Blue's Tactics #231 value & price
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Blue's Tactics #231 comes out of the Unified Minds set, and it's the kind of card that quietly builds a following because of Blue himself, that classic trainer energy collectors love pairing with strong pull data. If you're checking Blue's Tactics value right now, the short answer is that a raw copy sits at $49, but the story gets more interesting once you look at graded copies. This page pulls together everything PackSpy has recorded on it, from real pack pulls to grading population, so you can see the full picture before you decide what it's worth to you.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $49, up 17% over the past year, with an all-time high of $55 in March 2026.
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Blue's Tactics price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,687 graded, only 714 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $214 | 714 | 643 / 71 |
| PSA 9 | $71 | 665 | 564 / 101 |
| PSA 8 | $36 | 239 | 168 / 71 |
| PSA 7 | $29 | 52 | 46 / 6 |
| PSA 6 | $23 | 8 | 7 / 1 |
| PSA 5 | $18 | 6 | 4 / 2 |
| PSA 4 | $15 | 2 | 2 / - |
| PSA 3 | $13 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 2 | $12 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $49 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
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The collector's take on Blue's Tactics
Is Blue's Tactics worth grading?
Here's the honest math on grading Blue's Tactics: a raw copy runs $49, but a PSA 10 sits at $643, which works out to 13.1x the ungraded price. That's a real jump, and it's tempting to send every copy you own off to get graded. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit, corners, centering and surface all have to line up, and grading fees plus shipping and the wait time add up whether or not you land that 10. A Grade 9 still brings $564, so a near-miss isn't a disaster, but it's worth being honest with yourself about the condition of your copy before you pay to find out. If it already looks sharp under a loupe, grading can make sense. If it's got soft corners or edge wear, you might be paying to confirm what you already suspected.
How rare is Blue's Tactics?
Across every grading company combined, there are 1,687 graded copies of Blue's Tactics on record, and of those, 714 have earned the top PSA 10 grade. That's actually a meaningful chunk landing at gem mint, more than four in ten graded copies, which tells you this card isn't impossible to find in top condition when a clean copy goes in. It's not a card defined by scarcity at the very top end, but the population numbers do help explain why the PSA 10 price sits where it does relative to raw, and why a clean Grade 9 still holds solid value of its own.
Where can you pull Blue's Tactics?
This is where PackSpy's tracking actually earns its keep, because we don't just quote a price guide, we log real pulls as they happen across pack sites and courtyard breaks. Blue's Tactics has been recorded 4 times so far, showing up in openings tied to Indigo League Challenge and The Amazing Chase Encore, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $85. Four recorded pulls isn't a lot, so this isn't a card you should expect to open on demand, most collectors who want one end up buying it outright on the secondary market. But it does confirm the card is still circulating through packs occasionally, and if you're chasing it live, those are the products where we've actually seen it land. Worth remembering too that opening packs is a gamble by nature, most rips don't cover their cost, so chase Blue's Tactics for the fun of the hunt, not as a guaranteed return.
Questions people ask
How much is Blue's Tactics worth?+
A raw, ungraded copy of Blue's Tactics is valued at $49. Graded copies are worth considerably more, with a Grade 9 sitting at $564 and a PSA 10 at $643, so condition and certification make a big difference to the price.
Is Blue's Tactics worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 13.1x the raw price of $49, working out to $643. But gem mint copies aren't guaranteed, grading costs money regardless of outcome, and a Grade 9 still brings a solid $564, so it depends on how confident you are in your copy's condition.
How much is a PSA 10 Blue's Tactics worth?+
A PSA 10 Blue's Tactics is valued at $643. Out of 1,687 total graded copies on record, 714 have achieved that PSA 10 grade, which helps explain where that price sits relative to raw and Grade 9 copies.
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