Pokémon card rarities

What each Pokémon card rarity is and how to tell it by its symbol, foil and art, with the sets each appears in and its highest-priced cards. 35 rarities have a page.

Every rarity with a page

Common 5,772 cards from 156 sets A common carries a black circle beside its card number. Commons make up the largest part of most sets, and most of them show a Pokémon in its first form or an everyday Trainer card.
Uncommon 4,747 cards from 133 sets An uncommon carries a black diamond beside its card number. Uncommons are printed in smaller numbers than commons, and many of them show an evolved Pokémon or a Trainer card.
Rare 2,528 cards from 133 sets A rare carries a black star beside its card number. Before Scarlet & Violet a rare had no foil on its artwork, and collectors call it a non-holo rare to set it apart from the holo rare; from Scarlet & Violet on, the one-star rares are printed holo.
Rare Holo 1,559 cards from 103 sets A holo rare carries a black star beside its card number and a holographic foil across its artwork. From the 1999 Base set on, the holo rares were the headline cards of most sets.
Promo 1,385 cards from 13 sets Promo cards come from outside the regular sets: special boxes, tins, events, magazines and similar releases. Most are numbered in the Black Star Promos list of their era rather than in a set's own list.
Special Illustration Rare 231 cards from 23 sets A Special Illustration Rare carries two gold stars beside its card number. Its artwork covers the whole card, most often showing a Pokémon ex or a Supporter in a full scene, and it is numbered after the set's main list.
Illustration Rare 511 cards from 23 sets An Illustration Rare carries one gold star beside its card number. Its artwork runs across the whole card, usually showing a Pokémon in a scene of its own, and it is numbered after the set's main list.
Hyper Rare 74 cards from 14 sets A Hyper Rare carries three gold stars beside its card number. These are the gold cards of the Scarlet & Violet era, printed in gold foil with an etched surface.
Ultra Rare 354 cards from 22 sets An Ultra Rare carries two silver stars beside its card number. In Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution sets these are the full art cards of Pokémon ex and of Supporters, numbered after the set's main list.
Double Rare 329 cards from 23 sets A Double Rare carries two black stars beside its card number. These are the regular art Pokémon ex cards of Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution sets, printed holo.
ACE SPEC Rare 33 cards from 6 sets An ACE SPEC Rare is a Trainer card marked with the ACE SPEC banner, from Scarlet & Violet sets.
Shiny Rare 120 cards from 1 set The shiny cards of Paldean Fates: Pokémon printed in their shiny colors rather than their usual ones.
Shiny Ultra Rare 12 cards from 1 set The shiny full art Pokémon ex cards of Paldean Fates, with the Pokémon printed in its shiny colors.
Rare Ultra 767 cards from 63 sets Rare Ultra is the label for the full art cards from the Black & White era to Sword & Shield: full art Pokémon-EX, Pokémon-GX and Pokémon V cards and full art Supporters, where the artwork fills the whole card.
Rare Secret 313 cards from 77 sets A secret rare is numbered above the set's printed total, such as 83/82. The first came in Team Rocket in 2000; later ones include gold cards and alternate versions of a set's best known cards.
Rare Rainbow 310 cards from 29 sets A rainbow rare is printed in a rainbow foil with soft pastel colors. They came with Sun & Moon and ran through Sword & Shield, mostly as Pokémon-GX, VMAX and Supporter cards numbered as secret rares.
Rare Holo EX 301 cards from 36 sets These are the ex and EX cards printed holo: the Pokémon-ex of the EX era sets and the Pokémon-EX of the Black & White and XY eras.
Rare Holo GX 168 cards from 16 sets These are the Pokémon-GX cards of the Sun & Moon era, printed holo.
Rare Holo V 269 cards from 22 sets These are the Pokémon V cards of the Sword & Shield era, printed holo.
Rare Holo VMAX 104 cards from 22 sets These are the Pokémon VMAX cards of the Sword & Shield era: Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon printed holo.
Rare Holo VSTAR 43 cards from 7 sets These are the Pokémon VSTAR cards of the later Sword & Shield sets, printed holo.
Trainer Gallery Rare Holo 80 cards from 5 sets These cards come from the Trainer Gallery subsets of 2022 and the Galarian Gallery of Crown Zenith: Pokémon shown with their trainers or in artwork that covers the whole card, numbered in a list of their own.
Rare Shiny 149 cards from 2 sets These are the Shiny Vault cards of Hidden Fates and Shining Fates: Pokémon in their shiny colors on a silver card, numbered with SV.
Rare Shiny GX 35 cards from 1 set These are the shiny Pokémon-GX cards of the Hidden Fates Shiny Vault, with the Pokémon printed in its shiny colors.
Rare Holo LV.X 57 cards from 12 sets These are the Pokémon LV.X cards of the Diamond & Pearl and Platinum eras, printed holo.
Rare Prime 27 cards from 5 sets These are the Pokémon Prime cards of the HeartGold & SoulSilver era, printed holo and marked Prime beside the Pokémon's name.
LEGEND 20 cards from 5 sets Pokémon LEGEND cards of the HeartGold & SoulSilver era show one Pokémon across two cards: placed side by side, the two halves make one picture.
Rare BREAK 28 cards from 6 sets These are the Pokémon BREAK cards of the XY era, printed sideways in gold foil.
Rare Prism Star 27 cards from 6 sets These cards carry a Prism Star symbol beside the name and come from the Sun & Moon sets of 2018 and 2019.
Rare Holo Star 14 cards from 8 sets These are the Gold Star cards of the EX era: Pokémon in their shiny colors, with a star after the name.
Rare Shining 15 cards from 3 sets Shining Pokémon show a Pokémon in its shiny colors. They first came in the Neo sets and returned in Shining Legends.
Radiant Rare 15 cards from 5 sets Radiant Pokémon come from the later Sword & Shield sets: Pokémon in their shiny colors on a full foil card.
Rare ACE 13 cards from 4 sets These are the ACE SPEC Trainer cards of the Black & White era, marked with the ACE SPEC banner.
Amazing Rare 10 cards from 3 sets An Amazing Rare shows its Pokémon breaking out of the art box over a rainbow splash background. They come from Sword & Shield sets, starting with Vivid Voltage.
Classic Collection 25 cards from 1 set The Classic Collection of Celebrations: reprints of well known cards from earlier sets, each with the 25th anniversary stamp.

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