How to look up a Pokémon card's value by set and number

To look up what a Pokémon card is worth, first pin down three things: its set, its number and its printing. Then type the card’s name and number into Rip.fan’s card price lookup and check that the result’s set and printing match your card. The lookup gives an NM market price for English cards, read once a week and dated. Where the card has its own page, it adds a Low and a Market figure for each raw condition listed; any other card links to its set’s table instead. Rip.fan’s figures cover raw cards only, so for a graded card finish by checking recent sales of the same printing.

What do you need to know before you search?

Three details on the card decide which price is yours, and two more decide how far to trust it.

How do you find the set?

Look near the number at the bottom of a modern card. Cards from the Scarlet & Violet era on print a short set code there, such as SCR for Stellar Crown, with a small EN for English. On vintage cards the set symbol sits at the bottom right of the picture frame. Base Set cards have no symbol at all, and its reprint, Base Set 2, carries a symbol with a 2 in it. Our guide to vintage Pokémon sets shows how to tell the early sets apart.

How do you read the number?

The number reads like 116/084: the card’s own number, then the set’s printed total. A number above the total usually marks one of the set’s higher rarities, and our guide to Pokémon rarity symbols explains each tier. Some numbers carry letters, such as TG01/TG30 for a Trainer Gallery card or H30/H32 in Skyridge. Keep the letters when you search.

Which printing do you have?

On a holo, only the picture box shines. On a reverse holo, the foil covers the whole card except the picture box, and most cards in a set come in a reverse holo version.

Modern cards add a printed clue. In an article dated March 30, 2023, Pokémon said that from Scarlet & Violet on, a parallel foil card shows its set code as a white box with black text, where other cards show a black box with white text.

Older cards add stamps. A black 1st Edition stamp marks the first print runs of early sets, as our guide to 1st Edition and Shadowless cards explains. Rip.fan’s card pages list stamped versions, such as a staff stamp, as separate printings where its data has them. Our guide to card finishes covers the rest.

How do you search Rip.fan’s lookup?

Type the card’s name, its set or its number. Each word you type has to match the start of a word in the card’s name, in its set’s name or in its number. So “darkrai 116” finds Mega Darkrai ex, number 116 in Pitch Black.

A few habits make the search land first time:

• Type the number as printed. A number with a slash, such as 116/084, must be the card’s whole number, and the total after the slash must match the start of the card’s printed total. The leading zero is optional, so 116/84 works too.
• Add the name to a number. A bare number can match cards in several sets.
• Pick the set from the menu. It narrows the list to one set. The lookup shows the first 50 matches and asks for another word or a set if there are more.
• For a promo, add “promos”. Black Star Promos sit in sets named for their era, such as Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos, so “promos 85” finds the promo cards numbered 85.

Each result shows the card’s name, its set and number, and its NM market price with the printing that price is for. A card with no NM price reads “No NM price yet.” A result for a card with its own page opens that page, and any other result opens the set’s table.

To browse instead, Rip.fan’s card finder filters the same weekly check by set, rarity, NM price range and price change.

Why can one number match two cards?

Because reprints and same-sized sets reuse numbers. Pokémon’s 30th Celebration expansion brings back classic cards, Charizard from Base Set among them, with a new foil treatment. In Rip.fan’s lookup, the set called 30th Celebration: Classic Collection lists a Charizard numbered 4/102, the same number as the Base Set card. Typing 4/102 alone also brings up a card numbered 4/102 from HS-Triumphant. Typing TG01/TG30 brings up Trainer Gallery cards from four sets.

The fix is the same each time: type the name with the number, then read the set name on the result before you trust the price.

How do you read a card’s price page?

A card’s page opens with one headline figure: the NM market price of one named printing, as of the date shown. Below it, under Prices by printing, each printing gets its own block, with a Low and a Market figure for the raw conditions it lists: NM, LP, MP, HP and DM. A block can skip a condition that has no data, and a cell with no figure reads “No price.”

Read the block that matches your card, since the headline may be for another printing. A holo from an early set can list several printings, such as 1st Edition Shadowless Holofoil and Unlimited Holofoil, each in a block of its own.

The pages don’t define Low or Market, so treat both as dated reference figures, not as an offer or a sale. One reading habit helps. If a figure runs against the usual order, handle it with care and check recent sales before you rely on it. Two examples: a worn condition priced above NM, or a 1st Edition printing priced below its Unlimited version, when CGC says 1st Edition cards are worth more than their regular counterparts. Our guide to market, listed and sold prices explains the labels.

What if the card has no page of its own?

The lookup then sends you to the set’s table. It lists every priced card in the set with one NM market figure, its rarity and its number. You can sort it by card number, by name or by NM price from high to low, and filter it by rarity.

The lookup result names the printing behind each figure. If your card is a reverse holo and the lookup names another printing, such as Normal, that figure is not for your card. Check recent sales of the reverse holo instead.

What do Rip.fan’s figures not cover?

• Graded cards. The lookup says graded cards sell for different prices, which its figures don’t cover.
• Other languages. The pages cover English cards only. Our guide to Japanese and English cards explains the differences.
• Your card’s own wear. NM is the best raw condition, and a card with whitening or a crease belongs in a lower row. Our guide to card condition shows each step.
• Today’s moves. The prices are read weekly, so a move since the date on the page won’t show.

How do you confirm the figure?

Check it against recent sales of the same printing in the same condition. Our guide to finding what a card sold for sets out the method, and our comparison of card price sites explains why two sites can show different figures for one card.

To see what has moved, Rip.fan’s price changes page lists the largest moves between its weekly checks. To appear, a card must have been priced at $5 or more in both checks being compared, with a move of at least 10% that is also at least $1. Browse every set from the Pokémon card prices index, and if you’re sorting a stack of commons, our guide to bulk Pokémon cards shows how to find the few worth a closer look.

Frequently asked questions

How much is a Base Set Charizard?

Base Set Charizard (4/102) had a Near Mint market price of $954.65 on October 21, 2026, for its Unlimited holo printing, the highest of any card in the set.

Which card has the highest price on Rip.fan's Pokémon pages?

Mewtwo ☆ from Holon Phantoms (103/110), which had a Near Mint market price of $9,200 on October 21, 2026, ahead of the 30th Celebration Mew numbered R/RGB at $5,250.63.

Can I see how a card's price has changed?

Yes, on a card with its own page. Its Earlier price checks table gives the NM market price of the headline printing at each weekly check since October 9, 2026, with the change from one check to the next.

What do NM, LP, MP, HP and DM stand for?

Near Mint, Lightly Played, Moderately Played, Heavily Played and Damaged, from the best raw condition to the worst. At TCGplayer, a factory flaw such as a miscut can move an otherwise Near Mint card down to Damaged.