Quick Facts
- Released: September 16, 2026, every region on the same day.
- Secret cards: three RGB Mews, missing from every reveal and from the set numbering. Worth $3,400 to $4,500 each.
- New rarity: Futuristic Rare, on Mewtwo ex 157/128 and Mew ex 158/128.
- Most valuable reprint: the Aquapolis Crystal Lugia, just ahead of the Base Set Charizard.
- Prices: falling almost everywhere, because pull rates are generous.
Prices updated November 9, 2026. Our June guide went up before anyone had opened a pack; where its calls missed, they are marked here rather than deleted.
What Is In The Set
158 numbered cards: the main set runs 001 to 128, secret rares 129 to 158. On top of that come 30 Classic Collection reprints, which keep their original numbers (the Charizard is still 4/102), and the three unnumbered RGB Mews.
Each English pack holds five foil cards, a foil Basic Energy and a code card. One slot is always one of 30 Pikachu cards. There is no English booster box; the biggest packs-only product is the six-pack Booster Bundle.
RGB Mew: The Secret Rares Nobody Announced
Three Mews, R/RGB, G/RGB and B/RGB, drawn by YOSHIROTTEN after the Red, Green and Blue Game Boy covers. They were in no reveal, no checklist and no part of the numbering, and they skip the anniversary stamp every other card carries. The Pokémon Company said nothing until copies turned up, then added scans to Pokémon TCG Live without comment.
A blue copy reportedly sold for $20,000 in the launch window; by September 18 one had gone for $3,599.95. All three now sit between roughly $3,400 and $4,500, red the highest and green the lowest.
Pull rate: nobody knows. TCGplayer opened over 3,000 packs and found none. A 4,063 pack study found one, which puts the true rate anywhere from one in 718 to one in 23,016. "About one in 3,000" is what break circles quote, and it is a guess.
Pull Rates, Tier By Tier
From a 4,063 pack sample (a separate 6,500 pack sample agrees):
| Tier | Observed rate | Per Elite Trainer Box (9 packs) |
|---|---|---|
| Double Rare | 1 in 4 | 2 or 3 |
| Illustration Rare | 1 in 5.2 | about 2 |
| Classic Collection | 1 in 9.8 | about 1 |
| Special Illustration Rare | 1 in 18 | 1 every 2 boxes |
| Futuristic Rare | 1 in 99 | 1 every 11 boxes |
| RGB Mew | 1 in 4,063 | 1 every 450 boxes |
These are the friendliest rates in years, and prices followed. Even the Night Pikachu ex Special Illustration Rare, one of the headline cards, sells for under $60 raw.
Pikachu ex #150 on eBay
What The Chase Cards Are Worth
Ungraded, from eBay sold data on November 9, 2026. Most lines are down a third or more since early October.
| Card | Rarity | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Mew R/G/B RGB | Secret | $3,400 to $4,500 |
| Lugia 149/147 (Classic Collection) | Reprint | $210 |
| Charizard 4/102 (Classic Collection) | Reprint | $183 |
| Magikarp 203/193 (Classic Collection) | Reprint | $90 |
| Mew ex 152/128 | SIR | $89 |
| Gengar ex 154/128 | SIR | $73 |
| Pikachu ex 150/128 | SIR | $57 |
| Mew ex 158/128 | FUR | $51 |
| Mewtwo ex 151/128 | SIR | $50 |
| Pikachu ex 149/128 | SIR | $49 |
| Sylveon ex 153/128 | SIR | $43 |
| Mewtwo ex 157/128 | FUR | $42 |
| Jirachi ex 155/128 | SIR | $41 |
| Greninja ex 148/128 | SIR | $21 |
Special Illustration Rares Beat Futuristic Rares
Our June guide called Futuristic Rare the top of the set. Miss. Mew comes in both rarities, and the painted SIR sells for $89 against $51 for the Futuristic Rare, at the same odds: both work out near one in 200 packs per card. YOSHIROTTEN's foil art split opinion at launch and still does.
Mew Ex #152 on eBay
If you prefer the new foil, the Futuristic Rare Mew is the cheaper way to own the set's star.
