Pokémon TCG API

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.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Free · Open access
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/pokemon-tcg.png
x-docs-platform: docusaurus
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-04
tags:
- Pokemon
- Trading Cards
- TCG
- Gaming
- Card Games
- Collectibles
- Card Prices
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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