cards
Common29.7%$1.49 typical33 cards
Rare17.1%$2.53 typical19 cards
Rare Holo8.1%$2.48 typical9 cards
Rare Holo EX5.4%$52.88 typical6 cards
Rare Ultra5.4%$320.20 typical6 cards
Rare Secret2.7%$125.74 typical3 cards

Each bar is measured against the biggest rarity, Uncommon with 35 cards, so the bars compare the rarities with one another. The percentage on each row is that rarity's share of all 111 cards.

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

Every rarity in Dark Explorers, most printed first
GroupShareValue
Uncommon31.5%35 cards
Common29.7%33 cards
Rare17.1%19 cards
Rare Holo8.1%9 cards
Rare Holo EX5.4%6 cards
Rare Ultra5.4%6 cards
Rare Secret2.7%3 cards
9energy types
Darkness15 · 13.5%Water15 · 13.5%Colorless12 · 10.8%Fire12 · 10.8%Lightning12 · 10.8%Grass11 · 9.9%The rest34 · 30.6%

The energy types printed in Dark Explorers. 98 of the 111 cards carry a type; the rest are cards with no energy type printed on them.

Every energy type in Dark Explorers, most printed first
Darkness13.5%$3.19 typical15 cards
Water13.5%$2.24 typical15 cards
Colorless10.8%$3.44 typical12 cards
Fire10.8%$4.64 typical12 cards
Lightning10.8%$3.96 typical12 cards
Grass9.9%$2.53 typical11 cards
Fighting8.1%$3.11 typical9 cards
Metal5.4%$1.07 typical6 cards
Psychic5.4%$3.43 typical6 cards

Bars are measured against the most printed type. Adding the rows gives 98 cards; the other 13 carry no energy type, which is why the rows do not add up to 111.

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 Dark Explorers, most printed first
GroupShareValue
Darkness13.5%15 cards
Water13.5%15 cards
Colorless10.8%12 cards
Fire10.8%12 cards
Lightning10.8%12 cards
Grass9.9%11 cards
Fighting8.1%9 cards
Metal5.4%6 cards
Psychic5.4%6 cards
26rule box cards
Rule box cards26 · 23.4%The rest85 · 76.6%
Rule box
26cards
23.4% · gives up an extra prize
The rest
85cards
76.6% · one prize when knocked out
Basic Pokémon
53cards
playable straight from hand
Highest HP
180
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. 26 of the 111 cards in Dark Explorers 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 Dark Explorers prints
EX10.8%$105.67 typical12 cards
Item6.3%$3.50 typical7 cards
Supporter3.6%$1.26 typical4 cards
Pokémon Tool0.9%1 cards
Stadium0.9%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 111 cards on file rather than as slices of one whole.

What kinds of card Dark Explorers prints
GroupShareValue
EX10.8%12 cards
Item6.3%7 cards
Supporter3.6%4 cards
Pokémon Tool0.9%1 cards
Stadium0.9%1 cards
Holo, reverse holo or plain — how Dark Explorers cards were printed
Normal78.4%$2.24 typical87 cards
Holofoil21.6%$52.88 typical24 cards

