Thirty cards from thirty years of the Pokémon TCG are being reprinted for the 30th anniversary — and as of September 16, 2026, the set’s release day, all 30 of them are officially numbered, named and credited to an illustrator in the official card database.
The Japanese M6a «30th CELEBRATION» expansion, which released worldwide on 16 September 2026, includes what the official product page describes as 30 cards symbolising the game’s history, returning in a special specification. Fan sites call this block the Classic Collection. A widely circulated reported list had existed since June, and official card images confirmed entries from it one by one through late August — then on September 9, 2026, The Pokémon Company published the official card list, putting the full 30-card line-up in the official card database.
This page lists all 30 confirmed reprints with their official Japanese names, illustrators and numbers, and separately looks at what comparable anniversary cards trade at, current as of September 16, 2026. We sell Japanese sealed product and graded singles from Tokyo. Historical MSRP conversions in this article use ¥147/USD; our own current store-listing conversions use ¥154/USD, verified 2026-09-16.
All 30 of the anniversary reprints are now confirmed in the official card database (published September 9, 2026), numbered 136–165: Pikachu 136, Charizard 137, Crystal Lugia 142, Dark Tyranitar 144, Pikachu & Zekrom GX 160 and Magikarp 165 among them. The reprints are not Standard-legal. For the anniversary-card precedent, the PSA 10 25th Anniversary Charizard 001/025 (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) is currently listed in our store. The M6a 30th Celebration booster box is currently open as a pre-order at ¥25,000 (~$162) (Sealed; the No Shrink option is sold out at the time of this update).
- 30th CELEBRATION (M6a) released worldwide on September 16, 2026; all 30 Classic Collection reprints (136–165) remain confirmed in the official database, unchanged since September 9.
- Our own M6a box: Sealed currently listed at ¥25,000 (~$162); the No Shrink option is sold out.
- On SNKRDUNK the lowest asking price for a sealed M6a box moved ¥47,200 (Sept 1) → ¥28,200 (Sept 10) → ¥17,500 on release day (Sept 16, 2026).
- PSA 10 25th Anniversary Charizard 001/025 is currently listed at ¥92,143 (~$598).
- Full card list: every card of the set with its official image, in number order — 30th CELEBRATION (M6a) card list (all 173 cards).
What the 30th Anniversary Reprints Are
The official M6a product page announces the block in one line: to commemorate 30 years of the Pokémon Card Game, 30 cards symbolising its history appear in a special specification. The page pictures a handful of them — Charizard is captioned as coming from the first Expansion Pack of 1996, the set that started the Japanese TCG on 20 October 1996 with 102 cards.
What the special treatment looks like is, so far, described mainly by fan sites rather than official text. PokeBeach reports each card is reprinted with a Pikachu stamp and a special holofoil treatment, and Japanese fan site Gamepedia describes the stamp as a Pikachu whose cheeks form the digits «3» and «0». Treat those details as community reporting until cards are in hand.
One thing that is official: the reprints are not legal in the current Standard regulation. The product page states this twice, adding that each card can be used in whatever regulation its original printing is legal in. These are collector pieces first.
The reprints sit inside the wider M6a set — ¥360 per 6-card all-foil pack, 20 packs per ¥7,200 box — alongside the 30-Pikachu illustrator subset and the new FUR rarity. For the full chase-card picture, see our 30th Celebration card list and FUR chase cards guide and the broader Pokémon 30th anniversary cards guide.
