Question 1

Is Ekans worth grading?

Accepted Answer

So is Ekans worth grading? Let's talk it through honestly. A raw copy is worth $2, but a PSA 10 jumps to $174, which works out to 74.6x the ungraded price. That's a big multiplier on paper, but gem mint is the key word there: out of 4,540 total graded copies, only 1,224 have actually landed a PSA 10. That's a solid chunk, but it also means plenty of submissions come back as a Grade 9 or lower, where the card is worth $27 instead. Grading costs money and takes time, and there's no guarantee your copy comes back gem mint, so it only really makes sense if your Ekans looks sharp under a loupe, clean edges, centered, no whitening. If you're not sure, it's often smarter to buy a copy already graded than to gamble on a raw one.

Question 2

How rare is Ekans?

Accepted Answer

When you look at the numbers, Ekans isn't exactly a needle in a haystack, but it isn't common at the top end either. With 4,540 total copies graded and 1,224 of those earning a PSA 10, more than a quarter of graded copies have hit gem mint, which is a fairly generous population for collectors chasing perfection. That said, a Grade 9 still fetches $27, so there's real value sitting just below the top tier too. What this tells you is that the raw copies at $2 are genuinely easy to find, but a clean, high-grade example is where the real money and the real bragging rights live.

Question 3

Where can you pull Ekans?

Accepted Answer

Here's where PackSpy's own data comes in handy, because we track real pulls across pack sites, not just price guides. We've recorded Ekans pulled 34 times across courtyard and collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $64. It's shown up in packs like the Pokémon Pro Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Wildcard Starter Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, and Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack. So while it's not the headline chase card in any of these, it's a card that genuinely does turn up in the wild, and knowing which packs it's been pulled from gives you a real edge if you're chasing it yourself rather than just buying it outright.

Question 4

How much is Ekans worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Ekans currently sits around $2. Graded copies are worth quite a bit more, with a Grade 9 valued at $27 and a PSA 10 reaching $174, so condition makes a real difference here.

Question 5

Is Ekans worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It depends on the copy. A PSA 10 is worth 74.6x the raw price, which sounds great, but only 1,224 of the 4,540 graded copies have actually hit that top grade. If your card looks clean and well centered it can be worth the shot, otherwise it might not cover the grading cost.

Question 6

What set is Ekans from?

Accepted Answer

Ekans #46 comes from the Fossil set, released in 1999. It's a 1st Edition common card illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, and it's still a fun one for collectors working through that classic era.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$189	1,226	867 / 359
PSA 9	$26	1,725	1,270 / 455
PSA 8	$16	899	461 / 438
PSA 7	$13	410	212 / 198
PSA 6	$10	197	110 / 87
PSA 5	$8.00	68	43 / 25
PSA 4	$7.00	32	29 / 3
PSA 3	$6.00	4	4 / -
PSA 2	$5.00	7	6 / 1
PSA 1	$100	3	2 / 1
Raw / Ungraded	$2.05	-	-

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