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

Holo, reverse holo or plain — how Dark Explorers cards were printed
GroupShareValue
Normal78.4%87 cards
Holofoil21.6%24 cards
How far up the evolution line Dark Explorers cards sit
Basic47.7%$3.19 typical53 cards
Stage 131.5%$2.52 typical35 cards
Stage 28.1%$7.53 typical9 cards
Restored0.9%1 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 Dark Explorers cards sit
GroupShareValue
Basic47.7%53 cards
Stage 131.5%35 cards
Stage 28.1%9 cards
Restored0.9%1 cards
An evolution line printed inside Dark Explorers3 steps · every one of them in this set
BulbasaurBasic · Dark Explorers #1 · $25.19
IvysaurStage 1 · Dark Explorers #2 · $20.74
VenusaurStage 2 · Dark Explorers #3 · $39.56
Bulbasaur → Ivysaur → Venusaur
  • Every card in this line was printed in Dark Explorers itself, so the whole line can be put together out of the same set.
  • The card at the end of the line costs $39.56, against $25.19 for the one it starts from — a gap of 1.6×.
  • 21 of the 50 cards listed on this page name an earlier Pokémon they evolve from.
What Dark Explorers cards are played on top of6 named earlier Pokémon · most cards first
8 cardsEevee7.2% of the set
2 cardsDrilbur1.8% of the set
2 cardsPawniard1.8% of the set
2 cardsSlowpoke1.8% of the set
ArchenNo image1 cardArchen0.9% of the set
1 cardBulbasaur0.9% of the set
Who drew the Dark Explorers cards
5ban Graphics13.5%$115.00 typical15 cards
Kouki Saitou9.0%$1.86 typical10 cards
Masakazu Fukuda7.2%$1.42 typical8 cards
Ryo Ueda6.3%$1.86 typical7 cards
Akira Komayama5.4%$4.51 typical6 cards
Kagemaru Himeno5.4%$1.15 typical6 cards
Naoki Saito5.4%$10.76 typical6 cards
Shizurow5.4%$52.88 typical6 cards

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

Who drew the Dark Explorers cards
GroupShareValue
5ban Graphics13.5%15 cards
Kouki Saitou9.0%10 cards
Masakazu Fukuda7.2%8 cards
Ryo Ueda6.3%7 cards
Akira Komayama5.4%6 cards
Kagemaru Himeno5.4%6 cards
Naoki Saito5.4%6 cards
Shizurow5.4%6 cards
Dark Explorers Pokémon cards by rarity
RarityCardsShare of the setTypical price
Uncommon35 31.5%$2.19
Common33 29.7%$1.49
Rare19 17.1%$2.53
Rare Holo9 8.1%$2.48
Rare Holo EX6 5.4%$52.88
Rare Ultra6 5.4%$320.20
Rare Secret3 2.7%$125.74

Counted across all 111 Dark Explorers cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row.

The most common rarity alone covers 31.5% 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.

Dark Explorers prints 7 rarities, and the top three fill 78.4% of the set between them. The other 4 split the remaining 24 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 Darkness with 15 cards, and the thinnest type on file is Psychic with 6. A gap of 9 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.

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How much HP and damage Dark Explorers Pokémon cards print

An average hides the shape of a group: it reads the same whether every Dark Explorers 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.
Dark Explorers Pokémon cards — how far apart the numbers on the cards sit
MeasureLowestLower quarterTypicalUpper quarterHighestCards counted
HP30609011018098
Biggest attack1020406013096

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 Dark Explorers card HP
Lowest16.7% of the highest30 HP
Lower quarter33.3% of the highest60 HP
Typical50.0% of the highest90 HP
Upper quarter61.1% of the highest110 HP
Highest100.0% of the highest180 HP

HP printed on the 98 Dark Explorers cards that carry one. The typical card is 90 HP. Bar length is that HP against the highest in the group.

Half of these cards sit between 60 and 110 HP. The distance between the two ends is what a single average would have hidden.

The five points that describe Dark Explorers card HP
GroupShareValue
Lowest16.7% of the highest30 HP
Lower quarter33.3% of the highest60 HP
Typical50.0% of the highest90 HP
Upper quarter61.1% of the highest110 HP
Highest100.0% of the highest180 HP
The five points that describe the biggest attack on a Dark Explorers card
Lowest7.7% of the highest10 damage
Lower quarter15.4% of the highest20 damage
Typical30.8% of the highest40 damage
Upper quarter46.2% of the highest60 damage
Highest100.0% of the highest130 damage

The largest printed damage number on each of the 96 Dark Explorers cards that print one. The typical card hits for 40. 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 Dark Explorers card
GroupShareValue
Lowest7.7% of the highest10 damage
Lower quarter15.4% of the highest20 damage
Typical30.8% of the highest40 damage
Upper quarter46.2% of the highest60 damage
Highest100.0% of the highest130 damage
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What are Dark Explorers Pokémon cards weak to?

