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

There are 100 Sandstorm cards on file, 86 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $14.36.

Set · 100 cards · 86 with a price · $2.29 to $267.89 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a Sandstorm Pokémon card worth?

The typical Sandstorm card costs $14.36. Across the 86 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $2.29 and the dearest is $267.89 — Raichu ex 98, at $267.89. 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

Sandstorm 100 cardsSet

Sandstorm price summary

86 with a price · $2.29 to $267.89 · No. 29 of 145 sets by typical price · +128.3% in 11 months · 70 HP on average · weak to Fighting

Typical price, last 11 months$14.36+128.3% from $6.29
Card price ladder$267.89$12.36 to $267.89
Place among setsNo. 29CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $14.36 · No. 29 of 145
116 sets cost less than this one
Cards on file10086 carry a priceMost expensive card$267.89Raichu ex 98Cheapest on record$2.29across all 86 priced cardsPrice rose+128.3%over the last 11 monthsPlace by priceNo. 29of 145 sets

What stands out about Sandstorm cards

  • Scale 100 cards carry this set — 0.5% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
  • Price Half of the priced cards cost under $14.36, but the dearest reaches $267.89 — a gap of 19×.
  • Place By typical price this is No. 29 of 145 sets; 116 of them cost less.
  • Record 86 of the 100 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 100

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 20,033100 cardsonly Sandstorm remain · 0.5% of 20,033
  • The 100 cards on this page100 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.

Sandstorm Pokémon cards at a glance

  • What this group is. 100 cards share the set ex2. 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 $14.36. Across the 86 priced cards the range runs $2.29 to $267.89.
  • Where it stands. No. 29 of 145 sets by typical price, with 116 of them cheaper.
  • What the cards are like. They average 70 HP and 32 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fighting.
  • What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 86 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 100 cards on file, 86 of them with a price

Every Sandstorm card with a price on file

The 50 dearest Sandstorm cards, each one opening its own price page.
1Raichu ex 98 — SandstormMarket $267.89Raichu ex [98]2Typhlosion ex 99 — SandstormMarket $251.80Typhlosion ex [99]3Arcanine 15 — SandstormMarket $221.68Arcanine [15]4Umbreon 24 — SandstormMarket $200.00Umbreon [24]5Jolteon 6 — SandstormMarket $167.19Jolteon [6]6Aerodactyl ex 94 — SandstormMarket $166.50Aerodactyl ex [94]7Pikachu 72 — SandstormMarket $140.33Pikachu [72]8Wailord ex 100 — SandstormMarket $122.85Wailord ex [100]9Aggron ex 95 — SandstormMarket $115.20Aggron ex [95]10Flareon 5 — SandstormMarket $113.32Flareon [5]11Kabutops ex 97 — SandstormMarket $110.96Kabutops ex [97]12Espeon 16 — SandstormMarket $85.02Espeon [16]13Pichu 20 — SandstormMarket $75.00Pichu [20]14Duskull 62 — SandstormMarket $54.07Duskull [62]15Ludicolo 7 — SandstormMarket $53.33Ludicolo [7]16Zangoose 14 — SandstormMarket $38.91Zangoose [14]17Azurill 31 — SandstormMarket $37.80Azurill [31]18Shiftry 12 — SandstormMarket $35.86Shiftry [12]19Kecleon 18 — SandstormMarket $34.99Kecleon [18]20Quilava 51 — SandstormMarket $34.99Quilava [51]21Seviper 11 — SandstormMarket $33.13Seviper [11]22Cacturne 2 — SandstormMarket $32.88Cacturne [2]23Golduck 17 — SandstormMarket $30.80Golduck [17]24Steelix 23 — SandstormMarket $30.59Steelix [23]25Wailmer 83 — SandstormMarket $29.15Wailmer [83]26Dusclops 4 — SandstormMarket $28.52Dusclops [4]27Solrock 13 — SandstormMarket $26.82Solrock [13]28Azumarill 30 — SandstormMarket $26.32Azumarill [30]29Duskull 61 — SandstormMarket $25.88Duskull [61]30Cacnea 57 — SandstormMarket $25.34Cacnea [57]31Cyndaquil 59 — SandstormMarket $24.91Cyndaquil [59]32Slakoth 80 — SandstormMarket $23.82Slakoth [80]33Lunatone 8 — SandstormMarket $22.87Lunatone [8]34Lileep 42 — SandstormMarket $22.00Lileep [42]35Onix 71 — SandstormMarket $21.06Onix [71]36Volbeat 53 — SandstormMarket $20.50Volbeat [53]37Vaporeon 25 — SandstormMarket $20.47Vaporeon [25]38Kirlia 40 — SandstormMarket $19.99Kirlia [40]39Aron 56 — SandstormMarket $18.13Aron [56]40Psyduck 73 — SandstormMarket $17.11Psyduck [73]41Electabuzz 35 — SandstormMarket $16.19Electabuzz [35]42Sandslash 21 — SandstormMarket $16.08Sandslash [21]43Arbok 29 — SandstormMarket $14.72Arbok [29]44Lileep 43 — SandstormMarket $13.99Lileep [43]45Murkrow 47 — SandstormMarket $13.86Murkrow [47]46Sandshrew 75 — SandstormMarket $13.77Sandshrew [75]47Fearow 37 — SandstormMarket $12.93Fearow [37]48Omastar 19 — SandstormMarket $12.68Omastar [19]49Zigzagoon 85 — SandstormMarket $12.66Zigzagoon [85]50Omanyte 70 — SandstormMarket $12.36Omanyte [70]

