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Pokémon card index: Japanese promos

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CardSpicy tracks 195 Japanese promo and collaboration cards as individual pages, each with its own recorded PSA 10 value in US dollars. Values in the index run from $11.24 to $32,361.30 with a median of $1,850.39, and Mario Pikachu is the highest-recorded card.

Card index · Japanese promos, celebration and collaboration cards

These are the Japanese promo cards that never came out of a booster box: the cards released for a shop, a museum, a film, an anniversary or a championship. We track them because the printed number is the only reliable identifier — the same Pokémon can appear on dozens of promo cards in the same era — and because a handful of them now trade above the most expensive set cards of the same period. Each entry below links to a full page for that card: who illustrated it, when and why it was released, what every grade is worth, and the individual sales behind the number.

The cards in this index

  1. Mario Pikachu 294/XY-P $32,361
  2. Poncho-Wearing Pikachu 207/XY-P $23,825
  3. Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa 279/XY-P $22,983
  4. Poncho-Wearing Pikachu Charizard 208/XY-P $18,386
  5. Poncho-Wearing Pikachu 231/XY-P $17,906
  6. Luigi Pikachu 296/XY-P $17,007
  7. Poncho-Wearing Pikachu 230/XY-P $15,736
  8. Birthday Pikachu 24 $15,500
  9. Pikachu 25 $13,840
  10. Pretend Team Skull Pikachu 13/SM-P $13,700
  11. Pretend Gyarados Pikachu 151/XY-P $13,625
  12. Pretend Magikarp Pikachu 150/XY-P $12,125
  13. Tropical Tidal Wave HGSS18 $8,383
  14. Pikachu 90/XY-P $9,400
  15. Mario Pikachu 293/XY-P $9,322
  16. Poncho-Wearing Pikachu 274/XY-P $8,923
  17. Mew XY-P $8,550
  18. Tropical Wind $7,811
  19. Pikachu 204/XY-P $7,531
  20. Pikachu Birthday 25 $7,501
  21. Mewtwo EX XY-P $7,200
  22. Pikachu 102/DP-P $7,199
  23. Flying Pikachu 25 $7,190
  24. Luigi Pikachu 295/XY-P $6,969
  25. Tropical Wind $6,905
  26. Gyarados XY-P $6,626
  27. Poncho-Wearing Pikachu 275/XY-P $6,485
  28. Tropical Tidal Wave 27 $6,251
  29. Eevee 287/SM-P $5,984
  30. Umbreon 140/XY-P $5,787
  31. Charmander 44 $5,483
  32. Poncho-Wearing Eevee 141/SM-P $5,600
  33. Tropical Wind DP25 $5,500
  34. Magikarp 20th Anniversary Festa XY-P $5,500
  35. Psyduck XY-P $5,417
  36. Poncho-Wearing Eevee 137/SM-P $5,664
  37. Pikachu 100/DP-P $5,253
  38. Champion’s Festival XY-P $5,102
  39. Warm Pikachu 95/XY-P $5,050
  40. Warm Pikachu 96/XY-P $5,024
  41. Pikachu 99/DP-P $5,000
  42. Pikachu XY-P $4,800
  43. Warm Pikachu 97/XY-P $4,650
  44. Pikachu 120/BW-P $4,827
  45. Championship Arena 28 $4,627
  46. Flying Pikachu 25 $4,600
  47. Pikachu 175/XY-P $4,414
  48. Warm Pikachu 94/XY-P $4,335
  49. Tropical Wind $4,332
  50. N’s Zekrom 31 $4,250
  51. Poncho-Wearing Eevee 144/SM-P $3,966
  52. Mudkip 20/ADV-P $4,628
  53. Pokemon Center 190/BW-P $3,635
  54. Pikachu 61/SM-P $3,887
  55. Pokemon Center 40 $3,759
  56. Umbreon 25/P $3,785
  57. Rayquaza 215/XY-P $3,694
  58. Poncho-Wearing Pikachu 37/SM-P $3,608
  59. Tropical Wind $3,565
  60. Pikachu 68/SM-P $3,550
  61. Tropical Tidal Wave L-P $3,500
  62. Tropical Beach BW-P $3,500
  63. Pretend Boss Pikachu 197/SM-P $3,458
  64. Greninja XY-P $3,452
  65. Pretend Boss Pikachu 191/SM-P $3,452
  66. Pretend Boss Pikachu 196/SM-P $3,300
  67. Pretend Boss Pikachu 195/SM-P $3,263
  68. Poncho-Wearing Pikachu 38/SM-P $3,225
  69. Lillie 148/SM-P $3,205
  70. Pretend Boss Pikachu 194/SM-P $3,150
  71. Poncho-Wearing Eevee 139/SM-P $3,100
  72. Tropical Wind DP05 $3,100
  73. Pretend Boss Pikachu 193/SM-P $3,091
  74. Poncho-Wearing Eevee 138/SM-P $3,050
  75. Tropical Tidal Wave $3,038
  76. Pokemon Center Osaka 20/P $2,956
  77. Mew 33/P $2,950
  78. Pretend Grunt Pikachu 14/SM-P $2,841
  79. Pretend Boss Pikachu 192/SM-P $2,800
