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1st Edition Pokémon cards — how many are there and what are they worth?

There are 755 1st Edition cards on file, 755 of them with a price, and the typical one costs $8.05.

Print variant · 755 cards · 755 with a price · $0.61 to $272.00 · read August 14, 2026

How much is a 1st Edition Pokémon card worth?

The typical 1st Edition card costs $8.05. Across the 755 of them that carry a price, the cheapest is $0.61 and the dearest is $272.00 — Sabrina's Gengar 29, at $272.00. 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 finishes Rarity Pokédex number Regulation mark Energy type Set Artist Evolution stage Card mechanic Attack cost Attack damage Retreat cost

1st Edition 755 cardsPrint variant

755 with a price · $0.61 to $272.00 · No. 2 of 5 finishes by typical price · +111.8% in 11 months · 56 HP on average · weak to Psychic

Typical price, last 11 months$8.05+111.8% from $3.80

Card price ladder$272.00$53.98 to $272.00

Place among finishesNo. 2CheapestMiddleDearestTypical price $8.05 · No. 2 of 5
3 finishes cost less than this one

Cards on file755755 carry a price Most expensive card$272.00Sabrina's Gengar 29 Cheapest on record$0.61across all 755 priced cards Price rose+111.8%over the last 11 months Place by priceNo. 2of 5 finishes

What stands out about 1st Edition cards

Scale 755 cards carry this finish — 3.7% of the 20,444 English cards on file.
Price Half of the priced cards cost under $8.05, but the dearest reaches $272.00 — a gap of 34×.
Place By typical price this is No. 2 of 5 finishes; 3 of them cost less.
Record 755 of the 755 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 755

Full bar = that step's denominator · filled = what carries over

English cards on file 20,44419,649 cardsonly cards that record a print variant remain · 96.1% of 20,444
Cards with a print variant 19,649755 cardsonly 1st Edition remain · 3.8% of 19,649
The 755 cards on this page755 cards3.7% of every English card on file

The middle step counts every card that records a print variant, including finishes too small to have a page of their own. That is why its figure is larger than the totals on the print variant list, which only counts the groups it can open.

1st Edition Pokémon cards at a glance

What this group is. 755 cards share the print finish 1st Edition. A print variant is the finish a card was sold in. The same artwork can be issued in more than one finish, and each finish keeps its own price record, so the two are priced apart.
What they cost. The typical card is $8.05. Across the 755 priced cards the range runs $0.61 to $272.00.
Where it stands. No. 2 of 5 finishes by typical price, with 3 of them cheaper.
What the cards are like. They average 56 HP and 25 maximum damage, and are most often weak to Psychic.
What is listed below. The 50 most expensive of the 755 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 755 cards on file, 755 of them with a price

Every 1st Edition Pokémon card with a price on file

These are the 50 dearest 1st Edition cards in the archive, most expensive first. The strip shows them as cards; the list under it carries the same 50 with their set and exact price as text.

The 50 dearest 1st Edition cards, most expensive first

Prices are the latest reading held in this site's own archive. A card with no picture on file is drawn as a small stand-in that still carries its name, set and number.

The same 50 cards as a listRank is by price inside this group.

CardNameSetPriceRarity

Sabrina's GengarGym Challenge$272.00Rare UmbreonNeo Discovery$199.33Rare MagikarpBase$186.46Uncommon DragonairBase$181.00Rare Dark CharizardTeam Rocket$178.36Rare Rocket's SnorlaxGym Heroes$173.78Rare BeedrillBase$153.17Rare Item FinderBase$144.99Rare CharmeleonBase$130.95Uncommon ElectabuzzBase$127.02Rare

Show the rest of the list40 more cards, still in price order+40

Computer SearchBase$119.99Rare LugiaNeo Revelation$118.31Rare WartortleBase$110.12Uncommon Super Energy RemovalBase$109.32Rare GengarFossil$102.88Rare DragoniteFossil$101.62Rare PidgeottoBase$90.90Rare LassBase$90.48Rare EspeonNeo Discovery$90.13Rare ArcanineBase$88.58Uncommon IvysaurBase$87.03Uncommon TyranitarNeo Discovery$85.64Rare EnteiNeo Revelation$82.45Rare Light JolteonNeo Destiny$81.11Uncommon Impostor Professor OakBase$79.25Rare Light VaporeonNeo Destiny$76.00Uncommon KadabraBase$75.89Uncommon ElectrodeBase$73.46Rare Dark DragoniteTeam Rocket$72.77Rare Clefairy DollBase$71.91Rare Dark BlastoiseTeam Rocket$71.54Rare SnorlaxJungle$71.30Rare Ho-ohNeo Revelation$70.00Rare Scoop UpBase$68.66Rare GrowlitheBase$66.15Uncommon Light SlowbroNeo Destiny$65.10Uncommon SuicuneNeo Revelation$64.98Rare DratiniBase$64.19Uncommon Dark HaunterNeo Destiny$63.61Uncommon Professor OakBase$63.60Uncommon Devolution SprayBase$63.35Rare HaunterBase$62.36Uncommon CaterpieBase$60.37Common Pokémon BreederBase$59.27Rare Sabrina's HaunterGym Heroes$59.07Uncommon Light NinetalesNeo Destiny$57.35Uncommon Light FlareonNeo Destiny$55.92Uncommon MachokeBase$55.40Uncommon Pokémon TraderBase$54.63Rare JolteonJungle$53.98Rare

