Crocalor is the most-printed and least-priced character on the Paldea starter lines. Seventeen Crocalor cards exist in the Chinese-only sets — more than any other line in that family — and only seven of them carry a PSA 10 price. The whole character adds up to $283, and the most valuable single card is $53.
Both of those are the lowest figures in this series. No character ranking we publish has a smaller combined total, and none has a lower top card. The reason is structural: Crocalor is the middle evolution of its line, so it is printed in two volumes — Gem Pack Vol. 1 and Gem Pack Vol. 5 — and each of them prints a full group’s worth of cards for it, but the graded market has only reached seven of the fifteen.
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 — CBB1C and CBB5C. 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. Seventeen Crocalor cards exist across these sets and seven have a PSA 10 price on record. The ten that do not are four treatments from the Vol. 1 group (the base print at #401, the Poké Ball foil at #402, the stars pattern at #403 and the rotary pattern at #404), four from the Vol. 5 group (#2301, #2302, #2304 and #2305), the True Mystery print at csv6C #24 and the CSV9C print at #31. None 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 Crocalor 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. Crocalor [Stamped] #407 — Gem Pack Vol. 1 (CBB1C) — $39
Raw $1.75 · grade 9 $13.36
The stamped foil of the Vol. 1 group, and the lowest-priced card in this top five. Raw copies at $1.75 becoming $39.20 in a PSA 10 holder is a multiple of 22.4, and its grade 9 record is 34 percent of the PSA 10 value — the shape almost every set-checklist foil in this series has.
4. Crocalor #2306 — Gem Pack Vol. 5 (CBB5C) — $41
Raw $2.37 · grade 9 $13.16
The second-highest number in the Vol. 5 group, and the first card in this ranking from the newer volume. Its raw price of $2.37 is the fourth highest of the seven priced cards. That #2306 finishes fourth while #2303 finishes third and #2301 has no price at all is the pattern this series keeps running into: inside one Gem Pack group, neither the number nor the treatment carries price information.
3. Crocalor #2303 — Gem Pack Vol. 5 (CBB5C) — $43
Raw $2.68 · grade 9 $13.57
The highest of the three priced Vol. 5 foils, and the fourth-highest number in its group. Its raw price of $2.68 is the third highest of the seven priced cards, and the raw-to-PSA-10 multiple of 16.0 is the narrowest of the Vol. 5 foils. The volume-by-volume guide sets out how a group like that is built.
2. Crocalor [Full Art] #408 — Gem Pack Vol. 1 (CBB1C) — $45
Raw $3.99 · grade 9 $25.00
The full art of the Vol. 1 group, the last number in that run, and the single most valuable Crocalor card in the older of the two volumes. Its grade 9 record of $25.00 is 56 percent of its PSA 10 value — the highest ratio in this ranking — which means the middle grade here is nearly as expensive as the top one. It is the only card in the Vol. 1 group that clears $40.
1. Crocalor #2307 — Gem Pack Vol. 5 (CBB5C) — $53
Raw $15.00 · grade 9 $22.00
The commissioned art rare of Gem Pack Vol. 5, the last number in its group, and the most valuable Crocalor card in the language at $52.60 — which is also the lowest top card of any character ranking in this series. Raw copies at $15.00 are nearly four times the highest raw price in the Vol. 1 group, so the newer volume carries the top of the list even though the two volumes contribute almost the same money in total. We hold this card in PSA 10: the Vol. 5 Crocalor and Roy listing is here.
What the ranking shows
Crocalor is the tightest ranking in this series. Seven cards are priced, the top one holds 19 percent of the total, and the whole span from highest to lowest is $26.15.
| Band | Cards | Combined PSA 10 value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50 – $70 — ranked 1 | 1 | $53 | 18.6% |
| $45 – $50 — ranked 2 | 1 | $45 | 15.9% |
| $40 – $45 — ranked 3 to 4 | 2 | $84 | 29.7% |
| $36 – $40 — ranked 5 | 1 | $39 | 13.8% |
| Under $36 — ranked 6 to 7 | 2 | $62 | 22.0% |
| Every priced Crocalor card | 7 | $283 | 100% |
Two further patterns run across the whole group.
Two volumes print a full group each, and they contribute almost the same money. Gem Pack Vol. 1 supplies eight Crocalor cards — #401 to #408 — and Gem Pack Vol. 5 supplies seven, #2301 to #2307. Fifteen of the seventeen cards are inside those two runs. On the priced side the split is $146.46 from Vol. 1 and $136.74 from Vol. 5, or 52 percent and 48 percent, so the newer volume earns nearly the same money from three priced cards as the older one does from four.
