Jungle: Snorlax Is the Pokémon Card to Chase

Jungle is the second Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion, released between Base Set and Fossil. This set's Snorlax holo sits among its rare cards, while a common Pikachu from the same set is worth only $6.04. Both cards are detailed on the Jungle set page.

What sets Snorlax apart in Jungle

The Snorlax rare holo shares its slot with the set's sixteen holographic cards, pulled from the same spot in the pack as the plain rares. That print rarity explains the gap with commons from the same pack: a vintage set's value rests on a handful of references, not on the whole print run. The full price history for this card is on Sixteen cards share that holo slot across the whole set, so the odds of any single one of them landing in a given pack are far longer than the odds of pulling a holo at all.the Snorlax card page.

The Snorlax holo price against the rest of the set

Pikachu remains a mainstay of the animated series, but its Jungle card is a common printed by the thousand, while Snorlax holds one of the set's sixteen holographic slots. The ratio between the two prices shows what a vintage set actually rewards: print rarity, not the popularity of the Pokémon shown.

A Jungle card is not judged by the Pokémon's name but by the slot it occupies in the pack. That is what separates a sought-after holo from a common pulled from the same pack, and it is the same mechanic that decides value across every vintage Pokémon set from that era.