Set Guide
Rarest & Most Expensive Cards in Pokemon POP Series 1
Rayquaza #3 is the most expensive Pokemon POP Series 1 card at about £243.88. The rarest cards are the set's 7 Rares. Released 1 September 2004, the set has 17 cards, ranked below by market price and by printed rarity.
- Chase card
- Rayquaza #3
- £243.88
- Cards worth £10+
- 9 of 17
- priced cards
- Median card
- £10.89
- per priced card
- Top rarity tiers
- 7 Rare
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Top 10 most expensive POP Series 1 cards
Prices as of 31 October 2026.
#1 Most Expensive
Rayquaza #3
Rare
A Colorless-type card with 80 HP. One listed attack is Fly (10 damage).
£243.88
Source: $325.30 from tcgplayer market
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#2 Most Expensive
Tyranitar #17
Rare
A Darkness-type card with 150 HP. One listed attack is Scratch (20 damage).
£241.400% since 24 Oct
Source: $321.99 from tcgplayer market
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#3 Most Expensive
Armaldo #16
Rare
A Fighting-type card with 160 HP. One listed attack is Twin-blade.
£30.080% since 24 Oct
Source: $40.12 from tcgplayer market
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#4 Most Expensive
Swampert #5
Rare
A Water-type card with 100 HP. One listed attack is Bubble (20 damage).
£21.030% since 24 Oct
Source: $28.05 from tcgplayer market
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#5 Most Expensive
Blaziken #1
Rare
A Fire-type card with 110 HP. One listed attack is Fire Punch (40 damage).
£15.93
Source: $21.25 from tcgplayer market
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#6 Most Expensive
Sceptile #4
Rare
A Grass-type card with 100 HP. One listed attack is Cling (20 damage).
£15.800% since 24 Oct
Source: $21.07 from tcgplayer market
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#7 Most Expensive
Murkrow #8
Uncommon
A Darkness-type card with 60 HP. One listed attack is Feint Attack.
£14.840% since 24 Oct
Source: $19.80 from tcgplayer market
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#8 Most Expensive
Metagross #2
Rare
A Metal-type card with 100 HP. One listed attack is Metal Claw (30 damage).
£11.640% since 24 Oct
Source: $15.52 from tcgplayer market
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#9 Most Expensive
Pupitar #9
Uncommon
A Fighting-type card with 70 HP. One listed attack is Rock Smash (20+ damage).
£10.89
Source: $14.53 from tcgplayer market
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#10 Most Expensive
Beautifly #6
Uncommon
A Grass-type card with 100 HP. One listed attack is Blot (30 damage).
£9.740% since 24 Oct
Source: $12.99 from tcgplayer market
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Top 10 rarest POP Series 1 cards
The highest listed tier in POP Series 1 is Rare, with 7 of the 10 cards in the rarity shortlist. The remaining 3 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
Rayquaza #3Rare
£243.88
- #2
Tyranitar ex #17Rare
£241.40
0% since 24 Oct - #3
Armaldo ex #16Rare
£30.08
0% since 24 Oct - #4
Swampert #5Rare
£21.03
0% since 24 Oct - #5
Blaziken #1Rare
£15.93
- #6
Sceptile #4Rare
£15.80
0% since 24 Oct - #7
Metagross #2Rare
£11.64
0% since 24 Oct - #8
Murkrow #8Uncommon
£14.84
0% since 24 Oct - #9
Pupitar #9Uncommon
£10.89
- #10
Beautifly #6Uncommon
£9.74
0% since 24 Oct
What POP Series 1 cards are worth
Rayquaza is the chase card at about £243.88, roughly 38% of the combined value of the 17 priced cards in the set. 9 cards are worth £10 or more, and the median card is worth about £10.89, so most of a set's value sits in a handful of pulls.
Usable price data is available for 17 of 17 cards in the set checklist. Within the top 10, Rayquaza is about 25.0 times Beautifly, the lowest-priced card shown, when compared in GBP. These are market indicators for a watchlist, not guaranteed sale prices.
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.