Dark Wartortle #39 value & price
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Dark Wartortle is one of those Legendary Collection cards that quietly rewards you for paying attention. It came out back in 2002 as an Uncommon in the set, with artwork from Kagemaru Himeno that gives the little turtle a moodier, sharper look than its regular counterpart. If you're checking Dark Wartortle value right now, the short version is that it's an affordable, genuinely fun card to chase, sitting at $3 raw, but with some real upside if you land a clean copy.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $3.23, up 17% over the past year, with an all-time high of $30 in March 2021.
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Dark Wartortle price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 493 graded, only 115 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $110 | 115 | 74 / 41 |
| PSA 9 | $28 | 147 | 84 / 63 |
| PSA 8 | $25 | 142 | 41 / 101 |
| PSA 7 | $20 | 40 | 22 / 18 |
| PSA 6 | $16 | 25 | 14 / 11 |
| PSA 5 | $9.23 | 14 | 5 / 9 |
| PSA 4 | $6.49 | 9 | 5 / 4 |
| PSA 3 | $6.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | $35 | 1 | 1 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $3.23 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 39 of 110
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Released
- 2002
Attacks
- Doubleslap10Water
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
- Mirror ShellWater · Colorless
If an attack does damage to Dark Wartortle during your opponent's next turn (even if Dark Wartortle is Knocked Out), Dark Wartortle attacks the Defending Pokémon for an equal amount of damage.
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The collector's take on Dark Wartortle
Is Dark Wartortle worth grading?
Here's the honest math on Dark Wartortle price at different grades: a raw copy sits around $3, a Grade 9 jumps to $27, and a PSA 10 comes in at $110, which works out to 36.8x the raw price. That's a real multiplier, and it's tempting. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on cards from this era, corners and centering get dinged more than people expect, and grading fees plus turnaround time eat into any profit if your copy comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If you've got a sharp-looking copy and you're patient, grading can make sense. If you're not sure, it's usually smarter to hold onto it raw or sell it as-is rather than gamble the grading fee on a card you're only half confident in.
How rare is Dark Wartortle?
We don't have official population figures to lean on here, so the honest answer is to look at what we do know: this is an Uncommon card from a 2002 set, which puts it in a print run that was never treated as scarce at release. That's part of why the raw price stays approachable at $3. But uncommons from older sets like Legendary Collection still get overlooked for grading compared to the flashier rares and holos, so genuinely gem mint copies don't turn up nearly as often as you'd think, which is exactly why a PSA 10 commands $110 while the raw card sits so much lower.
Where can you pull Dark Wartortle?
This is where PackSpy's data actually earns its keep, since we track real pulls across pack sites rather than guessing. We've recorded Dark Wartortle pulled 24 times across mnstr, courtyard, and collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull hitting $899, which tells you the ceiling is way higher than the typical raw price suggests when the right buyer is watching. It's shown up in packs like Pack 3, Pokémon Platinum (Spicy), Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, and Pokémon Starter Pack. Worth remembering though, opening packs is gambling by nature, and most rips don't come close to that $899 outlier, so treat any pull as a bonus, not an expectation.
Questions people ask
How much is Dark Wartortle worth?+
A raw, ungraded Dark Wartortle is worth about $3. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 sitting at $27 and a PSA 10 reaching $110. PackSpy has also recorded a pull worth as much as $899, so real-world value can swing depending on the copy and the buyer.
Is Dark Wartortle worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 36.8x the raw price of $3, landing at $110. But gem mint copies are tough to pull off cleanly, and grading costs and time are real factors, so it's worth grading only if your copy genuinely looks sharp.
What set is Dark Wartortle from?+
Dark Wartortle #39 comes from the Legendary Collection set, released in 2002. It's an Uncommon card illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
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