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set deskSeptember 2026

Trading Card Game Classic

102 cards trackedenglish printsungradedtcgplayer marketas of 2026-09-24
Full set$658
Median card$1.06
30 days−1.6%
90 days−0.0%
Top 10 share66%
Priced102

Set Market Report PRO

Where it sits in its own history340 recorded readings
All-time high$6772026-07-28
From that high−2.9%set value today
First recorded$249when we started tracking, not a release
Dearer than83%281 of 340 recorded days were cheaper

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Answers come from this page's recorded prices and verified PSA sold medians, with the sample size behind each one.

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Cost concentration10 cards = 66% of the bill
10 cards · $434other 92 · $224

The short, expensive tail of the set.

Chase laddertop 10 by price
$192
Charizard01
Charizard
−4.1% 30d
$51.29
Pikachu02
Pikachu
−0.7% 30d
$46.45
Blastoise03
Blastoise
+0.5% 30d
$36.22
Venusaur04
Venusaur
−3.1% 30d
$24.47
Mewtwo05
Mewtwo
−5.7% 30d
$17.63
Charmander06
Charmander
+0.3% 30d
$16.99
Bulbasaur07
Bulbasaur
−1.2% 30d
$16.96
Snorlax08
Snorlax
−5.3% 30d
$16.13
Gyarados09
Gyarados
−4.2% 30d
$15.28
Squirtle10
Squirtle
−2.6% 30d
Every card102 cards · 102 priced
No.CardRarityMarket
001/34BulbasaurClassic Collection$16.81
001/34CharmanderClassic Collection$17.76
001/34SquirtleClassic Collection$15.03
002/34CharmeleonClassic Collection$6.42
002/34IvysaurClassic Collection$6.80
002/34WartortleClassic Collection$7.46
003/34BlastoiseClassic Collection$46.64
003/34CharizardClassic Collection$190.64
003/34VenusaurClassic Collection$36.11
004/34ParasClassic Collection$4.55
004/34PonytaClassic Collection$4.73
004/34StaryuClassic Collection$1.60
005/34ParasectClassic Collection$0.94
005/34RapidashClassic Collection$3.34
005/34StarmieClassic Collection$2.81
006/34MagikarpClassic Collection$10.94
006/34MagmarClassic Collection$3.06
006/34ScytherClassic Collection$12.66
007/34GyaradosClassic Collection$16.13
007/34Ho-oh exClassic Collection$0.87
007/34PinsirClassic Collection$0.98
008/34LaprasClassic Collection$8.28
008/34PikachuClassic Collection$51.29
008/34SandshrewClassic Collection$3.25
009/34ArticunoClassic Collection$14.73
009/34RaichuClassic Collection$6.20
009/34SandslashClassic Collection$1.64
010/34OnixClassic Collection$10.69
010/34Suicune exClassic Collection$0.99
010/34VoltorbClassic Collection$1.24
011/34DrowzeeClassic Collection$1.23
011/34ElectrodeClassic Collection$3.31
011/34HitmonleeClassic Collection$9.90
012/34HitmonchanClassic Collection$7.38
012/34HypnoClassic Collection$1.61
012/34ZapdosClassic Collection$11.26
013/34ClefairyClassic Collection$8.15
013/34DoduoClassic Collection$1.11
013/34Mr. MimeClassic Collection$1.56
014/34ClefableClassic Collection$6.97
014/34DodrioClassic Collection$2.12
014/34MewtwoClassic Collection$24.41
015/34ChanseyClassic Collection$9.08
015/34DunsparceClassic Collection$0.89
015/34Lt. Surge's RattataClassic Collection$2.32
016/34Lt. Surge's RaticateClassic Collection$1.50
016/34SnorlaxClassic Collection$17.04
016/34StantlerClassic Collection$0.81
017/34KangaskhanClassic Collection$2.48
017/34Lugia exClassic Collection$1.70
017/34MiltankClassic Collection$3.31
018/34Bill (CLB)Classic Collection$0.27
018/34Bill (CLC)Classic Collection$0.21
018/34Bill (CLV)Classic Collection$0.28
019/34Boss's Orders (CLB)Classic Collection$0.85
019/34Boss's Orders (CLC)Classic Collection$0.85
019/34Boss's Orders (CLV)Classic Collection$1.37
020/34Computer Search (CLB)Classic Collection$0.33
020/34Computer Search (CLC)Classic Collection$0.33
020/34Computer Search (CLV)Classic Collection$0.35
021/34Drops in the OceanClassic Collection$0.30
021/34Poke Ball (CLC)Classic Collection$0.25
021/34Poke Ball (CLV)Classic Collection$0.25
022/34FishermanClassic Collection$0.38
022/34Pokemon Fan Club (CLC)Classic Collection$0.30
022/34Pokemon Fan Club (CLV)Classic Collection$0.39
023/34Poke Ball (CLB)Classic Collection$0.31
023/34Pokemon NurseClassic Collection$5.26
023/34Professor Oak (CLC)Classic Collection$0.26
024/34Pokemon Fan Club (CLB)Classic Collection$0.33
024/34Professor Oak (CLV)Classic Collection$0.37
024/34Rare Candy (CLC)Classic Collection$0.42
025/34Professor Oak (CLB)Classic Collection$0.32
025/34Rare Candy (CLV)Classic Collection$0.36
025/34Rocket's Admin. (CLC)Classic Collection$0.31
026/34Rare Candy (CLB)Classic Collection$0.35
026/34Rocket's Admin. (CLV)Classic Collection$0.30
026/34Scorching CharcoalClassic Collection$0.21
027/34Rocket's Admin. (CLB)Classic Collection$0.30
027/34Sun SeedClassic Collection$0.27
027/34Super Rod (CLC)Classic Collection$0.37
028/34Super Rod (CLB)Classic Collection$0.47
028/34Super Rod (CLV)Classic Collection$0.42
028/34Super Scoop UpClassic Collection$0.27
029/34Switch (CLB)Classic Collection$0.23
029/34Switch (CLC)Classic Collection$0.23
029/34Switch (CLV)Classic Collection$0.24
030/34Ultra Ball (CLB)Classic Collection$0.36
030/34Ultra Ball (CLC)Classic Collection$0.33
030/34Ultra Ball (CLV)Classic Collection$0.33
031/34VS Seeker (CLB)Holo Rare$2.25
031/34VS Seeker (CLC)Holo Rare$2.08
031/34VS Seeker (CLV)Holo Rare$2.12
032/34Double Colorless Energy (CLB)Classic Collection$0.53
032/34Double Colorless Energy (CLC)Classic Collection$0.62
032/34Double Colorless Energy (CLV)Classic Collection$0.64
033/34Basic Fire EnergyClassic Collection$1.06
033/34Basic Grass EnergyClassic Collection$0.69
033/34Basic Water EnergyClassic Collection$0.76
034/34Basic Fighting EnergyClassic Collection$0.67
034/34Basic Lightning EnergyClassic Collection$0.84
034/34Basic Psychic EnergyClassic Collection$0.84

