Giovanni's Gyarados #5 value & price
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Giovanni's Gyarados is one of those Gym Challenge cards that just feels special to hold, a Rare Holo from the 2000 set with artwork from Ken Sugimori that captures the whole 'trainer's signature Pokemon' era of the game. If you're trying to figure out Giovanni's Gyarados value right now, a raw copy sits at $95, which is a solid number for a card that's over two decades old and still holds real demand. Collectors love it for the nostalgia as much as the rarity, and that combination is exactly why people keep asking how much is Giovanni's Gyarados worth today.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $96, up 53% over the past year, with an all-time high of $99 in July 2026.
Recent pulls of Giovanni's Gyarados
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Giovanni's Gyarados price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 4,232 graded, only 124 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $2.9k | 124 | 69 / 55 |
| PSA 9 | $416 | 803 | 637 / 166 |
| PSA 8 | $191 | 1,285 | 965 / 320 |
| PSA 7 | $164 | 775 | 614 / 161 |
| PSA 6 | $103 | 600 | 509 / 91 |
| PSA 5 | $91 | 386 | 337 / 49 |
| PSA 4 | $57 | 146 | 120 / 26 |
| PSA 3 | $22 | 46 | 41 / 5 |
| PSA 2 | $20 | 29 | 27 / 2 |
| PSA 1 | $88 | 38 | 37 / 1 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $96 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 5 of 132
- Rarity
- Holo Rare
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 90
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Grass x2
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- Summon StormWater
Flip 2 coins. If both of them are heads, this attack does 20 damage to each other Pokémon (even your own). Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for this attack.
- Dragon Tornado40Water · Water · Colorless · Colorless
Unless this attack Knocks Out the Defending Pokémon, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with the Defending Pokémon.
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The collector's take on Giovanni's Gyarados
Is Giovanni's Gyarados worth grading?
Here's the honest math: a raw copy runs $95, a Grade 9 jumps to $314, and a PSA 10 sits at $2,289, which works out to about 24.2 times the raw price. That's a real gap, and it's tempting to send every copy you own off to get graded chasing that gem mint number. But older Gym Challenge holos like this one can be tricky, the surfaces and centering from that print era don't always cooperate, so pulling a true PSA 10 isn't guaranteed even from a nice-looking raw card. Factor in grading fees, turnaround time, and the chance you land a 9 instead of a 10, and grading makes the most sense when your copy already looks sharp under a light, not as a lottery ticket for an average one.
How rare is Giovanni's Gyarados?
Giovanni's Gyarados carries the Rare Holo tag from Gym Challenge, a set that's now well over twenty years old, which already puts it in a smaller pool than most modern holos simply because fewer packs of it exist to open today. We don't have exact population figures to point to here, but the general rule with Gym-era holos holds true: the higher up the grading scale you go, the fewer clean copies survive, since these cards were handled and played with long before anyone thought about slabbing them. That natural scarcity is a big part of why the gap between raw and PSA 10 pricing is so wide, gem mint survivors from this era simply aren't common.
Where can you pull Giovanni's Gyarados?
We've tracked Giovanni's Gyarados getting pulled 9 times across pack sites, specifically on courtyard and gachapull, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $924. It's shown up in packs like The Amazing Chase Encore, Wildcard 3: Inferno, Pokemon Pro Pack, and Pokemon Platinum Pack, so if you're chasing this one live, those are the names worth watching. Just know going in that opening packs is a gamble no matter how good the odds look on paper, most rips don't come close to covering their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than something to bank on.
Questions people ask
How much is Giovanni's Gyarados worth?+
A raw, ungraded copy of Giovanni's Gyarados is valued at $95. That's the baseline most collectors reference, with graded copies climbing well beyond that depending on condition.
Is Giovanni's Gyarados worth grading?+
It depends on the copy. A PSA 10 sells for $2,289 compared to $95 raw, which is a 24.2x jump, but Gym-era holos don't always grade cleanly, so it's worth it mainly if your card is already sharp and well centered.
How much is a PSA 10 Giovanni's Gyarados worth?+
A PSA 10 Giovanni's Gyarados is worth $2,289. A Grade 9 comes in lower at $314, showing just how much value that top gem mint grade adds.
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