How far apart prices are within one English Pokémon set

What this is

How far apart prices are within one English Pokémon set: the median top-rarity card (special illustration rare) sells for about 121 to 457 times the median common card in the same set.

How it’s built

1. For each set, the market prices of all its special illustration rares and all its commons were taken from TCGplayer on one date, 1 November 2026.
2. The median of each group was found, and the first divided by the second. Commons cost 11–16 cents.

What we assumed

• The cheapest version of each common is used.Many commons also come in a reverse-holo version that costs more; using that version roughly halves the ratios (to about 20–243 times).
• TCGplayer's market price stands for what cards sell for.It is compiled from recent sales on TCGplayer, so thinly traded cards can be noisy.
• One date stands for the set.Prices move after release; a snapshot on another date would give different ratios.

Sanity check

Each ratio can be redone from its two medians: for 151, $73.18 ÷ $0.16 = 457; for Paldea Evolved, $15.77 ÷ $0.13 = 121. It shows the spread inside a set, not what any one pack is worth.

Where it comes from

Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes.