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Haunter #29 value & price

Card 29 / 102UncommonPsychic · HP 60Released 1999Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi
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Ungraded market value
$2.16 11% · 1Y
PSA 9
$40
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$179

Haunter is one of those Base Set cards that quietly reminds you why 1999 still matters to collectors. It's an uncommon from the original Base Set, brought to life by Keiji Kinebuchi's artwork, and while it never had the spotlight that its evolutions got, it's still a piece of the set everyone wants a piece of. If you're trying to pin down Haunter's value right now, a raw copy sits at $2, which is a fair starting point before we get into what grading can do to that number.

Price history

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$0.00$56$112$168$223202120222023202420252026$179PSA 10$44BGS 9.5$40Grade 9$36Grade 8$18Grade 7$2.16Ungraded

Raw value is $2.16, up 11% over the past year, with an all-time high of $14 in December 2020.

Raw
$2.16
1Y
▲ 11%
PSA 10
$179
PSA 9
$40
Population
1,251
Gem PSA 10
175
Upside
83.0×
All-time high
$14

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Haunter price at every grade

Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,251 graded, only 175 are PSA 10.

GradeValuePopulation
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)$179175
PSA 9$40340
PSA 8$36367
PSA 7$18163
PSA 6$15119
PSA 5$1152
PSA 4$9.0026
PSA 3$8.509
PSA 2$8.00-
PSA 1--
Raw / Ungraded$2.16-

Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).

Card details

Card number
29 of 102
Rarity
Uncommon
Type
Psychic
HP
60
Stage
Stage1
Retreat cost
1
Illustrator
Keiji Kinebuchi
Released
1999

Attacks

  • Hypnosis
    Psychic

    The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

  • Dream Eater50
    Psychic · Psychic

    You can't this attack unless the Defending Pokémon is Asleep.

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The collector's take on Haunter

Is Haunter worth grading?

Here's where it gets interesting. A raw Haunter is $2, but a PSA 10 jumps all the way to $179, which works out to 87.1 times the ungraded price. That's a real gap, and it's the kind of number that gets people reaching for a grading submission. But slow down for a second: gem mint isn't easy to land, even on a card that looks clean to the eye. Corners, centering, and surface all get picked apart under PSA's lights, and grading fees plus shipping and turnaround time add up whether you pull a 10 or a 7. A Grade 9 lands at $36, which is a much more realistic outcome for most submissions, so if you're asking whether Haunter is worth grading, the honest answer is: only if you're confident in the copy, and you're doing it for the fun of finding out as much as the payout.

How rare is Haunter?

Across all grading services, there are 1,251 graded copies of Haunter on record, and of those, 175 have earned the top PSA 10 grade. That tells you two things: this isn't an ultra rare card in terms of raw survival, but pristine copies are genuinely the minority of what's been submitted. That gap between total population and gem mint population is exactly why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and Grade 9 numbers. Scarcity at the top end is what drives the premium, even on a card that was never considered a chase pull back in 1999.

Where can you pull Haunter?

This is where PackSpy's tracking actually earns its keep, because we don't just guess at odds, we record real pulls happening live across pack sites. Haunter has shown up 200 or more times across tilt-rips, packs, courtyard, collector-crypt, and mnstr, so it's not a card that vanishes into legend, it turns up with real regularity if you're ripping in the right spots. We've also tracked it landing in named packs like Pokemon Dime Pack, Gengar, I Choose You!, Pokémon Master Pack, Anime Pop Culture Gacha, and Pack 3. The biggest recorded pull value tied to Haunter was $965, which is a good reminder that value depends heavily on condition and grading outcome. Worth saying plainly: pack opening is a gamble, and most rips don't come out ahead, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than a plan.

Questions people ask

How much is Haunter worth?+

A raw, ungraded Haunter is currently valued at $2. That's the baseline most people are asking about, and it reflects the card in played or unverified condition rather than a graded slab.

Is Haunter worth grading?+

It depends on the copy. The jump from $2 raw to $179 for a PSA 10 is significant, about 87.1 times the raw price, but gem mint copies are the minority of the 1,251 graded so far, with only 175 hitting a PSA 10. A Grade 9 at $36 is the more common realistic outcome, so weigh the grading cost against what you actually expect the card to grade.

How much is a PSA 10 Haunter worth?+

A PSA 10 Haunter is valued at $179, which is 87.1 times the raw card's $2 price. Only 175 copies out of 1,251 graded have reached that top grade, which is a big part of why gem mint copies command such a premium.

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