Pokémon Card Market Report — June 2026
Nidoran ♀ (Skyridge) led the Pokémon card market, up 90% over the past 30 days.
CardTrack's monthly read on the Pokémon card market, built from live blended values across 5,934 tracked cards. Movement is each card's real 30-day price change (this is the launch edition; from next month, figures are calendar month-over-month).
The market, in plain English
Let's start with the headline: the CardTrack Pokémon Index — our basket of 5,934 of the most liquid cards in the hobby — climbed 5.3% over the past 30 days. That's a real move, and it's not evenly spread. A handful of lower-priced, mid-tier cards did the heavy lifting, with Nidoran ♀ from Skyridge nearly doubling to $41 and Haunter from HS—Triumphant up almost 90% to $61. Blaziken from Emerald jumped to $150, and the old Expedition Fearow put in a similar run. None of these are the cards that make headlines, but they're exactly the kind of quiet, broad-based buying that tends to show up when collectors start restocking sets rather than chasing one big grail. Zoom out to the wider Pokémon category, though, and the picture gets messier — the broader market actually slipped 8.1% over the same window, a reminder that our liquid-card index and the total market aren't always telling the same story right now. The big-ticket cards took the brunt of it. Kyogre & Groudon LEGEND from HS—Undaunted got cut nearly in half, down 57.4% to $213, and Base Set Zapdos, Call of Legends Deoxys, and Aquapolis Hypno all bled 35-45%. If you've been watching Pokémon prices and wondering why your grail cards feel soft while the cheap stuff runs hot, that's the story — money is rotating out of expensive chase cards and into affordable commons and mid-grade holos. Against the rest of the trading card world, Pokémon's liquid index was the standout this month. Magic: The Gathering rose 2.9%, One Piece and Lorcana each ticked up a point or so, and Yu-Gi-Oh! barely moved. Even against traditional assets, our index held its own — gold added 1.5%, the S&P 500 was flat to slightly down, and Bitcoin gained 2.5%. Pokémon's 5.3% beat all of them on paper, though anyone who's been in this hobby a while knows not to read too much into one month of numbers, especially with the high end pulling in the opposite direction. Worth keeping an eye on the CardTrack 100 and the most valuable Pokémon cards over the next few weeks — if the split between cheap risers and expensive fallers keeps widening, it'll say a lot about where collector money is really headed next.
📈 Top 10 risers
| # | Card | Value | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $41PSA 10 $660📍 Last sold $325 PSA 10 · 27 Jun · 28 sales/90d | +90.0% | |
| 2 | $61 | +89.7% | |
| 3 | $150PSA 10 $1,993📍 Last sold $25 Raw · 25 Jun · 27 sales/90d | +87.5% | |
| 4 | $42PSA 10 $507 | +85.5% | |
| 5 | $43PSA 10 $185 | +82.9% | |
| 6 | $38 | +79.3% | |
| 7 | $637PSA 10 $7,148📍 Last sold $500 Raw · 25 Jun · 29 sales/90d | +76.3% | |
| 8 | $357PSA 10 $2,025📍 Last sold $426 PSA 7 · 27 Jun · 30 sales/90d | +75.9% | |
| 9 | $105PSA 10 $76 | +75.0% | |
| 10 | $93PSA 10 $400 | +74.5% |
📉 Top 10 fallers
| # | Card | Value | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $213PSA 10 $1,666📍 Last sold $190 Raw · 26 Jun · 30 sales/90d | -57.4% | |
| 2 | $185PSA 10 $2,156📍 Last sold $558 BGS 9 · 28 Jun · 24 sales/90d | -45.9% | |
| 3 | $500 | -38.0% | |
| 4 | $107PSA 10 $3,307📍 Last sold $60 Raw · 27 Jun · 30 sales/90d | -37.1% | |
| 5 | $303 | -37.0% | |
| 6 | $53 | -30.5% | |
| 7 | $386PSA 10 $18,511📍 Last sold $98 Raw · 27 Jun · 38 sales/90d | -30.4% | |
| 8 | $129PSA 10 $1,498📍 Last sold $46 Raw · 26 Jun · 30 sales/90d | -30.3% | |
| 9 | $228PSA 10 $550 | -28.8% | |
| 10 | $47 | -28.7% |
💵 Biggest dollar movers
| # | Card | Value | $ move | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,001PSA 10 $12,456📍 Last sold $175 Raw · 27 Jun · 40 sales/90d | +$320 | +47.0% | |
| 2 | $500 | −$306 | -38.0% | |
| 3 | $213PSA 10 $1,666📍 Last sold $190 Raw · 26 Jun · 30 sales/90d | −$287 | -57.4% | |
| 4 | $637PSA 10 $7,148📍 Last sold $500 Raw · 25 Jun · 29 sales/90d | +$276 | +76.3% | |
| 5 | $725 | +$214 | +42.0% | |
| 6 | $2,492PSA 10 $15,829📍 Last sold $750 Raw · 27 Jun · 49 sales/90d | +$212 | +9.3% | |
| 7 | $1,550PSA 10 $8,183📍 Last sold $7,200 PSA 10 · 27 Jun · 30 sales/90d | +$184 | +13.5% | |
| 8 | $303 | −$178 | -37.0% | |
| 9 | $386PSA 10 $18,511📍 Last sold $98 Raw · 27 Jun · 38 sales/90d | −$168 | -30.4% | |
| 10 | $1,213PSA 10 $3,999📍 Last sold $1,500 Raw · 25 Jun · 30 sales/90d | +$163 | +15.5% |
🏆 PSA 10 premium leaders
Biggest raw → PSA 10 multipliers — where grading adds the most. See the full Grading ROI index →
💎 Grading ROI spotlight
Where grading pays off most — the PSA 10 best case beside the expected return once every grade is weighted by its gem rate, after cost. Full Grading ROI index →
| # | Card | Gem rate | Best case | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.4% | +$38,928 | +$7,792 | |
| 2 | 2.1% | +$116,921 | +$6,484 | |
| 3 | 4.3% | +$70,768 | +$6,287 | |
| 4 | 40.1% | +$12,758 | +$5,899 | |
| 5 | 8.4% | +$38,924 | +$5,691 | |
| 6 | 2.3% | +$64,320 | +$5,283 | |
| 7 | 6% | +$28,801 | +$4,843 | |
| 8 | 2.6% | +$45,622 | +$4,542 |
📦 Sealed product watch
| Product | Price | 30d |
|---|---|---|
| $196 | +70.7% | |
| $196 | +70.7% | |
| $196 | +70.7% | |
| $196 | +70.7% | |
| $196 | +70.7% | |
| $148 | -41.0% | |
| $122 | -38.9% | |
| $978 | -22.6% | |
| $1,000 | -20.0% | |
| $81 | -18.5% |
Reading the June 2026 numbers
The CardTrack Index starts at 100.0 in this edition across 5,934 cards, because there is no earlier snapshot to compare its total with; later editions divide their basket's total by the one before. The +5.3% beside it is the value-weighted average of each card's own 30-day price change, leaving out any move beyond ±90%.
