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Top Selling Pokémon Cards on TCGplayer: September 2025

By   Peter Day   •  

The first step to serving customer demand is to understand it. So to help you follow what’s currently popular with players and collectors, we’ve put together a pair of downloadable CSV reports of the top-selling Pokémon cards of the past month.

These reports show the name and set of the Pokémon cards with the highest total number of copies sold on the TCGplayer Marketplace between September 1 and 31, 2025. The reports consider cards from different sets to be distinct (even if they have the same name), but do not distinguish copies sold by condition (Near Mint, Lightly Played, etc.) or by printing (Foil, etc.).

The two reports cover cards that had an average sale price in September within two ranges: $50.00 or more, and $1.00 to $49.99.

Here are five highlights from each report.

Top Selling Pokémon Cards: $50 or More

#1 Mew ex - 053
Set: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards
Average Sale Price: $68.50

After a small buyout in August pushed this promo card from the 151 Ultra-Premium Collection over the $50 threshold, a series of further mini-buyouts rocketted it to just shy of $90. It has since fallen back down to $60, but this continued interest from speculators has helped Mew ex outsell the other Pokémon cards in this price bracket.

Conventional wisdom holds that the 151 Ultra-Premium Collection is the best sealed product to invest in from the Scarlet & Violet Series, so many amateur flippers have an interest in seeing that theory borne out.

#2 Charizard VSTAR - SWSH262
Set: Sword & Shield Promo Cards
Average Sale Price: $69.27

This promo from the Sword & Shield Ultra-Premium Collection: Charizard—and its mirror, the Mewtwo VSTAR from the Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery—have both risen dramatically in the past month. Their gains appear to be thanks to persistent, small-scale buyouts where a broad group of buyers each purchase multiple copies, counting on them to keep going up in value.

#3 Marshadow - 146/132
Set: Mega Evolution
Average Sale Price: $60.57

The Illustration Rare Marshadow that just released in Mega Evolution on September 26 shows the same scene as the Rare Marshadow card from Cosmic Eclipse (both were illustrated by artist “0313”). This fact tickled enough Pokémon fans to make Marshadow briefly one of the best-selling and most expensive cards in the set, though it has since dropped back to just shy of $50.

#4 Ancient Mew
Set: Miscellaneous Cards & Products
Average Sale Price: $60.85

Ancient Mew continues the trend of small-scale buyouts, with high sales days on September 23 (11.0 average copies per buyer) and October 3 (5.5 average copies per buyer). This is an unmistakable promo from the earliest days of the TCG, so it makes sense as a target for speculators.

#5 Alakazam ex - 201/165
Set: Scarlet & Violet 151
Average Sale Price: $50.74

After a lengthy dip in the middle of the year, Special Illustration Rare Alakazam ex from Scarlet & Violet—151 has breached the $50 threshold again. That’s allowed it to swipe this spot from other, more valuable SIRs from this always-bestselling set.

Top Selling Pokémon Cards: $1.00 to $49.99

#1 Lillie's Determination - 119/132
Set: Mega Evolution
Average Sale Price: $2.13

Lillie’s Determination is the second coming of Cynthia, with extra upside: an instant competitive staple that all players will need a full playset of going forward.

#2 Mew
Set: Celebrations
Average Sale Price: $3.59

Compared to the small-scale buyouts of already valuable cards we covered above, the speculation on this Mew appears to have been much more focused. Between August 25 and August 30, the average number of copies sold never fell below 10.Then on September 1, that number spiked to 21, followed by another buyout on September 9 when the average number of copies per buyer rose to 31.9.

#3 Hilda
Set: White Flare
Average Sale Price: $2.54

On the other hand, the demand for Hilda appears to be entirely organic. The new Supporter allows players to search out Special Energy cards, and has quickly become a staple in Dragapult decks like the one that Justin Newdorf piloted to second place at the 2025 World Championships.

#4 Pikachu
Set: Celebrations
Average Sale Price: $5.59

Buyouts have also played a part in Pikachu’s inclusion on this list for the third month in a row. This mouse from the 25th Anniversary set has been bought in huge quantities in September, spread out across a dozen or so days with an average of more than six copies per buyer. 

#5 Night Stretcher
Set: Shrouded Fable
Average Sale Price: $3.00

Meanwhile, Night Stretcher is just a simple competitive staple that’s never been reprinted at base rarity since its original appearance in Shrouded Fable.

Selling cards that have high “velocity” keeps your cash flow healthy so you can take advantage of new opportunities. Check out our reports on the top-selling cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic, and be sure to list these cards on TCGplayer to unlock value you can reinvest in your business.