Pokémon Card Database

Card information for Pokemon TCG. Potential use for data analysis.

Card Download

Official and unofficial sources, such as tcgo, tcgl, carddex, pokemon.com, pkmncards.com, etc. (malie.io)

English version

Info source: pkmncards

Image source: malie.io

Japanese Version

Source: Official Japan Pokemon Card Website

Card Data

Good reference: malie.io Pokémon Trading Card Game export format, it has great illustration of different fields.

Example:

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{
    "language": "en-US",    [REQUIRED]
    "jp_id": "",            [REQUIRED]
    "url": "https://pkmncards.com/card/golisopod-sun-moon-promos-smp-sm52/",
                            [REQUIRED]
    "img": "https://pkmncards.com/wp-content/uploads/en_US-Promo_SM-SM52-golisopod.jpg", 
                            [REQUIRED]
    "card_type": "Pokemon", [REQUIRED] 
                                
    "sub_type": "",         [OPTIONAL]
                                
                                
    "name": "Golisopod",    [REQUIRED]
    "authors": ["Naoki Saito"], 
                            [OPTIONAL]
    "regulation": "",       [OPTIONAL]
                                
    "set_name": "SM PROMO", [REQUIRED]
    "set_img": "",          [OPTIONAL]
    "number": "SM52",       [REQUIRED]
    "rarity": "PROMO",      [OPTIONAL]
    "tags": [],             [OPTIONAL]
                                
    "technical_machine_rule": "",
                            [OPTIONAL]
    "abilities": [
        {
            "name": "Armor",
            "text": "This Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).",
        },
    ],                      [OPTIONAL]
    "ancient_trait": {
        "name": "",
        "effect": "",
    },                      [OPTIONAL]
    "poke_power": {
        "name": "",
        "effect": "",
    },                      [OPTIONAL]
    "poke_body": {
        "name": "",
        "effect": "",
    },                      [OPTIONAL]
    "held_item": {
        "item": "",
        "effect": "",
    },                      [OPTIONAL]
    "held_berry": {
        "berry": "",
        "effect": "",
    },                      [OPTIONAL]
    "attack": [
        {
            "cost": ["Grass", "Colorless", "Colorless"],
            "name": "Resolute Claws",
            "damage": {
                "amount": 80,
                "suffix": "+",
            },
            "text": "If your opponent’s Active Pokémon is a Pokémon-GX or a Pokémon-EX, this attack does 70 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance).",
        },
    ],                      [OPTIONAL]
    "vstar_power": {}       [OPTIONAL]
    "reminder": "",         [OPTIONAL]
                                
    "rule_box": {
        "name": "",             
        "rule": "",             
    },                      [OPTIONAL]
    "effect": "",           [OPTIONAL]
                                
    "tera_effect": "",      [OPTIONAL]
                                
    "stage": "STAGE1",      [REQUIRED]
    "evolve_from": "Wimpod",
                            [REQUIRED]
    "hp": 130,              [REQUIRED]
    "types": ["Grass"],     [REQUIRED]
    "weakness": {
        "types": ["Fire"],
        "value": "×2",
    },                      [OPTIONAL]
    "resistance": {
        "types": [],
        "value": "",
    },                      [OPTIONAL]
    "retreat": 2,           [REQUIRED]
    "flavor_text": "With a flashing slash of its giant sharp claws, it cleaves seawater—or even air—right in two.",
                            [OPTIONAL]
    "pokedex_number": 768,  [OPTIONAL]
    "pokemon_category": "Hard Scale Pokémon",
                            [OPTIONAL]
    "height": "6'07\"",     [OPTIONAL]
    "weight": "238.1 lbs",  [OPTIONAL]
}

Omitted:

• name
  • "subtitle": e.g., "Profesor Turo" in "Professor's Research"
  • "prefix": e.g., "Paldean" in Paldean Pokemon
  • "suffix": e.g., "with Grey Felt Hat" in Van Gogh Pikachu
• "copyright": {"text": "©2024 Pokémon / Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK", ...}

Type symbols:

{G}	{R}	{W}	{L}	{P}	{F}	{D}	{M}	{Y}	{N}	{C}

Gender symbols: E.g., Nidoran♀

UTF-8	JSON unicode
♀	\u2640
♂	\u2642

English Rarity key, SV1-onwards:

											[ACE]
promo	common	uncommon	rare	double rare	ultra rare	illustration rare	special illustration rare	hyper rare	shiny rare	shiny ultra rare	ace spec rare

Downloaded data

Japanese version

• Info

  • Card content: data_jp/
    • /data_jp/set_name/<individual-card>.json
    • set_name is automatically scraped from the set image under the card image shown on the webpage
    • Last jp downloaded time: November 15, 2024
    • Last jp downloaded card_id: 46661
  • Logs: logs/
    • scrape_jp_log: Information on scraping cards
    • log_file: for debugging
    • scraped_jp_id_list: card ids for scraped cards
    • question_jp_id_list: card ids for dubious scraping results
    • error_jp_id_list: card ids that has no webpage

• Image

  • Set package cover: See table here
  • Card image: Haven't downloaded, but the urls for image are saved in their .json files
  • Set logo imgae: Same as above
  • Rarity image: Same as above

English version

• Info

  • Card content: data_en/

    • /data_en/series/set_name/<individual-card>.json
    • series and set_name are automatically scraped from the set image under the card image shown on the webpage
    • Last en downloaded time: November 15, 2024
    • Last en downloaded card_id: SVP128

  • Logs: logs/

    • scrape_en_log: Information on scraping cards
    • log_file: for debugging
    • scraped_en_set_list: set names for downloaded cards