755 cards on file carry a price; the archive holds the 50 dearest of them in full.

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Are 1st Edition Pokémon cards going up in value?

This is the middle price of the whole group on each reading day, so it answers the question for 1st Edition cards as a group rather than for one card.

Typical 1st Edition card price, September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026

Each point is the middle price of the 755 priced 1st Edition cards on that day, read from this site's own archive. The 13 readings drawn above are also listed as text below.

Typical price of a 1st Edition Pokémon card from September 12, 2025 to August 14, 2026 — rose from $3.80 to $8.05
Reading date	Typical price	Where it started
12 Sep 25	3.8
10 Oct 25	3.92
7 Nov 25	4.15
5 Dec 25	4.37
2 Jan 26	4.75
30 Jan 26	5.06
27 Feb 26	5.87
27 Mar 26	6.39
24 Apr 26	6.69
22 May 26	7.07
19 Jun 26	7.47
17 Jul 26	7.73
14 Aug 26	8.05

Typical priceWhere it started · $3.80Now $8.05381 days on file

1st Edition Pokémon cards — price change by window
Window	Typical then	Typical now	Change
Last month	$7.73	$8.05	+4.1%
Last 3 months	$7.07	$8.05	+13.9%
Last 6 months	$5.87	$8.05	+37.1%
Since September 12, 2025	$3.80	$8.05	+111.8%

Each row compares the middle price of the whole group on two days. It is not the change of any single card — a card can fall while the group rises, which is what the movers list below shows.

The typical 1st Edition card rose from $3.80 to $8.05 over the 11 months on file — +111.8%. A rising middle means the ordinary card of this group got dearer, not just the headline one at the top of the list.

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How 1st Edition Pokémon card prices are spread

One group price cannot describe 755 cards. These figures show how far apart they actually sit.

$0.61$272.00$8.05Where the price splits in half — $0.61 to $272.00 laid out on a ten-fold scale

$0.61$272.00$19.95Where the dearer quarter begins — one card in four costs more than this

0%100%24.9%Cards costing more than $20 — 188 of the 755 that carry a price

Each half circle is the whole price range of the 755 priced 1st Edition cards, from $0.61 to $272.00, with the tenfold steps evenly spaced. The last one is read differently — it counts cards rather than dollars, and says so in its own label.

All 755 priced 1st Edition cards, by price band

Under $11.1%8 cards

$1 to $535.9%271 cards

$5 to $2038.1%288 cards

$20 to $5017.9%135 cards

$50 to $1004.9%37 cards

$100 to $5002.1%16 cards

How every 1st Edition card with a price falls into price bands — 755 cards counted, not just the ones drawn above. Each track is the whole group, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits outside that band.

The longest bar is where an ordinary 1st Edition card actually sits. Bands read the market price of each card on August 14, 2026.

Dearest tenth startsone in ten costs more than this$37.59
Dearer quarter startsone in four costs more than this$19.95
Typical cardhalf cost less, half cost more$8.05
Cheaper quarter endsone in four costs less than this$3.16
Cheapest on filenothing in the group costs less$0.61

The five points that describe every 1st Edition card price. Bar length is that price against the highest point on this ladder, and the highlighted row is the typical card.

1st Edition Pokémon cards — two ways of counting the same group
Figure	All priced cards	The 50 listed above
Cards counted	755	50
Cheapest	$0.61	$53.98
Cheaper quarter, up to	$3.16	—
Typical (median)	$8.05	—
Dearer quarter, from	$19.95	—
Dearest tenth, from	$37.59	—
Average	$17.12	—
Dearest	$272.00	$272.00

The two columns are different groups of cards, not two readings of the same one — the right column is the dearest end of the left one. "Typical" is the middle price, which half the cards sit below; "average" is pulled upward by the few very expensive cards, which is why the two differ.

The average price of a 1st Edition card is $17.12 while the typical one is $8.05. The gap between those two numbers is the shape of this group: a small number of very expensive cards is dragging the average far above what most cards actually cost.

