Brock's Sandslash #23 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 5 Sept 2026Related Brock's Sandslash & chase cards
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Brock's Sandslash is one of the fan-favorite Rare Holos from the Gym Heroes set, released back in 2000, and it still turns heads thanks to Ken Sugimori's artwork. If you're trying to pin down Brock's Sandslash value, the short answer is that a raw copy runs about $12, with real jumps in price once you get into graded territory. It's not a card that will fund a vacation, but it's a nice piece of early Gym-era nostalgia that a lot of collectors like having in their binders.
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Card details
- Set
- Gym Heroes
- Card number
- 23 of 132
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Fighting
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Grass x2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- NeedlesFighting · Fighting
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed and Poisoned.
- Sandstorm20Fighting · Fighting
If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.
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The collector's take on Brock's Sandslash
Is Brock's Sandslash worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Here's the honest breakdown: a raw, ungraded Brock's Sandslash sits at $12, a Grade 9 brings that up to $28, and a PSA 10 tops out at $85, which works out to about 7.1 times the raw price. That's a real jump, but landing a true gem mint 10 on a card from 2000 isn't guaranteed, print quality and handling over two decades can work against you. Once you factor in grading fees and turnaround time, grading only really makes sense if you already suspect the card is sharp, centered, and free of the usual whitening or edge wear. If you're just holding a decent-looking raw copy, it might not be worth the gamble.
How rare is Brock's Sandslash?
There's no specific population data available for Brock's Sandslash, so it's tough to say exactly how many gem mint copies exist out there. What we do know is that it carries the Rare Holo tag from Gym Heroes, a set that's over two decades old now, which naturally limits how many high-grade survivors are floating around. Older cards like this tend to have more copies with soft corners, print lines, or surface wear simply because collectors weren't storing them the way we do today, so a clean PSA 10 is genuinely tougher to find than the raw price alone suggests.
Where can you pull Brock's Sandslash?
This is where PackSpy's tracking actually helps, because we record real pulls across live pack-opening sites, not just guesses. So far we've logged 3 pulls of Brock's Sandslash, all across lastpack, and it's also been spotted in packs on noobie. The biggest recorded pull came in at $0, which is a good reminder that pack odds can be brutal and most rips don't come close to a jackpot. If you're chasing this specific card, buying it directly on the secondary market is usually the more reliable route than hoping it falls out of a pack.
Questions people ask
How much is Brock's Sandslash worth?+
A raw, ungraded Brock's Sandslash from Gym Heroes is valued at $12. Grading changes that picture: a Grade 9 sits at $28, and a PSA 10 reaches $85, which is about 7.1 times the raw value.
Is Brock's Sandslash worth grading?+
It can be, especially since a PSA 10 is worth roughly 7.1 times the raw price. That said, hitting gem mint on an older Gym Heroes card takes a genuinely clean copy, so weigh the grading cost against how sharp your card actually looks before sending it in.
What set is Brock's Sandslash from?+
Brock's Sandslash #23 is from the Gym Heroes set, released in 2000. It's a Rare Holo illustrated by Ken Sugimori, making it a recognizable piece of that early era.
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