Question 1

Is Gyarados worth grading?

Accepted Answer

So is Gyarados worth grading? Look at the jump: a raw copy runs $1,825, a Grade 9 climbs to $10,803, and a true PSA 10 sits at $80,520, which works out to 44.1x the raw price. That's a serious multiple, and it's exactly why collectors get tempted to send copies in. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card this old, print lines, centering, and edge wear from 2006 stock all work against you, and grading takes real time and money with no guarantee you land a 10 instead of a 9. If your copy already looks clean under a light, it's worth exploring. If it's got soft corners or a hint of whitening, you may be better off enjoying it raw or selling as-is rather than gambling on the grading fee.

Question 2

How rare is Gyarados?

Accepted Answer

Gold Star cards from the Holon Phantoms era were never meant to be easy pulls, and Gyarados carries that same weight as a Rare card from a set that's been out of print for a long time now. We don't have official population figures to lean on here, but the pricing gap between raw, Grade 9, and PSA 10 tells its own story: when a card jumps that dramatically in value across grades, it usually means clean high-grade copies are genuinely thin on the ground. That scarcity is a big part of why Gyarados price keeps climbing rather than settling, and why serious collectors treat a gem mint copy as a real trophy rather than just another slab.

Question 3

Where can you pull Gyarados?

Accepted Answer

Here's where PackSpy actually earns its keep: we've tracked 180 real pulls of Gyarados across tilt-rips, courtyard, collector-crypt, and general packs, so this isn't guesswork, it's recorded history. The biggest single pull we've logged came in at $1,025, and copies have turned up in a real mix of products, the Pokemon Expert Pack, Pokémon Master Pack, Pokemon Starter Pack, and even the Water Pack among them. That said, we say this every time and mean it: opening packs is gambling, and most rips lose money even when a card like Gyarados is technically in the pool. If you want certainty over odds, buying a graded or raw copy on the secondary market is the safer route, but if you love the chase, those pack names are where we've actually seen it land.

Question 4

How much is Gyarados worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Gyarados currently sits at $1,825. Once you move into graded territory, a Grade 9 is valued at $10,803, while a PSA 10 gem mint copy reaches $80,520, so condition makes a massive difference to what this card is worth.

Question 5

Is Gyarados worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 44.1x what a raw copy fetches. But gem mint copies are tough to find given the age of the card, so weigh the grading cost and risk against how clean your specific copy really looks before sending it in.

Question 6

What set is Gyarados from?

Accepted Answer

Gyarados Gold Star #102 comes from the Holon Phantoms set, released back in 2006. It's a Rare card illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda and remains one of the most sought-after cards from that Gold Star era.

Grade	Value	Population
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$81k	37
PSA 9	$12k	188
PSA 8	$7.3k	266
PSA 7	$4.8k	300
PSA 6	$3.8k	295
PSA 5	$3.0k	248
PSA 4	$2.6k	210
PSA 3	$2.5k	147
PSA 2	$2.3k	94
PSA 1	$2.1k	235
Raw / Ungraded	$2.0k	-

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