{ "url": "https://www.moonstonehq.com/articles/most-valuable-trainer-cards", "slug": "most-valuable-trainer-cards", "title": "Which Trainer and Supporter Cards Are Worth the Most?", "summary": "Across the 5,012 priced Trainer, Supporter, Item, Stadium, Tool, Technical Machine and Special Energy products in our marketplace mirror, the dearest is a Stadium at $1,700.00 and the median Stadium is 66 cents, a spread of 2,576 times inside one class. Only 88 of the 5,012 carry a Near Mint quote of $100 or more, and 49 of those 88 were handed out at events rather than pulled from a pack. Hold the printing fixed and the ranking comes apart: of the six classes big enough to rank, Supporter takes the top away from the class that held it, Tool stops being the cheapest, and the class with the dearest median drops at least two places.", "section": "Quant research", "published": "2026-10-12", "readMinutes": 9, "publisher": "moonstone", "findings": [ { "value": "$1,700.00", "measures": "dearest non-Pokemon card we carry a price for", "basis": "Lucky Stadium, 1 of 5,956 priced non-Pokemon card products" }, { "value": "2,576x", "measures": "dearest Stadium over the median Stadium", "basis": "407 priced Stadium products; the median basket mixes four printing labels" }, { "value": "88", "measures": "trainer-family products quoted at $100 or more", "basis": "of 5,012 priced; 49 of the 88 are event handouts" }, { "value": "56.2%", "measures": "trainer-family products quoted under $1", "basis": "2,816 of 5,012 priced products" } ], "tables": [ { "title": "Near Mint quotes by card class, every priced product, each quote on its own named printing, read from our marketplace mirror on 2026-10-12", "columns": [ "Class", "Priced products", "Median", "Quarter below", "Quarter above", "Dearest stored quote in class" ], "rows": [ { "Class": "Technical Machine", "Priced products": "23", "Median": "$2.63", "Quarter below": "$1.75", "Quarter above": "$3.24", "Dearest stored quote in class": "[Pow! Hand Extension 2005](/card/enx-477569), $20.31" }, { "Class": "Trainer, no subtype", "Priced products": "400", "Median": "$1.98", "Quarter below": "$0.56", "Quarter above": "$7.68", "Dearest stored quote in class": "[Pokemon Center](/card/basep-40), $1,199.00" }, { "Class": "Special Energy", "Priced products": "315", "Median": "$1.25", "Quarter below": "$0.51", "Quarter above": "$3.31", "Dearest stored quote in class": "[Double Colorless Energy 90/108 Staff](/card/enx-174486), $140.00, page says $4.16" }, { "Class": "Supporter", "Priced products": "1,943", "Median": "$1.00", "Quarter below": "$0.26", "Quarter above": "$5.00", "Dearest stored quote in class": "[Dawn, Regional Championship Staff](/card/enx-681249), $668.49, page says $31.84" }, { "Class": "Stadium", "Priced products": "407", "Median": "$0.66", "Quarter below": "$0.24", "Quarter above": "$2.86", "Dearest stored quote in class": "[Lucky Stadium](/card/basep-41), $1,700.00" }, { "Class": "Item", "Priced products": "1,593", "Median": "$0.39", "Quarter below": "$0.21", "Quarter above": "$1.46", "Dearest stored quote in class": "Tropical Tidal Wave HGSS18 Staff, $1,400.00, no page here" }, { "Class": "Tool", "Priced products": "331", "Median": "$0.30", "Quarter below": "$0.17", "Quarter above": "$1.35", "Dearest stored quote in class": "[Oran Berry 85/109 Winner](/card/enx-282264), $40.45" }, { "Class": "Energy, bare spelling", "Priced products": "136", "Median": "$4.40", "Quarter below": "$0.75", "Quarter above": "$13.49", "Dearest stored quote in class": "[Lightning Energy](/card/col1-91), [Call of Legends](/set/call%20of%20legends), $75.00" } ] }, { "title": "The same seven classes, all products against single-printing products only, with the 23-product Technical Machine class shown but not ranked", "columns": [ "Class", "Median, all priced", "Median, one printing only", "Products with one printing" ], "rows": [ { "Class": "Supporter", "Median, all priced": "$1.00", "Median, one printing only": "$2.33", "Products with one printing": "1,311 of 1,943" }, { "Class": "Technical Machine", "Median, all priced": "$2.63", "Median, one printing only": "$2.10", "Products with one printing": "9 of 23" }, { "Class": "Tool", "Median, all priced": "$0.30", "Median, one printing only": "$1.88", "Products with one printing": "124 of 331" }, { "Class": "Special Energy", "Median, all priced": "$1.25", "Median, one printing only": "$1.68", "Products with one printing": "168 of 315" }, { "Class": "Stadium", "Median, all priced": "$0.66", "Median, one printing only": "$1.49", "Products with one printing": "192 of 407" }, { "Class": "Trainer, no subtype", "Median, all priced": "$1.98", "Median, one printing only": "$1.48", "Products with one printing": "163 of 400" }, { "Class": "Item", "Median, all priced": "$0.39", "Median, one