Question 1

Is Gengar worth grading?

Accepted Answer

Here is the honest math on grading Gengar: a PSA 10 sells for about 70.7 times what the raw card goes for, which sounds like an easy decision until you factor in how hard gem mint actually is to hit. Grading costs money and takes time, and there is no guarantee your copy comes back a 10 instead of a 9, which sits at $804, a real but much smaller jump from raw. If your Gengar looks sharp under a light, no whitening on the edges, centering that looks clean to the eye, it is probably worth sending in. If it has any soft corners or print lines, you may be better off holding it raw or selling as is rather than gambling on the grading fee.

Question 2

How rare is Gengar?

Accepted Answer

Across every grading submission on record, only 9,035 copies of this Gengar have been graded at all, and of those just 650 have earned a PSA 10. That is a small slice sitting at the top of a fairly modest overall population. It tells you gem mint copies are genuinely scarce rather than just marketed that way, and it explains why the price gap between a Grade 9 and a PSA 10 is as wide as it is. Scarcity at the top end is really what drives Gengar price once you get past the raw market.

Question 3

Where can you pull Gengar?

Accepted Answer

PackSpy has tracked this card being pulled 200 or more times across sites including courtyard, collector-crypt, tilt-rips, mnstr, and packs, so it does show up if you are opening enough product. The biggest pull we have recorded came in at $2,702, which gives you a sense of what a lucky hit can look like. We have seen it turn up in packs like the Wildcard Basic Pack, Pokémon: The Amazing Chase Day 1 and Day 2, the Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, and the Pokemon Expert Pack. Worth saying plainly: opening packs chasing a card like this is a gamble, and most rips do not come close to covering their cost, but our pull data at least tells you where it has actually shown up rather than where a site claims it might.

Question 4

How much is Gengar worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Gengar #94 from Mystery of the Fossils runs about $120. Once graded, the value jumps a lot depending on the grade: a Grade 9 sits at $804, and a PSA 10 reaches $8,485. So how much Gengar is worth really depends on the condition and whether it has been graded.

Question 5

Is Gengar worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for roughly 70.7 times the raw price. But gem mint copies are hard to land, only 650 out of 9,035 graded copies have hit that top grade, so grading is worth it mainly if your card is already in sharp, clean shape.

Question 6

What set is Gengar from?

Accepted Answer

Gengar #94 is from the Japanese Mystery of the Fossils set, an older release that Ghost type collectors still actively chase. Its age and relatively modest graded population are a big part of why it holds real value today.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$7.2k	655	538 / 117
PSA 9	$710	3,050	2,736 / 314
PSA 8	$315	2,276	1,788 / 488
PSA 7	$209	994	778 / 216
PSA 6	$178	747	580 / 167
PSA 5	$118	523	396 / 127
PSA 4	$115	298	227 / 71
PSA 3	$85	146	107 / 39
PSA 2	$77	90	77 / 13
PSA 1	$200	287	281 / 6
Raw / Ungraded	$110	-	-

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