How many cards are in Celebrations?
50. The main set is numbered 001 to 025: 17 holo rares, Flying Pikachu V and VMAX, Surfing Pikachu V and VMAX, Zacian V, Zamazenta V, a full art Professor's Research (024/025) and the gold Mew (025/025). The Classic Collection adds 25 more, which keep their original numbers, like Charizard (4/102) and Garchomp C LV.X (145/147). Celebrations has no reverse holos, so a complete master set is the same 50 cards, about $504 in market prices on Oct 29, 2026. Promos like Pikachu V-UNION came in Celebrations products but are not part of the 50.
What is the most expensive Celebrations card?
The Classic Collection Charizard (4/102), a reprint of the Base Set card, at $128.39 in market prices on Oct 29, 2026. Umbreon Gold Star (17/17) is second at $73.64, then the gold Mew (025/025) at $58.50, M Rayquaza-EX (76/108) at $32.74 and Shining Magikarp (66/64) at $29.10. After the gold Mew, the top main set cards are Surfing Pikachu VMAX (009/025) at $5.78 and Flying Pikachu VMAX (007/025) at $5.71. See the full Celebrations chase card ranking for today's prices.
What is the Celebrations Classic Collection?
A 25-card subset that reprints famous cards from 1999 to 2017, from the Base Set Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur to Tapu Lele-GX (60/145) from Guardians Rising. Each keeps its original number, rarity and copyright date, with a new holo pattern and a Celebrations stamp, and each has only one version. They come in Celebrations packs alongside the main set cards. They are legal only in formats where the original card is legal, so most people collect them rather than play them.
Is there a Celebrations booster box?
No. Celebrations was a special set, and its 4-card packs were never sold on their own. They came inside products, together with packs from other sets: the Elite Trainer Box (10 Celebrations packs), the Pokemon Center Elite Trainer Box (13), the Ultra-Premium Collection (17, plus metal Base Set Charizard and Pikachu cards), the Premium Figure Collection (8), the Collector Chest (6), the Pikachu V-UNION, Lance's Charizard V and Dark Sylveon V collections (4) and mini tins (2). On Oct 29, 2026 the Elite Trainer Box was $329.27 in market prices. The Celebrations sealed product page has today's prices.
What are the pull rates for Celebrations?
No one has published a large pack-opening study for Celebrations, and with no booster boxes there is no box count to go by either. Every card in a pack is holo, and most are main set holo rares. One Australian store counted 778 packs and found the gold Mew in about 1 in 130 and the Classic Collection Charizard in about 1 in 97, but that sample is small for any one card. At $31.50 a loose pack on Oct 29, 2026, the Charizard cost about as much as 4 packs, so buying the single is usually the cheaper way to get it.
When did Celebrations come out?
October 8, 2021, as a special set in the Sword & Shield series for Pokemon's 25th anniversary. It came after Evolving Skies, released August 27, 2021, and before Fusion Strike, released November 12, 2021. The Ultra-Premium Collection and Premium Figure Collection followed on October 22, 2021, the same day Japan got its version, the 25th Anniversary Collection.
