Sword & Shield Pokémon cards — how many are there and what are they worth?
There are 216 Sword & Shield cards on file, 216 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $0.46.
Set · 216 cards · 216 with a price · $0.13 to $108.18 · read August 14, 2026
How much is a Sword & Shield Pokémon card worth?
The typical Sword & Shield card costs $0.46. Across the 216 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.13 and the dearest is $108.18 — Snorlax VMAX 206, at $108.18. 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.
Sword & Shield 216 cardsSet
Sword & Shield price summary
216 with a price · $0.13 to $108.18 · No. 114 of 145 sets by typical price · +9.5% in 11 months · 128 HP on average · weak to Fire
31 sets cost less than this one
What stands out about Sword & Shield cards
- Scale 216 cards carry this set — 1.1% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
- Price Half of the priced cards cost under $0.46, but the dearest reaches $108.18 — a gap of 235×.
- Place By typical price this is No. 114 of 145 sets; 31 of them cost less.
- Record 216 of the 216 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 216
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 20,033216 cardsonly Sword & Shield remain · 1.1% of 20,033
- The 216 cards on this page216 cards1.1% 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.
Sword & Shield Pokémon cards at a glance
- What this group is. 216 cards share the set swsh1. 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 $0.46. Across the 216 priced cards the range runs $0.13 to $108.18.
- Where it stands. No. 114 of 145 sets by typical price, with 31 of them cheaper.
- What the cards are like. They average 128 HP and 76 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Fire.
- What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 216 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.
Every Sword & Shield card with a price on file
Market $108.18Snorlax VMAX [206]2
Market $55.68Snorlax VMAX [142]3
Market $37.70Marnie [200]4
Market $35.74Snorlax V [197]5
Market $25.88Morpeko VMAX [204]6
Market $23.09Marnie [208]7
Market $20.92Zacian V [211]8
Market $20.45Lapras VMAX [203]9
Market $14.85Zamazenta V [212]10
Market $13.74Morpeko V [190]11
Market $12.84Air Balloon [213]12
Market $12.53Sableye V [194]13
Market $11.92Quick Ball [216]14
Market $11.50Snorlax V [141]15
Market $10.74Gengar [85]16
Market $6.61Stonjourner VMAX [205]17
Market $6.17Zacian V [195]18
Market $5.93Lapras VMAX [50]19
Market $5.46Lapras V [189]20
Market $4.85Bede [207]21
Market $4.84Wobbuffet V [191]22
Market $4.83Ordinary Rod [215]23
Market $4.82Torkoal V [188]24
Market $4.73Team Yell Grunt [210]25
Market $4.67Zamazenta V [196]26
Market $4.48Snorlax [140]27
Market $4.36Professor's Research (Professor Magnolia) [201]28
Market $4.24Morpeko VMAX [80]29
Market $4.20Dhelmise V [187]30
Market $3.85Professor's Research (Professor Magnolia) [209]31
Market $3.30Bede [199]32
Market $3.19Team Yell Grunt [202]33
Market $3.04Evolution Incense [163]34
Market $2.98Pikachu [65]35
Market $2.92Metal Saucer [214]36
Market $2.67Lapras V [49]37
Market $2.67Cramorant V [198]38
Market $2.08Indeedee V [192]39
Market $1.90Hitmonlee [94]40
Market $1.88Celebi V [1]41
Market $1.86Stonjourner V [193]42
Market $1.78Air Balloon [156]43
Market $1.74Sableye V [120]44
Market $1.60Stonjourner VMAX [116]45
Market $1.52Galarian Rapidash [82]46
Market $1.44Ninetales [23]47
Market $1.39Hitmonchan [95]48
Market $1.29Wobbuffet V [86]49
Market $1.28Haunter [84]50
Market $1.25Munna [87]The 50 most expensive Sword & Shield cards on file, dearest first. The badge on each card is its market price.
0 of the 216 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.
