Base Set card list

All 102 cards in the Base Set set, rarest first, from the 16 Rare Holos down to the 32 Commons.

Base Set in numbers

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Rarity breakdown

Rarest at the top.

Rare Holo16

Rare16

Uncommon32

Common32

Promo and other6

16 of the 102 cards are holo or rarer.

Most seen in this set

69 different Pokémon appear. These show up the most.

Alakazam1 card

Blastoise1 card

Chansey1 card

Charizard1 card

Clefairy1 card

Gyarados1 card

Pokémon by type

69 Pokémon cards across 7 types.

Grass13

Water12

Colorless11

Fire9

Psychic8

Fighting8

Lightning8

Which generation they come from

Different Pokémon in the set, by the generation they first appeared in.

691

Gen 1 has the most: 69

Who drew them

4 illustrators worked on these cards.

Ken Sugimori44

Keiji Kinebuchi38

Mitsuhiro Arita19

Tomoaki Imakuni1

What kind of cards

Pokémon 69Trainer 26Energy 7

39Basic

22Stage 1

8Stage 2

How tough they are

Pokémon HP, average 62.

210-40

4150-90

7100-140

Toughest cardChansey120 HP

Against the rest of Original series

Cards per set, Base Set highlighted.

Gym Heroes132

Gym Challenge132

Base Set 2130

Base Set102

Team Rocket83

Jungle64

Fossil62

Southern Islands18

Every card, rarest first

Rare Holo

16 cards, in the main set: 16 Pokémon cards.

Alakazam Rare Holo card from Base Set — Alakazam1/102

Blastoise Rare Holo card from Base Set — Blastoise2/102

Chansey Rare Holo card from Base Set — Chansey3/102

Charizard Rare Holo card from Base Set — Charizard4/102

Clefairy Rare Holo card from Base Set — Clefairy5/102

Gyarados Rare Holo card from Base Set — Gyarados6/102

Hitmonchan Rare Holo card from Base Set — Hitmonchan7/102

Machamp Rare Holo card from Base Set — Machamp8/102

Magneton Rare Holo card from Base Set — Magneton9/102

Mewtwo Rare Holo card from Base Set — Mewtwo10/102

Nidoking Rare Holo card from Base Set — Nidoking11/102

Ninetales Rare Holo card from Base Set — Ninetales12/102

Poliwrath Rare Holo card from Base Set — Poliwrath13/102

Raichu Rare Holo card from Base Set — Raichu14/102

Rare

16 cards, in the main set: 6 Pokémon cards and 10 Trainer or Energy cards.

Beedrill Rare card from Base Set — Beedrill17/102

Dragonair Rare card from Base Set — Dragonair18/102

Dugtrio Rare card from Base Set — Dugtrio19/102

Electabuzz Rare card from Base Set — Electabuzz20/102

Electrode Rare card from Base Set — Electrode21/102

Pidgeotto Rare card from Base Set — Pidgeotto22/102

Clefairy Doll Rare card from Base Set — Clefairy Doll70/102

Computer Search Rare card from Base Set — Computer Search71/102

Devolution Spray Rare card from Base Set — Devolution Spray72/102

Impostor Professor Oak Rare card from Base Set — Impostor Professor Oak73/102

Item Finder Rare card from Base Set — Item Finder74/102

Lass Rare card from Base Set — Lass75/102

Pokémon Breeder Rare card from Base Set — Pokémon Breeder76/102

Pokémon Trader Rare card from Base Set — Pokémon Trader77/102

Scoop Up Rare card from Base Set — Scoop Up78/102

Super Energy Removal Rare card from Base Set — Super Energy Removal79/102

Uncommon

32 cards, in the main set: 20 Pokémon cards and 12 Trainer or Energy cards.

