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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the Original Series era.
Expansion Pack (No Rarity) sits at the start of the Original Series in the Japanese Pokémon TCG, an expansion released on October 20, 1996. It runs to 96 catalog printings, built from commons, uncommons, rares and holo rares, with no secret cards above the printed run. What defines it is the edition without rarity marks, and its headline cards are not the usual stars: Poliwhirl, Bulbasaur and Farfetch'd lead the value ranking, so the set's character comes from early-print scarcity rather than flagship monsters.
Expansion Pack (No Rarity) was released October 20, 1996.
Expansion Pack (No Rarity) has 96 cards.
Expansion Pack (No Rarity) is part of the Original Series era.
The pull ladder in Expansion Pack (No Rarity) is short and flat: 32 commons, 32 uncommons, 16 rares and 16 holo rares, with no designated chase tier and nothing numbered past the printed run. Poliwhirl, an uncommon, is the most valuable card in the set, followed by the common Bulbasaur, the uncommon Farfetch'd and the uncommon Super Potion. The top five cards hold 37 percent of the set's total card value, a modest concentration, so value is spread across many cards rather than a few chase cards. The most valuable cards here are mostly lower-rarity cards, which is unusual for the game.
As of October 2026, Expansion Pack (No Rarity) holds the 6th highest total card value among the 8 comparable Original Series sets and 67th across the whole game, at about 0.9 times the era median. Its single most valuable card ranks 7th in the era, and its trading activity ranks 8th. Pokemon Jungle, which came next, holds lower total value. Its cards carried over to English in Base Set, which shares 95 cards with it and followed this Japanese release by 26 months, with Japan first.
Written from market data as of October 22, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setExpansion Pack (No Rarity) | Median of 8 setsOriginal Series median | Next setPokemon Jungle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Oct 20, 1996 | — | Mar 5, 1997 |
| Cards | 96 | 81 | 48 |
| Master set value | ≥ $829.15 | $945.73 | $538.50 |
| Most valuable card price | $75.00 | $224.75 | $80.30 |
| Priced cards | 53 of 96 | 59 | 48 of 48 |
Completing Expansion Pack (No Rarity) means tracking down all 96 catalog printings, of which 50 are priced. Because the top five cards hold 37 percent of total value, the cost of a complete set is spread across the whole run rather than riding on a few chase cards, and the lower-rarity names near the top of the ranking matter as much as the holo rares. The card list on this page is the whole picture for the set.