Are there Christmas Pokémon cards?
Pokémon has never released a Christmas set. What you get instead are cards whose artwork is plainly Christmas: a decorated tree, presents by the fireplace, Pokémon in the snow. On top of that come the Holiday Calendar promos, the closest thing to official Christmas cards.
The four cards below are the most Christmas of them all.
The most Christmas Pokémon cards
The snowflake stamp promos from the Holiday Calendar
The Pokémon TCG Holiday Calendar is an advent calendar with booster packs and promo cards. The 2022 calendar came out on September 1, 2022. Its eight promos all carry a snowflake stamp: Pikachu SWSH153, which was new, plus reprints of Delibird, Abomasnow, Beartic, Lapras, Eiscue V and Ice Rider Calyrex V and VMAX.
A new calendar has followed every year, each with its own snowflake-stamped cards. The 2025 calendar includes Glaceon ex, Cryogonal and Vanillish.
From the 2022 Holiday Calendar
Pikachu came with the snowflake stamp. The Delibird reprint uses the fireplace art from Chilling Reign.
Delibird, the Santa Claus of Pokémon
Delibird is red and white, and it carries food in its tail like a sack of presents. Its first English card, from Neo Revelation in 2001, puts that in the flavour text: "It carries food all day long. There are tales about lost people who were saved by the food it had." The attack is even called Present.
Since then Delibird has turned up in almost every era, usually in the snow. The Chilling Reign card has it with presents by a fire, and the Mega Evolution illustration rare shows a whole group of Delibird in the snow.
Delibird through the years
Reindeer and snow Pokémon
For reindeer, collectors turn to the deer Pokémon: Stantler, Sawsbuck in its white Winter Form and Wyrdeer, which evolves from Stantler. The Chilling Reign Sawsbuck even has an attack called Winter Horn.
Winter themed cards are easy to find. Snorunt from the Generations Radiant Collection shows two Snorunt next to a snow sculpture, and the Japanese promo Sapporo's Pikachu puts Pikachu in the snow, with an attack called Snow Party.
Reindeer and snow scenes
Winter illustration rares
Recent sets have some of the best snowy artwork. Snom from Temporal Forces hangs from a branch between icicles, Froslass from Twilight Masquerade stands in a Japanese house on a snowy night, and Frosmoth from the Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery shares the scene with its trainer.
Snowy illustration rares
How much do Christmas Pokémon cards cost?
Most of them are cheap, which makes them good gifts. In late October 2026, the Cardmarket prices Pooka tracks put Expedition Flaaffy at about €5, the Mega Evolution Delibird at about €3 and the Snom and Froslass illustration rares under €10. Pikachu SWSH153 with its snowflake stamp sells for about €29.
The Neo Revelation Delibird is about €35. The expensive ones are the Glaceon VMAX alt art, at about €210, and Sapporo's Pikachu, a Japanese promo from the reopening of Pokémon Center Sapporo, at about €400.
All cards in this guide
| Card | Set | Rarity | Released | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Flaaffy #77 | Expedition Base Set | Uncommon | 2002 |
 | Delibird #32 | Chilling Reign | Common | 2021 |
 | Delibird #152 | Mega Evolution | Illustration Rare | 2025 |
 | Glaceon VMAX #209 | Evolving Skies | Rare Rainbow | 2021 |
 | Pikachu #153 | SWSH Black Star Promos | Promo | 2019 |
| Delibird #32 | Chilling Reign | Common | 2021 |
 | Delibird #5 | Neo Revelation | Rare Holo | 2001 |
 | Delibird #39 | HeartGold & SoulSilver | Uncommon | 2010 |
 | Delibird #46 | Paldea Evolved | Common | 2023 |
| Delibird #152 | Mega Evolution | Illustration Rare | 2025 |
 | Stantler #113 | Secret Wonders | Common | 2007 |
 | Sawsbuck #12 | Chilling Reign | Rare | 2021 |
 | Wyrdeer #69 | Astral Radiance | Rare Holo | 2022 |
 | Snorunt #7 | Generations | Common | 2016 |
 | Sapporo's Pikachu #5 | Sun & Moon Promos | Promo | 2016 |
 | Snom #168 | Temporal Forces | Illustration Rare | 2024 |
 | Froslass #174 | Twilight Masquerade | Illustration Rare | 2024 |
 | Frosmoth #4 | Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery | Trainer Gallery Rare Holo | 2022 |