What three quarters of the 755 priced 1st Edition cards cost

One in four 1st Edition cards costs $3.16 or less, half cost $8.05 or less, and three in four cost $19.95 or less. Only the top quarter runs past $19.95, and the dearest tenth starts at $37.59.

See the dearest Sabrina's Gengar — $272.00

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When were 1st Edition Pokémon cards printed, and are the old ones worth more?

The run starts in 1999 with 176 cards and reaches 2002 with 89. Age and price are drawn separately below, because the year with the most cards is rarely the year with the dearest ones.

How many 1st Edition cards were printed each year

199923.3%176 cards

200050.6%382 cards

200114.3%108 cards

200211.8%89 cards

Bar length is that year against the busiest year for 1st Edition cards, and the figure beside each year is its share of all 755 of them.

Years are left in printing order rather than sorted by size, because the shape of the run over time is what this chart is for.

1999176 cards printed$19.86
2000382 cards printed$5.65
2001108 cards printed$5.17
200289 cards printed$14.27

The middle price of the 1st Edition cards printed in each year, oldest first. Bar length is that year against the dearest year. Years where fewer than three cards carry a price are not drawn.

Are older 1st Edition cards worth more?
Year	Cards	Share	Typical price
1999	176	23.3%	$19.86
2000	382	50.6%	$5.65
2001	108	14.3%	$5.17
2002	89	11.8%	$14.27

Counted across all 755 1st Edition cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that year, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price.

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What 1st Edition Pokémon cards are made of, and which of them hold the value

The group price says what an ordinary 1st Edition card costs. These tables break the group down by rarity, set and card kind, each row beside its own typical price, so you can tell a $1 card from a $100 one before you look it up.

Which 1st Edition cards are rare, and does rarity show up in the price?

Uncommon37.1%280 cards

Common36.7%277 cards

Rare23.0%174 cards

Each track is the whole of the 755 1st Edition cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits in the other rows.

Only the ten largest rows are drawn. The table below carries the same counts as text, together with what each row typically costs.

Which 1st Edition cards are rare, and does rarity show up in the price?
Rarity	Cards	Share	Typical price
Uncommon	280	37.1%	$7.52
Common	277	36.7%	$3.50
Rare	174	23.0%	$20.90

Counted across all 755 1st Edition cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.

Which sets hold the 1st Edition cards?

Gym Heroes15.0%113 cards

Gym Challenge14.8%112 cards

Neo Genesis12.2%92 cards

Neo Destiny11.8%89 cards

Base10.7%81 cards

Team Rocket8.6%65 cards

Neo Discovery7.7%58 cards

Neo Revelation6.6%50 cards

Jungle6.4%48 cards

Fossil6.2%47 cards

Each track is the whole of the 755 1st Edition cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits in the other rows.

Only the ten largest rows are drawn. The table below carries the same counts as text, together with what each row typically costs.

Which sets hold the 1st Edition cards?
Group	Share	Value
Gym Heroes	15.0%	113 cards
Gym Challenge	14.8%	112 cards
Neo Genesis	12.2%	92 cards
Neo Destiny	11.8%	89 cards
Base	10.7%	81 cards
Team Rocket	8.6%	65 cards
Neo Discovery	7.7%	58 cards
Neo Revelation	6.6%	50 cards
Jungle	6.4%	48 cards
Fossil	6.2%	47 cards

Which sets hold the 1st Edition cards?
Set	Cards	Share	Typical price
Gym Heroes	113	15.0%	$6.19
Gym Challenge	112	14.8%	$6.38
Neo Genesis	92	12.2%	$3.49
Neo Destiny	89	11.8%	$14.27
Base	81	10.7%	$31.30
Team Rocket	65	8.6%	$6.52
Neo Discovery	58	7.7%	$7.29
Neo Revelation	50	6.6%	$4.05
Jungle	48	6.4%	$8.89
Fossil	47	6.2%	$6.58

Counted across all 755 1st Edition cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.

Which kinds of 1st Edition card carry the value?

Stadium2.9%22 cards

Pokémon Tool0.9%7 cards

Special0.8%6 cards

Rocket's Secret Machine0.7%5 cards

Goldenrod Game Corner0.3%2 cards

Each track is the whole of the 755 1st Edition cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits in the other rows.

Only the ten largest rows are drawn. The table below carries the same counts as text, together with what each row typically costs.

Which kinds of 1st Edition card carry the value?
Card kind	Cards	Share	Typical price
Stadium	22	2.9%	$3.10
Pokémon Tool	7	0.9%	$2.55
Special	6	0.8%	$9.12
Rocket's Secret Machine	5	0.7%	$5.17
Goldenrod Game Corner	2	0.3%	—

Counted across all 755 1st Edition cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.