printing only": "$0.89", "Products with one printing": "920 of 1,593" } ] }, { "title": "The twelve dearest trainer-family products, Near Mint, with the live page check", "columns": [ "Quote", "Class", "Card", "Group", "Our card page on 2026-10-12" ], "rows": [ { "Quote": "$1,700.00", "Class": "Stadium", "Card": "[Lucky Stadium](/card/basep-41)", "Group": "[Wizards Black Star Promos](/set/wizards%20black%20star%20promos)", "Our card page on 2026-10-12": "Agrees to the cent" }, { "Quote": "$1,400.00", "Class": "Item", "Card": "Tropical Tidal Wave HGSS18, Worlds 10 Staff", "Group": "[HGSS Promos](/set/hgss%20promos)", "Our card page on 2026-10-12": "No catalog row, no page, no second rung" }, { "Quote": "$1,199.51", "Class": "Item", "Card": "[Ultra Ball, holofoil](/card/bw9-122)", "Group": "[Plasma Freeze](/set/plasma%20freeze)", "Our card page on 2026-10-12": "Agrees to the cent" }, { "Quote": "$1,199.00", "Class": "Trainer", "Card": "[Pokemon Center](/card/basep-40)", "Group": "[Wizards Black Star Promos](/set/wizards%20black%20star%20promos)", "Our card page on 2026-10-12": "Agrees to the cent" }, { "Quote": "$698.41", "Class": "Stadium", "Card": "[Paradise Resort 045, Worlds 2023 Staff](/card/enx-583700)", "Group": "[SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards](/set/sv%3A%20scarlet%20%26%20violet%20promo%20cards)", "Our card page on 2026-10-12": "Agrees to the cent" }, { "Quote": "$680.02", "Class": "Stadium", "Card": "[Celebratory Fanfare](/card/enx-681244)", "Group": "[ME: Mega Evolution Promo](/set/me%3A%20mega%20evolution%20promo)", "Our card page on 2026-10-12": "Agrees, and the played rung is withheld" }, { "Quote": "$668.49", "Class": "Supporter", "Card": "[Dawn, Regional Championship Staff](/card/enx-681249)", "Group": "[League & Championship Cards](/set/league%20%26%20championship%20cards)", "Our card page on 2026-10-12": "Serves $31.84, a 21x disagreement" }, { "Quote": "$641.76", "Class": "Stadium", "Card": "[Paradise Resort 150, Worlds 2024 Staff](/card/enx-583726)", "Group": "[SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards](/set/sv%3A%20scarlet%20%26%20violet%20promo%20cards)", "Our card page on 2026-10-12": "Serves $597.66, the sibling product's figure" }, { "Quote": "$597.66", "Class": "Stadium", "Card": "[Paradise Resort 150, Worlds 2024](/card/svp-150)", "Group": "[SVP Black Star Promos](/set/svp%20black%20star%20promos)", "Our card page on 2026-10-12": "Agrees to the cent" }, { "Quote": "$550.00", "Class": "Trainer", "Card": "Victory Medal 2010-2011, Battle Road Spring", "Group": "[League & Championship Cards](/set/league%20%26%20championship%20cards)", "Our card page on 2026-10-12": "No catalog row, no page" }, { "Quote": "$489.99", "Class": "Stadium", "Card": "[Champions Festival SM78, Worlds 2017](/card/enx-179429)", "Group": "[SM Promos](/set/sm%20promos)", "Our card page on 2026-10-12": "Agrees to the cent" }, { "Quote": "$468.18", "Class": "Supporter", "Card": "[Lillie, full art](/card/sm5-151)", "Group": "[Ultra Prism](/set/ultra%20prism)", "Our card page on 2026-10-12": "Agrees to the cent" } ] } ], "charts": [ { "title": "Share of each class quoted at $10 or more", "unit": "%", "note": "Priced products per class, Near Mint quotes read 2026-10-12. Tool has no product at $100 or more; the dearest is $40.45.", "points": [ { "label": "Trainer, no subtype", "value": 22, "basis": "88 of 400" }, { "label": "Supporter", "value": 16.1, "basis": "312 of 1,943" }, { "label": "Stadium", "value": 11.8, "basis": "48 of 407" }, { "label": "Special Energy", "value": 11.1, "basis": "35 of 315" }, { "label": "Technical Machine", "value": 8.7, "basis": "2 of 23, a thin sample" }, { "label": "Item", "value": 6.6, "basis": "105 of 1,593" }, { "label": "Tool", "value": 3.6, "basis": "12 of 331" } ] } ], "sections": [ "The dearest class is a date, not a function", "Hold the printing fixed and the table turns over", "The dearest trainer cards were given away" ], "method": [ "SOURCES AND TABLES. tcgcsv_products, our mirror of the marketplace catalog, 32,868 rows across the 220 groups in tcgcsv_groups, read from production on 2026-10-12. Each product's class comes from the extendedData key named Card Type, read off the stored extended payload, never inferred from the card name. Prices come from condition_quotes, one row per product per condition, joined on the product id, which is a primary key on both sides. Every price in this note is condition = NM. The Lightly Played rung is read only as a coherence test and never quoted as a price. No price series is used anywhere, so no figure here can mix printings over time; condition_quotes names the printing per row, and the per-class printing counts come from the same row's printings field. EXCLUSIONS, IN ORDER, WITH COUNTS. 