Rare Pokemon Cards

4,255 cards printed at Rare across 148 sets. Rare cards show a black star and are the top of the non-holo pull, one or two per pack. Most are powerful evolutions, though only the chase cards command real money. How to spot it: see the rarity symbols guide.

Most valuable Rare cards

	Card	Set	Number	Rarity	Price*
	Shining Tyranitar	Neo Destiny	113/105	Rare	$4,249.99
	Shining Charizard	Neo Destiny	107/105	Rare	$3,998.99
	Pikachu Star	Holon Phantoms	104/110	Rare	$3,200.00
	Treecko Star	Team Rocket Returns	109/109	Rare	$2,400.00
	Lugia	Aquapolis	149/147	Rare	$2,225.00
	Charizard	Legendary Collection	3/110	Rare	$2,100.00
	Jolteon Star	Power Keepers	101/108	Rare	$1,999.94
	Torchic Star	Team Rocket Returns	108/109	Rare	$1,969.69
	Shining Celebi	Neo Destiny	106/105	Rare	$1,800.50
	Gengar	Legendary Collection	11/110	Rare	$1,599.99
	Lugia	Neo Genesis	9/111	Rare	$1,599.98
	Gengar ex	FireRed & LeafGreen	108/112	Rare	$1,399.99
	Umbreon	Aquapolis	H29	Rare	$1,252.62
	Gyarados	Skyridge	H10	Rare	$1,249.94
	Alakazam	Skyridge	H01	Rare	$1,199.99
	Raikou Star	Unseen Forces	114/115	Rare	$1,100.00
	Alakazam Star	Crystal Guardians	99/100	Rare	$1,025.00
	Groudon Star	Delta Species	111/113	Rare	$1,019.99
	Houndoom	Skyridge	H11	Rare	$1,000.00
	Celebi Star	Crystal Guardians	100/100	Rare	$950.00
	Shining Mewtwo	Neo Destiny	109/105	Rare	$944.99
	Lugia ex	Unseen Forces	105/115	Rare	$902.49
	Vaporeon Star	Power Keepers	102/108	Rare	$900.99
	Rocket's Zapdos ex	Team Rocket Returns	106/109	Rare	$899.99
	Venusaur	Legendary Collection	18/110	Rare	$799.99
	Gengar	Expedition Base Set	13/165	Rare	$799.98
	Dragonite	Expedition Base Set	9/165	Rare	$799.69
	Charizard	Dragon	100/97	Rare	$772.48
	Articuno	Legendary Collection	2/110	Rare	$749.99
	Regirock Star	Legend Maker	91/92	Rare	$747.00

Newest Rare cards

	Card	Set	Number	Rarity	Price*
	Chesnaught	Chaos Rising	7/86	Rare	$0.22
	Ho-Oh	Chaos Rising	10/86	Rare	$0.24
	Delphox	Chaos Rising	13/86	Rare	$0.18
	Keldeo	Chaos Rising	19/86	Rare	$0.22
	Ampharos	Chaos Rising	29/86	Rare	$0.24
	Trevenant	Chaos Rising	39/86	Rare	$0.22
	Xerneas	Chaos Rising	42/86	Rare	$0.21
	Crobat	Chaos Rising	51/86	Rare	$0.24
	Goodra	Chaos Rising	68/86	Rare	$0.20
	Bubbly Water Energy	Chaos Rising	84/86	Rare	$0.29
	Magnetic Metal Energy	Chaos Rising	85/86	Rare	$0.27
	Nitro Fire Energy	Chaos Rising	86/86	Rare	$0.29
	Serperior	Perfect Order	6/88	Rare	$0.22
	Dewgong	Perfect Order	19/88	Rare	$0.28
	Aurorus	Perfect Order	24/88	Rare	$0.28
	Luxray	Perfect Order	28/88	Rare	$0.30
	Landorus	Perfect Order	41/88	Rare	$0.24
	Tyrantrum	Perfect Order	45/88	Rare	$0.30
	Gengar	Perfect Order	50/88	Rare	$1.63
	Chien-Pao	Perfect Order	54/88	Rare	$0.15
	Growing Grass Energy	Perfect Order	86/88	Rare	$0.23
	Rocky Fighting Energy	Perfect Order	87/88	Rare	$0.25
	Telepathic Psychic Energy	Perfect Order	88/88	Rare	$0.30
	Erika's Victreebel	Ascended Heroes	6/217	Rare	$0.07
	Team Rocket's Spidops	Ascended Heroes	19/217	Rare	$0.17
	Ethan's Magcargo	Ascended Heroes	24/217	Rare	$0.13
	Entei	Ascended Heroes	25/217	Rare	$0.19
	Tapu Koko	Ascended Heroes	67/217	Rare	$0.06
	Iono's Kilowattrel	Ascended Heroes	72/217	Rare	$0.15
	Team Rocket's Exeggutor	Ascended Heroes	78/217	Rare	$0.08

*TCGplayer market price for each card's most valuable finish — not an appraisal.