Ponyta’s value in the Chinese-only sets is one art rare and a small ladder underneath it. The commissioned card from Gem Pack Vol. 4 is tracked at $493 as a PSA 10; the other seven priced Ponyta cards are worth $273 between them, and the widest price step in any character ranking we publish sits between the first card and the second.
The step is 11.1 times. #107 is $493.47 and #106, the next number down in the same group, is $44.57. No other character ranking on this site has a first-to-second gap wider than 8.3 times, and seven of Ponyta’s eight priced cards come from that one Gem Pack group — #101 to #107, seven consecutive numbers printed as a single ladder.
How this list was built
Three rules, applied in this order.
- The card has to sit in a Chinese-only set. Every card below carries a set code ending in C — CBB4C and 151C. That trailing letter marks a Simplified Chinese print run, and it is the dependable way to tell a Chinese-only card from a card that merely happens to be printed in Chinese. Reading a Chinese set code from end to end covers the whole system.
- The card has to have a tracked PSA 10 value. Eleven Ponyta cards exist across these sets and eight have a PSA 10 price on record. The three that do not are the reverse holo and the Master Ball reverse holo of Collect 151 #77, and the Chasing Glory Together print at csv10C #23 — none of them has a graded sold record yet, and a card with no price cannot be ranked.
- The card has to be a Pokémon card. Sealed product, trainer cards and energy are out of scope.
One exclusion applies here as it does to every character ranking we publish. Promo printings of Ponyta exist in Chinese and they are not on this list. Promo numbering is shared across the Chinese branches — the same promo number appears in Traditional Chinese product as well — so a promo number on its own cannot establish which branch a card came from. Everything below sits inside a numbered set whose code ends in C, which is unambiguous.
The five, ranked
5. Ponyta #103 — Gem Pack Vol. 4 (CBB4C) — $38
Raw $1.92 · grade 9 $12.39
An ordinary foil from the middle of the Vol. 4 group, and the lowest-priced card in this top five. Its grade 9 record of $12.39 is 32 percent of its PSA 10 value, which is the normal shape for a set-checklist foil: raw copies at $1.92 becoming $38 in a PSA 10 holder is a multiple of 19.8. Four of the five cards in this ranking sit inside a seven-dollar window.
4. Ponyta #104 — Gem Pack Vol. 4 (CBB4C) — $39
Raw $1.99 · grade 9 $12.68
One number above #103 and seven cents of raw price apart from it; as PSA 10s the two cards are $0.97 apart. That is what happens when a group’s foils are priced off the same small pool of graded sales rather than off any difference in the cards themselves. Its raw-to-PSA-10 multiple of 19.7 is almost identical to the card below it.
3. Ponyta #101 — Gem Pack Vol. 4 (CBB4C) — $40
Raw $2.15 · grade 9 $12.91
The base print, and the lowest number in the group. It finishes above #102, #103, #104 and #105 despite carrying no foil treatment at all, which is the clearest evidence that neither the number nor the treatment inside a Gem Pack group carries price information. The volume-by-volume guide sets out how a group like that is built.
2. Ponyta #106 — Gem Pack Vol. 4 (CBB4C) — $45
Raw $3.13 · grade 9 $14.28
The highest of the six ordinary foils, and the card that sits directly beneath the art rare. Its raw price of $3.13 is the second highest of the eight priced Ponyta cards and is still under 2 percent of the art rare’s raw price. Eleven times this card’s value separates it from the one above it, which is the widest single step in the ranking.
1. Ponyta #107 — Gem Pack Vol. 4 (CBB4C) — $493
Raw $161.44 · grade 9 $176.92
The commissioned art rare of Gem Pack Vol. 4, the last number in its group, and the only Ponyta card in the language above $45. Raw copies at $161.44 are more than eleven times the combined raw price of the other seven priced cards, which come to $14.21 between them, so effectively all of the name’s raw-market value is concentrated here. We hold this card in PSA 10: the Vol. 4 Ponyta listing is here.
What the ranking shows
Ponyta is the sharpest version of a pattern that runs through this series: one commissioned card carries the character and the set-checklist foils beneath it are worth very little apart. Eight Ponyta cards are priced, and one of them holds 64 percent of the graded value.
| Band | Cards | Combined PSA 10 value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| $250 – $500 — ranked 1 | 1 | $493 | 64.4% |
| $36 – $45 — ranked 2 to 8 | 7 | $273 | 35.6% |
| Every priced Ponyta card | 8 | $766 | 100% |
Two further patterns run across the whole group.
Seven of the eight priced cards are one group of consecutive numbers. #101 to #107 is a single Gem Pack Vol. 4 group — the base print, a Poké Ball foil, the stars pattern, the rotary pattern, the Master Ball foil, the stamped foil and the art rare at the top. Seven of the eight priced Ponyta cards sit inside that run, and they are the only Ponyta cards in these sets that carry a value at all apart from one Collect 151 print.