Read the index as a measurement of CardTrack's own values, not as a market return. Both snapshots are blended prices, so when CardTrack changes how a price is computed, every card priced that way moves between editions without a copy changing hands. Even a reading as small as +5.3% belongs next to the movers above, not in a sentence about where the market went. The daily CardTrack 100 marks its own method steps, and the way a blended price is built is set out in how CardTrack prices cards.
Vintage here means cards from sets released before 2003 (806 cards this edition); modern chase means alt-art, illustration, special illustration, secret, rainbow, hyper and V-era ultra rarities (1,602 cards). Modern chase led by 1.4 points, +6.4% against +5.0% for vintage. Both baskets moved the same way, so the gap is about how far each went, not which way. The vintage basket is the smaller of the two, so a handful of expensive cards carry more of its average.
Nidoran ♀ from Skyridge tops the risers at +90.0%, now $41. 5 of the 10 risers moved 80% or more, close to the ±90% line beyond which a move is treated as bad data (28 cards crossed it this edition and were set aside). A move that near the cut-off deserves the same suspicion: open the card page and check the sales before reading it as demand. Of the 10, 1 is from sets released before 2003. The daily movers board shows the same kind of list updated every day rather than once a month.
At the other end, Kyogre & Groudon LEGEND (HS—Undaunted) fell 57.4% to $213. Percentages flatter cheap cards, so the dollar table ranks by the size of the move in money: M Charizard-EX (Flashfire) moved +$320 to $1,001. 6 of the biggest dollar moves were rises and 4 were falls.
The PSA 10 premium table divides a card's PSA 10 price by its raw price and only considers multiples between 2× and 40×, which is why this edition's leaders sit between 39.2× and 40×. Uxie LV.X (Legends Awakened) leads at 40×: $91 raw against $3,628 in a PSA 10. A big multiple says a gem copy is scarce next to raw ones; it says nothing about your chance of grading one, which is what the gem rate measures. The grading spotlight weighs that chance in. For Flareon (Dark Explorers) the best case after about $1,020 of grading and shipping cost is +$38,928, but only 3.4% of the copies in PSA's population report are 10s, so the expected result, valuing a PSA 9 at 40% of a PSA 10 and anything lower at the raw price, is +$7,792.
Kanto Friends Mini Tin (Set of 5) leads the sealed table at +70.7%, priced at $196, while Mega Moonlit Tin Case is the weakest at -41.0%. Sealed moves are each product's 30-day price change when the edition was built, not a month-over-month snapshot like the cards; current prices are on the sealed Pokémon products pages.
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What is the CardTrack Index?
The CardTrack Index tracks the value of a basket of 5,934 liquid Pokémon cards, with sub-indices for Vintage (pre-2003), Modern chase and Graded (PSA 10). This edition it stands at 100.0, +5.3% over the past 30d.
Why are some big movers excluded?
Movers need a minimum value (≥ $30) and at least three contributing marketplaces, and any move beyond ±90% is treated as bad data rather than a real price change — 28 cards were excluded and flagged for review this edition.
Is vintage or modern doing better right now?
This edition, Vintage (pre-2003) moved +5.0% and Modern chase moved +6.4% over the past 30d.
Is a rising CardTrack Index a reason to buy Pokémon cards?
No. The index compares two snapshots of CardTrack's blended values, so it moves when prices move and also when CardTrack changes how a price is computed; this edition's +5.3% is a reading of those values, not a forecast. It describes where CardTrack's prices sat when the edition was built, not where they are going, and nothing in this report is financial advice.
How is the PSA 10 premium calculated?
It is a card's PSA 10 price divided by its raw (ungraded) price, and the table only considers multiples from 2× to 40×. This edition Uxie LV.X (Legends Awakened) leads at 40×, $91 raw against $3,628 in a PSA 10. The multiple ignores grading cost and the odds of a 10, which the grading spotlight accounts for.
Methodology
The CardTrack Index tracks the value of a basket of liquid Pokémon cards, with sub-indices for Vintage (pre-2003), Modern chase (alt-arts, illustration/secret/rainbow rares) and Graded (PSA 10). Blended from eBay sold results, Fanatics auctions, TCGplayer and Cardmarket, updated daily. To avoid noise, movers require a minimum value (≥ $30), at least three contributing marketplaces, and any implausible move (greater than ±90%) is excluded and flagged for review. This is market data, not financial advice — prices can move quickly.