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Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards — how many are there and what are they worth?

There are 109 Ruby & Sapphire cards on file, 83 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $15.30.

Set · 109 cards · 83 with a price · $2.45 to $368.94 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon card worth?

The typical Ruby & Sapphire card costs $15.30. Across the 83 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $2.45 and the dearest is $368.94 — Mewtwo ex 101, at $368.94. 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

Ruby & Sapphire 109 cardsSet

Ruby & Sapphire price summary

83 with a price · $2.45 to $368.94 · No. 28 of 145 sets by typical price · +166.6% in 11 months · 69 HP on average · weak to Fighting

Typical price, last 11 months$15.30+166.6% from $5.74
Card price ladder$368.94$12.25 to $368.94
Place among setsNo. 28CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $15.30 · No. 28 of 145
117 sets cost less than this one
Cards on file10983 carry a priceMost expensive card$368.94Mewtwo ex 101Cheapest on record$2.45across all 83 priced cardsPrice rose+166.6%over the last 11 monthsPlace by priceNo. 28of 145 sets

What stands out about Ruby & Sapphire cards

  • Scale 109 cards carry this set — 0.5% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
  • Price Half of the priced cards cost under $15.30, but the dearest reaches $368.94 — a gap of 24×.
  • Place By typical price this is No. 28 of 145 sets; 117 of them cost less.
  • Record 83 of the 109 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 109

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 20,033109 cardsonly Ruby & Sapphire remain · 0.5% of 20,033
  • The 109 cards on this page109 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.

Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards at a glance

  • What this group is. 109 cards share the set ex1. 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 $15.30. Across the 83 priced cards the range runs $2.45 to $368.94.
  • Where it stands. No. 28 of 145 sets by typical price, with 117 of them cheaper.
  • What the cards are like. They average 69 HP and 33 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fighting.
  • What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 83 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 109 cards on file, 83 of them with a price

Every Ruby & Sapphire card with a price on file

The 50 dearest Ruby & Sapphire cards, each one opening its own price page.
1Mewtwo ex 101 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $368.94Mewtwo ex [101]2Lapras ex 99 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $129.99Lapras ex [99]3Scyther ex 102 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $112.88Scyther ex [102]4Hitmonchan ex 98 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $88.90Hitmonchan ex [98]5Sneasel ex 103 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $85.53Sneasel ex [103]6Sceptile 11 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $81.07Sceptile [11]7Electabuzz ex 97 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $76.79Electabuzz ex [97]8Magmar ex 100 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $63.63Magmar ex [100]9Chansey ex 96 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $60.02Chansey ex [96]10Mudkip 60 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $49.61Mudkip [60]11Blaziken 15 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $49.01Blaziken [15]12Wailord 14 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $44.45Wailord [14]13Swampert 23 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $44.33Swampert [23]14Aggron 1 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $40.02Aggron [1]15Treecko 75 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $38.00Treecko [75]16Sceptile 20 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $32.06Sceptile [20]17Sharpedo 22 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $31.29Sharpedo [22]18Mightyena 10 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $26.78Mightyena [10]19Torchic 73 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $25.74Torchic [73]20Ralts 66 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $25.14Ralts [66]21Grovyle 32 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $24.48Grovyle [32]22Beautifly 2 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $24.30Beautifly [2]23Ralts 67 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $23.55Ralts [67]24Slaking 12 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $22.41Slaking [12]25Combusken 27 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $20.95Combusken [27]26Manectric 9 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $20.33Manectric [9]27Cascoon 26 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $19.92Cascoon [26]28Poochyena 65 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $19.74Poochyena [65]29Phanpy 62 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $19.66Phanpy [62]30Poké Ball 86 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $19.58Poké Ball [86]31Wailmer 48 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $19.47Wailmer [48]32Aron 25 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $18.99Aron [25]33Slakoth 45 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $18.66Slakoth [45]34Aron 49 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $18.56Aron [49]35Numel 61 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $17.85Numel [61]36Wurmple 78 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $17.54Wurmple [78]37Manectric 39 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $17.39Manectric [39]38Dustox 6 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $17.34Dustox [6]39Breloom 16 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $17.33Breloom [16]40Grovyle 31 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $16.61Grovyle [31]41Seaking 21 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $15.47Seaking [21]42Camerupt 4 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $15.30Camerupt [4]43Delcatty 29 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $15.07Delcatty [29]44Donphan 17 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $15.00Donphan [17]45Poochyena 64 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $14.99Poochyena [64]46Wingull 77 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $14.66Wingull [77]47Marshtomp 41 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $13.75Marshtomp [41]48Energy Switch 82 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $13.44Energy Switch [82]49Koffing 54 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $13.00Koffing [54]50Kirlia 35 — Ruby & SapphireMarket $12.25Kirlia [35]

