Special Illustration Rare Pokemon cards.
updated Oct 1, 2026
Every Special Illustration Rare card we price, highest first. Prices are what copies actually sold for on TCGplayer, not what sellers are asking.
What a Special Illustration Rare card is worth
The most valuable one we price is Umbreon ex from Prismatic Evolutions at $1,351£1,017€1,189. The 232 cards across 23 sets come to $19k£15k€17k together, and the median card at this rarity is $34.27£25.79€30.18, so half of everything printed with the label trades below that. The ten at the top hold 35.1% of the total on their own, which is the normal shape here: the label sets the print run, the Pokemon on the card sets the price.
How to spot a Special Illustration Rare
The same full scene treatment applied to an ex or a trainer, with texture pressed over the print. They are numbered past the set total, so they sit in the last handful of numbers in the set alongside the hyper rares. Every one of the 232 we price that carries a number out of a set total is numbered past it, so checking the number against the total after the slash identifies one on its own.
Every other rarity is on the rarity chart, and the rarest cards list ranks the chase tiers against each other by price.