Arcanine Uncommon card from Base Set — Arcanine23/102

Charmeleon Uncommon card from Base Set — Charmeleon24/102

Dewgong Uncommon card from Base Set — Dewgong25/102

Dratini Uncommon card from Base Set — Dratini26/102

Farfetch'd Uncommon card from Base Set — Farfetch'd27/102

Growlithe Uncommon card from Base Set — Growlithe28/102

Haunter Uncommon card from Base Set — Haunter29/102

Ivysaur Uncommon card from Base Set — Ivysaur30/102

Jynx Uncommon card from Base Set — Jynx31/102

Kadabra Uncommon card from Base Set — Kadabra32/102

Kakuna Uncommon card from Base Set — Kakuna33/102

Machoke Uncommon card from Base Set — Machoke34/102

Magikarp Uncommon card from Base Set — Magikarp35/102

Magmar Uncommon card from Base Set — Magmar36/102

Nidorino Uncommon card from Base Set — Nidorino37/102

Poliwhirl Uncommon card from Base Set — Poliwhirl38/102

Porygon Uncommon card from Base Set — Porygon39/102

Raticate Uncommon card from Base Set — Raticate40/102

Seel Uncommon card from Base Set — Seel41/102

Wartortle Uncommon card from Base Set — Wartortle42/102

Defender Uncommon card from Base Set — Defender80/102

Energy Retrieval Uncommon card from Base Set — Energy Retrieval81/102

Full Heal Uncommon card from Base Set — Full Heal82/102

Maintenance Uncommon card from Base Set — Maintenance83/102

PlusPower Uncommon card from Base Set — PlusPower84/102

Pokémon Center Uncommon card from Base Set — Pokémon Center85/102

Pokémon Flute Uncommon card from Base Set — Pokémon Flute86/102

Pokédex Uncommon card from Base Set — Pokédex87/102

Professor Oak Uncommon card from Base Set — Professor Oak88/102

Revive Uncommon card from Base Set — Revive89/102

Common

32 cards, in the main set: 27 Pokémon cards and 5 Trainer or Energy cards.