All 30 Confirmed Reprints (With Numbers)
As of the official card list published September 9, 2026, all 30 numbers are confirmed in the official card database. The “Original printing” column below is the earlier reported attribution (PokeBeach / Bill’s Archive) — still labelled “reported” for every card except 137 (official caption) and 160 (named in official EN news):
| JP number | Card | Original printing |
|---|---|---|
| 136/103 | Pikachu | Base Set era (reported) |
| 137/103 | Charizard | 1996 first Expansion Pack (official caption); EN Base Set 4/102 |
| 138/103 | Misty | Gym Heroes (reported) |
| 139/103 | Erika’s Jigglypuff | Gym Heroes (reported) |
| 140/103 | Sneasel | Neo Genesis (reported) |
| 141/103 | Shining Celebi | Neo Destiny (reported) |
| 142/103 | Lugia («Crystal») | Aquapolis (reported) |
| 143/103 | Delcatty | EX era (reported) |
| 144/103 | Dark Tyranitar | EX Team Rocket Returns (reported) |
| 145/103 | Scizor ex | EX era (reported) |
| 146/103 | Metagross δ | Delta Species era (reported) |
| 147/103 | Palkia LV.X | Diamond & Pearl era (reported) |
| 148/103 | Uxie | DP era (reported) |
| 149/103 | Crobat G | Platinum era (reported) |
| 150/103 | Gengar (Prime) | HGSS era (reported) |
| 151/103 | Darkrai & Cresselia LEGEND (top half) | HGSS era (reported) |
| 152/103 | Darkrai & Cresselia LEGEND (bottom half) | HGSS era (reported); same official database entry as 151 |
| 153/103 | N | Black & White era (reported) |
| 154/103 | Rayquaza EX | BW era (reported) |
| 155/103 | Genesect EX | BW era (reported) |
| 156/103 | Mega Gardevoir EX | XY era (reported) |
| 157/103 | Greninja BREAK | XY BREAKpoint (reported) |
| 158/103 | Solgaleo GX | Sun & Moon (reported) |
| 159/103 | Buzzwole GX | Sun & Moon era (reported) |
| 160/103 | Pikachu & Zekrom GX | Team Up 33/181 (official EN news names it) |
| 161/103 | Zacian V | Sword & Shield (reported) |
| 162/103 | Raikou | Vivid Voltage era (reported) |
| 163/103 | Mew VMAX | Fusion Strike era (reported) |
| 164/103 | Arceus VSTAR | Brilliant Stars era (reported) |
| 165/103 | Magikarp | Paldea Evolved illustration rare (reported) |
Charizard is the anchor of the block — the only reprint whose original set is named in official text. The 1996 first Expansion Pack printing is the ancestor of every Base Set Charizard chase card since.
The Crystal Lugia reprint, revealed 28 August, revives the Aquapolis-era Crystal Type Poké-Body — the card’s type changes to match a basic Energy attached from hand. Snkrdunk describes the reprint with a glittering gold border, an aggregator-level detail worth flagging as such.
The tag-team era gets its slot through Pikachu & Zekrom GX with the full Tag Bolt GX text intact, while Magikarp 165/103 — a revival of the Paldea Evolved Illustration Rare — currently holds the highest known number in the entire Japanese set. Our sibling article on the Charizard 137/103 reprint goes deeper on the headline card.
The Full 30-Card List, Now Confirmed
On June 1, 2026, PokeBeach identified 30 cards flashing through the opening movie on the official 30th anniversary site and inferred that they were the complete reprint line-up. The official card list published September 9, 2026 confirmed that inference was exactly right: every card below is now in the official card database with a Japanese name, an illustrator and a set number:
| Card (EN) | JP official name | Illustrator | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikachu | ピカチュウ | Mitsuhiro Arita | Confirmed — 136/103 |
| Charizard | リザードン | Mitsuhiro Arita | Confirmed — 137/103 |
| Misty | カスミ | Ken Sugimori | Confirmed — 138/103 |
| Erika’s Jigglypuff | エリカのプリン | Ken Sugimori | Confirmed — 139/103 |
| Sneasel | ニューラ | Ken Sugimori | Confirmed — 140/103 |
| Shining Celebi | ひかるセレビィ | Hironobu Yoshida | Confirmed — 141/103 |
| «Crystal» Lugia | ルギア | Naoyo Kimura | Confirmed — 142/103 |
