Gyarados ex #225 value & price
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Gyarados ex is one of those cards that makes you stop flipping and just look at the artwork for a second, that big serpentine body crashing through the water courtesy of 5ban Graphics. It's the Ultra Rare version of the classic Water-type monster, pulled from the 2023 Scarlet & Violet base set at card #225, and if you're trying to pin down Gyarados ex value right now, the short answer is that a raw copy sits at $12 while a pristine one changes the math entirely. It's not the rarest chase card in the set, but it's popular, recognizable, and cheap enough to make grading a fun little project rather than a big gamble.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $11, up 63% over the past year, with an all-time high of $37 in March 2023.
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Gyarados ex price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 6,484 graded, only 2,871 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $146 | 2,871 | 2,316 / 555 |
| PSA 9 | $28 | 2,747 | 2,355 / 392 |
| PSA 8 | $20 | 691 | 482 / 209 |
| PSA 7 | $16 | 104 | 86 / 18 |
| PSA 6 | $6.69 | 38 | 24 / 14 |
| PSA 5 | $5.00 | 16 | 10 / 6 |
| PSA 4 | $4.00 | 10 | 9 / 1 |
| PSA 3 | $3.00 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 2 | $3.00 | 3 | 3 / - |
| PSA 1 | $50 | 3 | 3 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $11 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 225 of 258
- Rarity
- Ultra Rare
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 300
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 4
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Released
- 2023
Attacks
- Waterfall100Water · Water · Water
- Tyrannical Tail180+Water · Water · Water · Colorless · Colorless
If your opponent's Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 180 more damage.
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The collector's take on Gyarados ex
Is Gyarados ex worth grading?
Here's the honest version of is Gyarados ex worth grading: a raw copy is $12, a Grade 9 sits at $27, and a PSA 10 comes in at $141, which works out to 12.1x the raw price. That's a real jump, and it's tempting to picture every copy in your binder as a future PSA 10. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit. Centering, edge wear, and print lines all work against you, and grading fees plus shipping and the wait time eat into any profit if the card comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If you've got a copy that looks flawless under a loupe, it's worth the shot. If it's got soft corners or a visible print line, it's probably happier staying raw or going into a binder for the love of the card.
How rare is Gyarados ex?
As an Ultra Rare, Gyarados ex was never going to be sitting in every pack like a common, but it also wasn't printed as a tightly limited chase card either. It falls into that middle tier where it's genuinely findable if you're opening product, but a true gem mint copy is a different story. Print runs at this rarity are large enough that raw copies stay affordable, which is exactly why the price gap to PSA 10 is so wide. Scarcity here isn't about the card being hard to find, it's about how few copies survive opening and shipping with the sharp corners and clean surface a 10 demands.
Where can you pull Gyarados ex?
This is where PackSpy's own data earns its keep, because we don't just guess at odds, we track real pulls across the sites people actually open packs on. We've recorded Gyarados ex pulled 40 times across courtyard, mnstr, packs, and collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull hitting $1,194, likely a graded copy catching the right buyer. Collectors have found it turning up in Pokémon Pro Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Pack 1, Pack 2, and Pack 5, so it's not tied to one single product. Worth saying plainly: opening packs chasing a specific card is gambling, and most rips don't beat what you paid. But if you're going to open anyway, it's good to know where this one has actually shown up rather than just hoping.
Questions people ask
How much is Gyarados ex worth?+
A raw, ungraded Gyarados ex is worth $12 right now. Grade it and a Grade 9 brings $27, while a PSA 10 gem mint copy is valued at $141, which is 12.1x the raw price.
Is Gyarados ex worth grading?+
It can be, if the copy is sharp. The jump from $12 raw to $141 at PSA 10 is significant, but gem mint copies are genuinely hard to pull off, and grading costs and turnaround time matter. If your card has any visible flaws, it may not be worth the risk.
What set is Gyarados ex from?+
Gyarados ex, card #225, comes from the Scarlet & Violet set released in 2023. It's an Ultra Rare illustrated by 5ban Graphics, one of the recognizable pulls from that base set.
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