Who drew the 1st Edition cards?

Ken Sugimori35.8%270 cards

Keiji Kinebuchi13.1%99 cards

Kagemaru Himeno8.5%64 cards

Mitsuhiro Arita8.3%63 cards

Atsuko Nishida6.2%47 cards

Sumiyoshi Kizuki3.6%27 cards

CR CG gangs3.3%25 cards

Miki Tanaka2.6%20 cards

Shin-ichi Yoshida2.4%18 cards

Tomokazu Komiya2.4%18 cards

Each track is the whole of the 755 1st Edition cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits in the other rows.

Only the ten largest rows are drawn. The table below carries the same counts as text, together with what each row typically costs.

Who drew the 1st Edition cards?
Group	Share	Value
Ken Sugimori	35.8%	270 cards
Keiji Kinebuchi	13.1%	99 cards
Kagemaru Himeno	8.5%	64 cards
Mitsuhiro Arita	8.3%	63 cards
Atsuko Nishida	6.2%	47 cards
Sumiyoshi Kizuki	3.6%	27 cards
CR CG gangs	3.3%	25 cards
Miki Tanaka	2.6%	20 cards
Shin-ichi Yoshida	2.4%	18 cards
Tomokazu Komiya	2.4%	18 cards

Who drew the 1st Edition cards?
Illustrator	Cards	Share	Typical price
Ken Sugimori	270	35.8%	$9.05
Keiji Kinebuchi	99	13.1%	$3.96
Kagemaru Himeno	64	8.5%	$6.53
Mitsuhiro Arita	63	8.3%	$14.64
Atsuko Nishida	47	6.2%	$5.34
Sumiyoshi Kizuki	27	3.6%	$2.79
CR CG gangs	25	3.3%	$5.60
Miki Tanaka	20	2.6%	$5.76
Shin-ichi Yoshida	18	2.4%	$9.29
Tomokazu Komiya	18	2.4%	$12.98

Counted across all 755 1st Edition cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.

Which energy types do 1st Edition cards use?

Grass17.2%130 cards

Water13.4%101 cards

Colorless12.1%91 cards

Psychic10.6%80 cards

Fighting10.2%77 cards

Fire6.5%49 cards

Lightning5.6%42 cards

Darkness1.2%9 cards

Metal0.5%4 cards

Each track is the whole of the 755 1st Edition cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits in the other rows.

Only the ten largest rows are drawn. The table below carries the same counts as text, together with what each row typically costs.

Which energy types do 1st Edition cards use?
Group	Share	Value
Grass	17.2%	130 cards
Water	13.4%	101 cards
Colorless	12.1%	91 cards
Psychic	10.6%	80 cards
Fighting	10.2%	77 cards
Fire	6.5%	49 cards
Lightning	5.6%	42 cards
Darkness	1.2%	9 cards
Metal	0.5%	4 cards

Which energy types do 1st Edition cards use?
Energy type	Cards	Share	Typical price
Grass	130	17.2%	$5.17
Water	101	13.4%	$9.33
Colorless	91	12.1%	$11.07
Psychic	80	10.6%	$10.57
Fighting	77	10.2%	$6.49
Fire	49	6.5%	$16.19
Lightning	42	5.6%	$14.06
Darkness	9	1.2%	$17.66
Metal	4	0.5%	$22.44

Counted across all 755 1st Edition cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.

Which eras of the game do 1st Edition cards come from?

Neo38.3%289 cards

Base31.9%241 cards

Gym29.8%225 cards

Each track is the whole of the 755 1st Edition cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits in the other rows.

Only the ten largest rows are drawn. The table below carries the same counts as text, together with what each row typically costs.

Which eras of the game do 1st Edition cards come from?
Series	Cards	Share	Typical price
Neo	289	38.3%	$6.17
Base	241	31.9%	$14.45
Gym	225	29.8%	$6.23

Counted across all 755 1st Edition cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.

Are evolved 1st Edition cards worth more?

Basic48.9%369 cards

Stage 126.5%200 cards

Stage 24.2%32 cards

Baby0.8%6 cards

Each track is the whole of the 755 1st Edition cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share that sits in the other rows.

Only the ten largest rows are drawn. The table below carries the same counts as text, together with what each row typically costs.

Are evolved 1st Edition cards worth more?
Evolution stage	Cards	Share	Typical price
Basic	369	48.9%	$5.61
Stage 1	200	26.5%	$11.97
Stage 2	32	4.2%	$21.70
Baby	6	0.8%	$14.35

Counted across all 755 1st Edition cards on file. "Typical price" is the middle price inside that row, left as a dash where fewer than three of its cards carry a price — a median of one or two cards is not a typical price.

