Pokémon TCG API

The Pokémon TCG API is a free, community-run REST API created and maintained by Andrew Backes that serves Pokémon Trading Card Game data - more than 20,000 cards across 170+ sets, from Base Set onward. Every card carries full gameplay data (attacks, abilities, weaknesses, resistances, retreat costs), format legalities, high-resolution card images, and daily-updated market prices from TCGplayer and Cardmarket. A Lucene-like query syntax supports keyword, phrase, wildcard, exact, range, and nested-field searches across every field. The API works without authentication at a reduced rate limit; a free API key from the developer portal, sent in the X-Api-Key header, raises the limits. Official SDKs cover Python, Ruby, JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, Kotlin, PHP, Go, Dart, and Elixir.

Pokémon TCG API publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Cards API, Metadata API, and Sets API. Tagged areas include Pokemon, Trading Cards, TCG, Gaming, and Card Games.

Pokémon TCG API’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 12 more developer resources.

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41.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 34/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreeOpen⚡ Free to try
3 APIs
PokemonTrading CardsTCGGamingCard GamesCollectiblesCard Prices

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 41.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 16.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 34/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Pokémon TCG API Cards API

Individual Pokémon, Trainer, and Energy cards with full gameplay data, images, legalities, and market prices.

Pokémon TCG API Metadata API

The controlled vocabularies used across cards - energy types, card subtypes, supertypes, and rarities.

Pokémon TCG API Sets API

Trading card game sets (expansions), from Base Set onward.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Pokémon TCG API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Pokemon Tcg Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Pokemon Tcg Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Pokemon Tcg Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Pokemon Tcg Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Pokemon Tcg Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Pokemon Tcg Agentic Access

8 operations

8 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

PortalSignup
PortalSignup

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 RateLimitsDocumentation
RateLimitsDocumentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Errors
Errors

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: pokemon-tcg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pokemon-tcg/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Pokémon TCG API
kind: organization
description: The Pokémon TCG API is a free, community-run REST API created and maintained by Andrew Backes that serves Pokémon
  Trading Card Game data - more than 20,000 cards across 170+ sets, from Base Set onward. Every card carries full gameplay
  data (attacks, abilities, weaknesses, resistances, retreat costs), format legalities, high-resolution card images, and daily-updated
  market prices from TCGplayer and Cardmarket. A Lucene-like query syntax supports keyword, phrase, wildcard, exact, range,
  and nested-field searches across every field. The API works without authentication at a reduced rate limit; a free API key
  from the developer portal, sent in the X-Api-Key header, raises the limits. Official SDKs cover Python, Ruby, JavaScript,
  TypeScript, C#, Kotlin, PHP, Go, Dart, and Elixir.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Free · Open access
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/pokemon-tcg.png
tags:
- Pokemon
- Trading Cards
- TCG
- Gaming
- Card Games
- Collectibles
- Card Prices
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: pokemon-tcg:pokemon-tcg-cards-api
  name: Pokémon TCG API Cards API
  description: Individual Pokémon, Trainer, and Energy cards with full gameplay data, images, legalities, and market prices.
  humanURL: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/cards/search-cards
  baseURL: https://api.pokemontcg.io/v2
  tags:
  - Cards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pokemon-tcg-cards-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/cards/card-object
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/cards/search-cards
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/sets/set-object
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/sets/search-sets
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/types/get-types
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/rarities/get-rarities
- aid: pokemon-tcg:pokemon-tcg-metadata-api
  name: Pokémon TCG API Metadata API
  description: The controlled vocabularies used across cards - energy types, card subtypes, supertypes, and rarities.
  humanURL: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/cards/search-cards
  baseURL: https://api.pokemontcg.io/v2
  tags:
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pokemon-tcg-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/cards/card-object
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/cards/search-cards
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/sets/set-object
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/sets/search-sets
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/types/get-types
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/rarities/get-rarities
- aid: pokemon-tcg:pokemon-tcg-sets-api
  name: Pokémon TCG API Sets API
  description: Trading card game sets (expansions), from Base Set onward.
  humanURL: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/cards/search-cards
  baseURL: https://api.pokemontcg.io/v2
  tags:
  - Sets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pokemon-tcg-sets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/cards/card-object
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/cards/search-cards
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/sets/set-object
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/sets/search-sets
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/types/get-types
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/api-reference/rarities/get-rarities
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/pokemon-tcg-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pokemon-tcg-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/pokemon-tcg-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://pokemontcg.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/PokemonTCG
- type: PortalSignup
  url: https://dev.pokemontcg.io
- type: SDKs
  url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/sdks/overview
- type: RateLimitsDocumentation
  url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/getting-started/rate-limits
- type: Authentication
  url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/getting-started/authentication
- type: Errors
  url: https://docs.pokemontcg.io/getting-started/errors
- type: Plans
  url: plans/pokemon-tcg-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/pokemon-tcg-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/pokemon-tcg-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com