Erika's Gloom #45 value & price
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Erika's Gloom is one of those quiet little uncommons from Gym Heroes, the 2000 set that gave us all those Gym Leader-owned Pokemon with their own personalities baked right into the card. Ken Sugimori's artwork gives this Gloom a bit of character, and while it's not a chase card by any stretch, it still gets plenty of Erika's Gloom value searches from collectors putting together the set or just curious what an old uncommon like this is actually worth today. Right now that answer sits at $3 raw, which tells you this is more of a nostalgia pickup than an investment piece, and that's perfectly fine.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.34, down 21% over the past year, with an all-time high of $8.61 in January 2021.
Recent pulls of Erika's Gloom
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$0.18UncommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 1h ago$0.18UncommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 2h ago
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Erika's Gloom price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 205 graded, only 22 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $40 | 22 | 9 / 13 |
| PSA 9 | $18 | 69 | 28 / 41 |
| PSA 8 | $9.50 | 73 | 11 / 62 |
| PSA 7 | $8.00 | 14 | 3 / 11 |
| PSA 6 | $6.00 | 14 | 5 / 9 |
| PSA 5 | $5.00 | 9 | 3 / 6 |
| PSA 4 | $4.00 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 3 | $3.00 | 3 | 1 / 2 |
| PSA 2 | $3.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.34 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Gym Heroes
- Card number
- 45 of 132
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Fire x2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- Healing PollenGrass
Flip a coin. If heads, remove 4 damage counters from Erika's Gloom. If Erika's Gloom has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.
- Magic PollenGrass · Grass · Grass
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep, Confused, Paralyzed, or Poisoned (your choice).
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The collector's take on Erika's Gloom
Is Erika's Gloom worth grading?
So is Erika's Gloom worth grading? Let's do the honest math. A raw copy sits at $3, and a PSA 10 jumps up to $40, which works out to about 13.4 times the ungraded price. That sounds like a nice multiple on paper, but grading fees, shipping, and the wait time all eat into that gap fast, and a card this old doesn't always come out of the sleeve gem mint. Centering and edge wear from decades of storage are real risks. If you've got a copy that looks genuinely sharp in hand, sending it in could make sense, but for most raw copies floating around, the smarter move is just enjoying it as a set piece rather than betting on grading fees paying off.
How rare is Erika's Gloom?
We don't have population figures to lean on here, but the rarity tier tells its own story. Uncommon cards from Gym Heroes were never scarce by design, they were printed in the kind of numbers that made them easy to pull back in 2000, and that supply is still floating around today in bulk boxes and old collections. That's exactly why the raw price stays modest at $3 and even a Grade 9 only reaches $18. The real scarcity shows up at the very top, in genuinely gem mint PSA 10 copies, which is where the $40 price tag reflects how few copies survive two decades of handling without a flaw.
Where can you pull Erika's Gloom?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we've actually recorded Erika's Gloom being pulled 5 times across live pack openings, all from courtyard. It's shown up in Pokemon Pro Pack and Pokemon Master Pack offerings, and one lucky rip even landed a $84 pull, well above what the card normally books for. That said, five recorded pulls isn't a lot, so if you're chasing this specific card, know that opening packs is a gamble more than a strategy, and most rips don't beat what you'd pay just buying the card outright on the secondary market. It's a fun bonus to find, not something to bank on.
Questions people ask
How much is Erika's Gloom worth?+
A raw, ungraded Erika's Gloom currently books at $3. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 sitting at $18 and a PSA 10 reaching $40, so condition makes a real difference on this one despite it being an uncommon.
Is Erika's Gloom worth grading?+
It depends on the copy. The PSA 10 price of $40 is about 13.4 times the raw value of $3, which looks tempting, but grading costs and the difficulty of hitting gem mint on an older card can quickly cancel out that gain. Only really consider it if your copy already looks sharp and centered in hand.
How much is a PSA 10 Erika's Gloom worth?+
A PSA 10, gem mint Erika's Gloom is valued at $40, compared to just $3 for a raw copy and $18 for a Grade 9. That top grade is where the real value sits, since flawless survivors from this era are genuinely hard to come by.
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