Hitmonchan #7 value & price
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Hitmonchan is one of those Base Set fighters that longtime collectors just have a soft spot for, that punchy Ken Sugimori artwork throwing a jab right off the card. As card #7 from the original 1999 Base Set, it carries that early rarity weight, a genuine Rare from the set that started it all. If you're trying to pin down Hitmonchan value today, the short answer is that a raw copy runs about $11, but where this card gets interesting is what happens once it's graded.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $11, up 12% over the past year, with an all-time high of $21 in January 2021.
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Hitmonchan price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 234 graded, only 2 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $2.4k | 2 | 2 / - |
| PSA 9 | $145 | 19 | 17 / 2 |
| PSA 8 | $70 | 74 | 70 / 4 |
| PSA 7 | $43 | 57 | 57 / - |
| PSA 6 | $32 | 35 | 35 / - |
| PSA 5 | $25 | 27 | 27 / - |
| PSA 4 | $20 | 7 | 7 / - |
| PSA 3 | $17 | 4 | 3 / 1 |
| PSA 2 | $14 | 4 | 4 / - |
| PSA 1 | $35 | 5 | 5 / - |
| 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
- Set
- Base Set
- Card number
- 7 of 102
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Fighting
- HP
- 70
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Psychic ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- Jab20Fighting
- Special Punch40Fighting · Fighting · Colorless
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The collector's take on Hitmonchan
Is Hitmonchan worth grading?
So is it worth sending Hitmonchan off to get graded? Here's the honest math: a raw copy sits at $11, a Grade 9 jumps to $176, and a PSA 10 sits way up at $2,145, which works out to roughly 195.2 times what the raw card is worth. That's a real gap, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a 1999 card that's been through decades of handling, centering issues, whitening, the usual suspects. Grading fees, turnaround time, and the risk of getting back a 7 or 8 instead of a 10 are all real costs, so if your copy already has soft corners or visible edge wear, it's probably better loved and kept raw than gambled on a grading submission.
How rare is Hitmonchan?
Across every grading company combined, only 234 copies of this Hitmonchan have ever been graded, and of those, just 2 have earned that coveted PSA 10 label. That's an incredibly small gem mint population for a card this old and this well known. It tells you plainly why the PSA 10 price sits so far above everything else: when only 2 exist at the top grade, buyers who want one have almost nothing to choose from, and that scarcity is baked directly into the price.
Where can you pull Hitmonchan?
PackSpy has tracked 125 recorded pulls of this Hitmonchan across pack sites, including courtyard, packs, and collector-crypt, with the single biggest recorded pull landing at $817. We've seen it show up in products like the Pokémon Starter Pack, XY Evolutions, Pokémon Master Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, and the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack. That kind of real, tracked pull data is something no price guide can give you, it's actual rip results from actual sites, not estimates. Worth saying plainly though: opening packs chasing a card like this is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to covering their cost, so treat it as entertainment first and a value play a distant second.
Questions people ask
How much is Hitmonchan worth?+
A raw, ungraded Hitmonchan from Base Set is worth about $11. Once graded, that value climbs fast, a Grade 9 sits at $176, and a PSA 10 reaches $2,145. So how much is Hitmonchan worth really depends entirely on condition and whether it's been graded.
Is Hitmonchan worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 195.2 times the raw price of $11. But only 2 copies out of 234 graded have ever hit that PSA 10 mark, so gem mint is rare and never guaranteed, meaning grading is a bet on your copy's condition, not a sure win.
What set is Hitmonchan from?+
Hitmonchan is card #7 from the Base Set, released back in 1999. It's a Rare card illustrated by Ken Sugimori, making it one of the earliest and most recognizable Hitmonchan prints in the entire Pokemon card game.
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