Gulpin #51 value & price
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Gulpin is that squishy little sludge Pokemon that never gets much fanfare, but it holds a soft spot for anyone who was collecting when the Emerald set came out in 2005. This one is card #51, a Common illustrated by Atsuko Nishida, and while it's not going to fund your retirement, it's a fun little piece of that era. If you're checking Gulpin value right now, the short answer is that raw copies sit at $1, so this is more of a nostalgia pickup than an investment.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $0.87, down 51% over the past year, with an all-time high of $4.97 in February 2021.
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Gulpin price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 178 graded, only 121 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $49 | 121 | 4 / 117 |
| PSA 9 | $13 | 29 | 2 / 27 |
| PSA 8 | - | 24 | - / 24 |
| PSA 7 | - | 4 | 1 / 3 |
| PSA 6 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 5 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $0.87 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Emerald
- Card number
- 51 of 107
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 50
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Psychic ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Released
- 2005
Attacks
- Headbutt10Colorless
- Drool20Colorless · Colorless
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The collector's take on Gulpin
Is Gulpin worth grading?
So is Gulpin worth grading? Honestly, probably not, unless you already have a copy sitting in a binder and you're curious. A raw card runs $1, a Grade 9 brings $2, and a PSA 10 tops out at $4, which works out to about 4.6 times the raw price. That sounds like a nice multiple on paper, but grading fees alone can eat past whatever profit you'd make, and hitting gem mint is never guaranteed even on a card that looks perfect to the naked eye. For a Common like this, grading really only makes sense if it's a card with sentimental value to you, not a card you're grading purely to flip.
How rare is Gulpin?
Only 178 copies of Gulpin have ever been graded, and out of those, 121 came back as PSA 10. That's actually a pretty high gem rate for a card from 2005, which tells you Gulpin wasn't a hard card to keep in nice shape, probably because as a Common it wasn't handled or traded as much as the rarer holos in the set. Low graded population usually pushes prices up, but here it's balanced out by the simple fact that not many people care to submit a Common for grading in the first place, which is why the price stays modest even with such a tight population.
Where can you pull Gulpin?
We track live pack pulls across a wide range of online break and pack sites, and so far Gulpin hasn't shown up in any of the pulls we've recorded. That doesn't mean it's impossible to open, Emerald packs are just old and increasingly rare on the resale market themselves, so most people who want this card end up buying a raw or graded copy directly rather than chasing it out of a pack. If you're hoping to pull it live, keep an eye on our tracker, but realistically your best shot at owning Gulpin right now is the secondary market.
Questions people ask
How much is Gulpin worth?+
A raw, ungraded Gulpin from the Emerald set is worth $1 right now. It's a Common card from 2005, so the price stays low and steady rather than swinging around.
Is Gulpin worth grading?+
For most collectors, no, not unless it's already special to you personally. The PSA 10 price of $4 is about 4.6 times the $1 raw value, but grading costs and the risk of not hitting gem mint usually cancel out any real profit on a Common.
How much is a PSA 10 Gulpin worth?+
A PSA 10 Gulpin is worth $4. With 121 out of 178 graded copies coming back as PSA 10, gem mint examples aren't hard to find, which is part of why the price stays modest even at the top grade.
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