How to find the price of a Pokémon card

The three prices you come across

A card can therefore show three different figures without any of them being wrong. The gap between listings and sales is often the most telling: when sellers ask for much more than buyers pay, the card sells less easily than it seems.

Language changes the price

For the market, a French, English, Japanese or German card is a different card, with its own sellers and its own buyers. The same Pokémon, in the same set, can be worth markedly more in one language than in another.

PokéItem prices each card in its own language: French, English, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese.

• Estimating a French Pokémon card →
• Estimating a Japanese Pokémon card →

Condition changes the price

A Near Mint card is worth more than an Excellent card, which is worth more than a Played card. For a card worth €50 or more, a card in Good condition is shown on average at around 40% of the Near Mint price. On low-priced cards, the gap is smaller.

To judge a card's condition, look at the corners, the edges, the surface (scratches, marks) and the centring of the artwork. PokéItem shows a price for each condition on the Cardmarket scale: Near Mint, Excellent, Good, Played and Poor.

Comparing the right version of the card

• Reverse holo: the version with shine outside the artwork has its own price, often different from the regular card.
• 1st Edition: on older cards, the “1st Edition” stamp changes the value considerably.
• Promos and stamped cards: the same card can exist with several stamps, each with its own price.
• Reprints: the same artwork in another set is another card, with a different price.

Before comparing two prices, check the card number and the set name: they are what tells two nearly identical versions apart.

What PokéItem shows on a card

• The lowest Cardmarket “Near Mint” listing, in the card's language.
• The PokéItem index, with its confidence level: low, medium, good or high.
• Prices by condition, from Near Mint to Poor.
• The card's eBay sales, listings and auctions.
• For English cards, the TCGplayer market price.
• The card's price history.
• For graded cards, a price by company and by grade.

Card pages can be viewed without an account on app.pokeitem.fr. To value a whole collection, simply add your cards to your binder.

• How PokéItem works out prices →

Prices in euros or prices in dollars

Many apps show US prices converted into euros. Yet the US market and the European market do not have the same sellers, the same shipping costs or always the same cards in circulation: a conversion gives a rough idea, not the price of a card bought or sold in Europe.

PokéItem starts from Cardmarket's European prices, cross-checks them with eBay sales and uses TCGplayer as a complement, mostly for English cards.

Frequently asked questions