{
 "about": "Counts of Pokémon Trading Card Game sets and cards, as the public catalog TCGdex lists them.",
 "page": "https://kiradex.app/numbers",
 "source": "https://tcgdex.dev",
 "counted": "2026-10-04",
 "notes": [
  "Each numbered card in a set counts once; other finishes of the same number are not counted again.",
  "Printed cards only, unless a figure says otherwise; the phone game's digital cards are counted apart.",
  "Only sets the catalog lists card by card are counted; it names more, mostly older Japanese sets, without their cards."
 ],
 "printRuns": {
  "en": {
   "sets": 201,
   "cards": 21256,
   "entriesWithoutACardList": 4,
   "digitalSets": 15,
   "digitalCards": 2480,
   "pictured": 19666,
   "kinds": {
    "Pokémon": 17825,
    "Trainer": 2863,
    "Energy": 568
   },
   "firstSet": {
    "name": "Base Set",
    "released": "1999-01-09"
   },
   "newestSet": {
    "name": "30th Classic Collection",
    "released": "2026-09-16"
   }
  },
  "ja": {
   "sets": 116,
   "cards": 12781,
   "entriesWithoutACardList": 68,
   "digitalSets": 0,
   "digitalCards": 0,
   "pictured": 3882,
   "kinds": {
    "Pokémon": 9745,
    "Trainer": 2113,
    "Energy": 258
   },
   "firstSet": {
    "name": "拡張パック",
    "released": "1996-10-20"
   },
   "newestSet": {
    "name": "ストームエメラルダ",
    "released": "2026-07-31"
   }
  }
 },
 "setsByYear": [
  {
   "year": 1996,
   "en": 0,
   "ja": 1
  },
  {
   "year": 1997,
   "en": 0,
   "ja": 3
  },
  {
   "year": 1998,
   "en": 0,
   "ja": 1
  },
  {
   "year": 1999,
   "en": 4,
   "ja": 1
  },
  {
   "year": 2000,
   "en": 5,
   "ja": 3
  },
  {
   "year": 2001,
   "en": 3,
   "ja": 4
  },
  {
   "year": 2002,
   "en": 4,
   "ja": 4
  },
  {
   "year": 2003,
   "en": 6,
   "ja": 0
  },
  {
   "year": 2004,
   "en": 8,
   "ja": 3
  },
  {
   "year": 2005,
   "en": 6,
   "ja": 3
  },
  {
   "year": 2006,
   "en": 8,
   "ja": 3
  },
  {
   "year": 2007,
   "en": 9,
   "ja": 0
  },
  {
   "year": 2008,
   "en": 6,
   "ja": 0
  },
  {
   "year": 2009,
   "en": 6,
   "ja": 0
  },
  {
   "year": 2010,
   "en": 7,
   "ja": 0
  },
  {
   "year": 2011,
   "en": 8,
   "ja": 0
  },
  {
   "year": 2012,
   "en": 6,
   "ja": 0
  },
  {
   "year": 2013,
   "en": 6,
   "ja": 0
  },
  {
   "year": 2014,
   "en": 10,
   "ja": 0
  },
  {
   "year": 2015,
   "en": 8,
   "ja": 2
  },
  {
   "year": 2016,
   "en": 8,
   "ja": 2
  },
  {
   "year": 2017,
   "en": 9,
   "ja": 12
  },
  {
   "year": 2018,
   "en": 6,
   "ja": 11
  },
  {
   "year": 2019,
   "en": 9,
   "ja": 10
  },
  {
   "year": 2020,
   "en": 6,
   "ja": 0
  },
  {
   "year": 2021,
   "en": 9,
   "ja": 6
  },
  {
   "year": 2022,
   "en": 10,
   "ja": 9
  },
  {
   "year": 2023,
   "en": 11,
   "ja": 11
  },
  {
   "year": 2024,
   "en": 7,
   "ja": 12
  },
  {
   "year": 2025,
   "en": 9,
   "ja": 11
  },
  {
   "year": 2026,
   "en": 6,
   "ja": 4
  }
 ],
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  {
   "name": "Ascended Heroes",
   "cards": 295,
   "year": 2026,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/sets/me02.5"
  },
  {
   "name": "Fusion Strike",
   "cards": 284,
   "year": 2021,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/sets/swsh8"
  },
  {
   "name": "Paldea Evolved",
   "cards": 279,
   "year": 2023,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/sets/sv02"
  },
  {
   "name": "Cosmic Eclipse",
   "cards": 271,
   "year": 2019,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/sets/sm12"
  },
  {
   "name": "Paradox Rift",
   "cards": 266,
   "year": 2023,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/sets/sv04"
  }
 ],
 "mostPrinted": [
  {
   "name": "Pikachu",
   "english": 228,
   "japanese": 64,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/cards/pikachu"
  },
  {
   "name": "Charizard",
   "english": 112,
   "japanese": 57,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/cards/charizard"
  },
  {
   "name": "Unown",
   "english": 97,
   "japanese": 54,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/cards/unown"
  },
  {
   "name": "Eevee",
   "english": 91,
   "japanese": 50,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/cards/eevee"
  },
  {
   "name": "Mewtwo",
   "english": 91,
   "japanese": 35,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/cards/mewtwo"
  },
  {
   "name": "Raichu",
   "english": 76,
   "japanese": 39,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/cards/raichu"
  },
  {
   "name": "Meowth",
   "english": 68,
   "japanese": 29,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/cards/meowth"
  },
  {
   "name": "Lucario",
   "english": 64,
   "japanese": 31,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/cards/lucario"
  },
  {
   "name": "Gyarados",
   "english": 61,
   "japanese": 25,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/cards/gyarados"
  },
  {
   "name": "Rayquaza",
   "english": 60,
   "japanese": 19,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/cards/rayquaza"
  }
 ],
 "illustrators": 410,
 "mostCredited": [
  {
   "name": "5ban Graphics",
   "cards": 1784,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/illustrators/5ban-graphics"
  },
  {
   "name": "Ken Sugimori",
   "cards": 1123,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/illustrators/ken-sugimori"
  },
  {
   "name": "Mitsuhiro Arita",
   "cards": 741,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/illustrators/mitsuhiro-arita"
  },
  {
   "name": "Kouki Saitou",
   "cards": 726,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/illustrators/kouki-saitou"
  },
  {
   "name": "Kagemaru Himeno",
   "cards": 710,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/illustrators/kagemaru-himeno"
  },
  {
   "name": "Masakazu Fukuda",
   "cards": 521,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/illustrators/masakazu-fukuda"
  },
  {
   "name": "Ryo Ueda",
   "cards": 464,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/illustrators/ryo-ueda"
  },
  {
   "name": "Atsuko Nishida",
   "cards": 441,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/illustrators/atsuko-nishida"
  },
  {
   "name": "Midori Harada",
   "cards": 381,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/illustrators/midori-harada"
  },
  {
   "name": "Shin Nagasawa",
   "cards": 353,
   "page": "https://kiradex.app/illustrators/shin-nagasawa"
  }
 ]
}