Pokémon TCG · 2017 Set Guide
Crimson Invasion Set Guide
The set that brought Ultra Beasts into the game, with Nihilego-GX, Buzzwole-GX, Guzzlord-GX and Kartana-GX. The rainbow Gyarados-GX leads a set with low prices overall.
Overview
Crimson Invasion is the fourth Sun & Moon expansion: 111 cards up to the printed total and 13 secret rares above it (112 to 124).
It introduced Ultra Beasts, Pokémon marked as such on the card, thirteen of them, four as Pokémon-GX. Later sets built on them with Trainers like Beast Ring and Ultra Recon Squad. Its Supporters include Gladion, which takes a card from your Prize cards, and Lusamine.
Cards and rarities
Crimson Invasion has 124 cards. Every card shows its number over the printed total along the bottom, as in "1/111", next to the set code CIN.
The printed total is 111, so the 13 cards from 112 to 124 are secret rares. The catalog also files two more cards under this set with a letter after the number: Guzzlord-GX (63a) and Regigigas (84a). Each is an alternate printing outside the numbered set, so they aren't counted here. Set completion in TurnZero HQ counts a set against its printed total and keeps the secret rares apart, so finishing the main set and chasing the cards above it read as two separate goals. How set completion works →
Headline Pokémon
Eight Pokémon-GX, four of them Ultra Beasts:
Buzzwole-GX
Crimson Invasion #57
190 HP Ultra Beast. Jet Punch does 30 to one of your opponent's Benched Pokémon.
Nihilego-GX
Crimson Invasion #49
180 HP Ultra Beast. Empty Light: when you play it onto your Bench, you may leave both Active Pokémon Confused and Poisoned.
Silvally-GX
Crimson Invasion #90
210 HP Stage 1. Gyro Unit: your Basic Pokémon in play have no Retreat Cost.
Trainers worth knowing
Two Supporters, both also printed as full arts:
The chase card: Gyarados-GX
Crimson Invasion's chase card is Gyarados-GX, numbered 112/111, a Rare Rainbow, illustrated by 5ban Graphics, at $81.54 on October 22, 2026.
The Rare Ultra Lusamine (110/111) was second at $45.94 and the Rare Ultra Gyarados-GX (101/111) third at $27.77.
Gyarados-GX is printed three times in Crimson Invasion. The Rare Holo GX (18/111) was $19.82. The Rare Ultra (101/111) was $27.77.
Every Gyarados-GX in Crimson Invasion
| Version | Number | Market price, October 22, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Rare Holo GX | 18/111 | $19.82 |
| Rare Ultra | 101/111 | $27.77 |
| Rare Rainbow | 112/111 | $81.54 |
Only the exact version is worth its price. The number at the bottom of the card and the rarity symbol beside it tell you which one you pulled. Reading the number and rarity symbol →
Chase cards and prices
The rainbow Gyarados-GX leads, ahead of the full-art Lusamine, and few other cards reach $20.
| Card | Rarity | Market price, October 22, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gyarados-GX | Rare Rainbow | $81.54 |
| Lusamine | Rare Ultra | $45.94 |
| Gyarados-GX | Rare Ultra | $27.77 |
| Gengar | Rare Holo | $27.01 |
| Alolan Exeggutor-GX | Rare Rainbow | $20.79 |
| Gyarados-GX | Rare Holo GX | $19.82 |
| Olivia | Rare Ultra | $19.35 |
These are each card's headline TCGplayer market price on October 22, 2026. Prices can move a long way, most of all in a set's first months, so treat them as a snapshot. Each card's page shows today's price for every variant and its 90-day chart. How Pokémon card prices work →
What a complete set costs
One copy of every card in Crimson Invasion, bought as singles, cost $500.65 on October 22, 2026. That is the 15th most expensive of the sixteen sets in the Sun & Moon series.
The three most valuable cards, two Gyarados-GX cards and Lusamine, come to $155.25, or 31% of the total. Without them the set costs $345.40. Of the 124 cards, 89 were under $2.00, together $31.97; the other 35 add up to $468.68.
Left out: two alternate printings the catalog files under this set with a letter after the number, Guzzlord-GX (63a) and Regigigas (84a). They aren't part of the numbered 124.
Each card is counted at its cheapest priced variant, a Normal copy rather than a Reverse Holofoil where both exist, at its TCGplayer market price. This is what it costs to buy the set as singles. It is not what opening packs returns, and not what a complete set would sell for, which after fees and the many cards worth cents would be noticeably less.
Playing it
No Crimson Invasion card carries a regulation mark, so none is Standard-legal as printed, apart from its basic Energy cards, which Standard allows from any set. Standard has allowed only the H, I and J marks since April 10, 2026. Every card in Crimson Invasion is legal in Expanded, which takes every set from Black & White on.
A reprint with a legal mark makes older printings of the same card legal again, so check a card's name before you rule it out.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did Crimson Invasion release?
November 3, 2017. Its set code is CIN.
How many cards are in Crimson Invasion?
124. The printed total is 111, and the 13 cards numbered above it are secret rares.
What is an Ultra Beast?
A Pokémon with Ultra Beast on the card, a subtype some Trainers check for. Crimson Invasion printed the first ones, thirteen in all.
What is the most valuable Crimson Invasion card?
The Rare Rainbow Gyarados-GX (112/111), at $81.54 on October 22, 2026, ahead of the Rare Ultra Lusamine (110/111) at $45.94. Prices move daily, so check each card's page for the current figure.
Track your Crimson Invasion cards.
Scan cards in by the set code and number at the bottom, see how much of the set you own, and value every copy from daily TCGplayer prices. Free to start.
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