Abra Common card from Base Set — Abra43/102

Bulbasaur Common card from Base Set — Bulbasaur44/102

Caterpie Common card from Base Set — Caterpie45/102

Charmander Common card from Base Set — Charmander46/102

Diglett Common card from Base Set — Diglett47/102

Doduo Common card from Base Set — Doduo48/102

Drowzee Common card from Base Set — Drowzee49/102

Gastly Common card from Base Set — Gastly50/102

Koffing Common card from Base Set — Koffing51/102

Machop Common card from Base Set — Machop52/102

Magnemite Common card from Base Set — Magnemite53/102

Metapod Common card from Base Set — Metapod54/102

Nidoran ♂ Common card from Base Set — Nidoran ♂55/102

Onix Common card from Base Set — Onix56/102

Pidgey Common card from Base Set — Pidgey57/102

Pikachu Common card from Base Set — Pikachu58/102

Poliwag Common card from Base Set — Poliwag59/102

Ponyta Common card from Base Set — Ponyta60/102

Rattata Common card from Base Set — Rattata61/102

Sandshrew Common card from Base Set — Sandshrew62/102

Squirtle Common card from Base Set — Squirtle63/102

Starmie Common card from Base Set — Starmie64/102

Staryu Common card from Base Set — Staryu65/102

Tangela Common card from Base Set — Tangela66/102

Voltorb Common card from Base Set — Voltorb67/102

Vulpix Common card from Base Set — Vulpix68/102

Weedle Common card from Base Set — Weedle69/102

Bill Common card from Base Set — Bill91/102

Energy Removal Common card from Base Set — Energy Removal92/102

Gust of Wind Common card from Base Set — Gust of Wind93/102

Potion Common card from Base Set — Potion94/102

Switch Common card from Base Set — Switch95/102

No.	Card	Rarity	Type	Illustrator
1/102	Alakazam	Rare Holo	Psychic	Ken Sugimori
2/102	Blastoise	Rare Holo	Water	Ken Sugimori
3/102	Chansey	Rare Holo	Colorless	Ken Sugimori
4/102	Charizard	Rare Holo	Fire	Mitsuhiro Arita
5/102	Clefairy	Rare Holo	Colorless	Ken Sugimori
6/102	Gyarados	Rare Holo	Water	Mitsuhiro Arita
7/102	Hitmonchan	Rare Holo	Fighting	Ken Sugimori
8/102	Machamp	Rare Holo	Fighting	Ken Sugimori
9/102	Magneton	Rare Holo	Lightning	Keiji Kinebuchi
10/102	Mewtwo	Rare Holo	Psychic	Ken Sugimori
11/102	Nidoking	Rare Holo	Grass	Ken Sugimori
12/102	Ninetales	Rare Holo	Fire	Ken Sugimori
13/102	Poliwrath	Rare Holo	Water	Ken Sugimori
14/102	Raichu	Rare Holo	Lightning	Ken Sugimori
15/102	Venusaur	Rare Holo	Grass	Mitsuhiro Arita
16/102	Zapdos	Rare Holo	Lightning	Ken Sugimori
17/102	Beedrill	Rare	Grass	Ken Sugimori
18/102	Dragonair	Rare	Colorless	Mitsuhiro Arita
19/102	Dugtrio	Rare	Fighting	Keiji Kinebuchi
20/102	Electabuzz	Rare	Lightning	Ken Sugimori
21/102	Electrode	Rare	Lightning	Keiji Kinebuchi
22/102	Pidgeotto	Rare	Colorless	Ken Sugimori
70/102	Clefairy Doll	Rare	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
71/102	Computer Search	Rare	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
72/102	Devolution Spray	Rare	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
73/102	Impostor Professor Oak	Rare	Trainer	Ken Sugimori
74/102	Item Finder	Rare	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
75/102	Lass	Rare	Trainer	Ken Sugimori
76/102	Pokémon Breeder	Rare	Trainer	Ken Sugimori
77/102	Pokémon Trader	Rare	Trainer	Ken Sugimori
78/102	Scoop Up	Rare	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
79/102	Super Energy Removal	Rare	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
23/102	Arcanine	Uncommon	Fire	Ken Sugimori
24/102	Charmeleon	Uncommon	Fire	Mitsuhiro Arita
25/102	Dewgong	Uncommon	Water	Mitsuhiro Arita
26/102	Dratini	Uncommon	Colorless	Ken Sugimori
27/102	Farfetch'd	Uncommon	Colorless	Ken Sugimori
28/102	Growlithe	Uncommon	Fire	Ken Sugimori
29/102	Haunter	Uncommon	Psychic	Keiji Kinebuchi
30/102	Ivysaur	Uncommon	Grass	Ken Sugimori
31/102	Jynx	Uncommon	Psychic	Ken Sugimori
32/102	Kadabra	Uncommon	Psychic	Ken Sugimori
33/102	Kakuna	Uncommon	Grass	Keiji Kinebuchi
34/102	Machoke	Uncommon	Fighting	Ken Sugimori
35/102	Magikarp	Uncommon	Water	Mitsuhiro Arita
36/102	Magmar	Uncommon	Fire	Ken Sugimori
37/102	Nidorino	Uncommon	Grass	Mitsuhiro Arita
