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Gyarados #7 value & price
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Gyarados #7 comes from Base Set 2, one of Pokemon's earliest sets released back in 2000, and it's the kind of card that gets a nostalgic smile out of almost every collector who grew up with the franchise. As a Rare card illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, it carries that classic early-era artwork people still talk about today. If you're trying to pin down Gyarados value, the short answer is it's a modest but steady card, with plenty of nuance depending on condition.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $22, up 35% over the past year, with an all-time high of $26 in March 2026.
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Gyarados price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 5,216 graded, only 135 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $1.1k | 135 | 81 / 54 |
| PSA 9 | $185 | 1,066 | 879 / 187 |
| PSA 8 | $81 | 1,660 | 1,150 / 510 |
| PSA 7 | $58 | 1,000 | 747 / 253 |
| PSA 6 | $50 | 633 | 507 / 126 |
| PSA 5 | $27 | 444 | 353 / 91 |
| PSA 4 | $21 | 165 | 128 / 37 |
| PSA 3 | $17 | 54 | 48 / 6 |
| PSA 2 | $15 | 21 | 20 / 1 |
| PSA 1 | $65 | 38 | 35 / 3 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $22 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Base Set 2
- Card number
- 7 of 130
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 100
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- Dragon Rage50Water · Water · Water
- Bubblebeam40Water · Water · Water · Water
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The collector's take on Gyarados
Is Gyarados worth grading?
So is Gyarados worth grading? A raw copy sits at $24, and a PSA 10 comes in at $81, which works out to about 3.4 times the raw price, a real jump but not a life changing one. What's interesting is that a Grade 9 actually lands much higher at $879, which tells you how much collectors are willing to pay for that near perfect tier specifically. Grading costs money and takes time, and there's no guarantee your copy comes back gem mint, so before you send one in, weigh the grading fee against what you'd actually walk away with if it lands a 9 versus a 10. It's not a bad card to gamble on if you already suspect it's sharp, but it's not one where blind submissions make obvious financial sense either.
How rare is Gyarados?
Across all grading companies combined, there are 5,216 graded copies of this Gyarados on record, and only 135 of those have earned a PSA 10. That's a pretty small slice sitting at the very top, which explains why gem mint copies command such a premium over raw ones. Population numbers like this are also why Grade 9 copies can hold real value too, since perfect 10s are genuinely tough to come by and everything just below that becomes more desirable by comparison.
Where can you pull Gyarados?
PackSpy has tracked this Gyarados being pulled 153 times across sites like courtyard, packs, collector-crypt, and tilt-rips, with one lucky rip recorded at $7,100. It's shown up in a mix of products including Pokémon Pro Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, XY Evolutions, Water Pack, and Wildcard Basic Pack, so it's not tied to one single source. That said, remember that pack opening is fundamentally a gamble, most rips don't come close to covering their cost, and this kind of cross-site pull data is exactly the sort of thing price guides don't track but we do.
Questions people ask
How much is Gyarados worth?+
A raw, ungraded Gyarados #7 from Base Set 2 is valued at $24. Graded copies are worth quite a bit more, with a Grade 9 sitting at $879 and a PSA 10 at $81, so condition changes the picture a lot depending on the tier.
Is Gyarados worth grading?+
It depends on what you're hoping to land. A PSA 10 brings about 3.4 times the raw price at $81, while a Grade 9 actually commands $879, so it's worth thinking through the grading cost against realistic outcomes before submitting.
How much is a PSA 10 Gyarados worth?+
A PSA 10 Gyarados is valued at $81. Only 135 copies out of 5,216 total graded examples have reached that gem mint grade, so while it's not the priciest tier here, it's still a genuinely tough copy to pull off.
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