The only priced card from outside the group ranks last. Three Ponyta cards sit in Collect 151, all of them number 77 in different treatments, and only the plain print has traded enough to be priced — at $36.06, the lowest price in this ranking. Ponyta is one of the original 151 Pokémon, which is why Collect 151 prints it at all; the later-generation characters in this series have no entry in that set. The single Chasing Glory Together print at csv10C #23 is tracked without a value.
Where Ponyta is printed
| Product | Set code | Ponyta cards |
|---|---|---|
| Gem Pack Vol. 4 | CBB4C | 7 |
| Collect 151 | 151C | 3 |
| Chasing Glory Together | csv10C | 1 |
| Total | 11 |
Gem Pack Vol. 4 supplies seven of the eleven Ponyta cards and $730 of the $766 total, because the single expensive card is inside that group. Collect 151 prints three treatments of one number — #77 in the plain, reverse holo and Master Ball reverse treatments — and only the plain print has a price attached.
If the goal is the group rather than the single card, completing a Simplified Chinese set sets out what a full Vol. 4 run involves. Nothing else Ponyta appears on in these sets has traded enough to be priced.
If you want one card
- One card, no budget limit: the Vol. 4 art rare at #107, at $493. It is the only Ponyta card in the language above $45 and the only commissioned artwork under the name. The Vol. 4 listing is here.
- The highest foil: the stamped foil at #106, at $45. It is the card immediately below the art rare and the only foil in the ranking that differs from the rest of its ladder by more than a few dollars.
- The lowest-priced entry onto this list: the Collect 151 print at #77, at $36 — the only priced Ponyta card that is not from a Gem Pack group.
- If you want the whole group: the six Vol. 4 foils sit within a single dollar of one another, so the ladder below the art rare can be assembled in one go for less than the art rare alone.
Frequently asked questions
How many Ponyta cards are there in Simplified Chinese?
Eleven, across three products: seven in the Gem Pack Vol. 4 group, three treatments of a single number in Collect 151, and one Chasing Glory Together print. Eight of the eleven carry a tracked PSA 10 value.
What is the most valuable Ponyta card in Simplified Chinese?
The art rare of Gem Pack Vol. 4 at #107, tracked at $493 as a PSA 10 and $161.44 raw. It is the only Ponyta card in these sets above $45, and it holds 64 percent of the character’s combined value on one card.
Why is one Ponyta card worth eleven times the others?
Because it is the only commissioned Ponyta artwork in the language. The six cards below it are ordinary set-checklist foils — a base print, a Poké Ball pattern, a stars pattern, a rotary pattern, a Master Ball foil and a stamped foil — and the same treatments are printed for every other Pokémon in the same group. The art rare is the one card in the group printed as a single artwork rather than as part of a pattern ladder, and it is the highest number in the group.
Is a PSA 10 worth the premium over a raw card?
On seven of the eight priced cards, clearly yes: raw prices sit between $1.44 and $3.13 while graded values run from $36 to $45, multiples of 12 to 25. The exception is the art rare at #107, which multiplies only 3.1 times because its raw price of $161.44 already carries most of the $493. Grading outcomes are never certain, and nothing here is a prediction about what any individual card will grade at.
Do the Collect 151 Ponyta cards come in more than one treatment?
Yes. Number 77 in Collect 151 exists as a plain card, a reverse holo and a Master Ball reverse holo. Only the plain print has traded enough to have a price attached, at $36; the other two are tracked without a value. The series guide explains the two reverse holo patterns.
Other character rankings
Each character ranked here has its own page: Pikachu, Charizard, Psyduck, Meowth, Chandelure, Gengar, Ceruledge, Captain Pikachu, Cubone, Applin, Blastoise, the Paldea starter lines — Sprigatito, Floragato, Fuecoco, Crocalor, Quaxly and Quaxwell — and the nine forms of the Eevee family: Eevee, Umbreon, Sylveon, Espeon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Jolteon, Vaporeon and Flareon. For the whole market rather than one character, the ten most popular Chinese-exclusive cards ranks across Pokémon, and the price ladder sorts the same catalogue into bands.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- PriceCharting — Pokémon Chinese console listings, including Gem Pack Vol. 4 (CBB4C), Collect 151 (151C) and Chasing Glory Together (csv10C). PSA 10 values retrieved 25 September 2026.
- PriceCharting — individual card pages for Ponyta #101, #102, #103, #104, #105, #106 and #107 (Gem Pack Vol. 4); Ponyta #77 and [Reverse] #77 (Collect 151).
- CardSpicy — Gem Pack Vol. 1 to 6: what is in each volume, on group structure and treatment counts.
- CardSpicy — How to read a Simplified Chinese Pokémon set code, on the trailing C and the secret-rare numbering convention.
Prices quoted are secondary-market observations at the dates cited and move quickly; nothing here is a valuation or an investment recommendation. Our own asking prices for the cards we hold are on each product page.