Professor Oak

Base 88/102 • uncommon

Set: Base
Number: 88/102
Rarity: Uncommon
Released: 1999
Market price: $1.76
Artist: Ken Sugimori

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Market

What it's worth

$1.76market price via TCGplayer · Sep 21, 2026$1.20 – $2.42 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As one of the original Trainer cards from the 1999 Base Set, Professor Oak remains a foundational piece of Pokémon TCG history. Its powerful ability to discard your hand and draw seven new cards established a standard for card draw mechanics that influenced competitive play for many years.

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Card face

What it does

Discard your hand, then draw 7 cards.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
ExpandedNot legal
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Provenance

Where it came from

The Professor Oak card was introduced as part of the initial Base Set of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, released by Wizards of the Coast in North America in 1999. It served as a fundamental component of the game's early engine, designed to accelerate gameplay by allowing a player to discard their hand and draw seven new cards. This effect made it one of the most powerful and ubiquitous cards in the competitive landscape of the late 1990s.

The card’s illustration was created by Ken Sugimori, the lead designer and character illustrator for the Pokémon franchise. Sugimori’s art style for the Base Set established the visual identity of the series, portraying Professor Oak as a friendly, academic figure. The card was widely praised by players for its balance-shifting utility, quickly becoming a staple in nearly every competitive deck construction during its tenure in the Standard format.

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Other printings

Others named Professor Oak

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Professor OakBase Set 2 · #116/130 · uncommon · 2000$1.36

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