Every Trading Card Game Classic card in the moonstone catalog, in collector-number order. Market is the same TCGplayer figure each card page quotes; a dot means we hold no price for that card yet.

If you are building it

You can own 92 of the 102 priced cards in Trading Card Game Classic for about $224. The median card is $1.06. The remaining $434 sits in just 10 chase cards, and one of them (Charizard, $192) is 29% of the entire set on its own. A full set is not one long climb. It is a cheap, fast 34% and then a very short, very expensive tail.

Advisor read
The quant read340 recorded points · 605 days
30-day return-1.5%
90-day return-0.1%
Realized vol5%annualized, ~90d daily returns
Max drawdown-5.4%recorded window
Off recorded high-2.9%

Computed from this set's own recorded value series; windows are stated and nothing is modeled. Medians anchor the return windows so a single outlier day never makes the figure.

Rip or hold
Rip report

No rip report for Trading Card Game Classic

No published pull-rate study exists for this set, so there is nothing honest to simulate. We only rip sets whose per-pack odds come from a published, sourced study, and an inherited or inferred rate would put an invented number under every figure on this panel.

We publish a rip simulation only where per-pack odds come from a published, sourced study. Which sets have published pull rates counts what exists: 31 of the 110 English sets sold in booster packs, resting on eleven studies.

Set valuereal tcgplayer prices · summed daily · −1.6% 30d · −0.0% 90d
2025-01-27$6582026-09-24

Breadth: 28 cards up · 47 down · 27 flat over 30 days. Biggest mover: Paras (+23.1%).

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