Pokémon TCG · 2018 Set Guide

Ultra Prism Set Guide

The set that introduced Prism Star cards, one of each name per deck, and its value is in its full-art Supporters: the full-art Lillie is its most valuable card, ahead of Cynthia and Lusamine.

Five Ultra Prism chase cards fanned out: Leafeon-GX, Cynthia, Lillie in front, Lusamine and Giratina ◇.

Overview

Release date February 2, 2018
Set code UPR
Cards 156 numbered, 173 in total
Series Sun & Moon
Complete set as singles $2,343.90 on Oct 22
Regulation mark None, printed before regulation marks

Ultra Prism is the fifth Sun & Moon expansion: 156 cards up to the printed total and 17 secret rares above it (157 to 173).

It introduced Prism Star cards, marked with a ◇ after the name. You can have only one card of each Prism Star name in your deck, and a Prism Star card that would go to the discard pile goes to the Lost Zone instead. It has nine full-art Supporters, and three of them, Lillie, Cynthia and Lusamine, are the set's most valuable cards.

Cards and rarities

Ultra Prism has 173 cards. Every card shows its number over the printed total along the bottom, as in "1/156", next to the set code UPR.

RarityCardsWhat they are
Common45
Uncommon44
Rare23
Rare Holo13Holofoil art.
Rare Holo GX7Pokémon-GX, two Prize cards when Knocked Out.
Rare Prism Star6Prism Star cards, one of each name per deck. The first ones.
Rare Ultra18Full-art cards.
Rare Rainbow9Rainbow-foil full arts, numbered above the printed total.
Rare Secret8Numbered above the printed total.

The printed total is 156, so the 17 cards from 157 to 173 are secret rares. The catalog also files five more cards under this set with a letter after the number: Cynthia (119a), Escape Board (122a), Lillie (125a), Volkner (135a) and Lusamine (153a). 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

Pokémon-GX and the first Prism Star Pokémon:

Trainers worth knowing

Two Supporters, both also printed as full arts:

The chase card: Lillie

Rarity Rare Ultra
Card number 151/156
Market price, October 22, 2026 $468.18
Illustrator Naoki Saito

Ultra Prism's chase card is Lillie, numbered 151/156, a Rare Ultra, illustrated by Naoki Saito, at $468.18 on October 22, 2026.

The Rare Ultra Cynthia (148/156) was second at $242.83 and the Rare Ultra Lusamine (153/156) third at $162.86.

Lillie is printed twice in Ultra Prism. The Uncommon (125/156) was $0.32.

Every Lillie in Ultra Prism

VersionNumberMarket price, October 22, 2026
Uncommon 125/156$0.32
Rare Ultra 151/156$468.18

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

Full-art Supporters lead, Lillie first by a wide margin. The Prism Star Giratina and Darkrai follow.

CardRarityMarket price, October 22, 2026
Lillie Rare Ultra$468.18
Cynthia Rare Ultra$242.83
Lusamine Rare Ultra$162.86
Leafeon-GX Rare Rainbow$94.46
Giratina ◇ Rare Prism Star$90.99
Darkrai ◇ Rare Prism Star$85.79
Glaceon-GX Rare Rainbow$83.32

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 Ultra Prism, bought as singles, cost $2,343.90 on October 22, 2026. That is the 7th most expensive of the sixteen sets in the Sun & Moon series.

Complete set $2,343.90
Main set, 1 to 156 $1,705.04
17 secret rares $638.86
Top three cards $873.87 (37%)

The three most valuable cards, Lillie, Cynthia and Lusamine, come to $873.87, or 37% of the total. Without them the set costs $1,470.03. Of the 169 cards, 117 were under $2.00, together $43.02; the other 52 add up to $2,300.88.

Four cards had no TCGplayer price on file and aren't counted: two Unit Energy GrassFireWater cards and two Unit Energy LightningPsychicMetal cards.

Left out: five alternate printings the catalog files under this set with a letter after the number, Cynthia (119a), Escape Board (122a), Lillie (125a), Volkner (135a) and Lusamine (153a). They aren't part of the numbered 173.

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 Ultra Prism card carries a regulation mark, so none is Standard-legal as printed. Standard has allowed only the H, I and J marks since April 10, 2026. Ultra Prism is legal in Expanded, which takes every set from Black & White on, except for Oranguru (114/156), on the Expanded banned list.

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.

Standard, Expanded and deck building rules →

Frequently Asked Questions

When did Ultra Prism release?

February 2, 2018. Its set code is UPR.

How many cards are in Ultra Prism?

173. The printed total is 156, and the 17 cards numbered above it are secret rares.

What is a Prism Star card?

A card with ◇ after its name. You can't have more than one Prism Star card with the same name in your deck, and if one would go to your discard pile, it goes to the Lost Zone instead. Ultra Prism printed the first ones.

What is the most valuable Ultra Prism card?

The Rare Ultra Lillie (151/156), at $468.18 on October 22, 2026, ahead of the Rare Ultra Cynthia (148/156) at $242.83. Prices move daily, so check each card's page for the current figure.

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