Porygon · XY Evolutions, what to know.
About the Porygon card
Numbered 71 of 113 in XY Evolutions, released in November 2016, Porygon is an Uncommon, a Basic Colorless-type carrying 60 HP.
As a Basic Pokémon, Porygon needs no prior evolution to put into play, which made it a practical card in the era's decks.
Illustrated by Tomoaki Imakuni.
Porygon carries this Pokédex flavor text: "Using the most advanced technologies, scientists finally succeeded in making the first artificial Pokémon."
About Porygon in the Pokémon world
A polygonal data-construct Pokémon. The Pokémon famously banned from the anime after the 1997 flash incident. Base Set Uncommon Porygon has unusual cross-cultural collector interest because of the anime ban.
What is Porygon worth?
Porygon is an Uncommon, so raw copies are inexpensive and easy to find. The value is in condition: a genuine PSA 10, especially 1st Edition, can still reach a surprising figure for an otherwise common card. The live price above breaks it down by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Porygon before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
Porygon grades forgivingly, but the same centering and edge standards apply. Pack-fresh raw copies are easy to find, which makes a clean PSA 10 submission a low-cost way to learn how the cardstock behaves under grading.
If you are collecting Porygon
Raw copies of Porygon are inexpensive enough that grading rarely pays unless you have a clearly pack-fresh example. For set completion, a clean sleeved Porygon is the practical move.
