Pokédex #0255 · Generation 3 · Prices updated Nov 12, 2026
TorchicPokémon card prices & values
32 English Torchic cards across 25 sets, from Ruby & Sapphire (2003) to Destined Rivals (2025).
- Cards
- 32
- Most valuable
- $10,200
- Typical card
- $1.64
- One of each, ungraded
- $11,105
- Sales, 90 days
- 2,051
Chase cards on eBay right now
Asking prices, not sales
The chase list
Most valuable Torchic cards
- Torchic ☆Team Rocket Returns · 108/109$10,200#1PSA 10 $2,700,000Rank 1
- TorchicPoké Card Creator Pack · 3/5$400#2PSA 10 $52,800Rank 2
- TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 6/40$200#3Rank 3
- TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 8/40$175#4Rank 4
- TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 17/40$64.26#5Rank 5
- TorchicMcDonald's Collection 2015 · 3/12$15.00#6Rank 6
Collector’s notes
- Torchic ☆ 108/109 (Team Rocket Returns)
Torchic ☆ shows a golden, shiny-colored Torchic winking mid-hop, one foot kicked up and wings flared, while feathers drift across a sparkling cosmos holofoil background. Art by Masakazu Fukuda, it has a cheerful, playful feel. As a Gold Star from Team Rocket Returns, it belongs to one of the scarcest rarity types of the EX era, and the Hoenn starter's charm keeps collectors chasing it.
- Torchic 3/5 (Poké Card Creator Pack)
Torchic lies sprawled across a rubbly cityscape with its eyes squeezed shut in a happy grin, while a wall of jagged flames rises behind it under a pale blue sky, all done in a loose, painterly crayon style illustrated by May Do. Coming from the Poké Card Creator Pack and stamped not tournament legal, it's an odd little promo that Torchic fans and completionists of the era seek out.
- Torchic 6/40 (Nintendo Black Star Promos)
Torchic stands alone in a simple side-on pose, art by Ken Sugimori, set against a confetti-style holo backdrop speckled with colored dots and stamped with a gold Poké Ball logo. Fans of the Hoenn fire starter chase this Nintendo Black Star Promos card for that sparkly holo pattern and its clean, official-art look, a charming fit for any starter or e-reader era collection.
Torchic ☆ 108/109 · Team Rocket Returns
Torchic price history
- Recorded prices, joined day to day
Ungraded, 1 year: $1,449 on Nov 11, 2025, $10,200 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $749, highest $11,179.
- Now
- $10,200
- 4 weeks
- −7.9%
- 90 days
- +1263%
- 1 year
- +604%
- Highest, 1Y
- $11,179
- Lowest, 1Y
- $749
Recorded history starts January 2021. Earlier history is monthly averages; from July 22, 2026 the line is a smoothed 7-day average of daily prices, so single-day swings don’t show. Between recorded prices, the line and its daily values are estimated from the prices either side.
Highest recorded sale per card
Most expensive Torchic cards ever sold
Receipts checked against what we quote for the card at that grade. The year’s biggest sales across every Pokémon are in the biggest Pokémon card sales of 2026.
