How Much Is a Pokémon Card Worth? What Cardmarket Asks Today, by Rarity
The current cheapest Cardmarket listing for every Illustration Rare, Special Illustration Rare and Mega Hyper Rare we track: medians, the share under one euro, and the cards at the top.
Data refreshed weekly · page generated on 2026-09-30.
An Illustration Rare sits at a median €7.80 on Cardmarket, a Special Illustration Rare at €34.00.
Those are the cheapest English listings of 659 tracked chase cards, captured this week. Not realized sales, and not an estimate: what is on offer right now.
The question we get most
"How much is this card worth?" has no single answer. The price depends on the language, the condition, and the cheapest listing at the moment you look. What we can measure is where the cards collectors actually search for sit: Illustration Rares, Special Illustration Rares and the few Mega Hyper Rares. The table below is recomputed on every visit from our Cardmarket captures.
By rarity, English listings
| Rarity | Priced cards | Median | 90th percentile | Under €1 | €20 and up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illustration rare | 493 | €7.80 | €28.00 | 2% | 20% |
| Special illustration rare | 159 | €34.00 | €196.00 | 0% | 77% |
| Mega Hyper Rare | 7 | €168.00 | €260.00 | 0% | 100% |
How to read it: half of the Illustration Rares sit below the median, one in ten above the 90th percentile. The "under €1" column counts cards whose cheapest listing is below one euro: even among chase cards, a share sells for the price of a booster or less.
And in French?
| Rarity | Priced cards | Median | 90th percentile | Under €1 | €20 and up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illustration rare | 493 | €7.50 | €33.00 | 1% | 19% |
| Special illustration rare | 159 | €50.00 | €211.19 | 0% | 86% |
| Mega Hyper Rare | 7 | €200.00 | €242.00 | 0% | 100% |
French median: €7.50 for an Illustration Rare and €50.00 for a Special Illustration Rare, against €7.80 and €34.00 in English. The French supply is thinner, so these medians move more from one week to the next. The card-by-card detail is in our French versus English guide.
The cards at the very top today
- Umbreon ex #161 (Prismatic Evolutions, Special illustration rare): €999.00
- Pikachu ex #276 (Ascended Heroes, Special illustration rare): €780.00
- Mega Gengar ex #284 (Ascended Heroes, Special illustration rare): €769.00
- Mew ex #232 (Paldean Fates, Special illustration rare): €650.00
- Mega Charizard X ex #125 (Phantasmal Flames, Special illustration rare): €650.00
Each of these is one listing's price. It changes the moment that listing sells. We track this month's moves across all of them.
How to use this
- A card outside these rarities (common, uncommon, plain rare) is worth a few tens of cents most of the time. We do not give it a price page.
- The floor is the bottom of the book, not the price most copies sell for. We measured the gap.
- Condition matters: these figures are Near Mint or better. A played card is worth less, sometimes a lot less.
Frequently asked questions
How much is a Pokémon Illustration Rare worth on Cardmarket?
Across the 493 Illustration Rares we track, the cheapest English listing sits at a median €7.80, and one in ten is above €28.00. 2% are under one euro. Figures captured weekly on Cardmarket, Near Mint or better.
How much is a Pokémon Special Illustration Rare worth?
Across 159 tracked Special Illustration Rares, the median English floor is €34.00, against €7.80 for an Illustration Rare. 77% of Special Illustration Rares are worth €20 or more; the most expensive today sits at €999.00.
How do I find out what my Pokémon card is worth?
Look the card up by its number (for example 087/086) and its set on Manakodex or directly on Cardmarket, then read the cheapest listing in your language and in the condition that matches yours. The floor shown is one listing; the rest of the copies usually sell well above it. A card with no listing has no measurable price.
Method and limits
- Scope: cards from Western sets classified Illustration Rare, Special Illustration Rare or Mega Hyper Rare, with at least one Cardmarket listing in the table's language (659 cards in English today).
- Price = cheapest active listing per card, Near Mint or better, captured weekly; median and 90th percentile computed over those floors.
- Asking prices, not realized sales; shipping excluded.