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

14 of the 100 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
Cacturne 2 — Sandstorm price page1Cacturne#2 · Rare Holo$32.88GrassDusclops 4 — Sandstorm price page2Dusclops#4 · Rare Holo$28.52PsychicFlareon 5 — Sandstorm price page3Flareon#5 · Rare Holo$113.32FireJolteon 6 — Sandstorm price page4Jolteon#6 · Rare Holo$167.19LightningLudicolo 7 — Sandstorm price page5Ludicolo#7 · Rare Holo$53.33WaterLunatone 8 — Sandstorm price page6Lunatone#8 · Rare Holo$22.87PsychicSeviper 11 — Sandstorm price page7Seviper#11 · Rare Holo$33.13GrassShiftry 12 — Sandstorm price page8Shiftry#12 · Rare Holo$35.86GrassSolrock 13 — Sandstorm price page9Solrock#13 · Rare Holo$26.82FightingZangoose 14 — Sandstorm price page10Zangoose#14 · Rare Holo$38.91Colorless
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Arcanine 15 — Sandstorm price page11Arcanine#15 · Rare$221.68FireEspeon 16 — Sandstorm price page12Espeon#16 · Rare$85.02PsychicGolduck 17 — Sandstorm price page13Golduck#17 · Rare$30.80WaterKecleon 18 — Sandstorm price page14Kecleon#18 · Rare$34.99ColorlessOmastar 19 — Sandstorm price page15Omastar#19 · Rare$12.68WaterPichu 20 — Sandstorm price page16Pichu#20 · Rare$75.00LightningSandslash 21 — Sandstorm price page17Sandslash#21 · Rare$16.08FightingSteelix 23 — Sandstorm price page18Steelix#23 · Rare$30.59MetalUmbreon 24 — Sandstorm price page19Umbreon#24 · Rare$200.00DarknessVaporeon 25 — Sandstorm price page20Vaporeon#25 · Rare$20.47WaterArbok 29 — Sandstorm price page21Arbok#29 · Uncommon$14.72GrassAzumarill 30 — Sandstorm price page22Azumarill#30 · Uncommon$26.32WaterAzurill 31 — Sandstorm price page23Azurill#31 · Uncommon$37.80ColorlessElectabuzz 35 — Sandstorm price page24Electabuzz#35 · Uncommon$16.19LightningFearow 37 — Sandstorm price page25Fearow#37 · Uncommon$12.93ColorlessKirlia 40 — Sandstorm price page26Kirlia#40 · Uncommon$19.99PsychicLileep 42 — Sandstorm price page27Lileep#42 · Uncommon$22.00GrassLileep 43 — Sandstorm price page28Lileep#43 · Uncommon$13.99GrassMurkrow 47 — Sandstorm price page29Murkrow#47 · Uncommon$13.86DarknessQuilava 51 — Sandstorm price page30Quilava#51 · Uncommon$34.99FireVolbeat 53 — Sandstorm price page31Volbeat#53 · Uncommon$20.50GrassAron 56 — Sandstorm price page32Aron#56 · Common$18.13MetalCacnea 57 — Sandstorm price page33Cacnea#57 · Common$25.34GrassCyndaquil 59 — Sandstorm price page34Cyndaquil#59 · Common$24.91FireDuskull 61 — Sandstorm price page35Duskull#61 · Common$25.88PsychicDuskull 62 — Sandstorm price page36Duskull#62 · Common$54.07PsychicOmanyte 70 — Sandstorm price page37Omanyte#70 · Common$12.36WaterOnix 71 — Sandstorm price page38Onix#71 · Common$21.06FightingPikachu 72 — Sandstorm price page39Pikachu#72 · Common$140.33LightningPsyduck 73 — Sandstorm price page40Psyduck#73 · Common$17.11WaterSandshrew 75 — Sandstorm price page41Sandshrew#75 · Common$13.77FightingSlakoth 80 — Sandstorm price page42Slakoth#80 · Common$23.82ColorlessWailmer 83 — Sandstorm price page43Wailmer#83 · Common$29.15WaterZigzagoon 85 — Sandstorm price page44Zigzagoon#85 · Common$12.66ColorlessAerodactyl ex 94 — Sandstorm price page45Aerodactyl ex#94 · Rare Holo EX$166.50ColorlessAggron ex 95 — Sandstorm price page46Aggron ex#95 · Rare Holo EX$115.20MetalKabutops ex 97 — Sandstorm price page47Kabutops ex#97 · Rare Holo EX$110.96WaterRaichu ex 98 — Sandstorm price page48Raichu ex#98 · Rare Holo EX$267.89LightningTyphlosion ex 99 — Sandstorm price page49Typhlosion ex#99 · Rare Holo EX$251.80FireWailord ex 100 — Sandstorm price page50Wailord ex#100 · Rare Holo EX$122.85Water
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Which Sandstorm cards share a name across several printings?

