Gastly #177 — Temporal Forces Pokémon card

Gastly #177 Value

Name: Gastly #177 — Temporal Forces
Brand: Pokémon

Temporal Forces · Card 177/218 · Illustration rare · 2024

Gastly #177 is one of those Temporal Forces pulls that makes people stop scrolling, an illustration rare from 2024 with artwork by Mousho that actually captures how strange and floaty this little ghost is. If you are trying to figure out Gastly's value, the short version is that a raw copy sits around $95, which is solid money for a card from a set that is still fairly fresh. Collectors like it because illustration rares tend to hold their appeal long after the initial pack-opening rush dies down, and this one has the art to back it up.

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Market value & price

Raw / Ungraded

$95

Grade 9

$129

PSA 10

$635

PSA 10 is 6.7× the raw price

Value by grade

Where it drops

Pulled 91× on PackSpy across Collector Crypt, Courtyard, Packs, Tilt Rips, Mnstr · biggest hit $2.3k.

Found in packs: Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack · Pokémon Ultra (Spicy) · Pokémon Pro Pack · Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack · Gengar, I Choose You! …

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Card details

Set: Temporal Forces
Card number: 177 of 218
Rarity: Illustration rare
Type: Darkness
HP: 60
Stage: Basic
Weakness: Fighting ×2
Retreat cost: 1
Illustrator: Mousho
Released: 2024

Attacks

Mysterious Beam
Darkness
Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Suffocating Gas30
Darkness · Darkness

Gastly — collector's take

Is Gastly worth grading?

So is Gastly worth grading? Here is the honest math: a raw copy runs about $95, a Grade 9 comes in at $129, and a true gem mint PSA 10 jumps all the way to $635, which works out to roughly 6.7 times the raw price. That gap is real money, but getting a 10 is not guaranteed, illustration rares often have edge and centering issues that keep them out of gem mint territory even when they look clean to the naked eye. Factor in grading fees and turnaround time before you send one in, and only do it if you genuinely think the copy in your hand is a strong candidate, not just a hopeful one.

How rare is it?

We do not have exact population numbers to share for Gastly across the grading companies, but its status as an illustration rare already tells you something important: these are pulled far less often than standard rares or holos, and the print runs on illustration rares in general run tighter than most people assume. That scarcity is a big part of why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw value, gem mint copies of illustration rares just do not flood the market the way commons and uncommons do. If you own one in sharp condition, you are holding something that a lot of collectors are actively hunting for.

Where to pull it

Here is where PackSpy actually earns its keep: we have tracked 100 real pulls of Gastly across sites like courtyard, collector-crypt, packs, tilt-rips, and mnstr, and the biggest single pull we recorded hit $2,269. That is not a price guide estimate, that is an actual rip someone opened live. Gastly has shown up in packs like Pokémon Ultra (Spicy), the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Gengar I Choose You!, and the Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, so if you are chasing this card specifically, those are the products where our data shows it actually surfacing. Just remember that opening packs is gambling by nature, most rips do not come close to covering what you paid, so treat any pull data as a guide to possibility, not a promise.

Questions people ask

How much is Gastly worth?

A raw, ungraded Gastly #177 from Temporal Forces is valued around $95. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 sitting near $129 and a PSA 10 gem mint reaching $635, so condition makes a real difference to Gastly's price.

Is Gastly worth grading?

It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 6.7 times the raw price, but gem mint copies are genuinely hard to pull off with illustration rares. Weigh the grading cost against how sharp your copy actually looks before sending it in.

What set is Gastly from?

Gastly #177 comes from the Temporal Forces set, released in 2024, and it is an illustration rare illustrated by Mousho. It has since turned up in several pack products that PackSpy tracks live pulls from.