Base Set (Shadowless)

Zapdos (1st Edition Holofoil) made the set's biggest move, -69% to $144.66. 181 cards broke away from the set's shared move over the 30-day window, busier than most Pokémon sets (88.7 per 100 cards vs. a 45.8 median). 153 moved up, 28 moved down.

$10,000

Charizard

$1,300

Blastoise

$800

Ninetales

$600

Gyarados

Highest current closes across this set's printings. Tap a card to view it on TCGplayer (affiliate).

Value concentrates hard: across 191 measured Pokémon sets, the single top card typically holds about 16% of a set's total card value.

New Pokémon sets have typically settled somewhere between roughly 17% and 48% below their release-week price (a wider spread than other games), with most of that easing done within roughly 15 weeks (measured across 19 recent releases).

Over the first 30 weeks after release, that easing runs about 28% deeper than the market's own drift.

Across 71,958 measured breakaway moves in our archive, upward moves outnumber drops about 1.5 to 1.

1. -69%Zapdos (1st Edition Holofoil)$144.66 Jun 15, 2026
2. +168%Charizard (1st Edition Holofoil)$4200.00 Dec 22, 2025
3. +150%Hitmonchan (1st Edition Holofoil)$449.99 May 19, 2025
4. +118%Abra (Unlimited)$8.50 May 25, 2026
5. +109%Growlithe (Unlimited)$12.52 Feb 16, 2026
6. +108%Dugtrio (1st Edition)$188.08 Dec 22, 2025
7. +101%Pikachu (Red Cheeks) (1st Edition)$213.30 Jun 3, 2024
8. +94%Ninetales (Unlimited Holofoil)$95.76 Nov 25, 2024
9. +94%Poliwrath (Unlimited Holofoil)$159.97 Jul 13, 2026
10. +86%Dragonair (1st Edition)$299.95 Mar 3, 2025
11. +84%Magneton (Unlimited Holofoil)$86.92 Nov 10, 2025
12. +81%Clefairy (Unlimited Holofoil)$305.98 Nov 3, 2025