2021 Pokémon Card Values & Price Guide
Pokémon turned 25 in 2021, and the anniversary cards dominate what people scan from that year. A single Japanese card, Pikachu #1 from the 25th Anniversary Collection, accounts for one in seven 2021 scans in TCG Value Scanner; Celebrations' reprints of Base Set Charizard and Blastoise come next.
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313indexed card records
$0.02–$8,100recorded grade range
Guide coverage
Latest source update Oct 24, 2026What this guide includes
This guide currently covers 313 indexed card records across 25 sets and the 2021 release year. The displayed estimate range is $0.02–$8,100. It reflects records available in TCG Value Scanner, not a complete manufacturer checklist.
Lowest indexed raw or primary estimateRusted Shield$0.02
Highest indexed raw or primary estimateFlareon Vmax$2,500
Values are directional estimates rather than guaranteed sale prices. Read how estimates and scan ranges are produced.
From the app
Latest scan Oct 24, 2026What collectors scan
Cards in this guide have been scanned 3,174 times in TCG Value Scanner. The printings scanned most:
- Pikachu #1 2021 Pokemon Japanese Sword & Shield 25th Anniversary Collection 442 scans · 14%
- Charizard #4 2021 Pokemon Celebrations Classic Collection 112 scans · 4%
- Blastoise #2 2021 Pokemon Celebrations Classic Collection 76 scans · 2%
Scans by set
- 2021 Pokemon Japanese Sword & Shield 25th Anniversary Collection18%
- 2021 Pokemon Celebrations14%
- 2021 Pokemon McDonald's 25th Anniversary10%
- 2021 Pokemon Battle Styles10%
- 2021 Pokemon Celebrations Classic Collection9%
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Three kinds of anniversary card
- McDonald's 25th Anniversary. From February 9, 2021, Happy Meals in the United States came with four-card packs. The set has 25 Pokémon — all 24 first partners from Bulbasaur to Sobble, plus Pikachu — each printed twice, once with a McDonald's holo pattern and once without. Holo and non-holo copies share artwork and are valued separately.
- Japanese 25th Anniversary Collection. Released on October 21, 2021, it opens with Pikachu 001/028, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It is the 2021 card scanned most in the app by a wide margin.
- Celebrations (from October 8, 2021). The main set is followed by the Classic Collection, 25 close remakes of famous older cards that keep their original numbers. The 25th anniversary logo next to the artwork is what separates a Classic Collection Charizard 4/102 from the 1999 original; the Charizard guide walks through every version of that picture.
The main English sets
- Shining Fates (February 19) added a Shiny Vault numbered with an SV prefix; its Charizard is SV107.
- Battle Styles (March 19) introduced Single Strike and Rapid Strike Pokémon.
- Chilling Reign (June 18).
- Evolving Skies (August 27). Its alternate-art Umbreon VMAX, 215/203, is a secret rare and one of the most valuable 2021 cards in this guide. The set also has an ordinary Umbreon VMAX and a rainbow one, so the number matters.
- Fusion Strike (November 12) closed the year.
Japan-only promos at the top
Several of the highest 2021 values here belong to Japanese promos numbered with an S-P suffix: Flareon VMAX 186/S-P, Vaporeon VMAX 187/S-P and Jolteon VMAX 188/S-P. They were handed out in Japan through a 2021 campaign rather than sold in packs, so an S-P card does not belong to any booster set. Japanese sets such as Eevee Heroes and VMAX Climax are here as well, and each Japanese card is valued apart from its English equivalent.
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