Japanese vs English vintage Pokémon cards — which are worth more?
As of 3 Nov 2026: the Japanese chase index (.JPN) is +162.9% over twelve months against +144.0% for the English WotC sets (.VPI), and +10.4% against +28.5% over three. The Japanese premium over the English twins is +8.5%, down from a +43.8% peak in Mar 2026. Card by card, 13 of the 112 twins on the desk have the Japanese PSA 10 above the English one. Both sides are marked the same way — the last documented PSA 10 sale. Not investment advice: this is a record of what sold, dated, not a view on what will.
The twins, PSA 10: Japanese against English
| Card | English PSA 10 | Japanese PSA 10 | JP / EN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shining Charizard Neo Destiny | $30,124 | $138,500 | 4.60× |
| Shining Tyranitar Neo Destiny | $22,000 | $100,500 | 4.57× |
| Shining Gyarados Neo Revelation | $31,800 | $90,000 | 2.83× |
| Charizard Skyridge | $149,726 | $90,000 | 0.60× |
| Shining Mewtwo Neo Destiny | $22,800 | $87,300 | 3.83× |
| Shining Celebi Neo Destiny | $10,000 | $78,000 | 7.80× |
| Charizard Skyridge | $149,726 | $69,780 | 0.47× |
| Lugia Aquapolis | $261,775 | $50,970 | 0.19× |
| Shining Kabutops Neo Destiny | $6,101 | $46,108 | 7.56× |
| Shining Steelix Neo Destiny | $4,696 | $45,600 | 9.71× |
| Charizard Base Set | $32,940 | $33,035 | 1.00× |
| Shining Noctowl Neo Destiny | $4,064 | $33,000 | 8.12× |
| Gengar Skyridge | $209,062 | $31,900 | 0.15× |
| Shining Magikarp Neo Revelation | $21,000 | $27,900 | 1.33× |
| Raichu Base Set | $3,374 | $25,524 | 7.56× |
| Gengar Skyridge | $209,062 | $24,361 | 0.12× |
| Celebi Skyridge | $34,017 | $20,000 | 0.59× |
| Ho-Oh Skyridge | $56,300 | $18,000 | 0.32× |
| Mew Expedition | $528,000 | $11,400 | 0.02× |
| Umbreon Aquapolis | $101,175 | $11,100 | 0.11× |
| Nidoking Aquapolis | $34,600 | $9,900 | 0.29× |
| Golem Skyridge | $20,061 | $9,802 | 0.49× |
| Crobat Skyridge | $19,271 | $9,500 | 0.49× |
| Gengar Fossil | $12,263 | $9,240 | 0.75× |
| Charizard Expedition | $19,500 | $9,193 | 0.47× |
| Umbreon Aquapolis | $101,175 | $8,834 | 0.09× |
| Gengar Expedition | $102,960 | $7,702 | 0.07× |
| Sabrina's Gengar Gym Challenge | $6,855 | $7,405 | 1.08× |
| Kingdra Aquapolis | $21,200 | $7,386 | 0.35× |
| Lugia Neo Genesis | $218,250 | $6,979 | 0.03× |
How these numbers are marked
Every price is a documented PSA sale — an eBay item with its cert number, a Card Ladder entry, or an auction-house lot with its page — never an asking price or an estimate. A card's PSA 10 mark is its last documented sale, averaged with any sales of the week before it (rule R1). A print that sits more than three times away from the card's own recent trading, or across a neighbouring grade's level, is held until a second sale agrees with it. Each index is a fixed-weight basket of those marks, rebased to 1,000. The receipt behind every mark is on its card page. The Japanese legs and the JP/US ratio are on the index pages; each Japanese card is on the desk beside its English twin.
Related questions
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Questions
Are Japanese Pokémon cards worth more than English?
Card for card in PSA 10, 13 of 112 twins on the desk have the Japanese copy above the English one; the desk-wide premium is +8.5% as of 3 Nov 2026.
Which is rising faster, Japanese or English vintage?
Over twelve months .JPN is +162.9% and .VPI +144.0%; over three months +10.4% against +28.5%.
How are the Japanese cards priced?
The same way as the English: the last documented PSA 10 sale, averaged with any of the week before it, from eBay, Card Ladder and the auction houses, with the receipt on the card page.
Cite this pageVintage Chase Tracker, “Japanese vs English Vintage Pokémon Card Prices 2026”, vintagechasetracker.com/market/japanese-vs-english-pokemon-card-prices/, data as of 3 Nov 2026. Free to quote with a link; documented PSA sales, not advice.