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

Duskull2 printings · 1 set

Duskull [62]Common · SandstormMarket $54.07Duskull [61]Common · SandstormMarket $25.88

Lileep2 printings · 1 set

Lileep [42]Uncommon · SandstormMarket $22.00Lileep [43]Uncommon · SandstormMarket $13.99
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Are Sandstorm 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 Sandstorm as a set rather than for one card.

What one Sandstorm card cost over the readings on file

Middle price of one card · 13 readings · latest $14.36
Sep 12, 2025Middle price of one card$6.29Jul 17, 2026Middle price of one card$14.63From start+132.6%From previous+4.6%Aug 14, 2026Middle price of one card$14.36From start+128.3%From previous-1.8%
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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 Sandstorm 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 Sandstorm cards.

A typical Sandstorm card$14.36medianThat is 5.4% of the dearest single card at $267.89. "Sandstorm cards are expensive" is a story about one card.
The cheapest Sandstorm card$2.29Sandstorm #67That is 15.9% of the typical price, so this set has cards you can buy for pocket change.
One in four costs less than this$9.32lower quarterA quarter of the priced cards sit under $9.32.
One in ten costs more than this$114.26upper tenthThat is 8.0× 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 Sandstorm cards. Put side by side, they show what you are actually paying for.

Dearest on fileRaichu exSandstorm #98One card carries the reputation of the whole set at $267.89.
117 times apartBoth were opened out of the same packs.
A quarter of the set costs under $9.32.
86 of the 100 cards carry a price at all.
Cheapest on fileLotadSandstorm #67The same set, in print, for $2.29.
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What Sandstorm Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

Sandstorm prints 5 rarities across its 100 cards, and the biggest of them is Common with 33 cards.
5rarities printed
Common33 · 33.0%Uncommon33 · 33.0%Rare Holo14 · 14.0%Rare13 · 13.0%Rare Holo EX7 · 7.0%

The rarities printed in Sandstorm, counted across all 100 cards on file.

Every rarity in Sandstorm, most printed first
Common33.0%$11.67 typical33 cards
Uncommon33.0%$10.81 typical33 cards
Rare Holo14.0%$33.13 typical14 cards
Rare13.0%$30.80 typical13 cards
Rare Holo EX7.0%$144.68 typical7 cards

Each bar is measured against the biggest rarity, Common with 33 cards, so the bars compare the rarities with one another. The percentage on each row is that rarity's share of all 100 cards.

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

Every rarity in Sandstorm, most printed first
GroupShareValue
Common33.0%33 cards
Uncommon33.0%33 cards
Rare Holo14.0%14 cards
Rare13.0%13 cards
Rare Holo EX7.0%7 cards
9energy types
Grass19 · 19.0%Water18 · 18.0%Colorless14 · 14.0%Psychic12 · 12.0%Fighting9 · 9.0%Fire6 · 6.0%The rest22 · 22.0%

The energy types printed in Sandstorm. 92 of the 100 cards carry a type; the rest are cards with no energy type printed on them.

