Pokémon packs: booster pack prices by year

315 tracked · 283 priced · updated daily

Most expensive packs right now

  1. 1Base Set (Shadowless) · [1st Edition]$15,000.00
  2. 2Japanese Neo Destiny$3,000.00
  3. 3Team Rocket Returns$3,000.00
  4. 4Legendary Collection$2,499.99
  5. 5POP Series 5$2,290.00
  6. 6Unseen Forces$2,200.00

What a pack is worth, by year

Median price of a pack by the year its set came out. Retail was $3.99 to $4.49 the whole time.

1999: $42 median across 12 packs992000: $420 median across 5 packs2001: $504 median across 2 packs012002: $2,298 median across 2 packs2003: $1,025 median across 4 packs032004: $905 median across 4 packs2005: $1,000 median across 5 packs052006: $882 median across 6 packs2007: $424 median across 6 packs072008: $374 median across 6 packs2009: $370 median across 5 packs092010: $413 median across 4 packs2011: $186 median across 4 packs112012: $345 median across 5 packs2013: $345 median across 4 packs132014: $160 median across 7 packs2015: $88 median across 6 packs152016: $48 median across 12 packs2017: $36 median across 7 packs172018: $59 median across 7 packs2019: $74 median across 11 packs192020: $12 median across 9 packs2021: $19 median across 11 packs212022: $17 median across 9 packs2023: $13 median across 10 packs232024: $11 median across 11 packs2025: $11 median across 11 packs252026: $7 median across 8 packs

1999: $42 · peak 2002: $2,298 · 2026: $7

Same set, English vs Japanese

Same cards, two prices. The Japanese pack is usually the cheaper way into a set.

SetEnglishJapanese
Shrouded Fable$14.49$3.58
Phantasmal Flames$11.74$3.95
Obsidian Flames$13.05$4.78
Temporal Forces$9.22$3.39
Lost Origin$19.56$7.20
Dragon Majesty$105.69$39.99

Where the box beats loose packs

A sealed box is 36 packs. Divide the box price by 36 and these sets are cheaper by the box.

SetLoose packIn a boxSaves
FireRed & LeafGreen$1,009.96$37.5096%
Legend Maker$464.00$61.3787%
Aquapolis$1,999.99$382.4181%
Neo Destiny$2,095.00$444.4479%
Arceus$529.41$129.1776%
Holon Phantoms$1,901.99$523.9672%

2026

13

2025

22

2024

20

2023

21

2022

19

2021

22

2020

16

2019

24

2018

20

2017

19

2016

14

2015

9

2014

8

2013

4

2012

5

2011

4

2010

4

2009

5

2008

6

2007

6

2006

6

2005

5

2004

5

2003

5

2002

3

2001

3

2000

8

1999

14

1998

1

1997

3

1996

1

Every English and Japanese Pokémon booster pack we track, by release year, with today's market price. Japanese packs are marked; use the toggle to see one language on its own. Loose packs only: art bundles, multi-pack sets and displays price as a different thing and stay on their own product pages. Prices follow live TCGplayer market data and refresh daily.

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