Journey Together card values: the 25 most valuable cards (October 2026)

Updated October 1, 2026: prices refreshed. Since the first version (September 17, 2026), Lillie's Clefairy ex #184 fell 8.7% ($101.74 → $92.91), and the full set costs $432 to complete (-7.5% vs $466).

Short answer: the most valuable Journey Together card is Lillie's Clefairy ex #184 at about $92.91 raw (TCGplayer market price), and one copy of every card in the set costs about $432. Data as of October 1, 2026.

Journey Together came out on March 28, 2025 and has 190 card numbers, 31 of them numbered above the printed set size of 159. This value list comes from our own daily TCGplayer price snapshot, data as of October 1, 2026. It covers the 25 most valuable cards, how much of the set's value sits in a handful of chase cards, what one of every card costs, and which cards clear the usual bar for grading under PSA's current tiers.

Weekly price changes for this set and nine others: Pokémon card price movers (updated every week).

The 25 most valuable Journey Together cards

Prices are the TCGplayer market price for a raw (ungraded) copy of the most expensive printing of each card number.

# Card Number Rarity Market price (raw)
1 Lillie's Clefairy ex 184 Special Illustration Rare $92.91
2 Salamence ex 187 Special Illustration Rare $53.76
3 N's Zoroark ex 185 Special Illustration Rare $42.34
4 Iono's Bellibolt ex 183 Special Illustration Rare $33.78
5 Hop's Zacian ex 186 Special Illustration Rare $28.75
6 Volcanion ex 182 Special Illustration Rare $17.28
7 Articuno 161 Illustration Rare $16.94
8 N's Reshiram 167 Illustration Rare $15.45
9 N's Zoroark ex 189 Hyper Rare $13.45
10 Wailord 162 Illustration Rare $12.04
11 Iono's Bellibolt ex 188 Hyper Rare $11.34
12 Furret 168 Illustration Rare $7.28
13 Lillie's Clefairy ex 173 Ultra Rare $5.85
14 Noibat 169 Illustration Rare $5.17
15 Hop's Wooloo 170 Illustration Rare $4.42
16 Lillie's Ribombee 164 Illustration Rare $4.39
17 N's Zoroark ex 175 Ultra Rare $4.09
18 Iono's Kilowattrel 163 Illustration Rare $3.77
19 Spiky Energy 190 Hyper Rare $3.40
20 Swinub 165 Illustration Rare $3.11
21 Lycanroc 166 Illustration Rare $2.57
22 Dunsparce 120 Common $2.31
23 Maractus 160 Illustration Rare $2.07
24 Lillie's Clefairy ex 56 Double Rare $1.95
25 N's Zoroark ex 98 Double Rare $1.73

Lillie's Clefairy ex #184 leads at $92.91, followed by Salamence ex #187 ($53.76) and N's Zoroark ex #185 ($42.34). 6 of the top 10 are Special Illustration Rares. The top 10 cards together come to $326.70, 72% of the combined value of all 190 priced card numbers.

What it costs to complete Journey Together

Buying the cheapest printing of each of the 190 priced card numbers costs about $432 at current market prices. The total is lopsided:

  • The 6 Special Illustration Rares add up to $269, 62% of the completion cost.
  • The five most expensive cards are 58% of the total ($252).
  • 157 of the 190 cards sell for under $1. 28 are between $1 and $20, 5 are between $20 and $100, and 0 are $100 or more.

"Completion" here means one copy of each card number, so reverse holos and other parallel printings aren't counted.

For comparison, from the same snapshot: Evolving Skies $8,121, Prismatic Evolutions $4,793, Paldean Fates $2,540, Crown Zenith $2,490.

Which Journey Together cards are worth grading?

PSA's Value tiers have been paused since June 2026. On September 14 PSA opened a Standard tier at $59.99 per card (90–100 business days, declared value up to $1,000). Priority, the old Regular tier, is $79.99 (up to $1,500), and Express is $199 (up to $2,500). CGC Economy is $20.

A common first screen is to grade only cards whose raw price is at least 2.5× the fee. On that screen:

  • 2 Journey Together cards clear the CGC Economy bar ($50+ raw)
  • 0 clear PSA Standard ($150+ raw)
  • 0 clear PSA Priority ($200+ raw)

No Journey Together card is at $150 raw right now, so on PSA's current tiers the fee eats most of the upside. CGC Economy at $20 is the realistic option for the 2 cards above $50.

The practical routine: check recent PSA 10 sold prices for your exact card, compare them with the raw price plus the grading fee and shipping, then look hard at your copy's centering and surface. If the premium isn't there, keeping it raw is usually the better call.

Methodology

  • Prices: TCGplayer market price (an estimate based on recent completed sales), collected daily into our database from pokemontcg.io and PokéWallet. For each card we use whichever source updated most recently (TCGplayer update dates 2026-09-30). Snapshot date October 1, 2026. Market prices move, and a real sale can land above or below them.
  • Card value is the most expensive printing of each card number. Completion cost is the cheapest printing of each card number (190 priced).
  • Grading fees are from PSA's service update announced September 9, 2026 and CGC's published fee schedule. Break-even formula: PSA 10 multiple = 1 + (fee + shipping) ÷ (gem rate × raw price × (1 − selling fee)). Change the gem rate and the answer changes a lot, so use your own.
  • Card names are used for identification only. GradeWorthy isn't affiliated with or endorsed by The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, PSA, CGC, TAG, Beckett, eBay or TCGplayer. Nothing here is financial advice.

Get the full list

  • Journey Together Set Value Sheet ($7): every card in the set with market prices, the chase-card ranking, the grade-worthy shortlist and completion cost, as a PDF plus CSV, with free monthly refreshes.
  • Grading ROI Calculator ($19): plug in your card's raw price, recent PSA 10 and PSA 9 sales, your gem-rate estimate and the tier. It returns the expected profit or loss for PSA, CGC, TAG and Beckett.
  • Free Grade or Hold checklist: the 60-second check to run before you submit anything.