30th Celebration: a guide for young collectors

30th Celebration came out on 16 September 2026. It has 161 cards to collect: 158 Pokémon, 3 Trainer cards.

Cards: 161

Secret rares: 33

Most common type: Lightning

Set code: 30C

Most HP: Salamence ex (330)

Star Pokémon to look for

These big “ex” and Mega Pokémon are the cards most collectors hope to find in 30th Celebration:

Fuecoco ex Greninja ex Pikachu ex Mewtwo ex Mew ex Espeon ex Sylveon ex Gengar ex Umbreon ex Jirachi ex Salamence ex

The rarest kind of card

The rarest cards in this set are Special Illustration Rare cards. Two gold stars. Big, detailed pictures of the most powerful Pokémon and characters — some of the hardest cards to pull.

Rarities in 30th Celebration

Rarity	Cards	What it means
Common	71	The easiest cards to find. Look for a small circle near the card number.
Pikachu Rare	30	A special kind of card that is harder to find than normal cards.
Rare	18	Marked with a black star. Most packs have at least one rare card.
Futuristic Rare	2	A special kind of card that is harder to find than normal cards.
Double Rare	12	Two black stars. These are usually the big “ex” Pokémon cards.
Illustration Rare	18	One gold star. These show a Pokémon in a beautiful scene, like a painting.
Special Illustration Rare	10	Two gold stars. Big, detailed pictures of the most powerful Pokémon and characters — some of the hardest cards to pull.

Cards numbered higher than 128 — from 129/128 upwards — are the 33 secret rares.

How to tell a card is from 30th Celebration

Look at the bottom of the card. You'll see a small set symbol and a number out of 128, like 12/128. Newer cards also show a short code: for this set it's 30C.

Types in this set

Lightning (45) · Psychic (29) · Darkness (17) · Colorless (16) · Metal (11) · Water (10) · Grass (9) · Fire (9) · Fighting (6) · Dragon (6)

30th Celebration checklist

Tap “+ Have” for each card you own. Your list is saved only on this device.

No.	Card	Rarity
1/128	Exeggcute	Common
2/128	Alolan Exeggutor	Common
3/128	Volbeat	Common
4/128	Illumise	Common
5/128	Tropius	Common
6/128	Cherubi	Common
7/128	Cherrim	Common
8/128	Vivillon	Common
9/128	Vulpix	Common
10/128	Ninetales	Common
11/128	Moltres	Common
12/128	Ho-Oh	Rare
13/128	Victini	Common
14/128	Reshiram	Rare
15/128	Fuecoco ex	Double Rare
16/128	Slowpoke	Common
17/128	Lapras	Common
18/128	Articuno	Common
19/128	Kyogre	Rare
20/128	Palkia	Rare
21/128	Greninja ex	Double Rare
22/128	Wishiwashi	Common
23/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
24/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
25/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
26/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
27/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
28/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
29/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
30/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
31/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
32/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
33/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
34/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
35/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
36/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
37/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
38/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
39/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
40/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
41/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
42/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
43/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
44/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
45/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
46/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
47/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
48/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
49/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
50/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
51/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
52/128	Pikachu	Pikachu Rare
53/128	Pikachu ex	Double Rare
54/128	Pikachu ex	Double Rare
55/128	Zapdos	Common
56/128	Zekrom	Rare
57/128	Zeraora	Common
58/128	Toxel	Common
59/128	Toxtricity	Common
60/128	Toxtricity	Common
61/128	Morpeko	Common
62/128	Miraidon	Rare
63/128	Mewtwo	Rare
64/128	Mewtwo ex	Double Rare
65/128	Mew	Rare
66/128	Mew ex	Double Rare
67/128	Marill	Common
68/128	Azumarill	Common
69/128	Espeon	Common
70/128	Espeon ex	Double Rare
71/128	Sylveon ex	Double Rare
72/128	Unown	Common
73/128	Drifloon	Common
74/128	Cresselia	Common
75/128	Chandelure	Common
76/128	Xerneas	Rare
77/128	Comfey	Common
78/128	Cosmog	Common
79/128	Cosmoem	Common
80/128	Lunala	Rare
81/128	Gimmighoul	Common
82/128	Groudon	Rare
83/128	Lucario	Common
84/128	Seismitoad	Common
85/128	Lycanroc	Common
86/128	Koraidon	Rare
87/128	Nidoran ♀	Common
88/128	Nidorina	Common
89/128	Alolan Meowth	Common
90/128	Gengar ex	Double Rare
91/128	Umbreon	Common
92/128	Umbreon ex	Double Rare
93/128	Murkrow	Common
94/128	Scraggy	Common
95/128	Zorua	Common
96/128	Zoroark	Common
97/128	Deino	Common
98/128	Zweilous	Common
99/128	Hydreigon	Common
100/128	Yveltal	Rare
101/128	Galarian Meowth	Common
102/128	Jirachi ex	Double Rare
103/128	Dialga	Rare
104/128	Ferrothorn	Common
105/128	Solgaleo	Rare
106/128	Zacian	Rare
107/128	Zamazenta	Rare
108/128	Gholdengo	Common
109/128	Salamence ex	Double Rare
110/128	Jangmo-o	Common
111/128	Hakamo-o	Common
112/128	Kommo-o	Common
113/128	Meowth	Common
114/128	Kangaskhan	Common
115/128	Ditto	Common
116/128	Eevee	Common
117/128	Eevee	Common
118/128	Eevee	Common
119/128	Snorlax	Common
120/128	Igglybuff	Common
121/128	Lugia	Rare
122/128	Hisuian Zorua	Common
123/128	Hisuian Zoroark	Common
124/128	Minior	Common
125/128	Maushold	Common
126/128	Poké Pad	Common
127/128	Switch	Common
128/128	Ultra Ball	Common
129/128	Alolan Exeggutor	Illustration Rare
130/128	Moltres	Illustration Rare
131/128	Lapras	Illustration Rare
132/128	Articuno	Illustration Rare
133/128	Zapdos	Illustration Rare
134/128	Toxtricity	Illustration Rare
135/128	Morpeko	Illustration Rare
136/128	Drifloon	Illustration Rare
137/128	Chandelure	Illustration Rare
138/128	Lycanroc	Illustration Rare
139/128	Alolan Meowth	Illustration Rare
140/128	Scraggy	Illustration Rare
141/128	Galarian Meowth	Illustration Rare
142/128	Gholdengo	Illustration Rare
143/128	Kommo-o	Illustration Rare
144/128	Meowth	Illustration Rare
145/128	Hisuian Zorua	Illustration Rare
146/128	Maushold	Illustration Rare
147/128	Fuecoco ex	Special Illustration Rare
148/128	Greninja ex	Special Illustration Rare
149/128	Pikachu ex	Special Illustration Rare
150/128	Pikachu ex	Special Illustration Rare
151/128	Mewtwo ex	Special Illustration Rare
152/128	Mew ex	Special Illustration Rare
153/128	Sylveon ex	Special Illustration Rare
154/128	Gengar ex	Special Illustration Rare
155/128	Jirachi ex	Special Illustration Rare
156/128	Salamence ex	Special Illustration Rare
157/128	Mewtwo ex	Futuristic Rare
158/128	Mew ex	Futuristic Rare
R	Mew	Common
G	Mew	Common
B	Mew	Common

Pokémon in this set: 83.

Young collectors: always ask a parent or carer before buying cards, trading online or sharing anything about yourself on the internet.