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Arcanine #13 value & price

Card 13UncommonFire · HP 120Illus. Ryo Ueda
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Reviewed by · Updated 25 Aug 2026
Ungraded market value
$1.99 7% · 1Y
PSA 9
$11
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$49

Arcanine is one of those cards that reminds you why Pokemon illustrations can feel like little paintings, this particular printing comes from the Japanese Incandescent Arcana set, released back in 2012, with artwork from Ryo Ueda that gives the fire dog a real sense of motion. It is an Uncommon, so it was never meant to be a chase card, but that has not stopped collectors from asking about Arcanine value years later. If you are trying to figure out how much is Arcanine worth today, the honest answer is that it sits at the affordable end of the hobby, and that is part of its charm.

Price history

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$0.00$14$28$42$562023202420252026$49PSA 10$12BGS 9.5$11Grade 9$10Grade 8$1.99Ungraded

Raw value is $1.99, up 7% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.17 in November 2022.

Raw
$1.99
1Y
▲ 7%
PSA 10
$49
PSA 9
$11
Population
164
Gem PSA 10
51
Upside
24.5×
All-time high
$3.17

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Arcanine price at every grade

Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 164 graded, only 51 are PSA 10.

GradeValuePopulation
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)$4951
PSA 9$1158
PSA 8$1053
PSA 7-2
PSA 6--
PSA 5--
PSA 4--
PSA 3--
PSA 2--
PSA 1--
Raw / Ungraded$1.99-

Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).

Card details

Card number
13
Rarity
Uncommon
Type
Fire
HP
120
Stage
Stage1
Weakness
Water ×2
Retreat cost
3
Illustrator
Ryo Ueda

Attacks

  • Crunch30
    Fire · Colorless

    Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.

  • Heat Blast70
    Fire · Colorless · Colorless
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The collector's take on Arcanine

Is Arcanine worth grading?

Here is the thing about grading: raw, this card sits at $2, and a PSA 10 brings $49, which works out to about 24.8 times the ungraded price. That sounds like a tempting jump, and it is, but gem mint 10s are genuinely hard to land, corners, centering and surface all have to cooperate. Grading fees, shipping and the wait time add up fast, and if your copy comes back a Grade 9 instead, you are looking at $11, a much smaller return. If you already own a copy that looks sharp under a loupe and you enjoy the process, it can be worth a shot, but do the math on grading costs first rather than assuming the PSA 10 price is a guarantee.

How rare is Arcanine?

Across all grading companies combined, only 164 copies of this Arcanine have ever been graded, and of those, 51 made it to PSA 10. That is a fairly small pool for a card that has been around since 2012, and it tells you two things: not many people bother sending an Uncommon like this in for grading, and when they do, the gem mint rate is not overwhelming. That kind of scarcity at the top end is exactly why a PSA 10 commands such a premium over the raw card, even for a card that was never rare on the shelf.

Where can you pull Arcanine?

We track real pulls across pack opening sites here at PackSpy, and as of now, Arcanine has not turned up in any tracked pack opening. That does not mean it does not exist out there, it just means this is not a card people are ripping and finding fresh very often. Realistically, if you want one, your best bet is the secondary market rather than hoping for a live pull, and that is worth knowing before you spend money on packs chasing it.

Questions people ask

How much is Arcanine worth?+

A raw, ungraded copy of Arcanine from Incandescent Arcana is valued at $2. It is an accessible card for most collectors, and its price reflects its Uncommon rarity rather than any scarcity in the wild.

Is Arcanine worth grading?+

It depends on your goals. A PSA 10 sells for $49 versus $2 raw, a solid multiple, but a Grade 9 only brings $11, so grading is a bit of a gamble unless your copy looks genuinely gem mint.

How much is a PSA 10 Arcanine worth?+

A PSA 10 Arcanine is valued at $49. Only 51 copies out of 164 total graded have reached that top grade, which helps explain the premium over raw and Grade 9 prices.

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