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Mesprit leads the Pokémon TCG ranking with 1328 ELO points over 102 duels, ahead of Ceruledge and Feebas.

The psychic legend Mesprit claims the top spot with 1328 ELO points and a 64% win rate, edging out the fire and ghost type Ceruledge by 22 points. Ceruledge sits at 1306 ELO with a 63% win rate across 113 duels, while Feebas secures third place at 1292 ELO. The ranking's sharpest divide appears between Feebas and Magneton, a 24-point gap that separates the podium from the rest of the field. The strongest surprise comes from Feebas itself, the oft-overlooked fish Pokémon that reaches the top three despite its humble in-game reputation. At the bottom, Stunfisk languishes at 1008 ELO with a 28% win rate, falling 109 points behind the tenth-place Larvesta and suggesting the community finds little beauty in the flat, grimacing Ground type.

This ranking draws on 604 duels submitted by 18 players, weighing the aesthetic merits of 12 different AR cards. The data reflects community preferences as of 12 October 2026. Each duel pits two cards against each other, and every vote shifts the ELO ratings that determine these rankings. Head to the Pokémon TCG TopList to cast your own votes and shape the leaderboard. Whether Mesprit holds its lead or another contender climbs depends on the duels still to come.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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