What Completing a Set’s Illustration Rares Costs Right Now
The current total of the cheapest English asks for every Illustration Rare and Special Illustration Rare, set by set, refreshed weekly.
Data refreshed weekly · page generated on 2026-09-24.
Completing a set's Illustration Rares currently runs from €237.00 to €3,763.00 depending on the set.
The total sums, per set, the cheapest English listing of every Illustration Rare and Special Illustration Rare we track, recomputed on every visit.
The current ranking
| Set | Priced IR/SIRs | Total cost (EN floors) |
|---|---|---|
| Ascended Heroes | 52 | €3,763.00 |
| Prismatic Evolutions | 26 | €3,442.00 |
| Black Bolt | 75 | €1,589.00 |
| White Flare | 76 | €1,437.00 |
| 151 | 21 | €1,377.00 |
| Destined Rivals | 31 | €1,281.00 |
| Paldea Evolved | 45 | €952.00 |
| Paldean Fates | 6 | €942.00 |
| Phantasmal Flames | 17 | €777.00 |
| Surging Sparks | 30 | €741.00 |
| Mega Evolution | 28 | €726.00 |
| Paradox Rift | 43 | €615.00 |
| Twilight Masquerade | 28 | €600.00 |
| Temporal Forces | 28 | €513.00 |
| Scarlet & Violet | 30 | €418.00 |
| Pitch Black | 17 | €403.00 |
| Journey Together | 17 | €338.00 |
| Shrouded Fable | 19 | €314.00 |
| Chaos Rising | 15 | €304.00 |
| Stellar Crown | 17 | €291.00 |
| Perfect Order | 15 | €277.00 |
| Obsidian Flames | 16 | €237.00 |
How to read the total
Treat the total as a theoretical floor. You cannot buy it in one click: the cheapest listings sit with dozens of different sellers, shipping stacks up, and some will sell before you get to them. The number of priced cards also differs per set. A set with 20 tracked IRs does not compare to one with 75. Click any set for the card-by-card detail, with French and English floors side by side.
Why English floors?
English is the deepest market on Cardmarket, which makes the total the most stable week to week. For most recent sets, chasing the full set in French costs more. We measured that gap in our French vs English comparison.
Method and limits
- Total = the sum of the cheapest English asks (Near Mint or better) across each set's priced Illustration Rares and Special Illustration Rares; sets with at least 5 priced cards.
- Asking prices, captured weekly; shipping excluded.
- Per-set coverage depends on our catalog; the "priced" column states the exact basis of each total.