Every energy type in Sandstorm, most printed first
Grass19.0%$11.72 typical19 cards
Water18.0%$14.90 typical18 cards
Colorless14.0%$12.93 typical14 cards
Psychic12.0%$22.87 typical12 cards
Fighting9.0%$12.02 typical9 cards
Fire6.0%$74.16 typical6 cards
Lightning6.0%$107.67 typical6 cards
Metal5.0%$24.36 typical5 cards
Darkness3.0%3 cards

Bars are measured against the most printed type. Adding the rows gives 92 cards; the other 8 carry no energy type, which is why the rows do not add up to 100.

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 Sandstorm, most printed first
GroupShareValue
Grass19.0%19 cards
Water18.0%18 cards
Colorless14.0%14 cards
Psychic12.0%12 cards
Fighting9.0%9 cards
Fire6.0%6 cards
Lightning6.0%6 cards
Metal5.0%5 cards
Darkness3.0%3 cards
15rule box cards
Rule box cards15 · 15.0%The rest85 · 85.0%
Rule box
15cards
15.0% · gives up an extra prize
The rest
85cards
85.0% · one prize when knocked out
Basic Pokémon
46cards
playable straight from hand
Highest HP
200
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. 15 of the 100 cards in Sandstorm 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 Sandstorm prints
ex7.0%$144.68 typical7 cards
Item5.0%$3.06 typical5 cards
Supporter2.0%2 cards
Special1.0%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 100 cards on file rather than as slices of one whole.

What kinds of card Sandstorm prints
GroupShareValue
ex7.0%7 cards
Item5.0%5 cards
Supporter2.0%2 cards
Special1.0%1 cards
Holo, reverse holo or plain — how Sandstorm cards were printed
Normal69.0%$11.83 typical69 cards
Holofoil17.0%$53.33 typical17 cards

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

Holo, reverse holo or plain — how Sandstorm cards were printed
GroupShareValue
Normal69.0%69 cards
Holofoil17.0%17 cards
How far up the evolution line Sandstorm cards sit
Basic46.0%$15.03 typical46 cards
Stage 136.0%$16.08 typical36 cards
Stage 210.0%$44.60 typical10 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 Sandstorm cards sit
GroupShareValue
Basic46.0%46 cards
Stage 136.0%36 cards
Stage 210.0%10 cards
An evolution line printed inside Sandstorm3 steps · every one of them in this set
CyndaquilBasic · Sandstorm #59 · $24.91
QuilavaStage 1 · Sandstorm #51 · $34.99
Typhlosion exStage 2 · Sandstorm #99 · $251.80
Cyndaquil → Quilava → Typhlosion ex
  • Every card in this line was printed in Sandstorm itself, so the whole line can be put together out of the same set.
  • The card at the end of the line costs $251.80, against $24.91 for the one it starts from — a gap of 10.1×.
  • 28 of the 50 cards listed on this page name an earlier Pokémon they evolve from.
What Sandstorm cards are played on top of6 named earlier Pokémon · most cards first
5 cardsEevee5.0% of the set
3 cardsMysterious Fossil3.0% of the set
2 cardsClaw Fossil2.0% of the set
2 cardsLotad2.0% of the set
2 cardsNuzleaf2.0% of the set
2 cardsRoot Fossil2.0% of the set
Who drew the Sandstorm cards
Mitsuhiro Arita14.0%$10.28 typical14 cards
Midori Harada13.0%$14.72 typical13 cards
Atsuko Nishida11.0%$14.98 typical11 cards
Ken Sugimori11.0%$6.59 typical11 cards
Hajime Kusajima10.0%$24.85 typical10 cards
Kouki Saitou9.0%$13.23 typical9 cards
Kagemaru Himeno8.0%$34.99 typical8 cards
Ryo Ueda7.0%$57.09 typical7 cards

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

Who drew the Sandstorm cards
GroupShareValue
Mitsuhiro Arita14.0%14 cards
Midori Harada13.0%13 cards
Atsuko Nishida11.0%11 cards
Ken Sugimori11.0%11 cards
Hajime Kusajima10.0%10 cards
Kouki Saitou9.0%9 cards
Kagemaru Himeno8.0%8 cards
Ryo Ueda7.0%7 cards
Sandstorm Pokémon cards by rarity
RarityCardsShare of the setTypical price
Common33 33.0%$11.67
Uncommon33 33.0%$10.81
Rare Holo14 14.0%$33.13
Rare13 13.0%$30.80
Rare Holo EX7 7.0%$144.68

Counted across all 100 Sandstorm cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row.

