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Evolutions set overview
Evolutions is the twelfth and final main expansion of the XY series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It went on sale on 2 November 2016 and was made for the twentieth anniversary of Pokémon. The set has 113 cards: a 108-card main list and five secret rares numbered 109/108 to 113/108.
It is a remake of Base Set, the first English set from 1999. Most of the Kanto Pokémon come back with their original artwork and the old card frame, but with modern HP, attacks, Weaknesses and Retreat Costs, and with the Pokédex number and battle details moved to where XY cards print them. Around the reprints sit cards that Base Set never had: Mega Venusaur-EX, Mega Charizard-EX and Mega Blastoise-EX, Dragonite-EX, Slowbro-EX, four Pokémon BREAK cards and Spirit Link tools for the Mega Evolutions, all set in the classic card frame.
In Japan the same cards came out first as Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary, a concept pack in the XY BREAK era. The English list adds and removes a few cards, set out below.
- 113Cards
- 5Secret rares
- 83Pokémon
- 20Trainers
- 10Energy
- 14Illustrators
Set facts
- English release
- 2 November 2016
- Japanese release
- 16 September 2016, as Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary (CP6)
- Card count
- 113: 108 in the main list and 5 secret rares, 109/108 to 113/108
- Main-list rarities
- 33 commons (9 of them basic Energy), 28 uncommons, 9 rares, 13 holo rares, 4 BREAK cards and 12 Pokémon-EX, then 9 full arts (100/108 to 108/108)
- Printings
- Every card from 001/108 to 099/108 except the 16 Pokémon-EX and BREAK cards also comes as a reverse holo; the EX, BREAK and full-art cards are holo only, and TCGplayer lists one printing of each secret rare
- Set abbreviation
- EVO, as used in deck lists and on Pokémon TCG Online
- Place in the series
- The twelfth and final main expansion of the XY series
- Booster pack art
- Four designs: Mega Venusaur, Mega Charizard, Mega Blastoise and Raichu
- Theme decks
- Mewtwo Mayhem and Pikachu Power
- Known errata
- Electrode (040/108) has a corrected print whose ability text reads "if attached to any Pokémon"
- Other languages
- French, German, Italian and Spanish; Korea's BASE PACK 20th Anniversary (29 September 2016) mixes the English and Japanese lists
What changed from Base Set and the Japanese set
- Same art, new numbers: Charizard (011/108), Pikachu (035/108), Gyarados (034/108) and most of the Base Set Pokémon return with their 1999 illustrations. Charizard keeps Energy Burn and Fire Spin, but goes from 120 to 150 HP, and Fire Spin now does 200 damage instead of 100 and discards three Energy instead of two.
- Type changes: Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking and Koffing move from Grass to Psychic, and Clefairy (063/108) becomes a Fairy type. The Trainer cards are now labelled Item, Supporter or Pokémon Tool.
- Left out from Base Set: Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Squirtle, Wartortle, Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam, Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Dratini, Dragonair and Jynx, plus Trainers such as Bill, Professor Oak, Gust of Wind, Energy Removal, Computer Search and PlusPower. Venusaur and Blastoise appear only as Pokémon-EX.
- New to the line-up: twelve Pokémon-EX including Charizard-EX (012/108) and Mewtwo-EX (052/108), the BREAK cards Ninetales, Starmie, Nidoking and Machamp, Mew (053/108), five Spirit Links, and the Supporters Professor Oak's Hint, Brock's Grit and Misty's Determination. Darkness, Metal and Fairy Energy, types that did not exist in 1999, get Base Set-style cards.
- Added for English: Slowbro-EX (026/108), M Slowbro-EX (027/108), Slowbro Spirit Link (086/108), the nine basic Energy cards, and the secret rares Flying Pikachu (110/108) and Surfing Pikachu (111/108). None of these is in the Japanese list.
- Cut from the Japanese set: the Pikachu-EX secret rare and the full-art Venusaur-EX, Charizard-EX and Blastoise-EX. Japan had 13 full-art secret rares; English has nine, at 100/108 to 108/108.
