Pokémon Evolutions Cards: Value, Rarest Cards, Sealed

PriceCharting market prices for XY Evolutions, updated September 25, 2026, sorted by PSA 10 value. Ungraded means a raw card in played-to-near-mint condition; grade 9 and PSA 10 are graded cards.

• Charizard [Prerelease Staff] #11: ungraded $1,500 · grade 9 $5,075 · PSA 10 $10,842
• Charizard #11: ungraded $69.99 · grade 9 $214 · PSA 10 $8,577
• Gyarados [Prerelease Staff] #34: ungraded $603 · grade 9 $978 · PSA 10 $6,500
• Charizard [Prerelease] #11: ungraded $435 · grade 9 $824 · PSA 10 $6,000
• Charmander [Toys R Us] #9: ungraded $124 · grade 9 $276 · PSA 10 $4,575
• Machamp [Prerelease Staff] #59: ungraded $234 · grade 9 $655 · PSA 10 $4,550
• Nidoking [Holo] #45: ungraded $4.99 · grade 9 $27.27 · PSA 10 $4,445
• Mewtwo [Staff] #51: ungraded $514 · grade 9 $475 · PSA 10 $4,050
• Raichu [Holo] #36: ungraded $7.99 · grade 9 $36.73 · PSA 10 $3,355
• Mew [Holo] #53: ungraded $26.63 · grade 9 $99.08 · PSA 10 $3,092
• Mewtwo [Prerelease] #51: ungraded $196 · grade 9 $738 · PSA 10 $2,603
• Charizard [Reverse Holo] #11: ungraded $78.00 · grade 9 $171 · PSA 10 $2,108

Most cards in any set are worth well under a dollar raw; the money is in the holo rares, first-print editions and high grades above. A PSA 10 can be worth ten to a hundred times the raw card, so check centering, corners, edges and surface before you decide whether grading is worth it (see card grading). Prices move with the market; use them as a reference, not an offer.

• Evolutions is a 2016 20th-anniversary set that reprints Base Set artwork and layout, but with rules text and stats updated to the modern format.
• Even though the artwork echoes Base Set, the underlying card stats were brought up to date for 2016 rules.

• [Base Set](/lookup/pokemon-sets/base-set): Original 1999 Base Set cards carry no set symbol at all, while every set from Jungle (1999) onward, including 2016's Evolutions, does. The two sets also differ in total size (102 cards for Base Set vs. 108 numbered cards for Evolutions) and in copyright year printed at the bottom of the card.

Japanese release (as Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary) September 16, 2016; English release November 2, 2016. Card-count breakdown (108 main + 5 secret rares) is corroborated by multiple secondary listings (e.g. cardmavin.com) rather than Bulbapedia's summary total alone.

• Bottom-left or bottom-right corner: the set symbol and the collector number (e.g. 4/102) tell you the set; older cards have no symbol at all, which itself narrows them to Base Set.
• Left of the number: a 1st Edition stamp, if present, sits below the art on WOTC-era cards.
• Regulation mark (a letter in a box near the bottom, D through H so far) dates modern cards to a two-year window.
• Back of the card: the blue Poké Ball back has changed little since 1999; a washed-out, blurry or wrongly colored back is the first sign of a fake.

Lay the card flat on a dark surface in daylight, straight on, with the whole card in frame, then a close-up of the bottom edge where the set symbol, number and any edition stamp sit. Tilt holo cards under the light for a second shot to show the foil pattern. Photograph the back too. The app reads the card and set; the edition and rarity checks above tell you which version you have.

Pokémon Evolutions is an English set released November 2, 2016 that reprints Base Set artwork and layout with stats and rules updated for 2016 play. It has 108 numbered cards plus 5 secret rares numbered 109/108 to 113/108. PriceCharting lists it as Pokemon Evolutions; TCGplayer lists it as XY Evolutions. It is a different product from Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution, a newer expansion built around Mega Evolution Pokémon ex (Pokémon's official card gallery), whose Mega Hyper Rare cards CGC describes as fully embossed in gold.

Most are worth a few dollars raw; the value is in graded holos, stamped promos and sealed product. PriceCharting, 2026-09-25, raw / PSA 10:

• Pikachu #35: $1.75 / $123.99
• Charmander #9: $1.23 / $100.25
• Nidoking holo #45: $4.99 / $4,444.98
• Raichu holo #36: $7.99 / $3,355
• Mew holo #53: $26.63 / $3,091.59
• Chansey #70: $3.24 / $1,548.88

The holo rares are the clearest case of a cheap raw card with an expensive PSA 10: Nidoking holo is worth about 890 times more in PSA 10 than raw. That gap means few copies grade 10, so check centering and surface closely before submitting one.

The rarest are versions that were never in regular packs. PriceCharting (2026-09-25) lists:

• Charizard #11, prerelease staff stamp: $1,500 raw, $10,842.27 PSA 10
• Charizard #11, prerelease stamp: $434.60 raw, $6,000 PSA 10
• Charmander #9, Toys R Us stamp: $123.54 raw, $4,575 PSA 10

Among pack cards, CGC calls secret rares, here numbered above 108, the rarest cards in a set; PriceCharting values Surfing Pikachu #111 at $10.38 raw and Flying Pikachu #110 at $10, while the regular Charizard #11 is the most valuable pack card at $8,576.50 in PSA 10.

Sealed Evolutions is worth more than most single cards. PriceCharting, 2026-09-25:

• Booster box: $2,517.02
• Elite Trainer Box, Charizard: $914.48
• Elite Trainer Box, Blastoise: $750
• Kanto Power Collection box: $614.99
• Booster pack: $62.50

A single pack costs about as much as a raw regular Charizard #11 ($69.99), so opening one is a bet that the pack holds a card worth more than the pack.

They share the same art, so they are easy to confuse. Evolutions Charizard is numbered 11/108 and carries a set symbol; Base Set Charizard is 4/102 with no set symbol. On PriceCharting (2026-09-25) the Evolutions card is $69.99 raw against $436.95 for an Unlimited Base Set copy. See our Base Set Charizard page and Charizard card value list.