Giovanni's Machamp #6 value & price
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Giovanni's Machamp is one of those cards from the Gym Challenge set that collectors from 2000 still talk about, a Rare Holo built around Ken Sugimori's artwork and that great Team Rocket boss angle. If you're trying to pin down Giovanni's Machamp value, the short answer is that it sits at $55 raw, which feels about right for a 25-plus year old Rare Holo that people still actively chase. It's not a card that made headlines for huge money, but it's a genuinely satisfying pull and a fun piece of Gym era history to own.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $55, up 58% over the past year, with an all-time high of $55 in September 2026.
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Giovanni's Machamp price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,790 graded, only 222 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $986 | 222 | 170 / 52 |
| PSA 9 | $132 | 871 | 730 / 141 |
| PSA 8 | $100 | 753 | 557 / 196 |
| PSA 7 | $80 | 405 | 300 / 105 |
| PSA 6 | $45 | 248 | 196 / 52 |
| PSA 5 | $42 | 165 | 131 / 34 |
| PSA 4 | $22 | 67 | 50 / 17 |
| PSA 3 | $18 | 24 | 22 / 2 |
| PSA 2 | $16 | 15 | 13 / 2 |
| PSA 1 | $107 | 20 | 20 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $55 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 6 of 132
- Rarity
- Holo Rare
- Type
- Fighting
- HP
- 100
- Stage
- Stage2
- Weakness
- Psychic x2
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- Hurricane Punch30xFighting · Fighting · Fighting · Colorless
Flip 4 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.
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The collector's take on Giovanni's Machamp
Is Giovanni's Machamp worth grading?
So is Giovanni's Machamp worth grading? Let's look at the math honestly. Raw copies sit at $55, a Grade 9 goes for $138, and a PSA 10 jumps all the way to $947, which works out to 17.3x the raw price. That's a real gap, and it's exactly why people send these off to get graded. But here's the catch: hitting that gem mint PSA 10 on a card this old is genuinely hard. Gym Challenge cards weren't always printed or handled with future grading in mind, so centering and edge wear show up more than you'd expect. Add in grading fees and turnaround time, and you're taking on real risk for a real reward. If your copy already looks sharp under a light, with clean edges and centering that looks even to the eye, it's worth a shot. If it's got soft corners or a slight print line, you might be better off enjoying it raw or selling as is rather than gambling on a Grade 9 result that barely covers your costs.
How rare is Giovanni's Machamp?
We don't have hard population numbers to point to here, but Giovanni's Machamp carries the scarcity you'd expect from a Rare Holo out of an early 2000s set. Gym Challenge wasn't printed in the volumes that later modern sets were, and two and a half decades of packs being opened, cards being played with, and copies simply getting lost to time all add up. That kind of natural attrition is part of why the jump from raw to PSA 10 pricing is so steep, gem mint survivors from this era are simply rarer to find in hand than the raw market number alone suggests.
Where can you pull Giovanni's Machamp?
This is where PackSpy's data actually earns its keep, because we track real pulls across pack sites rather than relying on price guide guesses. Giovanni's Machamp has been recorded 17 times across courtyard, mnstr, collector-crypt, and tilt-rips, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $404. We've seen it turn up in packs like the Pokémon Pro Pack, Pack 1, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Master Pack, and Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack. That spread tells you it's not locked to one single product, it shows up here and there across different sites, which is honestly how most vintage-adjacent hits work. Just remember, opening packs chasing a specific card like this is still a gamble, and most rips don't come close to covering what you paid. If you just want the card in hand, buying it outright on the secondary market is usually the more predictable route.
Questions people ask
How much is Giovanni's Machamp worth?+
A raw, ungraded Giovanni's Machamp is worth $55 right now. That's the baseline most collectors use before factoring in grading, condition, or whether they're buying from a pack site pull versus the open market.
Is Giovanni's Machamp worth grading?+
It can be, if your copy is genuinely clean. A Grade 9 sits at $138 and a PSA 10 reaches $947, which is 17.3x the raw price of $55. Just know that gem mint copies of a card this old aren't easy to pull off, so weigh the grading cost against how sharp your copy really looks before sending it in.
How much is a PSA 10 Giovanni's Machamp worth?+
A PSA 10 Giovanni's Machamp is valued at $947, a big step up from the $55 raw price and well above the $138 Grade 9 figure. That 17.3x multiplier is exactly why gem mint copies get so much attention from collectors.
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