Weakness is the one printed number that doubles incoming damage, so it decides more matches than HP does. Across the 96 Dark Explorers cards that print one, the most common is Fighting on 33 of them.
What Dark Explorers Pokémon cards are weak to
Fighting34.4%33 cards
Fire17.7%17 cards
Water17.7%17 cards
Lightning15.6%15 cards
Psychic5.2%5 cards
Grass4.2%4 cards
Metal3.1%3 cards
Darkness2.1%2 cards

What Dark Explorers Pokémon cards are weak to — 96 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 96 Dark Explorers cards that print a weakness.

What Dark Explorers Pokémon cards are weak to
GroupShareValue
Fighting34.4%33 cards
Fire17.7%17 cards
Water17.7%17 cards
Lightning15.6%15 cards
Psychic5.2%5 cards
Grass4.2%4 cards
Metal3.1%3 cards
Darkness2.1%2 cards
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Which Dark Explorers Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 36 of the 111 Dark Explorers cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.

What Dark Explorers Pokémon cards resist

What Dark Explorers Pokémon cards resist — 36 cards counted.
Share across 4 items. The largest is Psychic at 53%.53%Psychic
  • Psychic53%
  • Fighting19%
  • Lightning14%
  • Water14%

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

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How do Dark Explorers Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 98 Dark Explorers cards that print a stage.

How Dark Explorers Pokémon cards evolve

How Dark Explorers Pokémon cards evolve — 98 cards counted.
Share across 4 items. The largest is Basic at 54%.54%Basic
  • Basic54%
  • Stage 136%
  • Stage 29%
  • Restored1%

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 Dark Explorers Pokémon cards, and what do they cost to retreat?

Retreat cost is the energy discarded to move a Pokémon back to the bench, and 27 of the 111 Dark Explorers cards cost three or more.
What it costs to retreat a Dark Explorers card
Retreat cost 01.8%discards nothing2 cards
Retreat cost 138.7%43 cards
Retreat cost 223.4%26 cards
Retreat cost 318.0%20 cards
Retreat cost 46.3%7 cards

Retreat cost is the number of energy cards discarded to move a Pokémon back to the bench. Counted across the 98 Dark Explorers cards that print one.

What it costs to retreat a Dark Explorers card
GroupShareValue
Retreat cost 01.8%2 cards
Retreat cost 138.7%43 cards
Retreat cost 223.4%26 cards
Retreat cost 318.0%20 cards
Retreat cost 46.3%7 cards
24.3%effectively stuck
Retreat cost 02 · 1.8%Retreat cost 143 · 38.7%Retreat cost 226 · 23.4%Retreat cost 320 · 18.0%Retreat cost 47 · 6.3%The rest13 · 11.7%

27 of the 111 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 Dark Explorers Pokémon cards in a tournament?
QuestionCardsShare of the group
Legal in Standard today43.6%
Legal in Expanded today10998.2%
Cards with an Ability119.9%
Cards with a special rule2623.4%

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 111 cards
Legal in Standard today3.6%4 cards
Legal in Expanded today98.2%109 cards
Cards with an Ability9.9%11 cards
Cards with a special rule23.4%26 cards

Each track is the whole of the 111 Dark Explorers 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 111 cards
GroupShareValue
Legal in Standard today3.6%4 cards
Legal in Expanded today98.2%109 cards
Cards with an Ability9.9%11 cards
Cards with a special rule23.4%26 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. 27 of the 111 cards here sit at that level, which is the argument for packing switch cards alongside them.

At the other end, 2 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 98 cards. The remaining 13 print no retreat cost at all — they never stand in the active spot, so they never retreat.