Mew ex #158 on eBay
Gengar ex 154/128 is the surprise: the second most valuable SIR, behind only Mew.
Gengar Ex #154 on eBay
Classic Collection: Crystal Lugia Beats Charizard
We assumed Charizard would top the reprints. Miss. The Aquapolis Crystal Lugia, a hard card to find even in 2003, sells above the Base Set Charizard, though its lead has shrunk from over $100 in October to under $30.
Lugia #149 on eBay
Charizard is still the card everyone wants from the pack, at about $185. With 30 reprints sharing a one in ten slot, pulling a specific one takes around 300 packs, so the single is far cheaper than the chase.
The Magikarp 203/193 is the third most valuable reprint, at about $90.
Magikarp #203 on eBay
The Nishida Pikachu: Our Sleeper Pick That Wasn't
In June we tipped the Atsuko Nishida Pikachu, 047/128, by the artist behind the Pikachu Illustrator. Miss. It sells for about $2. Every pack has a Pikachu, so supply did the pricing and the artist credit did nothing.
Reprint Hype Fades Fast
When Pikachu & Zekrom GX was announced for the Classic Collection on June 1, original 2019 copies jumped from about $40 to $140 in a day. Five months later they trade under $40 again. A reprint announcement buys a few weeks of attention, no more.
Will the reprints hurt vintage values? Not for genuinely vintage cards. Base Set Charizard has been reprinted again and again since 1999, and 1st Edition PSA 10s still sold for $550,000 in December 2025 and $954,800 in February 2026, against under $20,000 in 2017. Set symbols, copyright lines, holo patterns and population reports keep the markets apart, and the reprint trades at 1 to 3% of an original. Recent chase cards are more exposed. Not sure which you hold? See First Edition vs Shadowless cards.
Sealed vs Singles: What Each Costs
An Elite Trainer Box costs $49.99 at MSRP and about $120 resold. On the observed rates its nine packs return about one Classic Collection card and half an SIR, so most single chase cards sell for less than the box.
Sealed is the scarce side of this release: there is no English booster box, retail sold through, and the Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box resells near $290. For comparison, Crown Zenith Elite Trainer Boxes sell around $300 today against a launch price near $50, a rise that took four years.
Grading Without Burning The Fee
PSA reopened its Value tier on October 29 at $39.99 a card (up from $32.99 before the June pause), with a 90 to 100 business day wait. Value Bulk is still closed; Standard is $59.99. Every SIR in this set sells for under $90 raw, so a PSA 9 at Value eats close to half the card.
The Bank TCG scanner estimates the grade before you pay for one: it reads the card, prices it off completed sales, measures centring from the pixels and scores corners, edges and surface. Our 30th Celebration set page tracks the full checklist, and the feature list covers the rest.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the RGB Mews in 30th Celebration?
Three secret Mews, marked R/RGB, G/RGB and B/RGB, drawn by YOSHIROTTEN after the Red, Green and Blue Game Boy covers. They were in no reveal, no checklist and no part of the set numbering, and they skip the anniversary stamp every other card carries.
What is the RGB Mew pull rate?
Nobody knows. The Pokémon Company publishes no odds, TCGplayer opened over 3,000 packs without one, and a 4,063 pack study found exactly one. The figure quoted most is about one in 3,000, which is a guess.
What is a Futuristic Rare?
A rarity new to 30th Celebration, on just two cards: Mewtwo ex 157/128 and Mew ex 158/128, both by YOSHIROTTEN in an opalescent foil. About one pack in 100 has one.
How hard is it to pull the Base Set Charizard reprint?
A Classic Collection card turns up about once every ten packs, but there are 30 of them, so a specific one averages around 300 packs. The single costs far less.
How do 30th Celebration singles and sealed prices compare?
Because pull rates are generous, most chase cards sell for less than the packs it takes to pull them. Sealed is the scarce side: there is no English booster box, and the Elite Trainer Box resells at about two and a half times its $49.99 MSRP.
Will the reprints hurt the value of my original cards?
Not for genuinely vintage cards. Base Set Charizard has been reprinted repeatedly since 1999 and top grade originals keep climbing, because set symbols, copyright lines, holo patterns and population reports keep the two markets apart.
