What to target in Perfect Order

The top 10 cards are 83% of the set’s $649.00 estimated singles cost — plan these first and the rest follows on a normal budget.

The value math on Perfect Order is blunt: the chase cards account for the overwhelming majority of the set's total cost, and within that, two cards do most of the heavy lifting. Meowth ex's Special Illustration Rare and the Mega Zygarde ex Mega Hyper Rare sit in the upper band together, and everything else — the Mega Zygarde SIR, Mega Clefable, Mega Starmie, Rosa's Encouragement, Jacinthe — clusters a tier below them. That's a friendly shape for collectors: you know exactly what you're chasing and you're not staring at a dozen individually expensive cards.

Where love and price diverge is worth flagging. Meowth ex is the card people actually want on aesthetics — it's an instantly recognizable Pokémon with a charming illustration, and demand reflects genuine affection rather than playability. Mega Zygarde ex commands its spot on rarity and the novelty of Zygarde finally getting a mega. The trainer SIRs (Rosa's Encouragement, Jacinthe) live and die on how much you like the character art, which makes them the most personal buys in the set. The Clefairy illustration rare and the ultra rares like Poké Pad are the sleeper picks — inexpensive, attractive, and the kind of cards that make a binder page sing without draining the budget.

#	Card	Number	Rarity	Market	PSA 10
1	Mega Zygarde ex	#124	Mega Hyper Rare	$132.89	$615.00
2	Meowth ex	#121	Special Illustration Rare	$128.80	$365.00
3	Mega Zygarde ex	#120	Special Illustration Rare	$61.71	$209.89
4	Mega Clefable ex	#119	Special Illustration Rare	$53.97	$172.97
5	Rosa's Encouragement	#123	Special Illustration Rare	$53.20	$229.99
6	Mega Starmie ex	#118	Special Illustration Rare	$41.34	$183.37
7	Jacinthe	#122	Special Illustration Rare	$24.67	$150.14
8	Clefairy	#94	Illustration Rare	$20.56	$164.36
9	Meowth ex	#107	Ultra Rare	$11.33	$133.01
10	Poké Pad	#113	Ultra Rare	$10.48	$81.00

How Perfect Order is built

The smart way to complete Perfect Order

The smart approach to Perfect Order is to separate the base set from the secret block. The 88-card printed set comes together fast from a box or two of packs, so treat that as your foundation, then attack the 36-card secret tier as a targeted singles hunt. Because value concentrates so heavily at the top, buying the expensive SIRs individually is almost always cheaper and faster than chasing them through pack odds.

Singles or sealed?

For Perfect Order, sealed product makes the most sense if you enjoy the act of opening and want the base set plus a shot at hits — the base 88 cards fall out of a box quickly. But because the set's cost is so lopsided toward two or three specific cards, anyone whose goal is the chase list should buy singles. Ripping packs to hit a specific SIR is a losing proposition here; the pull-rate math almost never beats simply buying the card. Use packs for the fun and the foundation, use singles for the targets.

Sealed product comparison

Perfect Order pull-rate estimates

Community-estimated era averages from large pack-opening aggregates — not official Pokémon data. “Specific card” is the expected packs for ONE particular card of that rarity.

Which Perfect Order cards are worth grading?

Grading in Perfect Order is a top-tier play. The cards that reward the fees are the ones with both the price and the demand to justify them — Mega Zygarde ex, Meowth ex, and Rosa's Encouragement lead that group, with Yveltal ex also worth a look. These are the cards where a clean gem-grade copy meaningfully outruns a raw one, so if you pull or buy pristine examples they're the natural candidates for slabbing.

For everything below that tier, grading is generally a wash or a loss once you price in the fee — the lower-band SIRs and ultra rares don't yet carry the graded premium to make it worthwhile, and the base set certainly doesn't. The live EV figures on this page will tell you where the line sits at any given moment; as a rule, keep grading to the headline cards and enjoy the rest raw.

Tier 1 — grade theseWorth grading

Positive expected value after ~$25 fees at live PSA prices and this set's real gem rates.

Mega Zygarde ex #124raw $132.89 → PSA 10 $615.00 4.6×EV +$207.94Meowth ex #121raw $128.80 → PSA 10 $365.00 2.8×EV +$171.91Mega Zygarde ex #120raw $61.71 → PSA 10 $209.89 3.4×EV +$95.15Mega Clefable ex #119raw $53.97 → PSA 10 $172.97 3.2×EV +$77.42Rosa's Encouragement #123raw $53.20 → PSA 10 $229.99 4.3×EV +$129.30Mega Starmie ex #118raw $41.34 → PSA 10 $183.37 4.4×EV +$92.23

Tier 3 — personal collectionCollection only

Fees eat most of the margin. Grade to preserve a pristine pull, not for profit.

Poké Pad #113raw $10.48 → PSA 10 $81.00 7.7×

Premiums and EV use tonight’s PSA prices and this set’s real gem rates — not projections.

What collectors say about Perfect Order

Creators on Perfect Order

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Protect your Perfect Order cards

This set has 2 cards worth $100+ — sleeve-and-toploader territory at minimum, and the chase cards deserve double-sleeving.

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Where Perfect Order goes from here

Perfect Order is a current, in-print set, which means supply is ample and sealed prices sit near their floor while product is on shelves. That's the normal life cycle: expect the base and mid tiers to stay cheap, and expect the headline cards — Meowth ex and Mega Zygarde ex especially — to hold demand on the strength of the Pokémon themselves rather than playability. Character-driven and iconic-Pokémon SIRs have historically been the cards that appreciate once a set goes out of print, and this set's top tier fits that mold.

The honest read: the concentration that makes the set easy to understand also caps its breadth as a long-term hold. There's no deep bench of cards likely to climb — value will live and die with a handful of chases. Reprint risk is the standard caveat for any active-era set, so don't expect fireworks while product is still being made. This is collect-what-you-love territory: buy the cards whose art you actually want to look at, and let the top two ride if you believe in Zygarde and Meowth.

Not financial advice — live prices and trends are above, collect what you love.

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