Set Guide
Rarest & Most Expensive Cards in Pokemon Ancient Origins
M Rayquaza EX #98 is the most expensive Pokemon Ancient Origins card at about £860.13. The rarest cards are the set's 5 Secret Rares. Released 12 August 2015, the set has 101 cards, ranked below by market price and by printed rarity.
- Chase card
- M Rayquaza EX #98
- £860.13
- Cards worth £10+
- 23 of 101
- priced cards
- Median card
- £0.28
- per priced card
- Top rarity tiers
- 5 Secret Rare
- 23 Ultra Rare
- 21 Rare
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Top 10 most expensive Ancient Origins cards
Prices as of 30 October 2026.
#1 Most Expensive
Rayquaza #98
Secret Rare
A Colorless-type card with 220 HP. One listed attack is Emerald Break (30× damage).
£860.130% since 23 Oct
Source: $1,147.27 from tcgplayer market
Provider updated 15 October 2026
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#2 Most Expensive
Kyogre #96
Secret Rare
A Water-type card with 240 HP. One listed attack is Tidal Storm (150 damage).
£315.340% since 23 Oct
Source: $420.61 from tcgplayer market
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#3 Most Expensive
Groudon #97
Secret Rare
A Fighting-type card with 240 HP. One listed attack is Gaia Volcano (100+ damage).
£248.480% since 23 Oct
Source: $331.43 from tcgplayer market
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#4 Most Expensive
Hex Maniac #75a
Uncommon
Illustrated by Yusuke Ohmura.
£169.08-98% since 24 Oct
Source: €202.26 from cardmarket trend
Provider updated 16 January 2026
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#5 Most Expensive
Lugia #94
Ultra Rare
A Colorless-type card with 170 HP. One listed attack is Aero Ball (20× damage).
£163.42
Source: $217.97 from tcgplayer market
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#6 Most Expensive
Giratina #93
Ultra Rare
A Dragon-type card with 170 HP. One listed attack is Chaos Wheel (100 damage).
£112.21
Source: $149.67 from tcgplayer market
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#7 Most Expensive
Sceptile #85
Ultra Rare
A Grass-type card with 220 HP. One listed attack is Jagged Saber (100 damage).
£89.640% since 24 Oct
Source: $119.56 from tcgplayer market
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#8 Most Expensive
Tyranitar #92
Ultra Rare
A Darkness-type card with 240 HP. One listed attack is Destroyer King (110+ damage).
£86.23
Source: $115.02 from tcgplayer market
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#9 Most Expensive
Tyranitar #91
Ultra Rare
A Darkness-type card with 180 HP. One listed attack is Hammer In (60 damage).
£81.36
Source: $108.52 from tcgplayer market
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#10 Most Expensive
Ampharos #88
Ultra Rare
A Lightning-type card with 220 HP. One listed attack is Exavolt (120+ damage).
£59.080% since 24 Oct
Source: $78.80 from tcgplayer market
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Top 10 rarest Ancient Origins cards
The highest listed tier in Ancient Origins is Secret Rare, with 5 of the 10 cards in the rarity shortlist. The remaining 5 cards appear across 1 lower printed rarity category. Printed rarity is a checklist category, not a measured pull rate or population count.
Printed rarity labels were captured 31 October 2026.
- #1
M Rayquaza EX #98Secret Rare
£860.13
0% since 23 Oct - #2
Primal Kyogre EX #96Secret Rare
£315.34
0% since 23 Oct - #3
Primal Groudon EX #97Secret Rare
£248.48
0% since 23 Oct - #4
Energy Retrieval #99Secret Rare
£15.32
- #5
Trainers' Mail #100Secret Rare
£5.47
- #6
Lugia EX #94Ultra Rare
£163.42
- #7
Giratina EX #93Ultra Rare
£112.21
- #8
M Sceptile EX #85Ultra Rare
£89.64
0% since 24 Oct - #9
M Tyranitar EX #92Ultra Rare
£86.23
- #10
Tyranitar EX #91Ultra Rare
£81.36
What Ancient Origins cards are worth
M Rayquaza EX is the chase card at about £860.13, roughly 33% of the combined value of the 101 priced cards in the set. 23 cards are worth £10 or more, and the median card is worth about £0.28, so most of a set's value sits in a handful of pulls.
Usable price data is available for 101 of 101 cards in the set checklist. Within the top 10, M Rayquaza EX is about 14.6 times M Ampharos EX, the lowest-priced card shown, when compared in GBP. These are market indicators for a watchlist, not guaranteed sale prices.
Biggest recent mover in the top 10: Hex Maniac, down 98% since 24 October 2026.
How we rank these cards
Price ranking: For each card, we use the first available value in this order: TCGplayer market, mid, then low; if none is available, Cardmarket trend, 7-day average, then 30-day average. We convert USD and EUR values to GBP using the latest daily reference exchange rates before comparing them. Price changes compare our own daily GBP snapshots over the last 30 days.
Rarity ranking: We order the checklist by printed rarity label: Special Illustration Rare, Mega Hyper Rare, Hyper Rare, Secret Rare, Illustration Rare, Ultra Rare, Double Rare, Holo Rare, Ace Spec Rare, Shiny Rare, Trainer Gallery, Gallery Rare, Promo, other Rare, Uncommon, then Common. Cards in the same tier are ordered by market price, highest first. Printed rarity does not measure pull odds, print runs or graded population.
Converted values are comparison estimates; check the marketplace listing for its current price, condition, shipping and availability.