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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the e-Card era.
Karen's Umbreon, Lance's Charizard and Morty's Gengar are the cards that define Pokemon VS, a Japanese expansion from the e-Card era that released on August 19, 2001 under a trainer-driven theme. The card list runs to 152 printings, with the Gym Leader, Elite Four and Rocket cards carrying the owner's name in the title. Janine's Arbok is the one name printed twice, so it turns up in more than one version across the run.
Pokemon VS was released August 19, 2001.
Pokemon VS has 152 cards.
Pokemon VS is part of the e-Card era.
Karen's Umbreon, at $1,650.00, as of October 30, 2026.
Pokemon VS has a short rarity ladder of 106 commons, 27 uncommons and 9 holo rares, and no secret tier above the printed count. The holo rares lead the value list: Karen's Umbreon sits first, with Rocket's Entei in 4th, Rocket's Suicune in 6th and Rocket's Tyranitar in 7th. Several commons also rank high, with Lance's Charizard in 2nd, Morty's Gengar in 3rd and Bruno's Steelix in 5th. The top five cards hold 35 percent of the set's total card value, a spread that is wider than most sets lean on.
As of October 2026, Pokemon VS ranks 1st in its era by total card value among the 7 comparable e-Card sets and 1st across all 189 sets in the Japanese Pokémon TCG, at about 4.3 times the era median. Karen's Umbreon is also the most valuable single card in the era, and the set leads on trading activity too. It followed Darkness, and to Light..., which holds less total value, and came before Pokemon Web, which also holds less.
Written from market data as of October 22, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setPokemon VS | Median of 7 setse-Card median | Previous setDarkness, and to Light... | Next setPokemon Web |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Aug 19, 2001 | — | Apr 20, 2001 | Oct 20, 2001 |
| Cards | 152 | 91 | 113 | 47 |
| Master set value | ≥ $11,814.13 | $2,802.22 | ≥ $2,022.99 | ≥ $1,272.77 |
| Most valuable card price | $1,650.00 | $300.00 | $280.52 | $279.50 |
| Priced cards | 150 of 152 | 77 | 105 of 113 | 26 of 47 |
The full run is 152 catalog printings, and 150 of them are priced. With 35 percent of the value in the top five cards, the cost of a complete Pokemon VS set depends on that group and on the commons that rank among the most valuable, not on a single holo. Because the rarity tiers are so thin, the 9 holo rares are the cards that complete the picture beyond the trainer-named commons and uncommons that fill most of the card list.