Pokémon TCG · 2004 Set Guide
FireRed & LeafGreen Set Guide
Kanto returns to the EX series: Charizard ex, Blastoise ex and Venusaur ex, Gengar ex at the top of the price list, and the legendary birds as secret rares.
Overview
FireRed & LeafGreen came out on September 1, 2004, with 116 cards: 99 Pokémon, 16 Trainers and Multi Energy. It brought the Kanto Pokémon of the Game Boy Advance remakes into the EX series, with nine Pokémon-ex including the three starters and Gengar ex.
Its printed total is 112. Above it sit Charmander and three more Pokémon-ex, Articuno ex, Moltres ex and Zapdos ex. It also printed VS Seeker and Celio's Network for the first time.
Cards and rarities
FireRed & LeafGreen has 116 cards. Every card shows its number over the printed total along the bottom, as in "4/112". The cards print a set symbol, not a set code; the code here is the short one the catalog and TurnZero HQ file the set under.
The printed total is 112, so Charmander and the three bird Pokémon-ex, 113 to 116, are secret rares. 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
Three Pokémon-ex and a holo:
Gengar ex
FireRed & LeafGreen #108
Poltergeist does 40 plus 10 for each Trainer in your opponent's hand; Prize Count adds 40 when you are behind.
Charizard ex
FireRed & LeafGreen #105
Energy Flame makes all its Energy Fire; Burn Down does 200 and ignores every effect on the Defending Pokémon.
Blastoise ex
FireRed & LeafGreen #104
Energy Rain attaches Water Energy from your hand as often as you like, a damage counter each time.
Snorlax
FireRed & LeafGreen #15
Rest Up heals 2 damage counters while it stays Asleep; Toss and Turn does 60 if it is Asleep.
Trainers worth knowing
Two Trainers first printed here:
The chase card: Gengar ex
FireRed & LeafGreen's chase card is Gengar ex, 108/112, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, at $1,399.99 on October 22, 2026.
It is worth more than twice Blastoise ex ($650.45), which is ahead of Charizard ex ($500.00) and Venusaur ex ($480.01). The secret Articuno ex was $325.45.
Gengar ex is printed once in the set.
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
Pokémon-ex, including two secret birds, priced as holofoil copies.
| Card | Rarity | Market price, October 22, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gengar ex | Rare Holo EX | $1,399.99 |
| Blastoise ex | Rare Holo EX | $650.45 |
| Charizard ex | Rare Holo EX | $500.00 |
| Venusaur ex | Rare Holo EX | $480.01 |
| Articuno ex | Rare Secret | $325.45 |
| Zapdos ex | Rare Secret | $270.42 |
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 FireRed & LeafGreen, bought as singles, cost $5,390.24 on October 22, 2026. That is the 8th most expensive of the sixteen sets in the EX series.
The three most valuable cards, Gengar ex, Blastoise ex and Charizard ex, come to $2,550.44, or 47% of the total. Without them the set costs $2,839.80. Of the 114 cards, 43 were under $2.00, together $40.09; the other 71 add up to $5,350.15.
Two cards had no TCGplayer price on file and aren't counted: Drowzee and PokéDex HANDY909.
Each card is counted at its cheapest priced variant, usually a Normal copy rather than a Reverse Holofoil, or a stamped promo copy where the catalog prices one lower, 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
FireRed & LeafGreen is not legal in Standard or Expanded as a set: Expanded starts with the Black & White series in 2011. The catalog marks eight of its 116 cards as legal anyway, five of them in Standard too.
They are Energy Switch, Great Ball, Poké Ball, Potion and Switch, legal in both formats; and Bill's Maintenance, Super Scoop Up and VS Seeker, legal in Expanded only.
Each shares its name and text with a later, legal printing, which is what makes an older copy playable. Every other card in the set is legal in neither format.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did FireRed & LeafGreen release?
September 1, 2004. It was the sixth set of the EX series.
How many cards are in FireRed & LeafGreen?
116. The printed total is 112, and Charmander, Articuno ex, Moltres ex and Zapdos ex are numbered 113 to 116.
What is the most valuable FireRed & LeafGreen card?
Gengar ex (108/112), at $1,399.99 on October 22, 2026, ahead of Blastoise ex at $650.45. Prices move daily, so check each card's page.
Which FireRed & LeafGreen cards are secret rares?
Charmander (113/112) and three Pokémon-ex: Articuno ex, Moltres ex and Zapdos ex, 114 to 116.
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