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Moltres · 33 cards · 1999–2025

How much is a Moltres card worth?

There are 33 English Moltres cards, spread over 24 sets between 1999 and 2025. It did not debut in a booster pack at all: the first was Moltres in Wizards Black Star Promos, 1 July 1999, handed out during the very first English sets. 5 of them come from 1999–2000, and those trade in a different world from everything printed since — which is why one number for “Moltres” means nothing until you know which of the 33 you are holding.

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Moltres, the first Moltres card, Wizards Black Star Promos 1999
The first one: Wizards Black Star Promos, 1999
Where the 28 priced Moltres cards sit
under $1Phantasmal Flames · 2025 · #14$46Hidden Fates · 2019 · #66$499Team Rocket Returns · 2004 · #100

What we pay is a different number. These are TCGplayer market prices, worked out from recent sales between collectors, read 2026-09-08. What a buyer pays is always less than what a collector pays, and it turns on the condition of the card in your hand — which is why you get our number on the phone, in one call, before anything is posted.

Spaced by ratio, not by dollars, so the cheap end stays readable. Tap a handle to jump to that card. 5 of the 33 have no market price on file.

Every one of them, with a picture

All 33 English Moltres cards, oldest first.

The set name and the number at the bottom of the card are what tell one Moltres from the other 32 . Tap any card and we will show you exactly what to read down the phone.

1999–2002 · 6 cards · 4 sets

  • Moltres, card 21 of the Wizards Black Star Promos set, 1999, illustrated by Toshinao AokiMoltresWizards Black Star Promos · 1999#21no price on file
  • Moltres, card 12 of the Fossil set, 1999, illustrated by Mitsuhiro AritaMoltresFossil · 1999#12$195
  • Moltres, card 27 of the Fossil set, 1999, illustrated by Mitsuhiro AritaMoltresFossil · 1999#27no price on file
  • Blaine's Moltres, card 1 of the Gym Heroes set, 2000, illustrated by Ken SugimoriBlaine's MoltresGym Heroes · 2000#1no price on file
  • Rocket's Moltres, card 12 of the Gym Heroes set, 2000, illustrated by Ken SugimoriRocket's MoltresGym Heroes · 2000#12no price on file
  • Moltres, card 30 of the Legendary Collection set, 2002, illustrated by Mitsuhiro AritaMoltresLegendary Collection · 2002#30$101

2003–2008 · 6 cards · 5 sets

  • Moltres, card 21 of the Skyridge set, 2003, illustrated by Kouki SaitouMoltresSkyridge · 2003#21$192
  • Moltres, card H20 of the Skyridge set, 2003, illustrated by Kouki SaitouMoltresSkyridge · 2003#H20$338
  • Moltres ex, card 31 of the Nintendo Black Star Promos set, 2003, illustrated by Ken IkujiMoltres exNintendo Black Star Promos · 2003#31$93
  • Moltres ex, card 115 of the FireRed & LeafGreen set, 2004, illustrated by Ryo UedaMoltres exFireRed & LeafGreen · 2004#115$181
  • Rocket's Moltres ex, card 100 of the Team Rocket Returns set, 2004, illustrated by Ryo UedaRocket's Moltres exTeam Rocket Returns · 2004#100$499
  • Moltres, card 10 of the Majestic Dawn set, 2008, illustrated by Kagemaru HimenoMoltresMajestic Dawn · 2008#10$46

2009–2016 · 6 cards · 5 sets

  • Moltres, card 149 of the Supreme Victors set, 2009, illustrated by Toshinao AokiMoltresSupreme Victors · 2009#149$224
  • Moltres, card 36 of the Supreme Victors set, 2009, illustrated by Kouki SaitouMoltresSupreme Victors · 2009#36$11
  • Moltres, card 14 of the Next Destinies set, 2012, illustrated by Ryo UedaMoltresNext Destinies · 2012#14$4
  • Moltres, card XY127 of the XY Black Star Promos set, 2013, illustrated by OOYAMAMoltresXY Black Star Promos · 2013#XY127$55
  • Moltres, card 22 of the Legendary Treasures set, 2013, illustrated by Mitsuhiro AritaMoltresLegendary Treasures · 2013#22$5
  • Moltres, card 9 of the Fates Collide set, 2016, illustrated by OOYAMAMoltresFates Collide · 2016#9$10

