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Expedition Base Setcard list & price guide

Q: How many cards are in Expedition Base Set?

Expedition Base Set has 165 cards. The full checklist lists every card with its price.

Released Sep 15, 2002 · Wizards of the Coast era · 165 cards

Set, ungraded: $17,961
Set, PSA 10: $2,082,913
Cards priced: 165 of 165
Typical card: $14.00
Top card: Charizard 6/165 $2,400

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Base set 165 cards: $17,961
Reverse holos 154 cards: $17,090
Complete set: $17,961
Master set: $35,051

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.

165 of 165 cards priced · PSA 10 priced on 163. 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: Sep 15, 2002All 2002 sets
Cards: 165
Set code: EX
Series: E-Card
Set symbol: All symbols

Expedition Base Set is an English Pokémon TCG set of 165 cards, released in September 2002 as part of the Wizards of the Coast era. As of Nov 12, 2026, a complete set is worth about $17,961 ungraded, and a typical card sells for $14.00.

The most valuable cards are Charizard 6/165 ($2,400), Mew 19/165 ($2,200) and Gengar 13/165 ($1,600). See the most valuable Expedition Base Set cards for the full top 50, or the Expedition Base Set chase cards for the pulls collectors open packs for.

Pokémon collectors look for here include Charizard, Mew, Gengar, Dragonite and Tyranitar. The set after it was Aquapolis.

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.

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Cards by rarity

Expedition Base Set: number of cards, combined ungraded value and top card per rarity
Rarity	Cards	Share	Combined value	Top card
Rare Holo	32	19%	$14,869	Charizard $2,400
Rare	40	24%	$1,974	Charizard $221
Uncommon	38	23%	$353	Charmeleon $46.20
Common	55	33%	$765	Cubone $79.70

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Expedition Theme Deck - "Electric Garden"Theme Deck$550

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Expedition Base Set graded

Population

Most graded

The cards PSA has graded most often.

Fewest PSA 10s

The lowest PSA 10 populations among cards PSA has graded 100 times or more.

Most PSA 10s

The highest PSA 10 populations.

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.

Fastest growing

The biggest rise in PSA graded copies over 90 days (2026-08-10 to 2026-11-09), among cards with 100 or more graded at the start.

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 Expedition Base Set worth?

As of Nov 12, 2026, a complete Expedition Base Set is worth about $17,961 ungraded, adding up each card’s ungraded value. Every card in PSA 10 adds up to about $2,082,913. Buying card by card usually costs more.

What is the most valuable card in Expedition Base Set?

Charizard 6/165 is the most valuable Expedition Base Set card, worth about $2,400 ungraded and $139,500 in PSA 10. Next is Mew 19/165 at $2,200.

How many cards are in Expedition Base Set?

Expedition Base Set has 165 cards. The full checklist above lists every card with its price.

When was Expedition Base Set released?

Expedition Base Set was released in English on Sep 15, 2002, in the Wizards of the Coast era.

Which Expedition Base Set cards are worth money?

95 of the 165 priced Expedition Base Set cards are worth $10 or more ungraded, and 34 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 Expedition Base Set?

The cards collectors open Expedition Base Set packs for are Charizard 6/165 ($2,400), Mew 19/165 ($2,200) and Gengar 13/165 ($1,600). The full list is on the Expedition Base Set chase cards page.

Which Expedition Base Set card gains the most from a PSA 10?

Poliwrath 24/165: $197 ungraded against $188,048 as a PSA 10, 952.3 times more. Whether grading pays depends on the odds of a 10 and the grading fee: is it worth grading Pokémon cards?

Which Expedition Base Set card is hardest to get a PSA 10 on?

Skarmory 27/165: of 1,009 copies PSA has graded, 10 came back a 10 (1%), the lowest gem rate of the set’s cards worth $20 or more.