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

26 of the 109 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
Aggron 1 — Ruby & Sapphire price page1Aggron#1 · Rare Holo$40.02MetalBeautifly 2 — Ruby & Sapphire price page2Beautifly#2 · Rare Holo$24.30GrassCamerupt 4 — Ruby & Sapphire price page3Camerupt#4 · Rare Holo$15.30FireDustox 6 — Ruby & Sapphire price page4Dustox#6 · Rare Holo$17.34GrassManectric 9 — Ruby & Sapphire price page5Manectric#9 · Rare Holo$20.33LightningMightyena 10 — Ruby & Sapphire price page6Mightyena#10 · Rare Holo$26.78DarknessSceptile 11 — Ruby & Sapphire price page7Sceptile#11 · Rare Holo$81.07GrassSlaking 12 — Ruby & Sapphire price page8Slaking#12 · Rare Holo$22.41ColorlessWailord 14 — Ruby & Sapphire price page9Wailord#14 · Rare Holo$44.45WaterBlaziken 15 — Ruby & Sapphire price page10Blaziken#15 · Rare$49.01Fire
Show the rest of the list40 more cards in printing order+40
Breloom 16 — Ruby & Sapphire price page11Breloom#16 · Rare$17.33GrassDonphan 17 — Ruby & Sapphire price page12Donphan#17 · Rare$15.00FightingSceptile 20 — Ruby & Sapphire price page13Sceptile#20 · Rare$32.06GrassSeaking 21 — Ruby & Sapphire price page14Seaking#21 · Rare$15.47WaterSharpedo 22 — Ruby & Sapphire price page15Sharpedo#22 · Rare$31.29WaterSwampert 23 — Ruby & Sapphire price page16Swampert#23 · Rare$44.33WaterAron 25 — Ruby & Sapphire price page17Aron#25 · Uncommon$18.99MetalCascoon 26 — Ruby & Sapphire price page18Cascoon#26 · Uncommon$19.92GrassCombusken 27 — Ruby & Sapphire price page19Combusken#27 · Uncommon$20.95FireDelcatty 29 — Ruby & Sapphire price page20Delcatty#29 · Uncommon$15.07ColorlessGrovyle 31 — Ruby & Sapphire price page21Grovyle#31 · Uncommon$16.61GrassGrovyle 32 — Ruby & Sapphire price page22Grovyle#32 · Uncommon$24.48GrassKirlia 35 — Ruby & Sapphire price page23Kirlia#35 · Uncommon$12.25PsychicManectric 39 — Ruby & Sapphire price page24Manectric#39 · Uncommon$17.39LightningMarshtomp 41 — Ruby & Sapphire price page25Marshtomp#41 · Uncommon$13.75WaterSlakoth 45 — Ruby & Sapphire price page26Slakoth#45 · Uncommon$18.66ColorlessWailmer 48 — Ruby & Sapphire price page27Wailmer#48 · Uncommon$19.47WaterAron 49 — Ruby & Sapphire price page28Aron#49 · Common$18.56MetalKoffing 54 — Ruby & Sapphire price page29Koffing#54 · Common$13.00GrassMudkip 60 — Ruby & Sapphire price page30Mudkip#60 · Common$49.61WaterNumel 61 — Ruby & Sapphire price page31Numel#61 · Common$17.85FirePhanpy 62 — Ruby & Sapphire price page32Phanpy#62 · Common$19.66FightingPoochyena 64 — Ruby & Sapphire price page33Poochyena#64 · Common$14.99DarknessPoochyena 65 — Ruby & Sapphire price page34Poochyena#65 · Common$19.74DarknessRalts 66 — Ruby & Sapphire price page35Ralts#66 · Common$25.14PsychicRalts 67 — Ruby & Sapphire price page36Ralts#67 · Common$23.55PsychicTorchic 73 — Ruby & Sapphire price page37Torchic#73 · Common$25.74FireTreecko 75 — Ruby & Sapphire price page38Treecko#75 · Common$38.00GrassWingull 77 — Ruby & Sapphire price page39Wingull#77 · Common$14.66WaterWurmple 78 — Ruby & Sapphire price page40Wurmple#78 · Common$17.54GrassEnergy Switch 82 — Ruby & Sapphire price page41Energy Switch#82 · Uncommon$13.44Poké Ball 86 — Ruby & Sapphire price page42Poké Ball#86 · Uncommon$19.58Chansey ex 96 — Ruby & Sapphire price page43Chansey ex#96 · Rare Holo EX$60.02ColorlessElectabuzz ex 97 — Ruby & Sapphire price page44Electabuzz ex#97 · Rare Holo EX$76.79LightningHitmonchan ex 98 — Ruby & Sapphire price page45Hitmonchan ex#98 · Rare Holo EX$88.90FightingLapras ex 99 — Ruby & Sapphire price page46Lapras ex#99 · Rare Holo EX$129.99WaterMagmar ex 100 — Ruby & Sapphire price page47Magmar ex#100 · Rare Holo EX$63.63FireMewtwo ex 101 — Ruby & Sapphire price page48Mewtwo ex#101 · Rare Holo EX$368.94PsychicScyther ex 102 — Ruby & Sapphire price page49Scyther ex#102 · Rare Holo EX$112.88GrassSneasel ex 103 — Ruby & Sapphire price page50Sneasel ex#103 · Rare Holo EX$85.53Darkness
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Which Ruby & Sapphire cards share a name across several printings?

