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Ancient Originscard list & price guide

Released Aug 12, 2015 · XY era · 101 cards

Set, ungraded
$2,787
Set, PSA 10
–
Cards priced
101 of 101
Typical card
$0.39
Top card
M Rayquaza-EX 98/98 $730
Prices as of Nov 12, 2026

Ancient Origins checklist

101 of 101 Ancient Origins cards shown

Cost to complete

Base set 99 cards
$2,769
Secret rares 2 cards
$18.66
Reverse holos 71 cards
$198
Complete set
$2,787
Master set
$2,985

Ungraded near mint at today’s prices, as of Nov 12, 2026; a card without a price counts as missing, not free. Master set, card by card.

101 of 101 cards priced · PSA 10 priced on 82. Each total adds up the cards that have a price. It is not the cost of a complete set unless every card is priced, and buying a set card by card usually costs more. Prices updated Nov 12, 2026.

Released
Aug 12, 2015All 2015 sets
Cards
101 (98 + 3 secret)
Set code
AOR
Series
XY
Set symbol
Ancient Origins set symbolAll symbols

Ancient Origins is an English Pokémon TCG set of 101 cards, released in August 2015 as part of the XY era. As of Nov 12, 2026, a complete set is worth about $2,787 ungraded, and a typical card sells for $0.39.

The most valuable cards are M Rayquaza-EX 98/98 ($730), Primal Groudon-EX 97/98 ($290) and Primal Kyogre-EX 96/98 ($280). See the most valuable Ancient Origins cards for the full top 50, or the Ancient Origins chase cards for the pulls collectors open packs for.

Pokémon collectors look for here include Rayquaza, Groudon, Kyogre, Lugia and Giratina. The set before it was Roaring Skies; the next was BREAKthrough.

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.

Ancient Origins

Most valuable cards

Full ranking
  1. M Rayquaza-EX 98/98
    Rank #1M Rayquaza-EX98/98$730ungraded
  2. Primal Groudon-EX 97/98
    Rank #2Primal Groudon-EX97/98$290ungraded
  3. Primal Kyogre-EX 96/98
    Rank #3Primal Kyogre-EX96/98$280ungraded
  4. Lugia-EX 94/98
    Rank #4Lugia-EX94/98$257ungraded
  5. Giratina-EX 93/98
    Rank #5Giratina-EX93/98$200ungraded
  6. Hex Maniac 75a
    Rank #6Hex Maniac75a$124ungraded

Last 90 days

Ancient Origins sales

Set statistics

Cards by rarity

Ancient Origins: number of cards, combined ungraded value and top card per rarity
RarityCardsShareTop card
Common2323%Eevee $0.49
Uncommon2828%Flareon $12.94
Rare1313%Gyarados $16.99
Rare Holo EX1111%Giratina-EX $21.30
Rare Holo88%Gyarados $69.70
Ultra Rare1313%Lugia-EX $257
Secret Rare55%M Rayquaza-EX $730

Market prices

Ancient Origins sealed products

All sealed

In this set

Key Pokémon

Graded

Top PSA 10 values

Ancient Origins graded

Population

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.

  1. 1
    Gyarados21/98 · 2,809 graded
    5.4%
  2. 2
    Entei15/98 · 577 graded
    9.9%
  3. 3
    Gardevoir54/98 · 151 graded
    11%
  4. 4
    M Rayquaza-EX98/98 · 6,191 graded
    14%
  5. 5
    Jolteon26/98 · 287 graded
    15%
  6. 6
    Lugia-EX94/98 · 3,380 graded
    15%
  7. 7
    Porygon-Z67/98 · 128 graded
    15%
  8. 8
    Primal Kyogre-EX96/98 · 3,423 graded
    15%
  9. 9
    Ampharos-EX87/98 · 540 graded
    17%
  10. 10
    Energy Retrieval99/98 · 279 graded
    18%

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.

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Common questions

How much is a complete Ancient Origins set worth?

As of Nov 12, 2026, a complete Ancient Origins set is worth about $2,787 ungraded, adding up each card’s ungraded value. Buying card by card usually costs more.

What is the most valuable card in Ancient Origins?

M Rayquaza-EX 98/98 is the most valuable Ancient Origins card, worth about $730 ungraded and $12,100 in PSA 10. Next is Primal Groudon-EX 97/98 at $290.

How many cards are in Ancient Origins?

Ancient Origins has 101 cards: 98 in the main set plus 3 secret rares numbered past 98. The full checklist above lists every card with its price.

When was Ancient Origins released?

Ancient Origins was released in English on Aug 12, 2015, in the XY era.

Which Ancient Origins cards are worth money?

27 of the 101 priced Ancient Origins cards are worth $10 or more ungraded, and 7 are worth $100 or more. The rest are commons, uncommons and non-holo rares that sell for a few dollars at most. The checklist sorts by price so the valuable ones sit at the top.

What are the chase cards in Ancient Origins?

The cards collectors open Ancient Origins packs for are M Rayquaza-EX 98/98 ($730), Primal Groudon-EX 97/98 ($290) and Primal Kyogre-EX 96/98 ($280). The full list is on the Ancient Origins chase cards page.

Which Ancient Origins card gains the most from a PSA 10?

Gyarados 21/98: $69.70 ungraded against $26,400 as a PSA 10, 378.8 times more. Whether grading pays depends on the odds of a 10 and the grading fee: is it worth grading Pokémon cards?

Which Ancient Origins card is hardest to get a PSA 10 on?

Gyarados 21/98: of 2,809 copies PSA has graded, 152 came back a 10 (5%), the lowest gem rate of the set’s cards worth $20 or more.