1Celebi V#1 · Rare Holo V$1.88Grass2Ninetales#23 · Rare$1.44Fire3Lapras V#49 · Rare Holo V$2.67Water4Lapras VMAX#50 · Rare Holo VMAX$5.93Water5Pikachu#65 · Common$2.98Lightning6Morpeko VMAX#80 · Rare Holo VMAX$4.24Lightning7Galarian Rapidash#82 · Rare$1.52Psychic8Haunter#84 · Uncommon$1.28Psychic9Gengar#85 · Rare Holo$10.74Psychic10Wobbuffet V#86 · Rare Holo V$1.29PsychicShow the rest of the list40 more cards in printing order+40
11Munna#87 · Common$1.25Psychic12Hitmonlee#94 · Uncommon$1.90Fighting13Hitmonchan#95 · Uncommon$1.39Fighting14Stonjourner VMAX#116 · Rare Holo VMAX$1.60Fighting15Sableye V#120 · Rare Holo V$1.74Darkness16Snorlax#140 · Rare$4.48Colorless17Snorlax V#141 · Rare Holo V$11.50Colorless18Snorlax VMAX#142 · Rare Holo VMAX$55.68Colorless19Air Balloon#156 · Uncommon$1.7820Evolution Incense#163 · Uncommon$3.0421Dhelmise V#187 · Rare Ultra$4.20Grass22Torkoal V#188 · Rare Ultra$4.82Fire23Lapras V#189 · Rare Ultra$5.46Water24Morpeko V#190 · Rare Ultra$13.74Lightning25Wobbuffet V#191 · Rare Ultra$4.84Psychic26Indeedee V#192 · Rare Ultra$2.08Psychic27Stonjourner V#193 · Rare Ultra$1.86Fighting28Sableye V#194 · Rare Ultra$12.53Darkness29Zacian V#195 · Rare Ultra$6.17Metal30Zamazenta V#196 · Rare Ultra$4.67Metal31Snorlax V#197 · Rare Ultra$35.74Colorless32Cramorant V#198 · Rare Ultra$2.67Colorless33Bede#199 · Rare Ultra$3.3034Marnie#200 · Rare Ultra$37.7035Professor's Research (Professor Magnolia)#201 · Rare Ultra$4.3636Team Yell Grunt#202 · Rare Ultra$3.1937Lapras VMAX#203 · Rare Rainbow$20.45Water38Morpeko VMAX#204 · Rare Rainbow$25.88Lightning39Stonjourner VMAX#205 · Rare Rainbow$6.61Fighting40Snorlax VMAX#206 · Rare Rainbow$108.18Colorless41Bede#207 · Rare Rainbow$4.8542Marnie#208 · Rare Rainbow$23.0943Professor's Research (Professor Magnolia)#209 · Rare Rainbow$3.8544Team Yell Grunt#210 · Rare Rainbow$4.7345Zacian V#211 · Rare Secret$20.92Metal46Zamazenta V#212 · Rare Secret$14.85Metal47Air Balloon#213 · Rare Secret$12.8448Metal Saucer#214 · Rare Secret$2.9249Ordinary Rod#215 · Rare Secret$4.8350Quick Ball#216 · Rare Secret$11.92Which Sword & Shield cards share a name across several printings?
Snorlax VMAX2 printings · 1 set
Marnie2 printings · 1 set
Snorlax V2 printings · 1 set
Morpeko VMAX2 printings · 1 set
Zacian V2 printings · 1 set
Lapras VMAX2 printings · 1 set
Zamazenta V2 printings · 1 set
Air Balloon2 printings · 1 set
Are Sword & Shield Pokémon cards going up in value?
What one Sword & Shield card cost over the readings on file
Middle price of one card · 13 readings · latest $0.46How Sword & Shield Pokémon card prices are spread
An average hides the shape of a set. These points say where the money actually sits among Sword & Shield cards.
The two ends of that spread are both Sword & Shield cards. Put side by side, they show what you are actually paying for.
A quarter of the set costs under $0.32.
216 of the 216 cards carry a price at all.
What Sword & Shield Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value
The rarities printed in Sword & Shield, counted across all 216 cards on file.
Each bar is measured against the biggest rarity, Common with 60 cards, so the bars compare the rarities with one another. The percentage on each row is that rarity's share of all 216 cards.
The price on each row is the middle price inside that rarity, not the price of any single card.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 27.8% | 60 cards |
| Uncommon | 25.9% | 56 cards |
| Rare | 14.8% | 32 cards |
| Rare Holo | 7.9% | 17 cards |
| Rare Holo V | 7.9% | 17 cards |
| Rare Ultra | 7.4% | 16 cards |
| Rare Rainbow | 3.7% | 8 cards |
| Rare Secret | 2.8% | 6 cards |
| Rare Holo VMAX | 1.9% | 4 cards |
The energy types printed in Sword & Shield. 173 of the 216 cards carry a type; the rest are cards with no energy type printed on them.