12 of the 50 cards listed above are reprints of just 6 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.

Sceptile2 printings · 1 set

Sceptile [11]Rare Holo · Ruby & SapphireMarket $81.07Sceptile [20]Rare · Ruby & SapphireMarket $32.06

Ralts2 printings · 1 set

Ralts [66]Common · Ruby & SapphireMarket $25.14Ralts [67]Common · Ruby & SapphireMarket $23.55

Grovyle2 printings · 1 set

Grovyle [32]Uncommon · Ruby & SapphireMarket $24.48Grovyle [31]Uncommon · Ruby & SapphireMarket $16.61

Manectric2 printings · 1 set

Manectric [9]Rare Holo · Ruby & SapphireMarket $20.33Manectric [39]Uncommon · Ruby & SapphireMarket $17.39

Poochyena2 printings · 1 set

Poochyena [65]Common · Ruby & SapphireMarket $19.74Poochyena [64]Common · Ruby & SapphireMarket $14.99

Aron2 printings · 1 set

Aron [25]Uncommon · Ruby & SapphireMarket $18.99Aron [49]Common · Ruby & SapphireMarket $18.56
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Are Ruby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire as a set rather than for one card.

What one Ruby & Sapphire card cost over the readings on file

Middle price of one card · 13 readings · latest $15.30
Sep 12, 2025Middle price of one card$5.74Aug 14, 2026Middle price of one card$15.30From start+166.6%From previous+9.4%
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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 Ruby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire cards.

