{ "url": "https://www.moonstonehq.com/articles/pokemon-set-value-by-era", "slug": "pokemon-set-value-by-era", "title": "Pokémon Set Value by Era: 142 Sets Measured", "summary": "The median set from 1999 to 2003 is worth $2,357 and its median card $3.62. The median Sword and Shield set is worth $643 and its median card 27 cents.", "section": "Set economics", "published": "2026-09-22", "readMinutes": 8, "publisher": "moonstone", "findings": [ { "value": "$2,357", "measures": "median set value, WotC era 1999 to 2003", "basis": "17 sets, 1,761 priced cards" }, { "value": "$3.62", "measures": "median card in a WotC set", "basis": "against $0.20 in a Scarlet and Violet set" }, { "value": "12%", "measures": "of Scarlet and Violet sets sit at their own recorded high", "basis": "against 95% of Sun and Moon sets" }, { "value": "17,699", "measures": "priced English cards in the level cross section", "basis": "142 sets with a release date" } ], "tables": [ { "title": "Every era, by level: 142 sets and 17,699 priced English cards", "columns": [ "Era", "Sets", "Priced cards", "Median set value", "Median card", "Top-5 share", "Median dearest card" ], "rows": [ { "Era": "WotC, 1999 to 2003", "Sets": "17", "Priced cards": "1,761", "Median set value": "$2,357", "Median card": "$3.62", "Top-5 share": "51.0%", "Median dearest card": "$602" }, { "Era": "EX, 2003 to 2007", "Sets": "14", "Priced cards": "1,431", "Median set value": "$5,505", "Median card": "$2.44", "Top-5 share": "63.5%", "Median dearest card": "$1,500" }, { "Era": "Diamond and Pearl, 2007 to 2010", "Sets": "12", "Priced cards": "1,254", "Median set value": "$2,078", "Median card": "$1.32", "Top-5 share": "57.2%", "Median dearest card": "$280" }, { "Era": "HGSS and Black and White, 2010 to 2013", "Sets": "19", "Priced cards": "1,842", "Median set value": "$2,483", "Median card": "$0.95", "Top-5 share": "60.7%", "Median dearest card": "$411" }, { "Era": "XY, 2014 to 2016", "Sets": "16", "Priced cards": "1,515", "Median set value": "$1,138", "Median card": "$0.40", "Top-5 share": "61.2%", "Median dearest card": "$197" }, { "Era": "Sun and Moon, 2017 to 2019", "Sets": "18", "Priced cards": "2,591", "Median set value": "$1,759", "Median card": "$0.44", "Top-5 share": "47.7%", "Median dearest card": "$323" }, { "Era": "Sword and Shield, 2020 to 2022", "Sets": "20", "Priced cards": "2,832", "Median set value": "$643", "Median card": "$0.27", "Top-5 share": "60.8%", "Median dearest card": "$192" }, { "Era": "Scarlet and Violet, 2023 to 2025", "Sets": "19", "Priced cards": "3,341", "Median set value": "$1,234", "Median card": "$0.20", "Top-5 share": "52.6%", "Median dearest card": "$192" }, { "Era": "Mega Evolution, 2025 to now", "Sets": "7", "Priced cards": "1,132", "Median set value": "$982", "Median card": "$0.19", "Top-5 share": "66.3%", "Median dearest card": "$186" } ] }, { "title": "Era cohorts on the continuous tape, 100 sets", "columns": [ "Era", "Sets", "Median move", "Median distance below its own recorded high", "Share within 1% of that high" ], "rows": [ { "Era": "WotC, 1999 to 2003", "Sets": "3", "Median move": "+79.6%", "Median distance below its own recorded high": "0.0%", "Share within 1% of that high": "67%" }, { "Era": "EX, 2003 to 2007", "Sets": "1", "Median move": "+128.3%", "Median distance below its own recorded high": "-0.4%", "Share within 1% of that high": "100%" }, { "Era": "Diamond and Pearl, 2007 to 2010", "Sets": "3", "Median move": "+200.9%", "Median distance below its own recorded high": "0.0%", "Share within 1% of that high": "100%" }, { "Era": "HGSS and Black and White, 2010 to 2013", "Sets": "13", "Median move": "+165.9%", "Median distance below its own recorded high": "-0.1%", "Share within 1% of that high": "85%" }, { "Era": "XY, 2014 to 2016", "Sets": "20", "Median move": "+195.6%", "Median distance below its own recorded high": "-0.2%", "Share within 1% of that high": "65%" }, { "Era": "Sun and Moon, 2017 to 2019", "Sets": "21", "Median move": "+135.5%", "Median distance below its own recorded high": "0.0%", "Share within 1% of that high": "95%" }, { "Era": "Sword and Shield, 2020 to 2022", "Sets": "22", "Median move": "+63.8%", "Median distance below its own recorded high": "-5.5%", "Share within 1% of that high": "9%" }, { "Era": "Scarlet and Violet, 2023 to 2025", "Sets": "17", "Median move": "+42.2%", "Median distance below its own recorded high": "-10.9%", "Share within 1% of that high": "12%" } ] } ], "charts": [], "sections": [ "The level map", "The move map", "What would overturn this", "What this study cannot show" ], "method": [ "Levels: every English catalog set with at least ten cards carrying a last recorded market price and a release date resolved from `report:spread:setsmeta`, 142 sets and 17,699 cards, priced from the daily `price_history` tape as of 2026-09-22, which is the same figure the card pages publish. One catalog row is kept per TCGplayer product id, which drops 240 English rows that are claimed twice (trainer-kit halves, and Trainer Gallery cards carried by both a subset and its parent). Set value is the sum of those prices; median card is the median of them, upper middle on even samples; top-5 share is the five dearest priced cards over the set total. Moves: the continuous cohort described in the linked age study, `sethist2:` series anchored at the first reading between 2025-01-27 and 2025-02-10 and closed at the latest reading on or after 2026-09-01, with sets excluded when any adjacent pair of readings differs by more than 15%. Distance below the recorded high is the latest reading over the maximum reading dated on or after the set's release date; sets whose series begins after release have no pre-release readings to exclude, so for them every reading is post-release by construction and the maximum is a recorded high rather than an all-time high. Era buckets are assigned by release date with the boundaries printed in the tables. Not 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." }