The most common rarity alone covers 33.0% 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.

Sandstorm prints 5 rarities, and the top three fill 80.0% of the set between them. The other 2 split the remaining 20 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 19 cards, and the thinnest type on file is Darkness with 3. A gap of 16 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 Sandstorm Pokémon cards print

An average hides the shape of a group: it reads the same whether every Sandstorm 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.
Sandstorm Pokémon cards — how far apart the numbers on the cards sit
MeasureLowestLower quarterTypicalUpper quarterHighestCards counted
HP1050708020095
Biggest attack1010304012081

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 Sandstorm card HP
Lowest5.0% of the highest10 HP
Lower quarter25.0% of the highest50 HP
Typical35.0% of the highest70 HP
Upper quarter40.0% of the highest80 HP
Highest100.0% of the highest200 HP

HP printed on the 95 Sandstorm 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 Sandstorm card HP
GroupShareValue
Lowest5.0% of the highest10 HP
Lower quarter25.0% of the highest50 HP
Typical35.0% of the highest70 HP
Upper quarter40.0% of the highest80 HP
Highest100.0% of the highest200 HP
The five points that describe the biggest attack on a Sandstorm card
Lowest8.3% of the highest10 damage
Lower quarter8.3% of the highest10 damage
Typical25.0% of the highest30 damage
Upper quarter33.3% of the highest40 damage
Highest100.0% of the highest120 damage

The largest printed damage number on each of the 81 Sandstorm 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 10 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 Sandstorm card
GroupShareValue
Lowest8.3% of the highest10 damage
Lower quarter8.3% of the highest10 damage
Typical25.0% of the highest30 damage
Upper quarter33.3% of the highest40 damage
Highest100.0% of the highest120 damage
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What are Sandstorm Pokémon cards weak to?

Weakness is the one printed number that doubles incoming damage, so it decides more matches than HP does. Across the 92 Sandstorm cards that print one, the most common is Fighting on 22 of them.
What Sandstorm Pokémon cards are weak to
Fighting23.9%22 cards
Fire21.7%20 cards
Lightning19.6%18 cards
Grass13.0%12 cards
Psychic12.0%11 cards
Water6.5%6 cards
Darkness3.3%3 cards

What Sandstorm Pokémon cards are weak to — 92 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 92 Sandstorm cards that print a weakness.

What Sandstorm Pokémon cards are weak to
GroupShareValue
Fighting23.9%22 cards
Fire21.7%20 cards
Lightning19.6%18 cards
Grass13.0%12 cards
Psychic12.0%11 cards
Water6.5%6 cards
Darkness3.3%3 cards
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Which Sandstorm Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 18 of the 100 Sandstorm cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.

What Sandstorm Pokémon cards resist

What Sandstorm Pokémon cards resist — 18 cards counted.
Share across 5 items. The largest is Fighting at 50%.50%Fighting
  • Fighting50%
  • Grass22%
  • Metal11%
  • Psychic11%
  • Water6%

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

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How do Sandstorm Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 92 Sandstorm cards that print a stage.

How Sandstorm Pokémon cards evolve

How Sandstorm Pokémon cards evolve — 92 cards counted.
Share across 3 items. The largest is Basic at 50%.50%Basic
  • Basic50%
  • Stage 139%
  • Stage 211%

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 Sandstorm Pokémon cards, and what do they cost to retreat?

Retreat cost is the energy discarded to move a Pokémon back to the bench, and 6 of the 100 Sandstorm cards cost three or more.
What it costs to retreat a Sandstorm card
Retreat cost 05.0%discards nothing5 cards
Retreat cost 164.0%64 cards
Retreat cost 217.0%17 cards
Retreat cost 33.0%3 cards
Retreat cost 42.0%2 cards
Retreat cost 51.0%1 cards

Retreat cost is the number of energy cards discarded to move a Pokémon back to the bench. Counted across the 92 Sandstorm cards that print one.