A typical Ruby & Sapphire card$15.30medianThat is 4.1% of the dearest single card at $368.94. "Ruby & Sapphire cards are expensive" is a story about one card.
The cheapest Ruby & Sapphire card$2.45Ruby & Sapphire #68That is 16.0% of the typical price, so this set has cards you can buy for pocket change.
One in four costs less than this$9.63lower quarterA quarter of the priced cards sit under $9.63.
One in ten costs more than this$57.94upper tenthThat is 3.8× 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 Ruby & Sapphire cards. Put side by side, they show what you are actually paying for.

Dearest on fileMewtwo exRuby & Sapphire #101One card carries the reputation of the whole set at $368.94.
151 times apartBoth were opened out of the same packs.
A quarter of the set costs under $9.63.
83 of the 109 cards carry a price at all.
Cheapest on fileRaltsRuby & Sapphire #68The same set, in print, for $2.45.
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What Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

Ruby & Sapphire prints 5 rarities across its 109 cards, and the biggest of them is Common with 40 cards.
5rarities printed
Common40 · 36.7%Uncommon34 · 31.2%Rare Holo14 · 12.8%Rare13 · 11.9%Rare Holo EX8 · 7.3%

The rarities printed in Ruby & Sapphire, counted across all 109 cards on file.

Every rarity in Ruby & Sapphire, most printed first
Common36.7%$11.45 typical40 cards
Uncommon31.2%$12.24 typical34 cards
Rare Holo12.8%$23.36 typical14 cards
Rare11.9%$16.40 typical13 cards
Rare Holo EX7.3%$87.22 typical8 cards

Each bar is measured against the biggest rarity, Common with 40 cards, so the bars compare the rarities with one another. The percentage on each row is that rarity's share of all 109 cards.

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

Every rarity in Ruby & Sapphire, most printed first
GroupShareValue
Common36.7%40 cards
Uncommon31.2%34 cards
Rare Holo12.8%14 cards
Rare11.9%13 cards
Rare Holo EX7.3%8 cards
9energy types
Grass16 · 14.7%Water15 · 13.8%Colorless13 · 11.9%Fighting9 · 8.3%Fire9 · 8.3%Psychic7 · 6.4%The rest40 · 36.7%

The energy types printed in Ruby & Sapphire. 87 of the 109 cards carry a type; the rest are cards with no energy type printed on them.

Every energy type in Ruby & Sapphire, most printed first
Grass14.7%$17.54 typical16 cards
Water13.8%$17.47 typical15 cards
Colorless11.9%$9.84 typical13 cards
Fighting8.3%$11.33 typical9 cards
Fire8.3%$23.35 typical9 cards
Psychic6.4%$23.55 typical7 cards
Darkness5.5%$17.36 typical6 cards
Lightning5.5%$13.86 typical6 cards
Metal5.5%$15.14 typical6 cards

Bars are measured against the most printed type. Adding the rows gives 87 cards; the other 22 carry no energy type, which is why the rows do not add up to 109.

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 Ruby & Sapphire, most printed first
GroupShareValue
Grass14.7%16 cards
Water13.8%15 cards
Colorless11.9%13 cards
Fighting8.3%9 cards
Fire8.3%9 cards
Psychic6.4%7 cards
Darkness5.5%6 cards
Lightning5.5%6 cards
Metal5.5%6 cards
24rule box cards
Rule box cards24 · 22.0%The rest85 · 78.0%
Rule box
24cards
22.0% · gives up an extra prize
The rest
85cards
78.0% · one prize when knocked out
Basic Pokémon
51cards
playable straight from hand
Highest HP
120
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. 24 of the 109 cards in Ruby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire prints
Item8.3%$4.98 typical9 cards
ex7.3%$87.22 typical8 cards
Special2.8%3 cards
Pokémon Tool1.8%2 cards
Supporter1.8%2 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 109 cards on file rather than as slices of one whole.