Bars are measured against the most printed type. Adding the rows gives 173 cards; the other 43 carry no energy type, which is why the rows do not add up to 216.
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.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Fighting | 12.5% | 27 cards |
| Water | 12.5% | 27 cards |
| Grass | 10.2% | 22 cards |
| Colorless | 8.8% | 19 cards |
| Fire | 8.8% | 19 cards |
| Lightning | 8.3% | 18 cards |
| Metal | 7.9% | 17 cards |
| Psychic | 6.0% | 13 cards |
| Darkness | 5.1% | 11 cards |
A rule box card carries a printed rule that hands the opponent an extra prize card when it is knocked out. 82 of the 216 cards in Sword & Shield 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.
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 216 cards on file rather than as slices of one whole.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| V | 14.4% | 31 cards |
| Item | 9.3% | 20 cards |
| Supporter | 6.9% | 15 cards |
| VMAX | 3.7% | 8 cards |
| Pokémon Tool | 3.2% | 7 cards |
| Special | 0.5% | 1 cards |
The printing finish of each card, with the middle price inside each finish beside it.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 68.5% | 148 cards |
| Holofoil | 31.5% | 68 cards |
Basic cards can be played straight from hand; Stage 1 and Stage 2 need the card below them on the board first.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | 49.5% | 107 cards |
| Stage 1 | 21.3% | 46 cards |
| Stage 2 | 5.6% | 12 cards |
- Every card in this line was printed in Sword & Shield itself, so the whole line can be put together out of the same set.
- The card at the end of the line costs $108.18, against $35.74 for the one it starts from — a gap of 3.0×.
- 12 of the 50 cards listed on this page name an earlier Pokémon they evolve from.
The 8 illustrators with the most cards in this set, out of 10 credited in total.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 5ban Graphics | 8.8% | 19 cards |
| kirisAki | 4.6% | 10 cards |
| Akira Komayama | 3.7% | 8 cards |
| Kouki Saitou | 3.7% | 8 cards |
| aky CG Works | 3.7% | 8 cards |
| Ryo Ueda | 3.2% | 7 cards |
| Shin Nagasawa | 3.2% | 7 cards |
| Hitoshi Ariga | 2.8% | 6 cards |
| Rarity | Cards | Share of the set | Typical price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common | 60 | $0.29 | |
| Uncommon | 56 | $0.43 | |
| Rare | 32 | $0.49 | |
| Rare Holo | 17 | $0.50 | |
| Rare Holo V | 17 | $1.05 | |
| Rare Ultra | 16 | $4.75 | |
| Rare Rainbow | 8 | $13.53 | |
| Rare Secret | 6 | $12.38 | |
| Rare Holo VMAX | 4 | $5.09 |
Counted across all 216 Sword & Shield cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row.
The most common rarity alone covers 27.8% 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.
Sword & Shield prints 9 rarities, and the top three fill 68.5% of the set between them. The other 6 split the remaining 68 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 Fighting with 27 cards, and the thinnest type on file is Darkness with 11. 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.
How much HP and damage Sword & Shield Pokémon cards print
| Measure | Lowest | Lower quarter | Typical | Upper quarter | Highest | Cards counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 30 | 70 | 110 | 170 | 340 | 173 |
| Biggest attack | 10 | 30 | 60 | 120 | 230 | 166 |
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.
HP printed on the 173 Sword & Shield cards that carry one. The typical card is 110 HP. Bar length is that HP against the highest in the group.
Half of these cards sit between 70 and 170 HP. The distance between the two ends is what a single average would have hidden.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest | 8.8% of the highest | 30 HP |
| Lower quarter | 20.6% of the highest | 70 HP |
| Typical | 32.4% of the highest | 110 HP |
| Upper quarter | 50.0% of the highest | 170 HP |
| Highest | 100.0% of the highest | 340 HP |
The largest printed damage number on each of the 166 Sword & Shield cards that print one. The typical card hits for 60. Bar length is that number against the hardest hitter in the group.
Half of these cards hit between 30 and 120. Attack text that adds a condition is not counted here — only the printed number.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest | 4.3% of the highest | 10 damage |
| Lower quarter | 13.0% of the highest | 30 damage |
| Typical | 26.1% of the highest | 60 damage |
| Upper quarter | 52.2% of the highest | 120 damage |
| Highest | 100.0% of the highest | 230 damage |
What are Sword & Shield Pokémon cards weak to?