What it costs to retreat a Sandstorm card
GroupShareValue
Retreat cost 05.0%5 cards
Retreat cost 164.0%64 cards
Retreat cost 217.0%17 cards
Retreat cost 33.0%3 cards
Retreat cost 42.0%2 cards
Retreat cost 51.0%1 cards
6.0%effectively stuck
Retreat cost 05 · 5.0%Retreat cost 164 · 64.0%Retreat cost 217 · 17.0%Retreat cost 33 · 3.0%Retreat cost 42 · 2.0%Retreat cost 51 · 1.0%The rest8 · 8.0%

6 of the 100 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 Sandstorm Pokémon cards in a tournament?
QuestionCardsShare of the group
Legal in Standard today11.0%
Legal in Expanded today11.0%
Cards with an Ability2828.0%
Cards with a special rule1515.0%

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 100 cards
Legal in Standard today1.0%1 cards
Legal in Expanded today1.0%1 cards
Cards with an Ability28.0%28 cards
Cards with a special rule15.0%15 cards

Each track is the whole of the 100 Sandstorm 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 100 cards
GroupShareValue
Legal in Standard today1.0%1 cards
Legal in Expanded today1.0%1 cards
Cards with an Ability28.0%28 cards
Cards with a special rule15.0%15 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. 6 of the 100 cards here sit at that level, which is the argument for packing switch cards alongside them.

At the other end, 5 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 92 cards. The remaining 8 print no retreat cost at all — they never stand in the active spot, so they never retreat.

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Which Sandstorm 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 82 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 Sandstorm Pokémon cards you can buy

The opposite end of the list above — the 6 Sandstorm cards with the lowest price on file.
LotadCommon · SandstormMarket $2.29Mysterious FossilCommon · SandstormMarket $2.58Claw FossilCommon · SandstormMarket $2.94Root FossilCommon · SandstormMarket $3.17Double Full HealUncommon · SandstormMarket $3.22GrowlitheCommon · SandstormMarket $4.00

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 Sandstorm compares with the other sets

Where Sandstorm 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, Sandstorm is number 29 of 145 sets, with 116 of them cheaper.

Ranked by what an ordinary card costs, Sandstorm is number 29

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
  • SandstormNo. 29 by price · 100 cardsYou are here$14.36
  • Call of LegendsNo. 30 by price · 106 cards$14.13
  • Team Magma vs Team AquaNo. 31 by price · 97 cards$13.60

These are the sets that sit next to Sandstorm 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 $54.85Call of Legends — 106 cards106 with a pricetypical $14.13Team Magma vs Team Aqua — 97 cards78 with a pricetypical $13.60
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The three dearest Sandstorm cards, side by side

The cards that carry this set's reputation, with the plain facts of the set beside them.
The 3 dearest Sandstorm cards on file — hover to draw one out
Middle · Typhlosion ex Sandstorm #99Most drawn by Mitsuhiro Arita
Sandstorm cards
100on file
86 of them carry a price
Rarities printed
5
Most often Common
Illustrators
10
Most often Mitsuhiro Arita
Typical card
$14.36median
One in ten costs over $114.26
Typical HP70Typical attack30Weak toFightingMost printed typeGrass

Sandstorm Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many Sandstorm Pokémon cards are there?

There are 100 Sandstorm cards in this archive, and 86 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 Sandstorm Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $14.36. Across the 86 priced cards the range runs from $2.29 to $267.89, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive Sandstorm Pokémon card?

Raichu ex 98 from Sandstorm, at $267.89. It is 19× the typical price of the group.

Are Sandstorm Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 29 of 145 sets, with 116 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 100 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 Sandstorm Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 86 of the 100 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 Sandstorm 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 50 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

How often are Sandstorm 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 Sandstorm Pokémon cards going up in value?

Over the last 11 months the typical Sandstorm card rose from $6.29 to $14.36, a change of +128.3%. 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 Sandstorm Pokémon card cost?

One in four Sandstorm cards costs $9.32 or less and the cheapest on file is $2.29. Three in four cost $32.36 or less, so the cards past that point are the exception rather than the rule for this group.

Which Sandstorm Pokémon cards are worth the most?

Sorted by rarity, Rare Holo EX is the dearest kind of Sandstorm card: 7 of them are on file and the middle one costs $144.68. The table on this page lists every rarity in the group beside its own typical price.

What is the highest HP on a Sandstorm Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among Sandstorm cards is 200, and the lowest is 10. The typical one is 70 HP, with half of them between 50 and 80 — figures counted from the 95 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are Sandstorm Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

1 of the 100 Sandstorm cards are legal in Standard today and 1 in Expanded — 1.0% and 1.0% 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 Sandstorm Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Fighting — 22 of the 92 Sandstorm cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Fire next at 20 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Which Sandstorm Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Duskull 62 from Sandstorm, which went from $4.61 to $54.07 — a change of +1,072.9% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 82 Sandstorm cards that carried a price on both days.

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

Every figure on this page is counted from the 100 Sandstorm cards this site holds on file — 86 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.

1
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 Sandstorm 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