What kinds of card Ruby & Sapphire prints
GroupShareValue
Item8.3%9 cards
ex7.3%8 cards
Special2.8%3 cards
Pokémon Tool1.8%2 cards
Supporter1.8%2 cards
Holo, reverse holo or plain — how Ruby & Sapphire cards were printed
Normal59.6%$12.25 typical65 cards
Holofoil16.5%$52.24 typical18 cards

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

Holo, reverse holo or plain — how Ruby & Sapphire cards were printed
GroupShareValue
Normal59.6%65 cards
Holofoil16.5%18 cards
How far up the evolution line Ruby & Sapphire cards sit
Basic46.8%$17.54 typical51 cards
Stage 128.4%$15.00 typical31 cards
Stage 210.1%$36.04 typical11 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 Ruby & Sapphire cards sit
GroupShareValue
Basic46.8%51 cards
Stage 128.4%31 cards
Stage 210.1%11 cards
An evolution line printed inside Ruby & Sapphire3 steps · every one of them in this set
TreeckoBasic · Ruby & Sapphire #75 · $38.00
GrovyleStage 1 · Ruby & Sapphire #32 · $24.48
SceptileStage 2 · Ruby & Sapphire #11 · $81.07
Treecko → Grovyle → Sceptile
  • Every card in this line was printed in Ruby & Sapphire itself, so the whole line can be put together out of the same set.
  • The card at the end of the line costs $81.07, against $38.00 for the one it starts from — a gap of 2.1×.
  • 24 of the 50 cards listed on this page name an earlier Pokémon they evolve from.
What Ruby & Sapphire cards are played on top of6 named earlier Pokémon · most cards first
2 cardsAron1.8% of the set
2 cardsCombusken1.8% of the set
2 cardsElectrike1.8% of the set
2 cardsGrovyle1.8% of the set
2 cardsMakuhita1.8% of the set
2 cardsMarshtomp1.8% of the set
Who drew the Ruby & Sapphire cards
Ken Sugimori28.4%$15.19 typical31 cards
Atsuko Nishida9.2%$12.25 typical10 cards
Mitsuhiro Arita9.2%$18.56 typical10 cards
Hajime Kusajima7.3%$12.58 typical8 cards
Kagemaru Himeno6.4%$11.59 typical7 cards
Midori Harada6.4%$19.45 typical7 cards
Kouki Saitou4.6%$14.66 typical5 cards
Hikaru Koike2.8%$76.79 typical3 cards

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

Who drew the Ruby & Sapphire cards
GroupShareValue
Ken Sugimori28.4%31 cards
Atsuko Nishida9.2%10 cards
Mitsuhiro Arita9.2%10 cards
Hajime Kusajima7.3%8 cards
Kagemaru Himeno6.4%7 cards
Midori Harada6.4%7 cards
Kouki Saitou4.6%5 cards
Hikaru Koike2.8%3 cards
Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards by rarity
RarityCardsShare of the setTypical price
Common40 36.7%$11.45
Uncommon34 31.2%$12.24
Rare Holo14 12.8%$23.36
Rare13 11.9%$16.40
Rare Holo EX8 7.3%$87.22

Counted across all 109 Ruby & Sapphire cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row.

The most common rarity alone covers 36.7% 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.

Ruby & Sapphire prints 5 rarities, and the top three fill 80.7% of the set between them. The other 2 split the remaining 21 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 Grass with 16 cards, and the thinnest type on file is Metal with 6. A gap of 10 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 Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards print

An average hides the shape of a group: it reads the same whether every Ruby & Sapphire 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.
Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards — how far apart the numbers on the cards sit
MeasureLowestLower quarterTypicalUpper quarterHighestCards counted
HP4050708012087
Biggest attack1020304010081

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 Ruby & Sapphire card HP
Lowest33.3% of the highest40 HP
Lower quarter41.7% of the highest50 HP
Typical58.3% of the highest70 HP
Upper quarter66.7% of the highest80 HP
Highest100.0% of the highest120 HP

HP printed on the 87 Ruby & Sapphire cards that carry one. The typical card is 70 HP. Bar length is that HP against the highest in the group.

Half of these cards sit between 50 and 80 HP. The distance between the two ends is what a single average would have hidden.

