Pokémon Card Guides

Everything a collector needs to know before pricing, sorting, storing, grading or selling Pokémon cards. Written by the team behind Cardex, the Pokémon card scanner and price checker, and kept up to date as the market changes.

Most questions about Pokémon cards come down to the same few steps: work out exactly which card you have, judge its condition honestly, and compare it with what buyers are actually paying right now. These guides walk through each of those steps in plain language. Start with card value if you have found a card and want a number, with rarity symbols or set identification if you are not sure what you are holding, and with condition and grading if you already know the card is worth something. The storage and organization guides help you protect a collection as it grows, and the selling guides cover where and how to list cards once you are ready to move them.

Every guide is written to work on its own, but they link to each other where one step depends on another. Cardex is mentioned where scanning genuinely saves time, but the manual methods are always explained too.

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Best Collectr Alternatives (2026)

Seven Pokémon card apps compared with Collectr on scan limits, price sources and graded prices.

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Best Pokémon Card Scanner Apps (2026)

Cardex, Collectr, TCGplayer, Dex, Shiny, PokeScope, Ripdex and Eyevo compared feature by feature.

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The Most Expensive Pokémon Card in Every Set

The top card and runner-up in every English expansion, with near-mint prices, updated daily.

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Pokémon Delta Reign: Chase Cards, Release Date and Prices

Mega Rayquaza ex leads the November 6 set. The likely chase cards and what they sell for in Japan today.

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What Do the Stars on a Pokémon Card Mean?

One, two and three gold stars, pink, silver and hollow stars explained, with what cards with each one sell for.

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Secret Rare Pokémon Cards: Every Set, Listed and Priced

How to spot a secret rare by its number, which sets have them and the most valuable ones today.

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The Most Valuable Pokémon Card Sets

Every English set ranked by what one near-mint copy of each card is worth, updated daily.

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How Much Is My Pokémon Card Collection Worth?

Where a collection's value sits, how to price the bulk by the thousand, and what shops and buyers actually pay.

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How Much Is My Pokémon Card Worth?

Real median prices by rarity and era from 19,000+ English cards, and how to check any card in 60 seconds.

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What Pokémon Cards Are Worth Money?

The rarities, sets and signs that can separate bulk cards from valuable chase cards.

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How to Check Recent Pokémon Card Sales

How to match the exact card, condition and grade before you use a sale as a price reference.

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Pokémon Card Condition Guide

How to inspect NM, LP, MP, HP and Damaged cards before pricing, selling or grading.

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Pokémon Card Condition Abbreviations

What NM, LP, MP, HP and DMG mean, what each grade looks like and how much it changes the price.

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