Evolutions chase cards
The six cards below are the most expensive singles in the set by market price on 9 October 2026. The most expensive of all on that date was M Charizard EX (Full Art) (101/108, Ultra Rare). The best-known card in the set is the holo Charizard (011/108), Mitsuhiro Arita's Base Set artwork back in the original frame. The other headline cards are the full arts: M Charizard EX (101/108) and M Blastoise EX (102/108) by 5ban Graphics, and Dragonite EX (106/108) and Mewtwo EX (103/108) by Ryo Ueda. These are TCGplayer's main listings; in the full list, the line under a card such as Charizard gives its holo and reverse holo prices separately. Tap a card to jump to it in the list.
1M Charizard EX (Full Art)101/108 · UR5ban Graphics$125.23£94.74
2Charizard011/108 · HMitsuhiro Arita$101.42£76.73
3M Blastoise EX (Full Art)102/108 · UR5ban Graphics$67.33£50.94
4Dragonite EX (Full Art)106/108 · URRyo Ueda$50.34£38.08
5Mewtwo EX (Full Art)103/108 · URRyo Ueda$45.41£34.35
6M Charizard EX013/108 · UR5ban Graphics$39.92£30.20Evolutions card list
Every card in the set is below in set-number order, with its rarity, illustrator and market price. The main list runs from 001/108 to 099/108, Pokémon first, then Trainers and Energy. The nine full-art Ultra Rares follow at 100/108 to 108/108, inside the printed count, and the five secret rares sit after them. Where a card has more than one printing, a line under its name gives the price of each: holo or regular, and reverse holo. The Prices by printing table further down adds them up by printing. Search by name, number, artist or rarity, or narrow the list with the type, rarity and price chips. The Own button marks a card as collected and saves the mark in your browser only.
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Evolutions card prices
Market prices in US dollars, collected on 9 October 2026, with pounds at that day's rate (1 USD = 0.757 GBP). They are a snapshot, not live quotes. The bars show each card's price against the most expensive card in the set. The buy links are affiliate links and Bill's Archive earns a commission on qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.
- $784.13£593.21One of every card
- 4%Of that value in the 5 secret rares
- 29%In the top two cards alone
- 15Cards at $10 or more
- 45Cards at $1 or more
- 68Bulk cards under $1
The last 90 days
- Top 20 cards combined$663.11−8% since 14 July 2026 ($717.42)
- Biggest riserFlying Pikachu110/108 · $8.42 → $10.30 (+22%)
- Biggest fallerM Charizard EX013/108 · $49.69 → $39.92 (−20%)
- Most sales recordedFlying Pikachu110/108 · 245 sales on TCGplayer
TCGplayer market prices for the set's 20 most valuable cards, every three days from 14 July 2026 to 9 October 2026. Risers and fallers need 3+ recorded sales and a $3+ price.
Prices by printing
| Printing | Cards priced | All priced cards | Top card in this printing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | 38 | $730.57 | M Charizard EX (Full Art) 101/108 · $125.23 |
| Normal | 75 | $53.56 | Surfing Pikachu 111/108 · $11.49 |
| Reverse Holofoil | 83 | $293.46 | Charizard 011/108 · $96.21 |
TCGplayer market prices in US dollars by printing, from tcgcsv.com, collected on 9 October 2026. The headline price on each card is TCGplayer’s main listing for that card; the line under the card name splits it by printing. Holo and non-holo prints have their own rows. Rare vintage holos sell infrequently, so their market prices can lag behind recent sales.