| Delcatty | エネコロロ | Atsuko Nishida | Confirmed — 143/103 |
| Dark Tyranitar | わるいバンギラス | Nakaoka | Confirmed — 144/103 |
| Scizor ex | ハッサムex | Mitsuhiro Arita | Confirmed — 145/103 |
| Metagross δ | メタグロス (δ) | Masakazu Fukuda | Confirmed — 146/103 |
| Palkia LV.X | パルキア LV.X | Ryo Ueda | Confirmed — 147/103 |
| Uxie | ユクシー | Ken Sugimori | Confirmed — 148/103 |
| Crobat G | クロバットG | Makoto Imai | Confirmed — 149/103 |
| Gengar (Prime) | ゲンガー | Takashi Yamaguchi | Confirmed — 150/103 |
| Darkrai & Cresselia LEGEND (top) | ダークライ&クレセリアLEGEND | Shinji Higuchi | Confirmed — 151/103 |
| Darkrai & Cresselia LEGEND (bottom) | (same official entry as 151) | Shinji Higuchi | Confirmed — 152/103 |
| N | N | Ken Sugimori | Confirmed — 153/103 |
| Rayquaza EX | レックウザEX | Eske Yoshinob | Confirmed — 154/103 |
| Genesect EX | ゲノセクトEX | Eske Yoshinob | Confirmed — 155/103 |
| Mega Gardevoir EX | MサーナイトEX | 5ban Graphics | Confirmed — 156/103 |
| Greninja BREAK | ゲッコウガBREAK | 5ban Graphics | Confirmed — 157/103 |
| Solgaleo GX | ソルガレオGX | PLANETA | Confirmed — 158/103 |
| Buzzwole GX | マッシブーンGX | 5ban Graphics | Confirmed — 159/103 |
| Pikachu & Zekrom GX | ピカチュウ&ゼクロムGX | Mitsuhiro Arita | Confirmed — 160/103 |
| Zacian V | ザシアンV | 5ban Graphics | Confirmed — 161/103 |
| Raikou | ライコウ | Hideki Ishikawa | Confirmed — 162/103 |
| Mew VMAX | ミュウVMAX | 5ban Graphics | Confirmed — 163/103 |
| Arceus VSTAR | アルセウスVSTAR | 5ban Graphics | Confirmed — 164/103 |
| Magikarp | コイキング | Shinji Kanda | Confirmed — 165/103 |
Read as a whole, the list spans every era from 1996 to the present: one or two picks per generation, mixing tournament icons (N, Uxie, Crobat G), oddities (Delcatty, Erika’s Jigglypuff) and pure collector bait (Shining Celebi, Gengar Prime).
How the Reprints Are Numbered
The Japanese set has a base of 103 cards, with secret rares numbered above it in blocks: 20 AR illustration rares at 104–123, the 10-card SAR block at 124–133 (including the two Pikachu ex at 126–127), the FUR Mewtwo ex and Mew ex at 134–135, and then the 30-card reprint block at 136–165. There is no SR (Super Rare) tier in this set.
One numbering quirk worth flagging inside the reprint block itself: 151 and 152 aren’t two separate cards in the database sense — they’re the top and bottom halves of the single Darkrai & Cresselia LEGEND card (Japanese LEGEND cards are always printed as a two-card combo), sharing one official database entry between them.
The arithmetic collectors noticed months ago is now a confirmed fact, not an inference: 136 through 165 is exactly 30 slots, and as of September 16, 2026 every one of them is a confirmed card in the official database. Magikarp at 165/103 is confirmed as the set’s highest number. Our Japanese rarity guide for graded buyers covers how these secret-number blocks work across modern sets.
The English Classic Collection: What Differs
The English 30th Celebration set also receives the 30 reprints, branded the Classic Collection. Aggregator coverage (Bill’s Archive, Cardgamer) describes them with a sparkling golden border, reprinted with their original numbering plus a 30th stamp, not legal in Standard play, and not counted toward the English set’s 128-card base — a different numbering approach from Japan’s continuous 136–165 secret block.
Officially, pokemon.com confirms one distribution detail: the Ultra-Premium Collection includes a dedicated Classic Collection booster pack containing three cards from the nostalgic line-up. Whether Classic Collection cards also appear in ordinary English packs is unverified — the official pack description mentions only five foil cards plus a foil basic Energy. Likewise, whether the English 30 are card-for-card identical to the Japanese 30 has not been confirmed. Notably, no English booster box has been announced for this set as of September 16, 2026; the only sealed 20-pack box of 30th Celebration is the Japanese one.