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How much HP and damage 1st Edition Pokémon cards print

An average hides the shape of a group: it reads the same whether every 1st Edition 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.

1st Edition Pokémon cards — how far apart the numbers on the cards sit
Measure	Lowest	Lower quarter	Typical	Upper quarter	Highest	Cards counted
HP	10	40	50	70	100	585
Biggest attack	10	10	20	30	100	554

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 1st Edition card HP

Lowest10.0% of the highest10 HP

Lower quarter40.0% of the highest40 HP

Typical50.0% of the highest50 HP

Upper quarter70.0% of the highest70 HP

Highest100.0% of the highest100 HP

HP printed on the 585 1st Edition cards that carry one. The typical card is 50 HP. Bar length is that HP against the highest in the group.

Half of these cards sit between 40 and 70 HP. The distance between the two ends is what a single average would have hidden.

The five points that describe 1st Edition card HP
Group	Share	Value
Lowest	10.0% of the highest	10 HP
Lower quarter	40.0% of the highest	40 HP
Typical	50.0% of the highest	50 HP
Upper quarter	70.0% of the highest	70 HP
Highest	100.0% of the highest	100 HP

The five points that describe the biggest attack on a 1st Edition card

Lowest10.0% of the highest10 damage

Lower quarter10.0% of the highest10 damage

Typical20.0% of the highest20 damage

Upper quarter30.0% of the highest30 damage

Highest100.0% of the highest100 damage

The largest printed damage number on each of the 554 1st Edition cards that print one. The typical card hits for 20. Bar length is that number against the hardest hitter in the group.

Half of these cards hit between 10 and 30. Attack text that adds a condition is not counted here — only the printed number.

The five points that describe the biggest attack on a 1st Edition card
Group	Share	Value
Lowest	10.0% of the highest	10 damage
Lower quarter	10.0% of the highest	10 damage
Typical	20.0% of the highest	20 damage
Upper quarter	30.0% of the highest	30 damage
Highest	100.0% of the highest	100 damage

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What are 1st Edition Pokémon cards weak to?

Weakness is the one printed number that doubles incoming damage, so it decides more matches than HP does. Across the 538 1st Edition cards that print one, the most common is Psychic on 129 of them.

What 1st Edition Pokémon cards are weak to

Psychic24.0%129 cards

Fighting18.4%99 cards

Fire17.3%93 cards

Grass15.6%84 cards

Lightning15.4%83 cards

Water9.3%50 cards

What 1st Edition Pokémon cards are weak to — 538 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 538 1st Edition cards that print a weakness.

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Which 1st Edition Pokémon cards print a resistance?

Resistance is the rarer of the two printed match-ups: only 195 of the 755 1st Edition cards on file carry one at all, and the rest simply leave the box empty.

What 1st Edition Pokémon cards resist

What 1st Edition Pokémon cards resist — 195 cards counted.

Fighting41%
Psychic39%
Lightning18%
Grass2%

Resistance cuts incoming damage from that type. Only some 1st Edition cards print one, which is why this count is smaller than the card total.

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How do 1st Edition Pokémon cards evolve?

Evolution stage decides how many turns a card costs you before it can attack. These are the 607 1st Edition cards that print a stage.

6071st Edition

Basic369 · 60.8%Stage 1200 · 32.9%Stage 232 · 5.3%Baby6 · 1.0%

The 607 1st Edition cards that print a stage, split by which stage it is

How 1st Edition Pokémon cards evolve

Basic60.8%typically $5.61369 cards

Stage 132.9%typically $11.97200 cards

Stage 25.3%typically $21.7032 cards

Baby1.0%typically $14.356 cards

607 cards counted. Each track is the whole of that count, so a short bar means most of the group sits elsewhere.

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 1st Edition Pokémon cards, and what do they cost to retreat?

Price is only half of what separates this group from the one next to it. These are the conditions you meet when you actually put a 1st Edition card on the table, across all 755 of them.

Standard

30 cards you can play today

30 of the 755 1st Edition cards are legal in Standard, the format most tournaments run. That is 4.0% of the group.

Expanded only

8 more that need the older format

These 8 have rotated out of Standard but are still legal in Expanded, which reaches back much further.

Neither

717 that no current format accepts

717 of the group — 95.0% — are collector cards now rather than deck cards.

What it costs to retreat a 1st Edition Pokémon card

154.9%320 cards

221.4%125 cards

017.0%retreats free99 cards

36.0%35 cards

40.7%4 cards

583 cards counted.

The number of energy cards you discard to move this Pokémon back to the bench. Zero means it retreats for free.