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Which Dark Explorers 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 74 cards that carried a price on both the first and the last reading, so a card that only appeared recently is not in here.

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The cheapest Dark Explorers Pokémon cards you can buy

The opposite end of the list above — the 6 Dark Explorers cards with the lowest price on file.
ShelmetCommon · Dark ExplorersMarket $0.43KarrablastCommon · Dark ExplorersMarket $0.46CherenUncommon · Dark ExplorersMarket $0.46ScraggyCommon · Dark ExplorersMarket $0.47DrilburCommon · Dark ExplorersMarket $0.50TympoleCommon · Dark ExplorersMarket $0.56

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.

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How Dark Explorers compares with the other sets

Where Dark Explorers 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, Dark Explorers is number 70 of 145 sets, with 75 of them cheaper.

Ranked by what an ordinary card costs, Dark Explorers is number 70

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
  • Dark ExplorersNo. 70 by price · 111 cardsYou are here$2.99
  • Boundaries CrossedNo. 71 by price · 153 cards$2.89
  • Dragon MajestyNo. 72 by price · 80 cards$2.70

These are the sets that sit next to Dark Explorers 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 $54.85Boundaries Crossed — 153 cards153 with a pricetypical $2.89Dragon Majesty — 80 cards80 with a pricetypical $2.70
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The three dearest Dark Explorers cards, side by side

The cards that carry this set's reputation, with the plain facts of the set beside them.
The 3 dearest Dark Explorers cards on file — hover to draw one out
Middle · Gardevoir Dark Explorers #109Most drawn by 5ban Graphics
Dark Explorers cards
111on file
111 of them carry a price
Rarities printed
7
Most often Uncommon
Illustrators
10
Most often 5ban Graphics
Typical card
$2.99median
One in ten costs over $91.63
Typical HP90Typical attack40Weak toFightingMost printed typeDarkness

Dark Explorers Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Dark Explorers Pokémon cards are there?

There are 111 Dark Explorers cards in this archive, and 111 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 Dark Explorers Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $2.99. Across the 111 priced cards the range runs from $0.43 to $789.99, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Dark Explorers Pokémon card?

Darkrai-EX 107 from Dark Explorers, at $789.99. It is 264× the typical price of the group.

Are Dark Explorers Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 70 of 145 sets, with 75 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 111 of the 20,444 English cards on file, or 0.5%. Those two together are what "rare" usually means in practice — few of them, and dear because of it.

Do all Dark Explorers Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 111 of the 111 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 Dark Explorers 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 61 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

How often are Dark Explorers 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 Dark Explorers Pokémon cards going up in value?

Over the last 11 months the typical Dark Explorers card rose from $1.51 to $2.99, a change of +98.0%. 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 Dark Explorers Pokémon card cost?

One in four Dark Explorers cards costs $1.34 or less and the cheapest on file is $0.43. Three in four cost $12.21 or less, so the cards past that point are the exception rather than the rule for this group.

Which Dark Explorers Pokémon cards are worth the most?

Sorted by rarity, Rare Ultra is the dearest kind of Dark Explorers card: 6 of them are on file and the middle one costs $320.20. The table on this page lists every rarity in the group beside its own typical price.

What is the highest HP on a Dark Explorers Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Dark Explorers cards is 180, and the lowest is 30. The typical one is 90 HP, with half of them between 60 and 110 — figures counted from the 98 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Dark Explorers Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

4 of the 111 Dark Explorers cards are legal in Standard today and 109 in Expanded — 3.6% and 98.2% 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 Dark Explorers Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Fighting — 33 of the 96 Dark Explorers cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Fire next at 17 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Which Dark Explorers Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Plusle 39 from Dark Explorers, which went from $1.14 to $11.60 — a change of +917.5% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 74 Dark Explorers cards that carried a price on both days.

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

Every figure on this page is counted from the 111 Dark Explorers cards this site holds on file — 111 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 Dark Explorers 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