What the Reprints Might Be Worth
The reprints now have a live secondary market, but it’s brand new — the set released September 16, 2026. Inside Japan, the Pokémon Center Online lottery route for the box closed its first additional-lottery window on 31 August at 16:59 JST, with results from 4 September; a further Pokémon Center Online additional-lottery window, for the FUTURISTIC BOX and Card Set, ran September 11, 16:00 to September 16, 16:59 JST, with results due September 30, 2026. Our own listing runs separately from these lotteries and is currently open as a pre-order at ¥25,000 (~$162) (Sealed; the No Shrink option is sold out at the time of this update). On SNKRDUNK, the lowest asking price for a sealed M6a box fell from ¥47,200 on September 1 to ¥28,200 on September 10 and ¥17,500 on release day, September 16, 2026 — still about 2.4× the ¥7,200 MSRP. The “Predicted price” column below is still an unofficial pre-release prediction from snkrdunk (29 August 2026); the right-hand column adds the first release-day ask from SNKRDUNK (September 16, 2026) where one exists:
| Reprint | Predicted price (unofficial, 29 Aug 2026) | Release-day ask (SNKRDUNK, Sept 16, 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lugia 142/103 | ¥15,000+ (~$102) | — |
| Pikachu 136/103 | ¥10,000+ (~$68) | — |
| Magikarp 165/103 | ¥10,000+ (~$68) | — |
| Charizard 137/103 | ¥5,000+ (~$34) | ¥11,500 |
| Pikachu & Zekrom GX 160/103 | ¥3,500+ (~$24) | — |
| Dark Tyranitar 144/103 | ¥1,000+ (~$7) | — |
For a reality check on how anniversary cards actually hold value once a market forms, the 25th anniversary era is the best precedent we can price as of September 16, 2026. Two examples from our graded stock (one currently listed, one sold out at the time of this update):
(update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order)
(update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order)
The five-year-old anniversary Charizard promo in a PSA 10 is listed well above the release-day ask of the new 137/103 reprint. History says the originals and the anniversary reissues run separate markets — the reprint honours the card without replacing it. For how the 25th set’s chase cards behaved after launch, see our s8a 25th anniversary pull rates and best cards breakdown.
Where to Buy From Japan
We ship Japanese sealed product and PSA-graded singles worldwide from Tokyo with tracked delivery. Routes into this corner of the hobby right now:
- The new set — the M6a 30th Celebration booster box (Japanese) is currently listed as a pre-order at ¥25,000 (~$162) (Sealed); the No Shrink option is sold out at the time of this update — shipping from Tokyo after release; see the product page for the current dispatch date.
- Anniversary originals, graded — the PSA 10 25th Anniversary Charizard 001/025 (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) is currently listed at ¥92,143 (~$598). Separately, the PSA 10 Pikachu & Zekrom GX 031/095 (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) is sold out at the time of this update. Browse the rest of our PSA 10 collection.
- Sealed alternatives — browse Japanese sealed booster boxes and the full Pokémon card collection; our 25th Anniversary Golden Box guide covers the premium end of anniversary sealed.
- Mixed orders — for a single order across sealed product and graded singles, Quick Order is the fastest route, and it’s also where restock requests for sold-out items go.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many reprint cards are in the Pokémon 30th anniversary set?
The official M6a product page states 30 historic cards return in a special specification. As of September 9, 2026 (the official card list), all 30 are confirmed in the official card database with numbers, names and illustrators.
Are all 30 anniversary reprints confirmed now?
Yes, as of September 9, 2026. All 30, numbered 136/103 through 165/103, are in the official card database with Japanese names and illustrators — including the six headline cards revealed earliest: Pikachu 136/103, Charizard 137/103, Crystal Lugia 142/103, Dark Tyranitar 144/103, Pikachu & Zekrom GX 160/103 and Magikarp 165/103. Charizard is the only one whose original printing is named in official text (the 1996 first Expansion Pack).
Are the 30th anniversary reprints legal for tournaments?
Not in Standard. The official page states the specially reprinted cards cannot be used in the current Standard regulation, though each can be played in whatever regulation its original printing is legal in.
Do English 30th Celebration products include the reprints?
Yes — the English set includes the 30-card Classic Collection, and the Ultra-Premium Collection officially includes a dedicated Classic Collection booster pack with three cards. Whether the reprints also appear in ordinary English packs is unverified, and no English booster box has been announced.
What is the most valuable 30th anniversary reprint?
Prices are brand new since the September 16, 2026 release. Unofficial pre-release predictions from snkrdunk (29 August) put Crystal Lugia 142/103 highest at ¥15,000+ (~$102), ahead of Pikachu 136/103 and Magikarp 165/103 at ¥10,000+ each — that ranking is a pre-release forecast only, and no release-day marketplace figure exists yet for Lugia, Pikachu 136 or Magikarp in this update; the first release-day SNKRDUNK ask for Charizard 137/103 came in at ¥11,500 (September 16, 2026). Separately, the lowest asking price for a sealed M6a box (which contains the reprint block) went from ¥47,200 on September 1 to ¥28,200 on September 10 and ¥17,500 on release day, September 16, 2026.
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