2017–2019 · 6 cards · 4 sets

  • Moltres, card SM143 of the SM Black Star Promos set, 2017, illustrated by Hitoshi ArigaMoltresSM Black Star Promos · 2017#SM143$10
  • Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX, card SM210 of the SM Black Star Promos set, 2017, illustrated by HYOGONOSUKEMoltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GXSM Black Star Promos · 2017#SM210$155
  • Moltres, card 38 of the Lost Thunder set, 2018, illustrated by Misa TsutsuiMoltresLost Thunder · 2018#38$1
  • Moltres, card 19 of the Team Up set, 2019, illustrated by Shin NagasawaMoltresTeam Up · 2019#19$3
  • Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX, card 44 of the Hidden Fates set, 2019, illustrated by Mitsuhiro AritaMoltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GXHidden Fates · 2019#44$57
  • Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX, card 66 of the Hidden Fates set, 2019, illustrated by 5ban GraphicsMoltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GXHidden Fates · 2019#66$46

2019–2025 · 6 cards · 6 sets

  • Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX, card 69 of the Hidden Fates set, 2019, illustrated by 5ban GraphicsMoltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GXHidden Fates · 2019#69$46
  • Moltres, card SWSH185 of the SWSH Black Star Promos set, 2019, illustrated by Shinji KandaMoltresSWSH Black Star Promos · 2019#SWSH185$18
  • Moltres, card 21 of the Brilliant Stars set, 2022, illustrated by otumamiMoltresBrilliant Stars · 2022#21no price on file
  • Moltres, card 12 of the Pokémon GO set, 2022, illustrated by Pani KobayashiMoltresPokémon GO · 2022#12under $1
  • Moltres, card 146 of the 151 set, 2023, illustrated by KEIICHIRO ITOMoltres151 · 2023#146under $1
  • Team Rocket's Moltres ex, card 208 of the Destined Rivals set, 2025Team Rocket's Moltres exDestined Rivals · 2025#208$6

2025 · 3 cards · 2 sets

  • Team Rocket's Moltres ex, card 229 of the Destined Rivals set, 2025Team Rocket's Moltres exDestined Rivals · 2025#229$94
  • Team Rocket's Moltres ex, card 31 of the Destined Rivals set, 2025Team Rocket's Moltres exDestined Rivals · 2025#31under $1
  • Moltres, card 14 of the Phantasmal Flames set, 2025, illustrated by Kazumasa YasukuniMoltresPhantasmal Flames · 2025#14under $1

What decides the number

Five things about your Moltres, in order of how much they matter.

  1. Which printing. Moltres spans 24 sets, from Wizards Black Star Promos in 1999 to Phantasmal Flames in 2025, and the set symbol beside the picture is what tells one from another before anything else about the card is worth discussing.
  2. First edition and shadowless. 5 of the 33 date from 1999–2000, and on a Moltres of that age the small “1 Edition” stamp left of the art, or a frame throwing no drop shadow down the right of the picture, is worth more than everything else on this list put together.
  3. Which card type. A Moltres Tag Team and a Moltres ex are different cards that happen to share a name — Moltres has been printed as 4 types in all, so the word beside Moltres at the top decides which of the 33 you own.
  4. Promo stamps. 6 of the 33 Moltres cards were promos rather than pack pulls, and a black star, a tournament stamp or a set-launch mark in the corner is what turns an otherwise ordinary Moltres into the scarce one.
  5. Centering. Hold your Moltres at arm’s length and look at the border: a Moltres with a visibly fatter margin on one side is capped on grade before condition is even discussed, and the Hidden Fates printings are the ones we see off-centre most often.
  • Most Moltres cards are Rare Holo — 10 of the 33.
  • Mitsuhiro Arita has illustrated Moltres more than anyone else, 5 times.
  • Hidden Fates carries the most Moltres cards of any single set (3).
  • Moltres has been printed under 4 card types: Tag Team, ex (2003–07), ex (modern), owner’s card.
  • No Moltres card was printed at all for 4 years, 2004 to 2008.
  • 5 of the 33 Moltres cards come from 1999–2000, the printings collectors ask after most.
  • 18 different illustrators have drawn Moltres.
  • 26 years separate the first Moltres card from the newest.

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