Gengar 1st Edition #5 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 29 Oct 2026Related Gengar & chase cards
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Gengar is one of those Fossil set cards from 1999 that just about every collector recognizes on sight, and this 1st Edition #5 printing is the version people really chase. It's a Rare card illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi, and if you're asking about Gengar value, the short answer is that a raw copy currently sits at $385, with graded copies climbing a lot higher depending on condition. It's a card with real history behind it, which is part of why people still care about it more than two decades later.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $366, up 105% over the past year, with an all-time high of $401 in September 2026.
Recent pulls of Gengar
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$13CGC 9 MINTWildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 3m ago
$47RawPokémon Starter PackPackz · 3m ago
$1.74RawPokémon Common PackPackz · 6m ago
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$25PSA GEM-MT 10Halloween Ghosts 50Collector Crypt · 15m ago
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Gengar price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,346 graded, only 157 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $37k | 157 | - / 157 |
| PSA 9 | $3.0k | 349 | 7 / 342 |
| PSA 8 | $1.3k | 449 | 8 / 441 |
| PSA 7 | $690 | 186 | 1 / 185 |
| PSA 6 | $515 | 96 | 2 / 94 |
| PSA 5 | $406 | 72 | 3 / 69 |
| PSA 4 | $299 | 27 | 1 / 26 |
| PSA 3 | $238 | 6 | - / 6 |
| PSA 2 | $158 | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 1 | $340 | 2 | 1 / 1 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $402 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Fossil
- Card number
- 5 of 62
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Psychic
- HP
- 80
- Stage
- Stage2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- Dark Mind30Psychic · Psychic · Psychic
If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them and this attack does 10 damage to it. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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The collector's take on Gengar
Is Gengar worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw Gengar sits at $385, a Grade 9 jumps to $2,477, and a PSA 10 sits at $24,501, which works out to about 63.6 times the raw price. That's a massive spread, and it's tempting to send every copy you own straight to PSA hoping for gem mint. But hitting a 10 is genuinely hard, Fossil era cards from 1999 often show centering and surface issues that keep them out of the top grade, and grading isn't free or fast. If you've got a copy that looks clean under a loupe, with sharp corners and centered borders, it's probably worth the gamble. If it's got visible wear, you're likely better off selling raw or holding as a Grade 9 candidate instead of chasing the 10.
How rare is Gengar?
Gengar carries a Rare designation from the original Fossil set, one of the earlier and more collected sets in Pokemon's history, and 1st edition copies from 1999 were only ever printed for a limited window before the reprint runs took over. That alone puts a ceiling on how many true 1st edition Gengars exist compared to the standard print. Add in the natural wear that happens to cards over 20+ years of handling, trading and storage, and clean high grade copies become genuinely scarce, which is exactly why the price gap between raw and PSA 10 is so wide.
Where can you pull Gengar?
This is where PackSpy's own data comes in handy, since we track real pulls across pack sites rather than relying on guesswork. We've recorded Gengar pulled 200 or more times across sites like ripz, courtyard, collector-crypt, packs, packz and mnstr, with the biggest recorded pull value hitting $2,477. Collectors have found it in a range of products, from the SWSH Black Star Promos Single Pack to the Pokemon VIP Spicy pack, the Elite Pokemon Gacha Pack, the Bronze Pokemon Gacha Pack and the Pokemon 30 Boss Battle Gacha. It's worth remembering that opening packs is still a gamble and most rips don't cover their cost, but if you're chasing this one specifically, those are the products where it's actually shown up.
Questions people ask
How much is Gengar worth?+
A raw or ungraded Gengar from the Fossil set is valued at $385 right now. Graded copies are worth a lot more, with a Grade 9 sitting at $2,477 and a PSA 10 reaching $24,501, so condition makes a big difference to what it's actually worth.
Is Gengar worth grading?+
It can be, especially since a PSA 10 is worth 63.6 times the raw price. But gem mint copies are tough to pull off with Fossil era cards, so it really depends on how clean your copy looks before you commit to the grading fee and the wait.
Why is the Gengar 1st Edition #5 print worth more than the standard one?+
1st edition copies were only printed in a limited run before the standard reprints took over, so there are naturally fewer of them in circulation. That scarcity, combined with strong collector demand for early Fossil set cards from 1999, is what keeps the 1st edition print commanding a higher price.
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