38/102	Poliwhirl	Uncommon	Water	Ken Sugimori
39/102	Porygon	Uncommon	Colorless	Tomoaki Imakuni
40/102	Raticate	Uncommon	Colorless	Ken Sugimori
41/102	Seel	Uncommon	Water	Ken Sugimori
42/102	Wartortle	Uncommon	Water	Ken Sugimori
80/102	Defender	Uncommon	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
81/102	Energy Retrieval	Uncommon	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
82/102	Full Heal	Uncommon	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
83/102	Maintenance	Uncommon	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
84/102	PlusPower	Uncommon	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
85/102	Pokémon Center	Uncommon	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
86/102	Pokémon Flute	Uncommon	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
87/102	Pokédex	Uncommon	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
88/102	Professor Oak	Uncommon	Trainer	Ken Sugimori
89/102	Revive	Uncommon	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
90/102	Super Potion	Uncommon	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
96/102	Double Colorless Energy	Uncommon	Energy	Keiji Kinebuchi
43/102	Abra	Common	Psychic	Mitsuhiro Arita
44/102	Bulbasaur	Common	Grass	Mitsuhiro Arita
45/102	Caterpie	Common	Grass	Ken Sugimori
46/102	Charmander	Common	Fire	Mitsuhiro Arita
47/102	Diglett	Common	Fighting	Keiji Kinebuchi
48/102	Doduo	Common	Colorless	Mitsuhiro Arita
49/102	Drowzee	Common	Psychic	Ken Sugimori
50/102	Gastly	Common	Psychic	Keiji Kinebuchi
51/102	Koffing	Common	Grass	Mitsuhiro Arita
52/102	Machop	Common	Fighting	Mitsuhiro Arita
53/102	Magnemite	Common	Lightning	Keiji Kinebuchi
54/102	Metapod	Common	Grass	Ken Sugimori
55/102	Nidoran ♂	Common	Grass	Ken Sugimori
56/102	Onix	Common	Fighting	Ken Sugimori
57/102	Pidgey	Common	Colorless	Ken Sugimori
58/102	Pikachu	Common	Lightning	Mitsuhiro Arita
59/102	Poliwag	Common	Water	Ken Sugimori
60/102	Ponyta	Common	Fire	Ken Sugimori
61/102	Rattata	Common	Colorless	Mitsuhiro Arita
62/102	Sandshrew	Common	Fighting	Ken Sugimori
63/102	Squirtle	Common	Water	Mitsuhiro Arita
64/102	Starmie	Common	Water	Keiji Kinebuchi
65/102	Staryu	Common	Water	Keiji Kinebuchi
66/102	Tangela	Common	Grass	Mitsuhiro Arita
67/102	Voltorb	Common	Lightning	Keiji Kinebuchi
68/102	Vulpix	Common	Fire	Ken Sugimori
69/102	Weedle	Common	Grass	Mitsuhiro Arita
91/102	Bill	Common	Trainer	Ken Sugimori
92/102	Energy Removal	Common	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
93/102	Gust of Wind	Common	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
94/102	Potion	Common	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
95/102	Switch	Common	Trainer	Keiji Kinebuchi
97/102	Fighting Energy	Promo and other	Energy	Keiji Kinebuchi
98/102	Fire Energy	Promo and other	Energy	Keiji Kinebuchi
99/102	Grass Energy	Promo and other	Energy	Keiji Kinebuchi
100/102	Lightning Energy	Promo and other	Energy	Keiji Kinebuchi
101/102	Psychic Energy	Promo and other	Energy	Keiji Kinebuchi
102/102	Water Energy	Promo and other	Energy	Keiji Kinebuchi

Questions about the Base Set card list

How many cards are in the Base Set card list?

102 in total. They're numbered 1 to 102. That's 69 Pokémon, 26 Trainers and 7 Energy cards to track down if you're filling a binder, and you can tick them all off in the checklist above.

What are the best hits in Base Set?

The ones everyone hopes for are the 16 Rare Holos, and the star of the show is Charizard (4/102). Just behind them are 16 Rares.

When did Base Set come out?

Base Set hit shelves on 9 January 1999, as part of the Pokémon TCG Original series. It came out just before Jungle.

Which Pokémon are in Base Set?

A whopping 69 different Pokémon! Grass is the busiest type in the set, with 13 cards.

About this card list

Base Set is a Original series set released on 9 January 1999. Its card list has 102 cards: 69 Pokémon, 26 Trainers and 7 Energy cards.

The list above starts with the rarest cards and works down to the most common. Switch to the List tab to see every card as one table with its number, rarity, type and illustrator.