194 sets · 36,164 cards at daily closes · 20 sets with live listings
9 cards broke away from their set in the last 30 days (recent sets) · + 1,420 in older sets · set index →
Cards breaking from their set▲ 1,192 above · ▼ 237 below
weekly, 30 days · per 1,000 tracked, one scale across games · TCGplayer closes · 2026-07-13
Launched in Japan in 1996, in the US in 1999. Sets follow each game generation. Collector demand rose sharply in 2020-2021 and remains above pre-2020 levels.
Chase rarities (Illustration Rares, Special Art Rares) and sealed product carry most of the value. Pull rates are the #1 topic. New-set prices typically settle within 2-4 weeks of release.
Phantasmal Flames
48 cards
SV 151
34 cards
Stellar Crown
40 cards
White Flare
19 cards
Twilight Masquerade
37 cards
Perfect Order
40 cards
Surging Sparks
31 cards
Temporal Forces
40 cards
Team Up
36 cards
Black Bolt
16 cards
Journey Together
34 cards
Ascended Heroes
31 cards
Evolving Skies
39 cards
Prismatic Evolutions
43 cards
Fossil
50 cards
Paldean Fates
47 cards
Shrouded Fable
48 cards
Destined Rivals
34 cards
Mega Evolution
40 cards
Chaos Rising
16 cards
every Pokémon set we measure
194 sets measured at daily market closes, grouped by era. Every set opens its measured page; sets with live listings open those instead.
Illustration Rares, Special Art Rares. Things cooled down from the highs but collector demand stayed.
COVID-era demand surge. Alternate art cards became the new chase.
GX cards, Tag Team GX. Rainbow Rares introduced. Hidden Fates broke the market.
Mega Evolution mechanic. Evolutions (2016) became a nostalgia set.
Full Art cards introduced. EX returns. Market starts growing again.
Lv.X cards. Lower collector interest, smaller print runs now worth more.
Pokemon Company took over from WOTC. EX cards introduced power creep.
The original 151. Charizard became the cultural icon. WOTC published.
Formats: Standard, Expanded, Unlimited
Recent releasesJul 17 ME05: Pitch Black
New sets typically settle about 30% below their release-week price, with most of that easing done within roughly 12 weeks.