Question 1

Is Blaine's Arcanine worth grading?

Accepted Answer

So is it worth sending Blaine's Arcanine off to get graded? Here's the honest breakdown: a raw copy runs $66, a Grade 9 jumps to $371, and a PSA 10 sits way up at $3,211, which works out to 48.5x the raw price. That's a big multiplier, and it's tempting, but gem mint on a card this old is genuinely tough to land. Centering, print lines, and edge wear from that era all work against you, and grading fees plus shipping and the wait time are real costs whether or not you pull a 10. If your copy already looks sharp in hand, it can be worth the gamble. If it's got visible wear, you're often better off enjoying it raw or selling as-is rather than betting on a top grade.

Question 2

How rare is Blaine's Arcanine?

Accepted Answer

Blaine's Arcanine carries the Rare Holo tag from Gym Challenge, a set that's now over two decades old, which already puts it in a tier collectors actively hunt for rather than stumble into. Cards from this era weren't printed with today's volume in mind, and the older a holo gets, the fewer clean copies tend to survive intact. That natural scarcity is part of why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and Grade 9 figures. Gem mint survivors from 2000 are simply rarer to come by than the raw market number alone suggests.

Question 3

Where can you pull Blaine's Arcanine?

Accepted Answer

This is where PackSpy's data actually earns its keep, because we track real pulls across pack sites, not just guide prices. Blaine's Arcanine has been pulled 200 or more times across sites like tilt-rips, collector-crypt, packs, courtyard, and mnstr, so it's far from a myth in modern openings. We've recorded pulls worth up to $646 at the high end. You'll most often see it turn up in packs like the Novice Pack, Pokemon Mini Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, XY Evolutions, and Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack. Worth saying plainly: opening packs is a gamble, and most rips don't beat what you paid, so treat these as fun odds rather than a guaranteed win.

Question 4

How much is Blaine's Arcanine worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Blaine's Arcanine is currently valued at $66. That's the baseline most collectors reference before factoring in grading, since condition can swing the price a lot from there.

Question 5

Is Blaine's Arcanine worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It depends on the condition of your copy. A Grade 9 brings $371 and a PSA 10 brings $3,211, which is 48.5x the raw price, but gem mint copies of a 2000 era card are genuinely hard to hit, so factor in grading costs and the real chance you land a lower grade.

Question 6

How much is a PSA 10 Blaine's Arcanine worth?

Accepted Answer

A PSA 10 Blaine's Arcanine is valued at $3,211, which is 48.5 times what the raw card sells for. It's the clearest example of how much gem mint condition matters on older holo cards like this one.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$2.8k	124	61 / 63
PSA 9	$356	981	778 / 203
PSA 8	$200	1,970	1,467 / 503
PSA 7	$143	1,517	1,219 / 298
PSA 6	$94	1,168	991 / 177
PSA 5	$73	775	659 / 116
PSA 4	$56	301	250 / 51
PSA 3	$47	133	112 / 21
PSA 2	$42	66	63 / 3
PSA 1	$100	93	93 / -
Raw / Ungraded	$73	-	-

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