Top Selling Pokémon Sets Right Now – 02/18/2026
By Peter Day •
Deciding how much capital to invest in each new TCG set is one of the hardest decisions that comes with running a game store. We want to make that decision easier, so we’ve compiled a report of the bestselling Pokémon sets this month. This report will show you which Pokémon sets are still in high demand months or years after their release, so you can better anticipate what the demand will be for upcoming sets.
The report lists the top 100 Pokémon TCG sets, ranked by the total GMV of all sales (sealed and singles) on the TCGplayer Marketplace between January 18 and February 16, 2026. As a quick preview, here are the ten sets at the very top of the list:
Top 10 Bestselling Pokémon Sets
Except where noted otherwise, you can assume that the bestselling cards for each set were more or less identical to its most expensive cards.
#10 Surging Sparks
Released: November 8, 2024.
Surging Sparks has proven to have a ton of staying power. While other non-Special Pokémon expansions like Journey Together and Twilight Masquerade fell out of contention for the Top 10 months ago, Surging Sparks is still holding on thanks to Pikachu ex.
#9 Black Bolt
Released: July 18, 2025.
The Zekrom half of the Black Bolt/White Flare split set release. Black Bolt continues to sell better than White Flare, possibly due to having a Seismitoad card illustrated by Shinji Kanda. Many of Kanda’s other full-art cards like Magikarp have gone on to be worth hundreds of dollars.
Released: January 26, 2024.
It’s no surprise that Paldean Fates is still popular given its ludicrously huge list of cards to collect and the community’s affection for its top Special Illustration Rares, especially “Bubble Mew.”
Released: September 26, 2025.
Like the base sets of many Pokémon TCG Series before it, Mega Evolution dropped off of fans’ radars quickly once other expansions in the Series were released. That’s how the set has fallen to 7th place just a few months after its debut. It’s hard to compete with a Charizard set like Phantasmal Flames.
Released: September 22, 2023.
151 will likely go down as the best Pokémon set of the decade. Putting every single Gen I Pokémon (and only Gen I Pokémon) in the same set is a gimmick so obvious it’s kind of brilliant, and The Pokémon Company has already started trying to replicate 151’s success with Black Bolt and White Flare. So far, they haven’t managed to top it.
Released: May 30, 2025.
All the Team Rocket cards in Destined Rivals allow the set to target Gen I nostalgia in a way that feels fresh, even so soon after the release of 151. In a normal year, this could have been the biggest set of 2025.
Released: January 30, 2026*.
Ascended Heroes ranked low this month considering it’s the most recent Pokémon set.
Much of that comes down to the delays in its release. Only two Ascended Heroes products were available on January 30, with the rest (including Elite Trainer Boxes, the “default” product for a Special Set like this) postponed to February 20 or later. That’s led to an extended presale period, and more fans have held off on purchasing on the assumption that everything will be less expensive after the 20th.
Released: January 17, 2025.
Prismatic Evolutions surpassed all expectations for a Pokémon set not named “151,” driving record-high sales and record-high singles prices. Those prices have cooled significantly, but they’ve got a long way to go before they can be considered affordable.
#2 Miscellaneous Cards & Products
Released: December 1998 - Present.
The “Miscellaneous Cards & Products” set contains a wide range of items from across the history of the Pokémon TCG that don’t belong anywhere else, so it tends to rank on breadth of sales alone.
This month the top-selling items by GMV once again included the Mega Charizard X ex Ultra Premium Collection, the hottest Pokémon product of the 2025 holiday season. The Pokémon Day 2026 Collection is also selling well as we approach February 27, the official 30th anniversary of the Pokémon franchise.
Ancient Mew topped the list of bestselling singles for this period. The card sold more Near Mint copies in January 2026 than any month since February 2025, possibly as another consequence of the 30th Anniversary reminding less-engaged fans of their favorite childhood cards.
Released: November 14, 2025.
With Ascended Heroes handicapped by its release schedule, Phantasmal Flames retained its position as the bestselling Pokémon set. Charizard will do that.
By keeping track of how old Pokémon sets have performed over time, you can build your intuition for how popular upcoming Pokémon sets are likely to be. Download the February 2026 PKMN Set Report to review the top 100 Pokémon sets in February 2026, then list sealed products and singles from those sets on TCGplayer to unlock the value in your inventory.