  80. Poncho-Wearing Eevee 142/SM-P $2,784
  81. Pikachu 98/XY-P $2,715
  82. Poncho-Wearing Pikachu 203/XY-P $2,700
  83. Yokohama’s Pikachu 280/SM-P $2,682
  84. Poncho-Wearing Eevee 140/SM-P $2,650
  85. Pikachu 154/XY-P $2,643
  86. Poncho-Wearing Eevee 143/SM-P $2,600
  87. Riolu 10 $2,550
  88. Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat 85 $2,526
  89. Pikachu 27 $2,320
  90. Birthday Pikachu 24 $2,277
  91. Bulbasaur 30/DPt-P $2,150
  92. Tropical Tidal Wave 036 $2,075
  93. Champion’s Festival SM-P $1,999
  94. Champions Festival XY91 $1,990
  95. Champion’s Festival BW-P $1,920
  96. Sapporo’s Pikachu 5/SM-P $1,917
  97. Snorlax 51 $1,900
  98. Tohoku’s Pikachu 88/SM-P $1,850
  99. Tropical Wind $1,783
  100. Champions Festival SM78 $1,777
  101. Treecko 37/PCG-P $1,736
  102. Yokohama’s Pikachu 281/SM-P $1,705
  103. Yokohama’s Pikachu 282/SM-P $1,583
  104. Champions Festival SM148 $1,536
  105. Player’s Ceremony 398/SM-P $1,488
  106. Champion’s Festival XY176 $1,397
  107. Tropical Beach BW28 $1,387
  108. Champion’s Festival SM-P $1,250
  109. Yokohamas Pikachu 283/SM-P $1,234
  110. Champion’s Festival SM-P $1,144
  111. Pikachu 224/SM-P $1,136
  112. Kanazawa’s Pikachu 147/S-P $1,100
  113. Champions Festival SM231 $1,075
  114. Team Rocket’s Wobbuffet 203 $1,065
  115. Pokemon Center Tokyo 19/P $1,052
  116. Tropical Wind 26 $1,003
  117. Ho-oh 52 $1,001
  118. M Rayquaza EX 272/XY-P $995
  119. Pretend Comedian Pikachu 407/SM-P $987
  120. Paradise Resort 150 $917
  121. Champions Festival BW95 $881
  122. Shibuya’s Pikachu 2/S-P $849
  123. Detective Pikachu 99/S-P $835
  124. Pikachu 101 $775
  125. Champion’s Festival S-P $757
  126. Alakazam 9 $775
  127. Eevee 173 $730
  128. Paradise Resort 224 $710
  129. Paradise Resort SV-P $700
  130. Champions Festival XY176 $650
  131. Mewtwo 202/XY-P $611
  132. Espeon GX 124/SM-P $570
  133. All Night Party 139/XY-P $480
  134. Detective Pikachu 337/SM-P $480
  135. Detective Pikachu 50 $464
  136. Paradise Resort SV-P $488
  137. Champion’s Festival SWSH296 $458
  138. Miraidon 13 $429
  139. Rapidash 51 $416
  140. Tropical Beach BW28 $407
  141. Champions Festival XY27 $395
  142. Absol EX XY-P $395
  143. Pikachu 172/SV-P $382
  144. Detective Pikachu 98/SV-P $337
  145. Pikachu 208/S-P $311
  146. Detective Pikachu 338/SM-P $373
  147. Kanazawa’s Pikachu 144/S-P $370
  148. Taipei Pikachu 57/SV-P $363
  149. Mimikyu 75 $358
  150. Umbreon 67/SV-P $297
  151. Pikachu & Zekrom GX 157/SV-P $300
  152. Paradise Resort SV-P $293
  153. Pikachu 54 $281
  154. Pikachu 81/S-P $272
  155. Magneton 159 $248
  156. Tropical Wind DP48 $221
  157. Eevee 62/SV-P $217
  158. Pokemon Center Lady 69/S-P $218
  159. Hiroshima’s Pikachu 261/SV-P $198
  160. Slowpoke 238/SV-P $190
  161. Charmander 242/SV-P $181
  162. Rayquaza GX 156/SV-P $170
  163. Fukuoka’s Pikachu 289/SV-P $159
  164. Umbreon 60 $137
  165. Squirtle 233/SV-P $136
  166. Pikachu 169/SV-P $130
  167. Arceus & Dialga & Palkia GX 158/SV-P $128
  168. Pikachu 2/SV-P $128
  169. Paradise Resort Simplified Chinese SV-P $125
  170. Pikachu 236/SV-P $111
  171. Charizard Ex 166/SV-P $101
  172. Eevee 171/SV-P $99
  173. Giratina VSTAR 162/SV-P $95
  174. Miraidon Ex 164/SV-P $80
  175. Lugia VSTAR 163/SV-P $80
  176. Zoroark GX 154/SV-P $78
  177. Scizor 141 $61
  178. Arceus VSTAR 161/SV-P $56
  179. Nidorina 101 $56
  180. Lance’s Charizard V 123/S-P $54
  181. Lillie 125a $54
  182. Zapdos Ex 55/SV-P $44
  183. Koraidon 79/SV-P $43
  184. Dark Sylveon V 124/S-P $42
  185. Blastoise Ex 235/SV-P $42
  186. Mew VMAX 160/SV-P $34
  187. Charmander 232/SV-P $30
  188. Ultra Necrozma GX 155/SV-P $30
  189. Eternatus VMAX 159/SV-P $30
  190. Eevee 121/S-P $30
  191. Rowlet 231/SV-P $25
  192. Miraidon 80/SV-P $18
  193. Scorbunny 23/30TH-P $16
  194. Wartortle 234/SV-P $12
  195. Chien-Pao Ex 165/SV-P $11

