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Gyarados #21 value & price
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Gyarados needs no introduction if you grew up loving Pokemon, and the #21 print from the Japanese Bandit Ring set gives that fan favorite a clean, Rare treatment from illustrator TOKIYA. Released back in 2015, it has settled into a steady collector value, with raw copies trading around $81 today. If you are searching Gyarados value or trying to figure out what your copy is worth, you are in the right place.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $83, up 67% over the past year, with an all-time high of $85 in July 2026.
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Gyarados price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 492 graded, only 354 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $710 | 354 | 339 / 15 |
| PSA 9 | $189 | 104 | 102 / 2 |
| PSA 8 | $89 | 21 | 20 / 1 |
| PSA 7 | $61 | 8 | 7 / 1 |
| PSA 6 | $16 | 3 | 3 / - |
| PSA 5 | $12 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 4 | $10 | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | $9.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $8.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $83 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 21
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 130
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Illustrator
- TOKIYA
Attacks
- Full Retaliation30+Colorless · Colorless
This attack does 30 more damage for each damage counter on each of your Benched Magikarp.
- Thrash100+Water · Water · Colorless · Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage. If tails, this Pokémon does 30 damage to itself.
Where to pull Gyarados
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The collector's take on Gyarados
Is Gyarados worth grading?
Here is the honest math: a raw Gyarados sits at $81, a Grade 9 nudges up to $102, and a PSA 10 jumps to $339, which works out to about 4.2 times the raw price. That is a real gap, and it is tempting to send every copy in for grading hoping to hit gem mint. But grading costs money and takes time, and there is no guarantee your card comes back a 10. Centering, edge wear, and surface flaws that are invisible to the naked eye can knock a card down a grade or two, so it is worth checking your copy closely under good light before you commit. If it looks sharp and clean, grading can pay off. If it has visible wear, you might be better off holding it raw or selling as is.
How rare is Gyarados?
Across every copy that has been graded, only 492 exist in the population, and 354 of those came back as PSA 10. That is a fairly high percentage of gem mints for a Rare card, which tells you Gyarados is not the hardest card in the world to pull off a clean grade on, but it also means the total pool of graded copies is still small overall. Scarcity like this keeps the PSA 10 price meaningfully above raw, since collectors chasing a graded slab have a limited number of chances to buy one.
Where can you pull Gyarados?
PackSpy has tracked Gyarados being pulled 156 times across sites like courtyard, packs, collector-crypt, and tilt-rips, and one lucky rip landed a copy worth $7,100. That is the kind of real world data a static price guide simply cannot show you. If you are chasing this card in packs, it has turned up in the Pokemon Starter Pack, XY Evolutions, Water Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, and The Amazing Chase Encore. Just remember that pack opening is gambling in the end, most rips do not come close to that $7,100 outlier, and buying the card directly on the secondary market is usually the safer way to add it to your collection.
Questions people ask
How much is Gyarados worth?+
A raw, ungraded Gyarados #21 from the Bandit Ring set is valued around $81. Prices climb from there depending on condition and whether the card has been graded, so a quick look at where your copy falls on that scale will tell you a lot.
Is Gyarados worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for $339 compared to $81 raw, roughly 4.2 times more. Just weigh that against grading fees and the real chance your copy comes back a Grade 9 at $102 or lower instead of a perfect 10.
How much is a PSA 10 Gyarados worth?+
A PSA 10 Gyarados is valued at $339. Out of the 492 total graded copies recorded, 354 have reached that gem mint PSA 10 grade.
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