What Sword & Shield Pokémon cards are weak to — 173 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 173 Sword & Shield cards that print a weakness.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Fire | 22.0% | 38 cards |
| Fighting | 20.2% | 35 cards |
| Lightning | 18.5% | 32 cards |
| Grass | 16.8% | 29 cards |
| Water | 11.0% | 19 cards |
| Darkness | 7.5% | 13 cards |
| Psychic | 2.9% | 5 cards |
| Metal | 1.2% | 2 cards |
Which Sword & Shield Pokémon cards print a resistance?
What Sword & Shield Pokémon cards resist
- Fighting56%
- Grass44%
| Item | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fighting | 20 | 56% |
| Grass | 16 | 44% |
Resistance cuts incoming damage from that type. Only some Sword & Shield cards print one, which is why this count is smaller than the card total.
How do Sword & Shield Pokémon cards evolve?
How Sword & Shield Pokémon cards evolve
- Basic65%
- Stage 128%
- Stage 27%
| Item | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | 107 | 65% |
| Stage 1 | 46 | 28% |
| Stage 2 | 12 | 7% |
Basic cards are played straight from the hand; the later stages have to evolve from the card before them.
Can you still play Sword & Shield Pokémon cards, and what do they cost to retreat?
Retreat cost is the number of energy cards discarded to move a Pokémon back to the bench. Counted across the 173 Sword & Shield cards that print one.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Retreat cost 0 | 0.9% | 2 cards |
| Retreat cost 1 | 39.8% | 86 cards |
| Retreat cost 2 | 25.5% | 55 cards |
| Retreat cost 3 | 8.8% | 19 cards |
| Retreat cost 4 | 5.1% | 11 cards |
30 of the 216 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".
| Question | Cards | Share of the group |
|---|---|---|
| Legal in Standard today | 15 | 6.9% |
| Legal in Expanded today | 216 | 100.0% |
| Cards with an Ability | 25 | 11.6% |
| Cards with a special rule | 82 | 38.0% |
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.
Each track is the whole of the 216 Sword & Shield 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.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Legal in Standard today | 6.9% | 15 cards |
| Legal in Expanded today | 100.0% | 216 cards |
| Cards with an Ability | 11.6% | 25 cards |
| Cards with a special rule | 38.0% | 82 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. 30 of the 216 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 173 cards. The remaining 43 print no retreat cost at all — they never stand in the active spot, so they never retreat.
Which Sword & Shield Pokémon cards moved most this year
Biggest risers over 12 months
Biggest fallers over 12 months
Counted on the 40 cards that carried a price on both the first and the last reading, so a card that only appeared recently is not in here.
Back to summaryThe cheapest Sword & Shield Pokémon cards you can buy
Read on the same day as every other figure on this page. A cheap card is not a broken card — most of a set sits down here, which is what makes a set collectable at all.
Back to summaryHow Sword & Shield compares with the other sets
"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, Sword & Shield is number 114 of 145 sets, with 31 of them cheaper.
These are the sets that sit next to Sword & Shield on that ladder.
Legendary Collection — 110 cards110 with a pricetypical $80.30
Nintendo Black Star Promos — 40 cards26 with a pricetypical $57.33
Team Rocket Returns — 111 cards92 with a pricetypical $54.85
Sun & Moon — 173 cards124 with a pricetypical $0.41
Astral Radiance — 216 cards216 with a pricetypical $0.41The three dearest Sword & Shield cards, side by side
Sword & Shield Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions
How many Sword & Shield Pokémon cards are there?
How much is a Sword & Shield Pokémon card worth?
What is the most expensive Sword & Shield Pokémon card?
Are Sword & Shield Pokémon cards rare?
Do all Sword & Shield Pokémon cards have a price?
Where can I see every Sword & Shield Pokémon card?
How often are Sword & Shield Pokémon card prices updated?
Are Sword & Shield Pokémon cards going up in value?
How much does a cheap Sword & Shield Pokémon card cost?
Which Sword & Shield Pokémon cards are worth the most?
What is the highest HP on a Sword & Shield Pokémon card?
Are Sword & Shield Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?
What are Sword & Shield Pokémon cards weak to?
Which Sword & Shield Pokémon card rose the most this year?
How these Sword & Shield figures are collected, and where you can check them
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.
Industry source
Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.
Before you rely on these figures
Note: Prices on this page are asking and market prices for ungraded English Sword & Shield 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