Pokémon cards by print variant — which finishes hold the most, and what do they cost?

Every Pokémon card print finish, biggest group first

Every Pokémon card finish — 5 in all, most cards firstEach row carries that finish's dearest card, how many cards it holds and its typical price · press a row to open it

Dearest cardFinishCardsTypicalCard name

—1Normallargest→11,021 cards$0.68Tropical Tidal Wave — HGSS Black Star Promos HGSS182Holofoil→7,484 cards$7.36Lugia — Aquapolis 14931st Edition→755 cards$8.05Sabrina's Gengar — Gym Challenge 294Reverse Holofoilcheapest→217 cards$0.35Ho-oh — Skyridge 14951st Edition Holofoildearest→172 cards$133.98Shining Charizard — Neo Destiny 107

There is no page to turn — all 5 finishes are on this one address. The price column is the typical price of that group, which is the middle price of the cards inside it. Prices were read on August 14, 2026.

How Pokémon card prices are spread across print finishes

The 5 finishes on this page are cut from the 19,649 cards that carry a print finish. The grey slice is the rest of the archive, which this axis says nothing about.

Each slice is one size band: how many of the 19,649 cards the finishes in that band hold between them.

The 5 finishes sorted into size bands, largest band first, with the number of cards behind each band.

※The two halves of this table count the same groups twice — once by what they cost and once by how big they are. Shares are of the 19,649 cards in this list.

※Read the three price columns together: a group where all three are close is dear all the way through, while a group with a low typical price and a very high dearest card is carrying one chased print. A dash means fewer than four cards in that group carry a price, which is too few to split into quarters.

1—Normal→11,021 cards · a cheap one $0.29, the dearest $1,400.004,828times wider ($0.29 to $1,400.00)2Reverse Holofoil→217 cards · a cheap one $0.27, the dearest $800.002,963times wider ($0.27 to $800.00)3Holofoil→7,484 cards · a cheap one $1.98, the dearest $4,500.002,273times wider ($1.98 to $4,500.00)

The widest finishes on this page: how many times the dearest card inside costs more than a cheap one. A wide finish is not an expensive finish — it is one where the price of a single card tells you almost nothing about the next.

Are Pokémon cards going up in value, finish by finish?

One line per finish, each drawn against its own scale so the shapes can be compared rather than the heights. The figures beneath are the typical price now and the change over the 11 months on file; the ladder below ranks the same moves by size.

Change in the typical price of each finish between September 12, 2025 and August 14, 2026, counted from 5 finishes that carry a price on both dates.

Which finish holds the most valuable Pokémon card?

No.1Dearest card (of 5 finishes)

Lugia 149 · $4,500.00 · the dearest single card in the whole print variant list, and it sits in Holofoil, whose ordinary card costs $7.36.

No. 1 Lugia at $4,500.00 is $3,005.00 above No. 2 Shining Charizard at $1,495.00 — 3.0 times its price.

• Dearest card — against the middle of the finishes$4,500.00
  middle of these cards $1,400.00

The four rows below are No. 2 to No. 5. Each bar is that card against Lugia at $4,500.00, the dearest card on this page.

No. 2Shining Charizarddearest by typical price$1,495.00 · dearest in 1st Edition Holofoil33.2%of $4,500.00No. 3Tropical Tidal Wavelargest finish$1,400.00 · dearest in Normal31.1%of $4,500.00No. 4Ho-ohsmall finish$800.00 · dearest in Reverse Holofoil17.8%of $4,500.00No. 5Sabrina's Gengar$272.00 · dearest in 1st Edition6.0%of $4,500.00

※ One card is taken from each finish — whichever is worth the most inside it. Every row opens that card's own price page.

How far each of these cards sits above its own finish

LugiaHolofoil · Aquapolis 149 · Rare Secret$4,500.00611× the group medianShining Charizard1st Edition Holofoil · Neo Destiny 107 · Rare Shining$1,495.0011.2× the group medianTropical Tidal WaveNormalHGSS Black Star PromosHGSS18Tropical Tidal WaveNormal · HGSS Black Star Promos HGSS18 · Promo$1,400.002,059× the group medianHo-ohReverse Holofoil · Skyridge 149 · Rare Secret$800.002,286× the group medianSabrina's Gengar1st Edition · Gym Challenge 29 · Rare$272.0033.8× the group median

The last column is that one card measured against the typical price of the finish it belongs to, not against the other cards on this list.

A large multiple means the finish is carried by a single chased print: the card is dear but an ordinary card of that finish is not. A small multiple means the group is dear all the way through. Finishes that record no typical price are left out of this list rather than shown as zero.