Ten of the seventeen cards have no price at all. Crocalor has more cards in these sets than any other Paldea starter line and the thinnest priced share of any of them: the Vol. 1 group is missing its four lower-priced treatments, the Vol. 5 group is missing four of its seven numbers, and the two single-card checklist appearances outside the volumes are unpriced as well. That is why the whole character totals $283 — the cards exist, the graded market has not reached them.
Where Crocalor is printed
| Product | Set code | Crocalor cards |
|---|---|---|
| Gem Pack Vol. 1 | CBB1C | 8 |
| Gem Pack Vol. 5 | CBB5C | 7 |
| True Mystery | csv6C | 1 |
| CSV9C | CSV9C | 1 |
| Total | 17 |
The two Gem Pack volumes supply fifteen of the seventeen Crocalor cards and all $283 of the priced total. Crocalor is a Paldea starter evolution, which is why there is no Collect 151 entry: that set prints only the original 151 Pokémon. The two remaining cards — a True Mystery print at csv6C #24 and a CSV9C print at #31 — are tracked without values and contribute nothing measurable.
Crocalor sits in the middle of a three-stage line, and the two ends of it are ranked separately: Fuecoco at Vol. 1 and the evolved form at Vol. 5, where its own artwork is printed as a pairing with its trainer. If the goal is the group rather than the single card, completing a Simplified Chinese set sets out what a full run of either volume involves.
If you want one card
- One card, no budget limit: the Vol. 5 art rare at #2307, at $53. It is the most valuable Crocalor card in the language and the only one from the newer volume with a commissioned artwork. The Vol. 5 Crocalor and Roy listing is here.
- The older volume’s best: the full art at #408, at $45 — the highest-valued card in the Vol. 1 group and the one card there whose grade 9 record runs close to its PSA 10 value.
- The lowest-priced entry onto this list: the Master Ball foil at #405, at $26 — the lowest-priced Crocalor card with a price, and the only one under $35.
- If you want the whole group: the seven priced cards all sit between $26.45 and $52.60, so the whole priced character costs less than the top Ponyta card alone.
Frequently asked questions
How many Crocalor cards are there in Simplified Chinese?
Seventeen, across four products: eight in the Gem Pack Vol. 1 group, seven in the Gem Pack Vol. 5 group, and one each in True Mystery and CSV9C. Seven of the seventeen carry a tracked PSA 10 value.
What is the most valuable Crocalor card in Simplified Chinese?
The art rare of Gem Pack Vol. 5 at #2307, tracked at $52.60 as a PSA 10 and $15.00 raw. It is the most valuable Crocalor card in the language, and at $52.60 it is the lowest top card of any character ranking in this series.
Why does Crocalor have so many cards and so few prices?
Because it is a middle evolution, so two different Gem Pack volumes each print a full group of treatments for it — eight numbers in Vol. 1 and seven in Vol. 5. Fifteen of the seventeen cards sit inside those two runs, and the graded market has only reached seven of them. The four lower-priced treatments of the Vol. 1 group and four of the seven Vol. 5 numbers have no tracked PSA 10 sale at all.
Is a PSA 10 worth the premium over a raw card?
On six of the seven priced cards, yes: raw prices sit between $1.34 and $2.68 while graded values run from $26 to $43, multiples of 11 to 27. The art rare at #2307 multiplies only 3.5 times because its raw price of $15.00 already carries most of the $53. Grading outcomes are never certain, and nothing here is a prediction about what any individual card will grade at.
Which volume should I collect, Vol. 1 or Vol. 5?
The two contribute almost the same money — $146.46 from Vol. 1 and $136.74 from Vol. 5 — so the choice is about which artwork you want rather than which is more expensive. Vol. 1 carries the full art at #408 and the three cheap foils; Vol. 5 carries the art rare at #2307 and two priced foils. Vol. 5 has fewer priced cards but the single most valuable one.
Other character rankings
Each character ranked here has its own page: Pikachu, Charizard, Psyduck, Ponyta, Meowth, Chandelure, Gengar, Ceruledge, Captain Pikachu, Cubone, Applin, Blastoise, the other Paldea starter lines — Sprigatito, Floragato, Fuecoco, 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. 1 (CBB1C), Gem Pack Vol. 5 (CBB5C), True Mystery (csv6C) and CSV9C. PSA 10 values retrieved 25 September 2026.
- PriceCharting — individual card pages for Crocalor [Masterball] #405, [Shiny] #406, [Stamped] #407 and [Full Art] #408 (Gem Pack Vol. 1); #2303, #2306 and #2307 (Gem Pack Vol. 5).
- 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.