Most sold, last 90 days
Popular Torchic cards
- TorchicLegendary Treasures · RC5$9.90256 sold in 90 days
- TorchicPrimal Clash · 26/160$4.98154 sold in 90 days
- TorchicMcDonald's Collection 2021 · 11/25$2.50153 sold in 90 days
- Torchic ☆Team Rocket Returns · 108/109$10,200148 sold in 90 days
- TorchicRuby & Sapphire · 73/109$1.53121 sold in 90 days
- TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 17/40$64.26117 sold in 90 days
Matched sold listings, most valuable cards
Recent Torchic sales
- TorchicNintendo Black Star PromosUngraded · Nov 10, 2026 ·
eBay$120 - TorchicMcDonald's Collection 2015Ungraded · Nov 10, 2026 ·
eBay$36.00 - TorchicMcDonald's Collection 2015Ungraded · Nov 10, 2026 ·
eBay$9.99 - TorchicMcDonald's Collection 2015Ungraded · Nov 10, 2026 ·
eBay$18.99 - TorchicLegendary TreasuresUngraded · Nov 10, 2026 ·
eBay$8.49 - TorchicXY Black Star PromosUngraded · Nov 10, 2026 ·
eBay$6.71 - TorchicXY Black Star PromosUngraded · Nov 10, 2026 ·
eBay$2.99 - Torchic ☆Team Rocket ReturnsUngraded · Nov 9, 2026 ·
eBay$7,600 - Torchic ☆Team Rocket ReturnsPSA 9 · Nov 9, 2026 ·
Fanatics Collect$72,000 - Torchic ☆Team Rocket ReturnsPSA 4 · Nov 9, 2026 ·
eBay$19,000
Newest first
Latest Torchic cards
Ungraded price bands · 32 cards
What Torchic cards are worth
- Under $523
- $5–254
- $25–1001
- $100–5003
- $500–2k0
- $2k+1
The typical Torchic card costs $1.64.
Highest PSA 10 values
Graded Torchic market
- PSA 10 sales, 90 days
- 5
- Median gem rate
- 4%
- 1Torchic ☆ 108/109 · Team Rocket Returns$2,700,000
- 2Torchic 3/5 · Poké Card Creator Pack$52,800
- 3Torchic 77/97 · Dragon$1,500
- 4Torchic 65/100 · Crystal Guardians$1,290
- 5Torchic 11/25 · McDonald's Collection 2021$491
- 6Torchic 7/10 · EX Trainer Kit Latias$402
- 7Torchic 83/110 · Holon Phantoms$399
- 8Torchic 73/109 · Ruby & Sapphire$339
1999 to today
Torchic cards by era
Torchic graded
Population
Most graded
The cards PSA has graded most often.
- 1Torchic ☆Team Rocket Returns · 108/109 · 19 PSA 10s1,585
- 2TorchicMcDonald's Collection 2021 · 11/25 · 280 PSA 10s785
- 3TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 8/40 · 23 PSA 10s515
- 4TorchicPoké Card Creator Pack · 3/5 · 36 PSA 10s330
- 5TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 6/40 · 0 PSA 10s195
- 6TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 17/40 · 3 PSA 10s192
- 7TorchicLegendary Treasures · RC5 · 4 PSA 10s137
- 8TorchicRuby & Sapphire · 73/109 · 31 PSA 10s119
- 9TorchicRuby & Sapphire · 74/109 · 25 PSA 10s91
- 10TorchicDragon · 77/97 · 24 PSA 10s65
Fewest PSA 10s
The lowest PSA 10 populations among cards PSA has graded 100 times or more.
- 1TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 6/40 · 195 graded0
- 2TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 17/40 · 192 graded3
- 3TorchicLegendary Treasures · RC5 · 137 graded4
- 4Torchic ☆Team Rocket Returns · 108/109 · 1,585 graded19
- 5TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 8/40 · 515 graded23
- 6TorchicRuby & Sapphire · 73/109 · 119 graded31
- 7TorchicPoké Card Creator Pack · 3/5 · 330 graded36
- 8TorchicMcDonald's Collection 2021 · 11/25 · 785 graded280
Most PSA 10s
The highest PSA 10 populations.
- 1TorchicMcDonald's Collection 2021 · 11/25 · 785 graded280
- 2TorchicPoké Card Creator Pack · 3/5 · 330 graded36
- 3TorchicRuby & Sapphire · 73/109 · 119 graded31
- 4TorchicRuby & Sapphire · 74/109 · 91 graded25
- 5TorchicEmerald · 69/106 · 56 graded25
- 6TorchicDragon · 77/97 · 65 graded24
- 7TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 8/40 · 515 graded23
- 8TorchicHolon Phantoms · 83/110 · 48 graded22
- 9Torchic ☆Team Rocket Returns · 108/109 · 1,585 graded19
- 10TorchicEX Trainer Kit Latias · 7/10 · 38 graded19
Hardest to gem
The lowest share of PSA-graded copies that came back a 10, among cards graded 100 times or more. A history of what was submitted, not the odds for a copy.