The five points that describe Ruby & Sapphire card HP
GroupShareValue
Lowest33.3% of the highest40 HP
Lower quarter41.7% of the highest50 HP
Typical58.3% of the highest70 HP
Upper quarter66.7% of the highest80 HP
Highest100.0% of the highest120 HP
The five points that describe the biggest attack on a Ruby & Sapphire card
Lowest10.0% of the highest10 damage
Lower quarter20.0% of the highest20 damage
Typical30.0% of the highest30 damage
Upper quarter40.0% of the highest40 damage
Highest100.0% of the highest100 damage

The largest printed damage number on each of the 81 Ruby & Sapphire 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 40. Attack text that adds a condition is not counted here — only the printed number.

The five points that describe the biggest attack on a Ruby & Sapphire card
GroupShareValue
Lowest10.0% of the highest10 damage
Lower quarter20.0% of the highest20 damage
Typical30.0% of the highest30 damage
Upper quarter40.0% of the highest40 damage
Highest100.0% of the highest100 damage
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What are Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards weak to?

Weakness is the one printed number that doubles incoming damage, so it decides more matches than HP does. Across the 87 Ruby & Sapphire cards that print one, the most common is Fighting on 23 of them.
What Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards are weak to
Fighting26.4%23 cards
Fire21.8%19 cards
Lightning19.5%17 cards
Psychic18.4%16 cards
Water11.5%10 cards
Grass2.3%2 cards

What Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards are weak to — 87 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 87 Ruby & Sapphire cards that print a weakness.

What Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards are weak to
GroupShareValue
Fighting26.4%23 cards
Fire21.8%19 cards
Lightning19.5%17 cards
Psychic18.4%16 cards
Water11.5%10 cards
Grass2.3%2 cards
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Which Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 30 of the 109 Ruby & Sapphire cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.

What Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards resist

What Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards resist — 30 cards counted.
Share across 5 items. The largest is Water at 23%.23%Water
  • Water23%
  • Grass20%
  • Metal20%
  • Psychic20%
  • Fighting17%

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

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How do Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 93 Ruby & Sapphire cards that print a stage.

How Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards evolve

How Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards evolve — 93 cards counted.
Share across 3 items. The largest is Basic at 55%.55%Basic
  • Basic55%
  • Stage 133%
  • Stage 212%

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 Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards, and what do they cost to retreat?

Retreat cost is the energy discarded to move a Pokémon back to the bench, and 11 of the 109 Ruby & Sapphire cards cost three or more.
What it costs to retreat a Ruby & Sapphire card
Retreat cost 03.7%discards nothing4 cards
Retreat cost 153.2%58 cards
Retreat cost 212.8%14 cards
Retreat cost 38.3%9 cards
Retreat cost 41.8%2 cards

Retreat cost is the number of energy cards discarded to move a Pokémon back to the bench. Counted across the 87 Ruby & Sapphire cards that print one.

What it costs to retreat a Ruby & Sapphire card
GroupShareValue
Retreat cost 03.7%4 cards
Retreat cost 153.2%58 cards
Retreat cost 212.8%14 cards
Retreat cost 38.3%9 cards
Retreat cost 41.8%2 cards
10.1%effectively stuck
Retreat cost 04 · 3.7%Retreat cost 158 · 53.2%Retreat cost 214 · 12.8%Retreat cost 39 · 8.3%Retreat cost 42 · 1.8%The rest22 · 20.2%

11 of the 109 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 Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards in a tournament?
QuestionCardsShare of the group
Legal in Standard today1110.1%
Legal in Expanded today1311.9%
Cards with an Ability1816.5%
Cards with a special rule2422.0%

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 109 cards
Legal in Standard today10.1%11 cards
Legal in Expanded today11.9%13 cards
Cards with an Ability16.5%18 cards
Cards with a special rule22.0%24 cards

Each track is the whole of the 109 Ruby & Sapphire 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 109 cards
GroupShareValue
Legal in Standard today10.1%11 cards
Legal in Expanded today11.9%13 cards
Cards with an Ability16.5%18 cards
Cards with a special rule22.0%24 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. 11 of the 109 cards here sit at that level, which is the argument for packing switch cards alongside them.