Can you still play 1st Edition Pokémon cards in a tournament?
Question	Cards	Share of the group
Legal in Standard today	30	4.0%
Legal in Expanded today	38	5.0%
Cards with an Ability	91	12.1%
Cards with a special rule	178	23.6%

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 755 cards

Legal in Standard today4.0%30 cards

Legal in Expanded today5.0%38 cards

Cards with an Ability12.1%91 cards

Cards with a special rule23.6%178 cards

Each track is the whole of the 755 1st Edition cards on file, so the empty part of a bar is the share the answer does not cover.

The rows are not slices of one whole — a card can be legal in Standard and carry an Ability at the same time, so the bars are read one at a time against the group.

How much of the group each answer covers, out of 755 cards
Group	Share	Value
Legal in Standard today	4.0%	30 cards
Legal in Expanded today	5.0%	38 cards
Cards with an Ability	12.1%	91 cards
Cards with a special rule	23.6%	178 cards

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Which 1st Edition Pokémon cards moved most this year

The group moved +111.8%. These are the 1st Edition cards inside it that moved furthest in each direction over the same window.

Change between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026, for the 694 1st Edition cards that carried a price on both days. Bar length is the size of the move, not its direction.

694 1st Edition cards tracked across the yearSee the group line

A group line and a card line are not the same thing. The 1st Edition group rose over this window, yet the cards above ran from -36.6% to +1,183.1% — which is why a figure taken from the group tells you what to expect, and only the card page tells you what happened.

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The cheapest 1st Edition Pokémon cards you can buy

A group price hides its own floor. These are the 6 least expensive 1st Edition cards carrying a price, which is what the group costs to start rather than what its best card costs.

Read from the same daily price archive as the rest of this page. A low price usually means the card is common rather than that it is a bargain.

The same 6 cards with their set and number

BerryNeo Genesis#99$0.61Common Energy ArkNeo Discovery#75$0.69Common Old RodNeo Revelation#64$0.77Common Energy FlowGym Heroes#122$0.87Common Energy SearchFossil#59$0.97Common RecycleFossil#61$0.97Common

Set and number are what you match against a listing; two cards with the same name are different cards if either of those differs.

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How 1st Edition compares with the other finishes

Every finish in this list is ranked by its typical price. The bar is that price against the dearest group, and the highlighted row is where 1st Edition sits.

1st Edition Holofoil 172 cardsNo. 1 · $27.79 to $1,495.00$133.98
1st Edition 755 cardsNo. 2 · $0.61 to $272.00$8.05
Holofoil 7,484 cardsNo. 3 · $0.10 to $4,500.00$7.36
1 more finishes between
Reverse Holofoil 217 cardsNo. 5 · $0.19 to $800.00$0.35

Bar length is the typical price against 1st Edition Holofoil, the dearest finish at $133.98. The row without a link is this group.

5 finishes in totalSee them all

1st Edition is No. 2 of 5 finishes by typical price, with 3 of them cheaper and 1 dearer. Rank is not the same as scarcity: a group can rank high because a handful of its cards are chased, while most of it stays affordable — the price ladder above shows which of those two is happening here.

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How much energy do 1st Edition Pokémon cards need to attack?

A card does nothing on the table until it has been paid for in energy. Across the 580 1st Edition cards that print an attack at all, this is what the cheapest attack on each of them asks for.

1 energy345 cards · 59.5% of the 580 counted

2 energy175 cards · 30.2% of the 580 counted

3 energy50 cards · 8.6% of the 580 counted

4 energy10 cards · 1.7% of the 580 counted

1st Edition Pokémon cards — energy asked for by the cheapest printed attack, 580 cards counted

Each symbol is one Energy card of any type, which is how the cost is recorded: as a number of cards rather than a list of types. Cards that print no attack are left out of this count rather than entered as zero.

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How the finishes compare on HP, damage and how hard they hit for their size

Price is one ladder, and the numbers printed on the cards are another. These are the 5 finishes side by side, each on its own averages, with 1st Edition among them.

Finishes compared on what their cards actually print
Print variant	Cards	Average HP	Average biggest attack	Damage per HP	Most common stage
1st Edition Holofoil	172	76	41	0.54	Stage 1
1st Edition	755	56	25	0.45	Basic
Holofoil	7,484	157	96	0.61	Basic
Normal	11,021	80	43	0.54	Basic
Reverse Holofoil	217	89	56	0.63	Basic

Damage per HP is that group's average biggest attack divided by its average HP: a larger number means the group hits harder for the size it prints. Both averages are counted only across the cards that carry the number at all, and Trainer and Energy cards carry neither. Only groups large enough to have their own page are listed.

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The dearest and the cheapest 1st Edition Pokémon card, side by side

Both of these are 1st Edition cards, and one costs 446 times what the other does. That gap is why a single group price is a starting point and not a valuation of any one card.

