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What each Pokémon rarity trades for
We grouped every card in 6 Scarlet & Violet sets by rarity and took the median trend price of each tier. The ladder is steep: a typical Common is €0.04, a Double Rare €0.62, and a Special Illustration Rare €24.25. By median, the gold Hyper Rares sat below the SIRs in the sets we measured.
Computed 2026-06-19 from Cardmarket EUR trend price, via the open pokemontcg.io API. Median (not average) per tier, reference estimates, not sold records. Free to cite with a link to this page.
The rarity price ladder
Typical (median-of-medians) trend price for each rarity tier across the 6 sets. Bars use a log scale, each step right is roughly a ten-fold jump, because the tiers span three orders of magnitude.
Median trend price per tier, taken per set, then the median across sets. Top-tier card counts are small (5-11 per set), so these are typical values, not chase ceilings. Market prices for bulk cards (Common, Uncommon, Rare) are thin and often reflect very few sales, so any ratio built on them is rough.
Three things the ladder shows
- The steps between tiers are large. Commons, Uncommons and Rares all sit at or under €0.09. The Double Rare is €0.62, and from there each tier roughly multiplies up to the Special Illustration Rare at €24.25.
- By median, the SIR tier sat above the gold tier. The gold Hyper Rares’ typical value (€7.93) is below the Special Illustration Rares’ (€24.25), in 6 of 6 sets. Individual gold cards can still top a set.
- Most cards trade for under €1. The Common / Uncommon / Rare tiers, which make up most of each set by card count, trade for a few cents each. This matches our set value-concentration study, seen from the rarity angle.
Median price by tier, per set
Median EUR trend price for each rarity tier in each set, 2026-06-19. Blank = the set has no cards in that tier.
| Set | Common | Uncommon | Rare | 2★ | Ultra | IR | Hyper | SIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet & Violet Base 2023 | €0.04 | €0.04 | €0.08 | €0.61 | €2.07 | €5.42 | €5.36 | €8.16 |
Scarlet & Violet: 151 2023 | €0.05 | €0.06 | €0.21 | €1.84 | €9.95 | €26.14 | €4.14 | €79.37 |
Paldean Fates 2024 | €0.03 | €0.03 | €0.09 | €0.56 | €0.52 | €0.85 | €7.20 | €17.25 |
Twilight Masquerade 2024 | €0.04 | €0.05 | €0.09 | €0.63 | €2.06 | €3.84 | €8.65 | €19.02 |
Temporal Forces 2024 | €0.04 | €0.04 | €0.11 | €0.70 | €2.24 | €7.23 | €10.33 | €33.92 |
Surging Sparks 2024 | €0.03 | €0.04 | €0.06 | €0.61 | €1.84 | €4.83 | €11.78 | €29.48 |
How we computed this
- For each set we pulled every card from the open pokemontcg.io API and grouped them by the rarity it lists.
- We took the median Cardmarket EUR trend price of each tier, median, not average, so a single expensive chase card can't inflate a tier's typical value.
- The ladder is the median across the 6 sets of each tier's per-set median.
- It's reproducible, the script is in our repo and re-running it refreshes the figures.
What this data can’t tell you
- Exact bulk values. Sub-€0.25 trend prices rest on few sales; ratios against them are rough.
- Pull rates or print runs. We measured prices, not how often each tier appears in packs.
- Older eras. Sword & Shield, Sun & Moon and vintage sets use different rarity systems and are not here.
- Reverse holos and graded cards. Each card’s main printing, raw, only.
- The future. One snapshot (2026-06-19); new sets often reprice in their first months.
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Questions
What is a Special Illustration Rare worth?
Across 6 Scarlet & Violet-era sets, the typical (median) Special Illustration Rare trades around €24.25, about 39.1× a Double Rare. Against a Common the ratio is roughly 600×, but treat that one as rough: market prices for bulk cards are thin and often reflect very few sales, so ratios against them swing a lot. Individual SIRs of popular Pokémon go far higher; this is the typical tier value, not the chase ceiling.
Are gold Hyper Rares the most valuable Pokémon cards in a set?
Not by median, in the sets we measured. In 6 of the 6 sets where both exist, the median Special Illustration Rare trades above the median gold Hyper Rare (typical SIR €24.25 vs Hyper Rare €7.93). A single Hyper Rare can still be the priciest card in its set; this compares typical cards, with only 5 to 11 cards per tier per set.
How much is a typical Pokémon card worth by rarity?
Median trend prices across the sets we measured: Common €0.04, Rare €0.09, Double Rare €0.62, Illustration Rare €5.13, Hyper Rare €7.93, Special Illustration Rare €24.25. Most cards in a set trade for well under €1, and the bulk-tier figures are thin and noisy (few sales behind them), so read them as "a few cents", not as exact numbers.
Where does this data come from, and is it reliable?
We grouped every priced card in each set by its rarity and took the median Cardmarket EUR trend price per tier (Cardmarket EUR trend price, via the open pokemontcg.io API). Median (not average) so one expensive chase card can't inflate a tier. These are reference estimates for raw singles, not sold or graded records; top-tier counts per set are small (often 5-11 cards), so read them as typical values, not guarantees. We never scrape marketplaces and never invent a number.
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</p>Foilio (2026-06-19). What each Pokémon card rarity trades for (modern sets). Retrieved from https://foilio.net/studies/pokemon-rarity-pricesThe big picture, across every game we measure: The Chase Multiple · The Price Census · The Promo Premium · The Foil Premium