At the other end, 4 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 87 cards. The remaining 22 print no retreat cost at all — they never stand in the active spot, so they never retreat.

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Which Ruby & Sapphire 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 80 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 Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards you can buy

The opposite end of the list above — the 6 Ruby & Sapphire cards with the lowest price on file.
RaltsCommon · Ruby & SapphireMarket $2.45Energy RestoreUncommon · Ruby & SapphireMarket $2.55Lum BerryUncommon · Ruby & SapphireMarket $2.90MakuhitaCommon · Ruby & SapphireMarket $3.33Professor BirchUncommon · Ruby & SapphireMarket $3.61Energy Removal 2Uncommon · Ruby & SapphireMarket $3.70

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 Ruby & Sapphire compares with the other sets

Where Ruby & Sapphire 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, Ruby & Sapphire is number 28 of 145 sets, with 117 of them cheaper.

Ranked by what an ordinary card costs, Ruby & Sapphire is number 28

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
  • Ruby & SapphireNo. 28 by price · 109 cardsYou are here$15.30
  • SandstormNo. 29 by price · 100 cards$14.36
  • Call of LegendsNo. 30 by price · 106 cards$14.13

These are the sets that sit next to Ruby & Sapphire 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 $54.85Sandstorm — 100 cards86 with a pricetypical $14.36Call of Legends — 106 cards106 with a pricetypical $14.13
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The three dearest Ruby & Sapphire cards, side by side

The cards that carry this set's reputation, with the plain facts of the set beside them.
The 3 dearest Ruby & Sapphire cards on file — hover to draw one out
Middle · Lapras ex Ruby & Sapphire #99Most drawn by Ken Sugimori
Ruby & Sapphire cards
109on file
83 of them carry a price
Rarities printed
5
Most often Common
Illustrators
10
Most often Ken Sugimori
Typical card
$15.30median
One in ten costs over $57.94
Typical HP70Typical attack30Weak toFightingMost printed typeGrass

Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards are there?

There are 109 Ruby & Sapphire cards in this archive, and 83 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 Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $15.30. Across the 83 priced cards the range runs from $2.45 to $368.94, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon card?

Mewtwo ex 101 from Ruby & Sapphire, at $368.94. It is 24× the typical price of the group.

Are Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 28 of 145 sets, with 117 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 109 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 Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 83 of the 109 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 Ruby & Sapphire 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 59 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

How often are Ruby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards going up in value?

Over the last 11 months the typical Ruby & Sapphire card rose from $5.74 to $15.30, a change of +166.6%. 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 Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon card cost?

One in four Ruby & Sapphire cards costs $9.63 or less and the cheapest on file is $2.45. Three in four cost $24.39 or less, so the cards past that point are the exception rather than the rule for this group.

Which Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards are worth the most?

Sorted by rarity, Rare Holo EX is the dearest kind of Ruby & Sapphire card: 8 of them are on file and the middle one costs $87.22. The table on this page lists every rarity in the group beside its own typical price.

What is the highest HP on a Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Ruby & Sapphire cards is 120, and the lowest is 40. The typical one is 70 HP, with half of them between 50 and 80 — figures counted from the 87 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

11 of the 109 Ruby & Sapphire cards are legal in Standard today and 13 in Expanded — 10.1% and 11.9% 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 Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Fighting — 23 of the 87 Ruby & Sapphire cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Fire next at 19 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Which Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Numel 61 from Ruby & Sapphire, which went from $2.69 to $17.85 — a change of +563.6% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 80 Ruby & Sapphire cards that carried a price on both days.

How these Ruby & Sapphire figures are collected, and where you can check them

Every figure on this page is counted from the 109 Ruby & Sapphire cards this site holds on file — 83 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.

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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 Ruby & Sapphire 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