Dearest in the groupSabrina's GengarGym Challenge 29$272.00

446× apartBoth are 1st Edition cards
$0.61 VS $272.00

Cheapest in the groupBerryNeo Genesis 99$0.61

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Which 1st Edition Pokémon cards you have to evolve into

A Basic card is played straight from the hand. Every later stage has to arrive on top of the card before it, so an evolved 1st Edition card costs you deck slots and turns that a Basic one does not.

The stage ladder inside 1st Edition607 cards print a stage

No imageBasic369 1st Edition cards

No imageStage 1200 1st Edition cards

No imageStage 232 1st Edition cards

What that costs a 1st Edition deck

238 of the 607 cards that print a stage are evolutions, so they need the card before them in the deck as well.
11 of them evolve from Eevee.
7 of them evolve from Mysterious Fossil.
4 of them evolve from Slowpoke.
3 of them evolve from Chinchou.

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The other finishes, and what each one is made of

The price ladder above ranks these same groups by what they cost. This one shows how big each of them is and what a card from it actually looks like, which is the part a ladder cannot carry.

Shining Charizard — Neo Destiny 107

1st Edition Holofoil172 cards · 76 HP on average · 41 damageFor example: Shining CharizardTypical card $133.98

Lugia — Aquapolis 149

Holofoil7,484 cards · 157 HP on average · 96 damageFor example: LugiaTypical card $7.36Normal11,021 cards · 80 HP on average · 43 damageFor example: Tropical Tidal WaveTypical card $0.68

Ho-oh — Skyridge 149

Reverse Holofoil217 cards · 89 HP on average · 56 damageFor example: Ho-ohTypical card $0.35

Bar length is that group's size against the largest of them, which is 11,021 cards. The card shown on each panel is the dearest one in that group, not a typical one.

Every group listed here is large enough to have a page of its own; smaller ones stay as rows on the page above.

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The 8 things that tell 1st Edition cards apart

Each panel already carries the answer its section arrives at, so you can read the whole of 1st Edition here and open only the part you came for.

Are they going up in value?+111.8%$3.80 to $8.05See the trend What are they made of?UncommonUncommon280Common277Rare17438.3% of the groupSee the breakdown What beats them?Psychic129 of the 538 that print a weaknessSee every weakness How do they evolve?Basic369 of the 607 that print a stageSee the stage ladder Can you still play them?4.0%30 of 755 are legal in StandardSee both formats What do they cost to attack?1 energy345 cards, the most common answerSee the energy ladder How hard do they hit for their size?0.4556 HP and 25 damage on averageCompare every group What is the cheapest one?$0.61Berry — Neo GenesisSee the cheapest six

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The numbers every figure on this page is read from

These are the readings for 1st Edition that the rest of the page works from. Each of the lines on the right opens the section that shows how it was arrived at.

Cards on file

755cards

755 of them carry a price

Typical price

$8.05

The middle price of the priced cards

Cheapest on file

$0.61

One card, not the group

Dearest on file

$272.00

One card, not the group

Where the middle half sits$3.16 to $19.95Top tenth starts at$37.59Average HP56 Average biggest attack25 Most common weaknessPsychic

Where 1st Edition sits, at a glance

Tournament legal4.0%4.0%30 of 755 cards are legal in Standard today Price rank2of 5 finishesTypical card $8.05; the dearest group is $133.98Where it sits on the ladder75% cheaper below it3 of the 4 finishes cost less than this one Most common rarityUncommon280 of the 731 cards on file

Each panel is a different way of cutting the same cards; the section it links to shows the full count.

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Which 1st Edition Pokémon cards carry a special rule

Cards such as ex and V hit harder but hand your opponent an extra prize card when they fall. This is how much of 1st Edition sits on each side of that trade.

Of the 755 1st Edition cards, those with a special rule178cards23.6% of the group. A special rule is the line of text a card carries beyond its attacks.Of those, the ones marked Stadium22cards12.4% of the 178 that carry a special rule.Of those, the ones marked Pokémon Tool7cards3.9% of the 178 that carry a special rule.Of the 755, those with no special rule577cards76.4% of the group. These give your opponent no extra prize when they are knocked out.

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Which 1st Edition Pokémon cards hit hardest, type by type

Counting cards tells you which type is common. Counting damage tells you which one is dangerous, and the two answers are not the same: Psychic leads on cards while Fire leads on damage.