The 15 most expensive singles
- 1M Charizard EX (Full Art)101/108 · UR · 5ban Graphics$125.23£94.74TCGplayer
- 2Charizard011/108 · H · Mitsuhiro Arita$101.42£76.73TCGplayer
- 3M Blastoise EX (Full Art)102/108 · UR · 5ban Graphics$67.33£50.94TCGplayer
- 4Dragonite EX (Full Art)106/108 · UR · Ryo Ueda$50.34£38.08TCGplayer
- 5Mewtwo EX (Full Art)103/108 · UR · Ryo Ueda$45.41£34.35TCGplayer
- 6M Charizard EX013/108 · UR · 5ban Graphics$39.92£30.20TCGplayer
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M Venusaur EX (Full Art)100/108 · UR · 5ban Graphics$37.20£28.14TCGplayer - 8
Misty's Determination (Full Art)108/108 · UR · Megumi Mizutani$34.87£26.38TCGplayer - 9
Mew053/108 · H · Ken Sugimori$33.11£25.05TCGplayer - 10
M Blastoise EX022/108 · UR · 5ban Graphics$18.27£13.82TCGplayer - 11
Charizard EX012/108 · UR · PLANETA$16.10£12.18TCGplayer - 12
M Pidgeot EX (Full Art)105/108 · UR · 5ban Graphics$13.90£10.52TCGplayer - 13
M Venusaur EX002/108 · UR · 5ban Graphics$12.31£9.31TCGplayer - 14
Surfing Pikachu111/108 · SR · Toshinao Aoki$11.49£8.69TCGplayer - 15
Flying Pikachu110/108 · SR · Toshinao Aoki$10.51£7.95TCGplayer
Evolutions illustrators
14 illustrators are credited across the 113 cards, and Ken Sugimori has the most credits. Because the set reuses the Base Set artwork, the three original illustrators dominate it: Ken Sugimori, Keiji Kinebuchi and Mitsuhiro Arita, with Tomoaki Imakuni's Porygon. The new cards are by other hands. 5ban Graphics drew the Mega Evolutions, the BREAK cards and the Spirit Links; Eske Yoshinob drew Venusaur-EX, Blastoise-EX, Mewtwo-EX and Pidgeot-EX; PLANETA drew Charizard-EX; Ayaka Yoshida drew Slowbro-EX and Dragonite-EX. Ryo Ueda did three of the full arts, Hitoshi Ariga drew the full-art Brock's Grit and Megumi Mizutani the full-art Misty's Determination. Toshinao Aoki drew both secret-rare Pikachu, Dr.Ooyama the Exeggutor, and Imakuni? (Tomoaki Imakuni again) his own Doduo. Each tile leads with the artist's highest-value card in the set; the name links to their entry in the illustrator database.
Show all 14 illustrators
Japanese source: Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary
Japanese source setExpansion Pack 20th AnniversaryReleased 16 September 2016 · 103 cardsThe Japanese release is Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary (拡張パック 20th Anniversary), set code CP6, which came out on 16 September 2016 as the sixth subset of the XY BREAK era. It has 103 cards: 87 in the main list and 16 secret cards. Thirteen of those are full-art SR cards, including Pikachu-EX and full arts of Venusaur-EX, Charizard-EX and Blastoise-EX, and the other three, Exeggutor, Imakuni?'s Doduo and Here Comes Team Rocket!, carry an uncommon rarity mark. The Japanese set was only printed as a 1st edition. It has no Slowbro-EX cards, no basic Energy and no Flying or Surfing Pikachu, which the English set adds.
| Property | Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary (JP) | Evolutions (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| Release date | 16 September 2016 | 2 November 2016 |
| Card count | 103 (87 + 16 secret) | 113 (108 + 5 secret) |
| Full-art cards | 13 SR | 9 Ultra Rare, inside the 108 |
| Slowbro-EX, M Slowbro-EX, Slowbro Spirit Link | No | Yes |
| Pikachu-EX | Yes (SR) | No |
| Basic Energy | No | Nine types |
| Editions | 1st edition only | No 1st edition; reverse holo versions exist |
Evolutions products and sealed prices
Evolutions was sold in booster boxes, two Elite Trainer Boxes (Mega Charizard Y and Mega Blastoise), single-pack blisters and two theme decks, Mewtwo Mayhem and Pikachu Power. The theme decks hold prints you will not find in packs: a Cracked Ice holo Pikachu (035/108) in Pikachu Power and a Cracked Ice holo Mewtwo (051/108) in Mewtwo Mayhem. TCGplayer also files a long run of late-2016 boxes and collections under this set, such as the Charizard-EX and Mewtwo-EX boxes. Sealed prices are market prices from the same snapshot as the singles.