- 1TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 6/40 · 195 graded0%
- 2Torchic ☆Team Rocket Returns · 108/109 · 1,585 graded1.2%
- 3TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 17/40 · 192 graded1.6%
- 4TorchicLegendary Treasures · RC5 · 137 graded2.9%
- 5TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 8/40 · 515 graded4.5%
- 6TorchicPoké Card Creator Pack · 3/5 · 330 graded11%
- 7TorchicRuby & Sapphire · 73/109 · 119 graded26%
- 8TorchicMcDonald's Collection 2021 · 11/25 · 785 graded36%
Fastest growing
The biggest rise in PSA graded copies over 90 days (2026-07-27 to 2026-10-26), among cards with 100 or more graded at the start.
- 1TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 8/40 · +163 to 605+37%
- 2TorchicLegendary Treasures · RC5 · +26 to 137+23%
- 3TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 17/40 · +28 to 192+17%
- 4Torchic ☆Team Rocket Returns · 108/109 · +159 to 1,563+11%
- 5TorchicNintendo Black Star Promos · 6/40 · +17 to 195+9.6%
- 6TorchicPoké Card Creator Pack · 3/5 · +17 to 320+5.6%
- 7TorchicMcDonald's Collection 2021 · 11/25 · +34 to 779+4.6%
From PSA’s population report, as on each card page; growth from PSA’s weekly report through CardTrack. PSA counts the cards it has graded, not every copy that exists. More on graded supply.
As of Nov 12, 2026, the most valuable English Torchic card is Torchic ☆ 108/109 (Team Rocket Returns), worth about $10,200 ungraded, followed by Torchic 3/5 (Poké Card Creator Pack) and Torchic 6/40 (Nintendo Black Star Promos). The full list is in the most valuable Torchic cards.
Torchic (Pokédex #255) has appeared on 32 English cards. The first was Torchic 73/109 (Ruby & Sapphire) and the latest is Torchic 40/182 (Destined Rivals). Sets with the most Torchic cards include Nintendo Black Star Promos, Celestial Storm and Primal Clash.
In Pokédex order, the previous Pokémon with its own page is Sceptile and the next is Combusken. Browse every Pokémon.
Ungraded prices are UltraBall’s current value for a near-mint copy, read from recorded sales; PSA 10 values come from sales of graded copies. How we price cards. To price a Torchic card you hold, start with how much are my Pokémon cards worth.
Complete list
All 32 Torchic cards
Showing 32 of 32 Torchic cards
Torchic ☆
Team Rocket Returns · 108/109 · Rare Holo Star
$10,200PSA 10 $2,700,000
Torchic
Poké Card Creator Pack · 3/5
$400PSA 10 $52,800
Torchic
Nintendo Black Star Promos · 6/40 · Promo
$200
Torchic
Nintendo Black Star Promos · 8/40 · Promo
$175
Torchic
Nintendo Black Star Promos · 17/40 · Promo
$64.26
Torchic
McDonald's Collection 2015 · 3/12
$15.00
Torchic
Legendary Treasures · RC5 · Common
$9.90PSA 10 $312
Torchic
XY Black Star Promos · XY37 · Promo
$7.97PSA 10 $300
Torchic
McDonald's Collection 2016 · 2/12
$6.00
Torchic
Primal Clash · 26/160 · Uncommon
$4.98
Torchic
Great Encounters · 89/106 · Common
$2.53PSA 10 $72.23
Torchic
McDonald's Collection 2021 · 11/25
$2.50PSA 10 $491
Torchic
Ruby & Sapphire · 74/109 · Common
$2.14
Torchic
Dragon · 77/97 · Common
$1.80PSA 10 $1,500
