set deskOctober 2026

Base Set

102 cards trackedenglish printsungradedtcgplayer marketas of 2026-10-19

Full set$2,200

Median card$2.59

30 days+1.1%

90 days+3.3%

Top 10 share80%

Priced101

Set Market Report PRO

Where it sits in its own history354 recorded readings

All-time high$2,2232026-09-25

From that high−1.0%set value today

First recorded$1,292when we started tracking, not a release

Dearer than96%341 of 354 recorded days were cheaper

Ask about Base Set

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

Full workspace

Recorded moonstone data only. Not financial advice.

Cost concentration10 cards = 80% of the bill

10 cards · $1,770other 91 · $430

The short, expensive tail of the set.

Chase laddertop 10 by price

Every card102 cards · 102 priced

No.	Card	Rarity	Market
1/102	Alakazam	Rare	$70.55
2/102	Blastoise	Rare	$227.27
3/102	Chansey	Rare	$55.42
4/102	Charizard	Rare	$954.65
5/102	Clefairy	Rare	$46.26
6/102	Gyarados	Rare	$56.33
7/102	Hitmonchan	Rare	$18.66
8/102	Machamp	Rare	$24.57
9/102	Magneton	Rare	$31.99
10/102	Mewtwo	Rare	$84.59
11/102	Nidoking	Rare	$41.26
12/102	Ninetales	Rare	$40.09
13/102	Poliwrath	Rare	$35.17
14/102	Raichu	Rare	$62.51
15/102	Venusaur	Rare	$151.66
16/102	Zapdos	Rare	$50.27
17/102	Beedrill	Rare	$6.54
18/102	Dragonair	Rare	$19.43
19/102	Dugtrio	Rare	$11.09
20/102	Electabuzz	Rare	$10.37
21/102	Electrode	Rare	$9.80
22/102	Pidgeotto	Rare	$9.02
23/102	Arcanine	Uncommon	$4.44
24/102	Charmeleon	Uncommon	$2.92
25/102	Dewgong	Uncommon	$3.57
26/102	Dratini	Uncommon	$3.07
27/102	Farfetch'd	Uncommon	$1.61
28/102	Growlithe	Uncommon	$1.17
29/102	Haunter	Uncommon	$2.47
30/102	Ivysaur	Uncommon	$6.00
31/102	Jynx	Uncommon	$1.00
32/102	Kadabra	Uncommon	$2.74
33/102	Kakuna	Uncommon	$1.47
34/102	Machoke	Uncommon	$1.40
35/102	Magikarp	Uncommon	$2.83
36/102	Magmar	Uncommon	$3.71
37/102	Nidorino	Uncommon	$4.18
38/102	Poliwhirl	Uncommon	$1.88
39/102	Porygon	Uncommon	$4.07
40/102	Raticate	Uncommon	$2.84
41/102	Seel	Uncommon	$1.21
42/102	Wartortle	Uncommon	$5.70
43/102	Abra	Common	$1.42
44/102	Bulbasaur	Common	$3.92
45/102	Caterpie	Common	$1.20
46/102	Charmander	Common	$2.96
47/102	Diglett	Common	$1.07
48/102	Doduo	Common	$1.03
49/102	Drowzee	Common	$0.78
50/102	Gastly	Common	$1.22
51/102	Koffing	Common	$0.76
52/102	Machop	Common	$0.79
53/102	Magnemite	Common	$0.74
54/102	Metapod	Common	$1.54
55/102	Nidoran♂	Common	$0.71
56/102	Onix	Common	$1.03
57/102	Pidgey	Common	$2.61
58/102	Pikachu	Common	$11.78
59/102	Poliwag	Common	$0.96
60/102	Ponyta	Common	$0.74
61/102	Rattata	Common	$0.76
62/102	Sandshrew	Common	$0.90
63/102	Squirtle	Common	$4.64
64/102	Starmie	Common	$0.74
65/102	Staryu	Common	$0.72
66/102	Tangela	Common	$0.77
67/102	Voltorb	Common	$3.46
68/102	Vulpix	Common	$0.75
69/102	Weedle	Common	$0.54
70/102	Clefairy Doll	Rare	$7.44
71/102	Computer Search	Rare	$3.22
72/102	Devolution Spray	Rare	$6.36
73/102	Impostor Professor Oak	Rare	$28.28
74/102	Item Finder	Rare	$9.07
75/102	Lass	Rare	$3.86
76/102	Pokémon Breeder	Rare	$6.43
77/102	Pokémon Trader	Rare	$4.72
78/102	Scoop Up	Rare	$9.16
79/102	Super Energy Removal	Rare	$3.13
80/102	Defender	Uncommon	$1.23
81/102	Energy Retrieval	Uncommon	$0.65
82/102	Full Heal	Uncommon	$1.32
83/102	Maintenance	Uncommon	$3.00
84/102	PlusPower	Uncommon	$0.57
85/102	Pokémon Center	Uncommon	$2.14
86/102	Pokémon Flute	Uncommon	$2.68
87/102	Pokédex	Uncommon	$0.61
88/102	Professor Oak	Uncommon	$2.18
89/102	Revive	Uncommon	$2.40
90/102	Super Potion	Uncommon	$0.38
91/102	Bill	Common	$0.34
92/102	Energy Removal	Common	$0.46
93/102	Gust of Wind	Common	$0.42
94/102	Potion	Common	$0.30
95/102	Switch	Common	$0.34
96/102	Double Colorless Energy	Uncommon	$6.86
97/102	Fighting Energy	Common	$0.35
98/102	Fire Energy	Common	$0.49
99/102	Grass Energy	Common	$0.40
100/102	Lightning Energy	Common	$0.52
101/102	Psychic Energy	Common	$0.72
102/102	Water Energy	Common	$0.41

