The most valuable card in Celebrations is Mew (#25) at about $74.20.
The most valuable Celebrations card
Mew (#25, Rare Holo) tops Celebrations on the secondary market, trading around $74.20. It's the card that anchors the set's value; prices move constantly with supply and hype, so treat this as a snapshot rather than a quote.
What else holds value in Celebrations
Below Mew, the next tier of Celebrations value by recent market price:
- Flying Pikachu VMAX (#7) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$8.74)
- Surfing Pikachu VMAX (#9) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$8.70)
- Pikachu (#5) — Rare Holo (~$8.21)
- Surfing Pikachu V (#8) — Rare Holo V (~$5.17)
- Flying Pikachu V (#6) — Rare Holo V (~$4.46)
Star Pokémon driving Celebrations' prices
These are the headline Pokémon whose cards carry the set, listed with their prints:
Most valuable isn't always rarest
Value and print rarity can diverge: the rarest card by rarity tier in Celebrations is Professor's Research (Professor Oak) (#24), a Rare Ultra, a different card from the priciest one. See the rarest-card breakdown for that angle.
Buying smart in Celebrations
Mew anchors the high end, but Celebrations has 0 Illustration and Special Illustration Rares and 0 secret rares in total, so there's a full value ladder beneath it. If Mew is out of budget, the runners-up above give you the same set at a fraction of the cost — and prices shift, so check a current sold-listings page before you buy or sell.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.