XY Base Set

Measured activity

Water Energymade the set's biggest measured move, +109% to $9.82. 35 cards broke away from the set's shared move over the measured window, quieter than most Pokémon sets (12.9 per 100 cards vs. a 45.5 median). 27 moved up, 8 moved down.

How Pokémon sets usually behave

Value concentrates hard: across 191 measured Pokémon sets, the single top card typically holds about 16% of a set's total card value.

New sets have typically eased about 23% more than the market overall within 30 weeks of release, fastest in the first few weeks.

Named moves in this set

The set's largest single-card departures from its own shared move.

1. +109%Water Energy$9.82 2024-12-02
2. +59%Emolga EX (143 Full Art) (Holofoil)$23.88 2025-11-24
3. +58%M Venusaur EX (Holofoil)$13.68 2025-03-24
4. -51%Voltorb (Reverse Holofoil)$6.21 2025-02-03
5. +50%Greninja (Reverse Holofoil)$7.75 2026-02-02
6. +46%Vivillon (High Plains [Orange]) (Reverse Holofoil)$3.65 2026-04-13
7. +42%Pikachu (Reverse Holofoil)$11.53 2026-06-22
8. +41%Xerneas EX (Holofoil)$8.20 2025-08-25
9. +39%Blastoise EX (Holofoil)$10.56 2026-04-20
10. +33%Emolga EX (Holofoil)$5.20 2025-07-21
11. +32%Yveltal EX (Holofoil)$7.39 2024-11-11
12. +30%Lapras (Holofoil)$4.29 2026-01-12