Counted by power rather than by card, the order changes

Bar length is that type against Fire, the hardest hitter here at 47 damage

Fire — hits hardestagainst the group average of 351.33× the average · 7 of the 39 counted47
Darknessagainst the group average of 351.13× the average · 2 of the 39 counted40
Psychic — most cardsagainst the group average of 350.97× the average · 9 of the 39 counted34
Colorlessagainst the group average of 350.88× the average · 8 of the 39 counted31
Wateragainst the group average of 350.85× the average · 5 of the 39 counted30
Lightningagainst the group average of 350.85× the average · 4 of the 39 counted30

Counted across the 39 Pokémon cards among this group's 50 dearest that print both a type and a damage number. Trainer and Energy cards print neither and are left out rather than entered as zero. A type with only one such card is not averaged.

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The three hardest-hitting 1st Edition Pokémon cards

A group price says nothing about what its cards do on the table. These three print the biggest attacks of any 1st Edition card in the archive, and the middle one's numbers are set out under them.

The three biggest attacks among 1st Edition cards — hover to fan them outpress and hold to fan them out

Middle card · Arcanine FireHP 100Biggest attack 80Weak to WaterRetreat 3

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1st Edition Pokémon cards — frequently asked questions

How many 1st Edition Pokémon cards are there?

There are 755 1st Edition cards in this archive, and 755 of them carry a price. A print variant is the finish a card was sold in. The same artwork can be issued in more than one finish, and each finish keeps its own price record, so the two are priced apart.

How much is a 1st Edition Pokémon card worth?

The typical one costs $8.05. Across the 755 priced cards the range runs from $0.61 to $272.00, so the group price is a starting point rather than a valuation of any one card.

What is the most expensive 1st Edition Pokémon card?

Sabrina's Gengar 29 from Gym Challenge, at $272.00. It is 34× the typical price of the group.

Are 1st Edition Pokémon cards rare?

By price they rank No. 2 of 5 finishes, with 3 cheaper than this one. By size the group holds 755 of the 20,444 English cards on file, or 3.7%. Those two together are what "rare" usually means in practice — few of them, and dear because of it.

Do all 1st Edition Pokémon cards have a price?

No. 755 of the 755 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 1st Edition 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 705 carry no published price, which is why they are not drawn.

How often are 1st Edition 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 1st Edition Pokémon cards going up in value?

Over the last 11 months the typical 1st Edition card rose from $3.80 to $8.05, a change of +111.8%. 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 1st Edition Pokémon card cost?

One in four 1st Edition cards costs $3.16 or less and the cheapest on file is $0.61. Three in four cost $19.95 or less, so the cards past that point are the exception rather than the rule for this group.

Which 1st Edition Pokémon cards are worth the most?

Sorted by rarity, Rare is the dearest kind of 1st Edition card: 174 of them are on file and the middle one costs $20.90. The table on this page lists every rarity in the group beside its own typical price.

What is the highest HP on a 1st Edition Pokémon card?

The highest printed HP among 1st Edition cards is 100, and the lowest is 10. The typical one is 50 HP, with half of them between 40 and 70 — figures counted from the 585 cards in this group that print an HP value.

Are 1st Edition Pokémon cards legal in tournaments?

30 of the 755 1st Edition cards are legal in Standard today and 38 in Expanded — 4.0% and 5.0% 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 1st Edition Pokémon cards weak to?

Most often Psychic — 129 of the 538 1st Edition cards that print a weakness take double damage from it, with Fighting next at 99 cards. Weakness is printed per card, so the group tendency is a guide and the card itself is the answer.

Are old 1st Edition Pokémon cards worth more than new ones?

Not simply by age. Among 1st Edition cards the 1999 printings sit at a typical $19.86 and the 2002 ones at $14.27, while the dearest year of all is 1999 at $19.86. Print run and demand decide it, not the date on its own.

Which 1st Edition Pokémon card rose the most this year?

Girafarig 66 from Neo Destiny, which went from $1.24 to $15.91 — a change of +1,183.1% between August 14, 2025 and August 14, 2026. It is one of 694 1st Edition cards that carried a price on both days.

Which sets have 1st Edition Pokémon cards?

1st Edition cards appear across 10 sets on file. The largest are Gym Heroes (113 cards, typically $6.19), Gym Challenge (112 cards, typically $6.38), Neo Genesis (92 cards, typically $3.49). The full list on this page gives every set beside its card count and typical price.

How these 1st Edition figures are collected, and where you can check them

Every figure on this page is counted from the 755 1st Edition cards this site holds on file — 755 of them with a price read once a day from public marketplace listings into this site's own archive. Nothing here is estimated: a card with no price is left out of the price columns rather than filled in. The places below are where the same card information can be checked.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

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The Pokémon Company International — official tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

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Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, rarity, types, regulation mark, illustrator credits) github.com

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TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set listings and printed names) github.com

Before you rely on these figures

Note: Prices on this page are asking and market prices for ungraded English 1st Edition 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