No photo yetNo photo yetElite Trainer Box (Mega Charizard Y)
8 booster packs, Mega Charizard Y sleeves, 45 Energy cards, a player's guide and dice
No photo yetElite Trainer Box (Mega Blastoise)
8 booster packs, Mega Blastoise sleeves, 45 Energy cards, a player's guide and dice
No photo yetNo photo yetNo photo yetSingle Pack Blister
1 booster pack, a coin and a Greninja promo card; TCGplayer also lists a Weezing version
No photo yetTheme Deck
60-card deck: Mewtwo Mayhem or Pikachu Power (TCGplayer lists both under this name)
No photo yetPrerelease Kit
The kit for the prerelease events; see the prerelease prints below
Collector's notes
Prerelease and theme-deck prints
Prerelease events gave out stamped holo promos of Charizard, Gyarados, Mewtwo and Machamp, each with a Staff version as well. The Prerelease Kits also held non-holo copies of Ninetales, Poliwrath, Nidoking, Mew and Hitmonchan, which are holo in booster packs; Nidoking and Hitmonchan later turned up non-holo in the Mewtwo Mayhem theme deck too. Pikachu Power has non-holo Raichu and Magneton. A master set needs these on top of the 113 pack cards.
Store and tournament promos
Toys R Us gave away Cosmos holo copies of Charmander (009/108) on 30 October 2016 and Electabuzz (041/108) on 20 November 2016, each with a Toys R Us stamp. Mew (053/108) was a League Challenge prize in 1st to 4th place holo versions, and Double Colorless Energy (090/108) was a stamped reverse holo prize at the 2017 International Championships in Europe, Oceania, Latin America and North America.
The Japanese-text Exeggutor
Exeggutor (109/108) is printed with Japanese text even in English packs, with an illustration by Dr.Ooyama. It reprints a Japanese promo first given to players at the Tropical Mega Battle in Hawaii in August 1999. Flying Pikachu (110/108) is based on the old Wizards of the Coast Flying Pikachu promo, and Surfing Pikachu (111/108) has the same HP and Surf attack as the Wizards Black Star promo Surfing Pikachu (No. 28). Here Comes Team Rocket! (113/108) first appeared in the Team Rocket set.
Two Electrode prints
Electrode's Buzzap Thunder ability was corrected so that the card gives its Energy while attached to any Pokémon, not only Lightning Pokémon. The corrected print reads "if attached to any Pokémon". Both prints carry the same number, so read the ability text before filing a copy.
More XY era set guides
Every English set of the XY era in release order.
- XY5 February 2014 · 146 cards
- Flashfire7 May 2014 · 109 cards
- Furious Fists13 August 2014 · 114 cards
- Phantom Forces5 November 2014 · 122 cards
- Primal Clash4 February 2015 · 164 cards
- Double Crisis25 March 2015 · 34 cards
- Roaring Skies6 May 2015 · 110 cards
- Ancient Origins12 August 2015 · 100 cards
- BREAKthrough4 November 2015 · 164 cards
- BREAKpoint3 February 2016 · 123 cards
- Generations22 February 2016 · 115 cards
- Fates Collide2 May 2016 · 125 cards
- Steam Siege3 August 2016 · 116 cards
- Evolutions2 November 2016 · 113 cards
Evolutions FAQ
Is XY Evolutions a reprint of Base Set?
Partly. Most of the Pokémon reuse their Base Set artwork and card frame, but every card has new XY-era stats and text, a dozen Base Set Pokémon and most of its Trainers are left out, and the set adds Pokémon-EX, Mega Evolutions, BREAK cards and new Supporters. An Evolutions card carries the Evolutions set symbol and a number out of 108; Base Set cards are numbered out of 102.
Do XY Evolutions cards come in reverse holo?
Yes. Every card from 001/108 to 099/108 has a reverse holo except the 16 Pokémon-EX and BREAK cards, so the 13 holo rares come as both holo and reverse holo. The full arts are holo only, and TCGplayer lists one printing of each secret rare. The line under each card gives the price of each printing, and the Prices by printing table totals them.
Are XY Evolutions cards legal to play?
Not in Standard. Evolutions cards are legal in the Expanded format, which starts with Black & White.