Pokémon card print variant records — the biggest, the dearest and the fastest moving

The most valuable Pokémon card in every finish

1Market $4,500.00Lugia [149]2Market $1,495.00Shining Charizard [107]3Tropical Tidal WavePromoNo imageHGSS Black Star PromosHGSS18Market $1,400.00Tropical Tidal Wave [HGSS18]4Market $800.00Ho-oh [149]5Market $272.00Sabrina's Gengar [29]

The dearest card of each of the 5 finishes, dearest first.

All 5 cards are on this one page — there is nothing folded away. Each picture opens that card's own price page; to open the finish instead, use the list higher up. Prices were read on August 14, 2026.

Other ways to sort the same Pokémon cards

Pokémon cards in Normal11,021 cards · typical $0.68Dearest: Tropical Tidal WavePokémon cards in Holofoil7,484 cards · typical $7.36Dearest: LugiaPokémon cards in 1st Edition755 cards · typical $8.05Dearest: Sabrina's GengarPokémon cards in Reverse Holofoil217 cards · typical $0.35Dearest: Ho-ohPokémon cards in 1st Edition Holofoil172 cards · typical $133.98Dearest: Shining Charizard

Pokémon cards by rarityRarity is the grade recorded with each card in the card files this site reads. Every English card carries one, so the archive splits into rarity tiers without anything left over.Pokémon cards by Pokédex numberThe Pokédex number ties every print of the same Pokémon together, whatever the set is called and whatever extra words the card name carries. Grouping by the number keeps prints of one Pokémon in one place instead of scattering them by name.Pokémon cards by regulation markThe regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.Pokémon cards by energy typeThe energy type is the element recorded for each Pokémon card. Trainer and energy cards carry none, so this axis covers only the Pokémon part of the archive.Pokémon cards by setA 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.Pokémon cards by artistThe artist is the illustrator credited on the printed card, recorded with each card in the card files this site reads. One illustrator can appear across many expansions and many decades, so this axis cuts the archive by hand rather than by release.Pokémon cards by evolution stageThe stage is where a card stands in an evolution line, recorded with each card in the card files this site reads. Trainer and energy cards carry no stage, so this axis covers only the Pokémon part of the archive.Pokémon cards by mechanicA mechanic is the special kind a card is printed as — V, VMAX and ex among Pokémon, Item, Supporter and Stadium among Trainers — recorded with each card in the card files this site reads. Evolution stages are counted on their own, and a plain card carries no mechanic at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.Pokémon cards by attack costThe attack cost is how many energy a card's cheapest attack asks for, counted from the energy printed on each attack in the card files this site reads. Cards with no attack carry none, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that attacks.Pokémon cards by damage rangeThe damage figure is the highest number any of a card's attacks prints, gathered here into ranges rather than counted one number at a time. Attacks that print no number carry none, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that prints damage.Pokémon cards by retreat costThe retreat cost is how many energy a card asks for to retreat, counted from the retreat cost recorded with each card in the card files this site reads. Cards with no retreat cost on file carry none, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Rarity

29 rarity tiers · 20,049 cards

dearest Common

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Print variant

5 finishes · 19,649 cards

dearest Holofoil

Pokédex number

206 Pokémon · 7,142 cards

dearest Pikachu

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Regulation mark

7 regulation marks · 8,194 cards

dearest Regulation G

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Energy type

11 types · 17,249 cards

dearest Water

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Set

145 sets · 20,033 cards

dearest SWSH Black Star Promos

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Artist

130 artists · 17,027 cards

dearest 5ban Graphics

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Evolution stage

5 stages · 16,955 cards

dearest Basic

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Card mechanic

28 mechanics · 7,208 cards

dearest Supporter

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Attack cost

6 attack costs · 17,262 cards

dearest Attack cost 1

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Attack damage

6 damage ranges · 16,246 cards

dearest Damage ~30

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Retreat cost

5 retreat costs · 17,240 cards

dearest Retreat cost 1

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What the Pokémon cards inside each print finish are like

Each dot is one finish: further right means tougher cards, further up means harder-hitting ones. The size of the dot is how many cards that finish holds. HP and damage are the averages of the Pokémon cards inside it, so Trainer and energy cards take no part in either figure.

※Typical HP and typical max damage are the averages across the Pokémon cards in that group. Main weakness, stage and retreat cost are the most common value in the group, not the only one.

Pokémon card print variant — frequently asked questions

How these counts are made, and where you can check them

Before you rely on these figures