Giovanni's Machamp #68 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Sept 2026Related Giovanni's Machamp & chase cards
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Giovanni's Machamp is one of those cards that quietly rewards patience, a trainer-owned Machamp pulled from the Japanese Challenge from the Darkness set, numbered #68. If you're here trying to pin down Giovanni's Machamp value, you're in good company, this is a card collectors keep coming back to because it sits at a nice crossroads of nostalgia, scarcity, and real market movement. Raw copies trade for a modest $25, but as you'll see, the story changes a lot once grading enters the picture.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $22, up 99% over the past year, with an all-time high of $26 in July 2026.
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Giovanni's Machamp price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,920 graded, only 704 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $439 | 704 |
| PSA 9 | $100 | 1,124 |
| PSA 8 | $60 | 531 |
| PSA 7 | $35 | 211 |
| PSA 6 | $26 | 145 |
| PSA 5 | $25 | 124 |
| PSA 4 | $21 | 42 |
| PSA 3 | $18 | 23 |
| PSA 2 | $16 | 12 |
| PSA 1 | - | 4 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $28 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
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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 talk numbers. A raw copy sits at $25, a Grade 9 jumps to $85, and a true PSA 10 gem mint copy commands $427, which works out to 17.1x the raw price. That's a serious multiplier, and it's exactly why so many people send these off to get graded. But here's the honest part: hitting a PSA 10 isn't guaranteed just because a card looks clean to your eye. Centering, edges, and surface all have to line up, and older Japanese cards like this one can be surprisingly fussy about corners and print lines. Factor in grading fees and turnaround time, and you're taking a real risk for a real reward. If you've got a copy that looks sharp under good light, it's worth considering, but go in knowing that a Grade 9 result, while still a nice step up from raw, won't get you anywhere near that PSA 10 number.
How rare is Giovanni's Machamp?
We don't have a hard population count to lean on here, but Giovanni's Machamp belongs to that era of Japanese trainer-owned Pokemon cards that were never printed in the massive volumes we saw with later English sets. Challenge from the Darkness cards have aged into a genuinely harder-to-find tier, especially in high grade, since Japanese cards from this period weren't always stored with today's sleeve-and-toploader habits. That natural scarcity is a big part of why the gap between raw and PSA 10 value is so wide. Fewer surviving gem mint copies means the ones that do exist carry real weight with collectors chasing a complete, high-grade set.
Where can you pull Giovanni's Machamp?
This is where PackSpy's own data gets interesting, because we've actually tracked this card being pulled 34 times across sites like collector-crypt, courtyard, mnstr, and tilt-rips. It's shown up in a handful of different pack types, including the Celestial Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pack 1, and Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, so it's not tied to just one product. The biggest recorded pull we've logged for Giovanni's Machamp hit $2,900, which gives you a sense of just how much variance is possible depending on grade and buyer demand. Worth saying plainly, though: opening packs is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to that ceiling. If you want this specific card reliably, buying a known raw or graded copy on the secondary market is usually the steadier path, but if you're chasing the thrill of the pull, our data at least tells you where it's actually been showing up.
Questions people ask
How much is Giovanni's Machamp worth?+
A raw, ungraded Giovanni's Machamp currently sits around $25. That number climbs with grading, so the condition and certification of your copy make a real difference to its value.
Is Giovanni's Machamp worth grading?+
It can be, especially since a PSA 10 is worth 17.1x the raw price. Just know that gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on older Japanese cards, and grading costs money and time with no guaranteed outcome.
How much is a PSA 10 Giovanni's Machamp worth?+
A PSA 10 Giovanni's Machamp is valued at $427, a big step up from the $85 Grade 9 and the $25 raw price. That gap reflects just how few copies grade out perfectly.
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