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Pokémon card rarities

Every special rarity in the Pokémon TCG, from today's Special Illustration Rares back to the Gold Stars of 2004. Each page ranks every card of that rarity by market price and shows how often you pull one in each set.

Special Illustration Rares

Special Illustration Rares are the top chase cards of the Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution eras: full-card artwork that tells a little scene, usually for a Pokémon ex or a Supporter.

238 cards · top: Umbreon ex $1,270

Illustration Rares

Illustration Rares are full-art versions of regular Pokémon, drawn by a wide range of artists, often showing the Pokémon in its habitat.

525 cards · top: Magikarp $347

Hyper Rares

Hyper Rares are the gold cards of the Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution eras: an ex Pokémon, a Trainer or an Energy printed in etched gold foil.

83 cards · top: Mega Rayquaza ex $450

Ultra Rares

In Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution sets, Ultra Rares are the full-art ex Pokémon and full-art Supporters, with a textured, rainbow-tinted foil.

373 cards · top: Gengar ex $50.43

Double Rares

Double Rares are the regular-art Pokémon ex of the Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution eras.

339 cards · top: Mega Rayquaza ex $15.42

Shiny Pokémon cards

Shiny cards show Pokémon in their rare alternate colors.

316 cards · top: Charizard-GX $768

Trainer Gallery cards

Trainer Gallery cards show Pokémon together with their trainers in full-card art.

80 cards · top: Mew $65.91

Rainbow Rares

Rainbow Rares are the rainbow-foil secret rares of the Sun & Moon and Sword & Shield eras, from 2017 to 2022: GX, V, VMAX and Supporter cards printed in a shimmering rainbow finish.

324 cards · top: Umbreon VMAX $2,265

Secret Rares

Secret Rares are cards numbered past a set's printed total, so they are "secret" from the official list.

327 cards · top: Rayquaza $1,250

Gold Star cards

Gold Star cards are some of the most famous chase cards ever printed: shiny-colored Pokémon from the EX era (2004 to 2007), with a gold star after the Pokémon's name.

25 cards · top: Mewtwo ★ $9,200

Radiant Rares

Radiant Rares are shiny Pokémon with a textured, sparkling finish from the late Sword & Shield era (2022 to 2023).

15 cards · top: Radiant Charizard $16.91

Amazing Rares

Amazing Rares are from the Sword & Shield era (2020 and 2021): mostly legendary and mythical Pokémon whose art bursts out of the frame in a splash of rainbow color.

10 cards · top: Rayquaza $22.11

ACE SPEC cards

ACE SPEC cards are extra-powerful Trainer cards, limited to one per deck.

46 cards · top: Hero's Cape $30.09

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