Rare Pokemon Cards

4,232 cards printed at Rare across 152 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*
	Lugia	Aquapolis	149/147	Rare	$4,500.00
	Shining Tyranitar	Neo Destiny	113/105	Rare	$4,249.99
	Lugia ex	Unseen Forces	105/115	Rare	$2,500.00
	Treecko Star	Team Rocket Returns	109/109	Rare	$2,400.00
	Jolteon Star	Power Keepers	101/108	Rare	$1,999.94
	Shining Celebi	Neo Destiny	106/105	Rare	$1,801.00
	Gengar	Legendary Collection	11/110	Rare	$1,799.99
	Raikou Star	Unseen Forces	114/115	Rare	$1,600.00
	Alakazam Star	Crystal Guardians	99/100	Rare	$1,500.00
	Shining Charizard	Neo Destiny	107/105	Rare	$1,495.00
	Gengar ex	FireRed & LeafGreen	108/112	Rare	$1,399.99
	Vaporeon Star	Power Keepers	102/108	Rare	$1,399.95
	Charizard	Legendary Collection	3/110	Rare	$1,399.31
	Lugia	Neo Genesis	9/111	Rare	$1,299.96
	Rayquaza	Deoxys	22/107	Rare	$1,193.00
	Entei Star	Unseen Forces	113/115	Rare	$1,067.00
	Dark Gengar	Neo Destiny	6/105	Rare	$1,051.50
	Groudon Star	Delta Species	111/113	Rare	$1,010.00
	Rayquaza ex	Deoxys	102/107	Rare	$999.00
	Dark Blastoise	Legendary Collection	4/110	Rare	$975.00
	Mewtwo	Legendary Collection	29/110	Rare	$975.00
	Shining Mewtwo	Neo Destiny	109/105	Rare	$940.00
	Alakazam	Skyridge	H01	Rare	$900.00
	Rocket's Zapdos ex	Team Rocket Returns	106/109	Rare	$899.99
	Charizard	Base Set	4/102	Rare	$855.52
	Venusaur	Legendary Collection	18/110	Rare	$799.99
	Rayquaza	Emerald	9/106	Rare	$799.99
	Gengar	Expedition Base Set	13/165	Rare	$799.98
	Dragonite	Expedition Base Set	9/165	Rare	$799.69
	Celebi Star	Crystal Guardians	100/100	Rare	$750.00

Newest Rare cards

	Card	Set	Number	Rarity	Price*
	Armarouge	Pitch Black	12/84	Rare	$0.28
	Primarina	Pitch Black	20/84	Rare	$0.51
	Miraidon	Pitch Black	28/84	Rare	$0.28
	Spiritomb	Pitch Black	35/84	Rare	$1.98
	Koraidon	Pitch Black	47/84	Rare	$0.26
	Zarude	Pitch Black	56/84	Rare	$0.26
	Chi-Yu	Pitch Black	59/84	Rare	$0.30
	Bastiodon	Pitch Black	62/84	Rare	$0.37
	Silvally	Pitch Black	70/84	Rare	$0.27
	Shadowy Darkness Energy	Pitch Black	83/84	Rare	$0.27
	Voltaic Lightning Energy	Pitch Black	84/84	Rare	$0.28
	Chesnaught	Chaos Rising	7/86	Rare	$0.18
	Ho-Oh	Chaos Rising	10/86	Rare	$0.24
	Delphox	Chaos Rising	13/86	Rare	$0.22
	Keldeo	Chaos Rising	19/86	Rare	$0.22
	Ampharos	Chaos Rising	29/86	Rare	$0.28
	Trevenant	Chaos Rising	39/86	Rare	$0.19
	Xerneas	Chaos Rising	42/86	Rare	$0.25
	Crobat	Chaos Rising	51/86	Rare	$0.20
	Goodra	Chaos Rising	68/86	Rare	$0.25
	Bubbly Water Energy	Chaos Rising	84/86	Rare	$0.23
	Magnetic Metal Energy	Chaos Rising	85/86	Rare	$0.22
	Nitro Fire Energy	Chaos Rising	86/86	Rare	$0.25
	Serperior	Perfect Order	6/88	Rare	$0.25
	Dewgong	Perfect Order	19/88	Rare	$0.22
	Aurorus	Perfect Order	24/88	Rare	$0.23
	Luxray	Perfect Order	28/88	Rare	$0.21
	Landorus	Perfect Order	41/88	Rare	$0.17
	Tyrantrum	Perfect Order	45/88	Rare	$0.26
	Gengar	Perfect Order	50/88	Rare	$1.06

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