Every Base Set 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 91 of the 101 priced cards in Base Set for about $430. The median card is $2.59. The remaining $1,770 sits in just 10 chase cards, and one of them (Charizard, $955) is 43% of the entire set on its own. A full set is not one long climb. It is a cheap, fast 20% and then a very short, very expensive tail.

Advisor read

The quant read354 recorded points · 630 days

30-day return+1.1%

90-day return+3.3%

Realized vol10%annualized, ~90d daily returns

Max drawdown-7.1%recorded window

Off recorded high-1.0%

Computed from this set's own recorded value series; windows are stated and nothing is modeled. Each return is the first recorded value inside its window against the last. We withhold it when the number of cards in the basket changed inside the window, when a single step moved more than 20%, or when the series cannot cover the window.

The product desk7 products

Cheapest recorded route to packsBase Set Booster Box [Revised Unlimited Edition] $13.89/pack

Biggest 30-day moveBase Set Theme Deck - "Overgrowth" (Revised Base Set Reprint Run) −20.7%

	Product	Price	Family	Packs	$/pack	30d
01	Base Set Booster Pack [Revised Unlimited Edition]	$916.46	Booster Pack	1	$916.46	−1.2%
02	Base Set Booster Box [Revised Unlimited Edition]	$499.99	Booster Box	36	$13.89	·
03	Base Set Theme Deck - "Zap!" (Revised Base Set Reprint Run)	$499.95	Deck	·	·	0.0%
04	Base Set Theme Deck - "Overgrowth" (Revised Base Set Reprint Run)	$449.95	Deck	·	·	−20.7%
05	Base Set Theme Deck - "Blackout" (Revised Base Set Reprint Run)	$424.95	Deck	·	·	0.0%
06	Base Set Theme Deck - "Brushfire" (Revised Base Set Reprint Run)	$374.89	Deck	·	·	·
07	Pokemon 2-Player Starter Set (Revised Base Set Reprint Run)	$257.66	Product	·	·	0.0%

Every price is the tracked TCGplayer figure from our nightly sealed sync; the oldest row here was synced 3 days ago. Cost per pack is shown only where the pack count is recorded on a single-unit product; lots (cases, multi-sets) are listed but never enter per-pack math. No pack counts are assumed.

Rip or hold

Rip report

No rip report for Base Set

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 · +1.1% 30d · +3.3% 90d

2025-01-27$2,2002026-10-19

Breadth: 28 cards up · 56 down · 17 flat over 30 days. Biggest mover: Dewgong (+53.7%).