Ranked by our most recent recorded PSA 10 value, highest first. Values are documented results at the dates shown on each card’s own page, not asking prices.

Illustrators in this index

56 illustrators drew the 195 cards in this index. Each entry lists every card in this index by that hand, and every card page lists the other cards by the same illustrator — so you can move from a card to its illustrator and back again without searching.

Counts cover the cards in this index only. Illustrator credits come from the card face and are matched against the official Pokémon Card Game card database; where that database has no entry, the credit was read from the printed “Illus.” line on the card itself. 23 of these illustrators have no portfolio page yet, so their names are not linked. 16 cards in this index are in the position where we could verify no credit at all, and the card page says so rather than publishing a name we cannot stand behind.

How this index is built

Every card here is identified by its printed card number, checked against the official Pokémon Card Game card database, and carried with the illustrator credit printed on the card face. Where the official database does not reach — it begins with the 2006 DP era, so the earliest promos have no entry — we say so on the card’s page rather than publish a credit we cannot verify.

Values come from recorded secondary-market sales, not from listings. A card’s page shows the most recent recorded figure for each grade, the monthly record we hold for the PSA 10 grade, and the individual dated sales behind them. Thinly traded cards are labelled as such, because a single sale on a quiet card is not a market.

Frequently asked questions

What are the most valuable Japanese promo cards?

Mario Pikachu (294/XY-P) is the highest recorded in this index at $32,361 in PSA 10, ahead of Poncho-Wearing Pikachu (207/XY-P) at $23,825 and Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa (279/XY-P) at $22,983. Seven of the ten highest-value cards here came from a 2016 or 2017 campaign: the Mario and Luigi Pikachu pair, the four Poncho-Wearing Pikachu cards, and the 20th Anniversary Festa card.

How many cards are in this index?

195 Japanese promo cards, every one of them released through a shop, museum, film, anniversary or championship campaign rather than in a booster box. Ten of them currently have a full page of their own, with the illustrator credit, release history, the complete grade ladder and the recorded sales behind the value. The rest follow as we work through the index.

Where do the values on these card pages come from?

Recorded secondary-market sales, not asking prices. Each card page shows the most recent recorded figure for each grade, the monthly record we hold for the PSA 10 grade, and the individual dated sales behind both. Cards that trade too thinly to support a monthly record are labelled as such on the page.

Sources

Sources and further reading
  1. Pokémon Card Game official card database — the identity of every card in this index: printed card number, series, official set and illustrator credit. This is the source for the artist names used here.
  2. CardSpicy — every illustrator, card by card, the artist index these card pages link back to.
  3. Recorded secondary-market sales — the values, grade ladders and sale lists on each card page. Figures are documented results at the dates shown, updated as new sales are recorded.
  4. CardSpicy — the celebration, collaboration and event index (protecting and storing the cards themselves) and card grading: how it works (the grade scale used throughout).

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