Reference // Rarity ladder

Rarity Index

Every rarity label found in the archive, grouped on an editorial scale from 1 to 9 that mirrors the printed rarity ladder. The scale orders cards by printed rarity; it says nothing about market price or scarcity.

Tier 15,881 cards

The most common printing in a set.

Common · 5,881

Tier 24,917 cards

Slightly less common than commons, found in most booster packs.

Uncommon · 4,917

Tier 33,889 cards

The base rare of a set, usually one per pack.

Rare · 3,889

Tier 4901 cards

Classic holographic and special rares: Holo Rare, Radiant Rare, ACE SPEC, LEGEND, Prime, and LV.X cards.

Holo Rare · 633 Rare Holo · 108 Rare Holo LV.X · 59 ACE SPEC Rare · 33 Rare PRIME · 26 LEGEND · 18 Radiant Rare · 15 Amazing Rare · 9

Tier 51,016 cards

Pokémon ex, V, VMAX and VSTAR-era rares, and shiny rares.

Double Rare · 329 Shiny rare · 310 Holo Rare V · 239 Holo Rare VMAX · 89 Holo Rare VSTAR · 33 Shiny rare V · 9 Shiny rare VMAX · 7

Tier 62,039 cards

Full-art and ultra rares, Illustration Rares, and full-art trainers.

Ultra Rare · 1,506 Illustration Rare · 511 Shiny Ultra Rare · 12 Full Art Trainer · 6 Black White Rare · 4

Tier 7239 cards

Special Illustration Rares and Mega Attack Rares: extended artwork cards.

Special Illustration Rare · 232 Mega Attack Rare · 7

Tier 8678 cards

Hyper Rares and Secret Rares, usually numbered beyond the printed set total.

Secret Rare · 604 Hyper Rare · 74

Tier 98 cards

Mega Hyper Rares from the Mega Evolution era.

Mega Hyper Rare · 8

Labels outside the ladder

Pokémon TCG Pocket labels (diamonds, stars, crown, shiny) and Promo cards do not sit on the physical-card ladder, so they are listed here without a tier.

Promo · 1,133 One Diamond · 745 Two Diamond · 542 Three Diamond · 292 Two Star · 263 One Star · 200 One Shiny · 150 Four Diamond · 119 Two Shiny · 60 Pikachu Rare · 30 Classic Collection · 25 Crown · 24 Three Star · 23 RGB Rare · 3 Futuristic Rare · 2