4,528 products have no Card Type key and are dropped: sealed products, boxes, blisters and code cards. 22,145 of the remaining 28,340 carry a Pokemon energy type and are dropped as Pokemon cards, which is 52 of the 97 distinct Card Type spellings. 37 of the 52 are dual-type spellings such as Fighting/Darkness and 15 name a single type, and four of those 15 are off the standard list: Dark, Electric and Normal are type names the modern game does not print, and Lighnting is a plain misspelling of Lightning, the only misspelling among the 52. 239 of the resulting 6,195 carry no Near Mint quote and are dropped as an absence; none carry a quote at or below zero. 806 Basic Energy products and 136 bare Energy products are reported separately and are not part of the 5,012, and 2 products labelled Supporter - Item are unassignable and excluded. CLASS FOLDING, 45 spellings in all. Supporter merges 3 spellings including the truncated Support, Item 3 including one written with a dash variant, Stadium 2, Tool 6, Technical Machine 4 including the bare TM and Rocket's Secret Machine, Special Energy 13 including every Special X Energy spelling, Basic Energy 11 including the typo Basic FIre Energy. Trainer with no subtype is the bare spelling only. DEAREST STORED QUOTE IN CLASS is the highest stored Near Mint quote in that class with no exceptions made. Where that product has no catalog row here, or where the page serves a different figure, the cell says so; the Item cell is a product with no page, and the Supporter and Special Energy cells are the two pages that disagree. THE 2,576x SPREAD divides one single-printing Normal quote, Lucky Stadium at $1,700.00, by the median of a 407-product Stadium basket whose printing labels are mixed: 314 Normal, 62 Holofoil, 22 1st Edition and 9 Reverse Holofoil. It is a spread inside one class, not a ratio between two printings of one card, and no other figure here sets one printing against another. ERA. Groups are sorted into eras on the provider's own published_on with a Sun and Moon cutoff of 2017-02-03. World Championship Decks is held out by name because its published_on is 2018-07-01 while the cards in it are reprints of older ones, and EX Trainer Kit 2: Plusle & Minun is held out because the provider stamps it with the current date; it is a 2004 set and carries 1 of the 400. HANDOUT RULE. A product is counted as a handout when its group name contains promo, championship, league, winner, staff, professor program, WoTC, Nintendo, black star or jumbo, or its product name carries a Staff, Winner or Participation tag or a League Promo note, with the World Championship Decks group explicitly excluded because those are retail reprints rather than handouts. 1,078 trainer-family products sit in that group. The rule still misses POP Series 4 and the provider's Southeast Asia Exclusives group, so 333 and 49 are floors rather than totals. MEDIANS take the upper middle value on an even sample. Two of the eight lines in the class table have an even sample: the 400-product Trainer line, where both middle values are $1.98, and the 136-product bare Energy line, where the lower middle value is $4.29 against the $4.40 printed. Four lines in the single-printing column have an even sample too, and one of them moves: Tool, 124 products, lower middle $1.35 against the $1.88 printed, which is the one figure in this note where the convention changes a place in the ranking. Stadium at 192 products reads $1.45 on the lower rule against $1.49 printed, Special Energy at 168 reads $1.65 against $1.68, and Item at 920 reads $0.89 either way. The quarter-below and quarter-above columns are the values a quarter and three quarters of the way up the same sorted list. WINDOW. Each quote carries the date the provider last observed it. Newest 2026-10-11, oldest inside the ranked classes 2026-01-19, 88.9% within seven days of the newest and 94.4% within thirty, measured on the 5,012. condition_quotes is upserted as the provider republishes rather than pinned to a day, so a recompute later moves those two shares by a few tenths of a point. LIVE CHECK. 26 card pages were read from the production market endpoint on 2026-10-12: 22 agree with the stored quote to the cent, one differs by 0.9%, one serves a sibling product's figure, and two serve a fraction of it, enx-681249 at $31.84 against a stored $668.49 and enx-174486 at $4.16 against a stored $140.00. 11 of the 88 products above $100 have no catalog row and therefore no page to check. 1 of the 88, product 681244, is claimed by two catalog rows. Nothing here is a completed sale and nothing here is financial advice." ], "terms": "Figures are moonstone's own recorded measurements, dated as published. Quote them with the population stated beside them. The article at `url` is the human form of this file." }