Torchic
Crystal Guardians · 66/100 · Common
$1.78
Torchic
Crystal Guardians · 65/100 · Common
$1.64PSA 10 $1,290
Torchic
Ruby & Sapphire · 73/109 · Common
$1.53PSA 10 $339
Torchic
Platinum · 99/127 · Common
$1.35PSA 10 $60.60
Torchic
Dark Explorers · 15/108 · Common
$0.96PSA 10 $43.89
Torchic
Emerald · 69/106 · Common
$0.94
Torchic
Holon Phantoms · 83/110 · Common
$0.88PSA 10 $399
Torchic
Power Keepers · 67/108 · Common
$0.78PSA 10 $94.00
Torchic
EX Trainer Kit Latias · 7/10 · Common
$0.51PSA 10 $402
Torchic
Dark Explorers · 14/108 · Common
$0.39PSA 10 $46.00
Torchic
Furious Fists · 12/111 · Common
$0.37
Torchic
Dragon Majesty · 4/70 · Common
$0.36PSA 10 $60.00
Torchic
Celestial Storm · 26/168 · Common
$0.35PSA 10 $30.00
Torchic
Celestial Storm · 25/168 · Common
$0.30PSA 10 $32.17
Torchic
Primal Clash · 25/160 · Common
$0.30
Torchic
Darkness Ablaze · 22/189 · Common
$0.29PSA 10 $25.38
Torchic
Destined Rivals · 40/182 · Common
$0.22PSA 10 $260
Torchic
Journey Together · 22/159 · Common
$0.20
25 sets
Torchic cards by set
- Destined Rivals2025 · 1 card
- Journey Together2025 · 1 card
- McDonald's Collection 20212021 · 1 card
- Darkness Ablaze2020 · 1 card
- Dragon Majesty2018 · 1 card
- Celestial Storm2018 · 2 cards
- McDonald's Collection 20162016 · 1 card
- McDonald's Collection 20152015 · 1 card
- Primal Clash2015 · 2 cards
- Furious Fists2014 · 1 card
- Legendary Treasures2013 · 1 card
- XY Black Star Promos2013 · 1 card
- Dark Explorers2012 · 2 cards
- Platinum2009 · 1 card
- Great Encounters2008 · 1 card
- Power Keepers2007 · 1 card
- Crystal Guardians2006 · 2 cards
- Holon Phantoms2006 · 1 card
- Emerald2005 · 1 card
- Team Rocket Returns2004 · 1 card
- Poké Card Creator Pack2004 · 1 card
- EX Trainer Kit Latias2004 · 1 card
- Dragon2003 · 1 card
- Nintendo Black Star Promos2003 · 3 cards
- Ruby & Sapphire2003 · 2 cards
Quick answers
Torchic card questions
What is the most valuable Torchic card?
As of Nov 12, 2026, the most valuable English Torchic card is Torchic ☆ 108/109 (Team Rocket Returns), worth about $10,200 ungraded and $2,700,000 in PSA 10.
How many Torchic cards are there?
There are 32 English Pokémon cards featuring Torchic, from Torchic 73/109 (Ruby & Sapphire) onwards. All of them are listed above with prices.
What was the first Torchic card?
The first English Torchic card was Torchic 73/109 (Ruby & Sapphire), released Jul 1, 2003. It is worth about $1.53 ungraded today.
What is the most expensive Torchic card ever sold?
The biggest Torchic sale on record is Torchic ☆ 108/109 (Team Rocket Returns), which sold for $2,700,000 as a PSA 10 on Sep 10, 2026.
How many Torchic cards are worth over $100?
Of the 32 Torchic cards with a price, 4 are worth $100 or more ungraded and 1 is worth $1,000 or more. Most Torchic cards are commons and uncommons that sell for a few dollars.
Which set is best for Torchic cards?
For the most Torchic cards in one set, Nintendo Black Star Promos (3 cards). For the most valuable single card, Team Rocket Returns, home of Torchic ☆ 108/109 (Team Rocket Returns).
