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Pokémon TCG

Query Pokémon trading-card data — sets, cards, prices, and images

🎮 GamesDYINGchecked 4h ago
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Search the Pokémon Trading Card Game catalog by card, set, type, and more, with images and market prices attached. It works without a key at a lower rate limit; a free key raises the ceiling. All Pokémon intellectual property belongs to its owners.

32HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
Docs ↗
Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 32 · dying
Uptime history
17.6%90 days
15.0%30 days
797P50 · ms
4419P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 231 ms, slowest 4419 ms, most recent 797 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.pokemontcg.io/v2/sets?pageSize=1

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "base1",
      "name": "Base",
      "series": "Base",
      "printedTotal": 102,
      "total": 102,
      "releaseDate": "1999/01/09"
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "pageSize": 1,
  "totalCount": 173
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.pokemontcg.io/v2/sets?pageSize=1"
const res = await fetch("https://api.pokemontcg.io/v2/sets?pageSize=1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.pokemontcg.io/v2/sets?pageSize=1")
print(res.json())

BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET

Endpoints · 3DyingFULL DOCS ↗
Dying — error rate climbing on GET /sets?pageSize=1797 mschecked 4h ago
GET/sets?pageSize=1PROBED

Query Pokémon trading-card data — sets, cards, prices, and images

GET/sets?limit=5

Sets — documented GET route.

GET/sets?page=1

Sets — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Pokémon TCG: common questions

Is Pokémon TCG free to use?

Yes — Pokémon TCG is a free games API. Free tier: Free; no key ~1,000 req/day & 30/min, free key ~20,000 req/day (documented). Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Pokémon TCG need an API key?

No — Pokémon TCG needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Without key: ~30 req/min, 1,000 req/day (documented)).

Can I call Pokémon TCG from the browser?

Not directly — Pokémon TCG doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Pokémon TCG up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Pokémon TCG is dying with 17.6% uptime over 90 days and a 797 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.