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Lapras #131 value & price

Card 131UncommonWater · HP 110Illus. LINNE
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MReviewed by · Updated 8 Aug 2026
Ungraded market value
$20 57% · 1Y
PSA 9
$151
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$1.2k

Lapras is one of those cards that makes you smile the second you flip to it, a big gentle sea creature rendered beautifully by illustrator LINNE for the Japanese Mystery of the Fossils set, released in 2023. It sits at Uncommon rarity, which keeps it approachable, and if you are searching for Lapras value right now, the short answer is that a raw, ungraded copy trades around $20. It is not a chase card in the traditional sense, but it has real collector appeal and a price story worth understanding before you buy, sell, or send one off to be graded.

Price history

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$0.00$438$875$1.3k$1.8k2023202420252026$1.2kPSA 10$190BGS 9.5$151Grade 9$73Grade 8$37Grade 7$20Ungraded

Raw value is $20, up 57% over the past year, with an all-time high of $21 in April 2026.

Raw
$20
1Y
▲ 57%
PSA 10
$1.2k
PSA 9
$151
Population
4,719
Gem PSA 10
497
Upside
60.3×
All-time high
$21

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Lapras price at every grade

Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 4,719 graded, only 497 are PSA 10.

GradeValuePopulation
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)$1.2k497
PSA 9$1511,727
PSA 8$731,219
PSA 7$37499
PSA 6$29331
PSA 5$23226
PSA 4$19138
PSA 3$1743
PSA 2$1624
PSA 1$5615
Raw / Ungraded$20-

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

Card details

Card number
131
Rarity
Uncommon
Type
Water
HP
110
Stage
Basic
Weakness
Lightning ×2
Retreat cost
1
Illustrator
LINNE

Attacks

  • Hop on My Back
    Water

    Search your deck for up to 2 Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

  • Aqua Edge90
    Water · Colorless · Colorless
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The collector's take on Lapras

Is Lapras worth grading?

So is Lapras worth grading? Here is the honest math: a raw copy sits around $20, and a PSA 10 comes in at $400, which works out to about 20.0x the ungraded price. That is a meaningful jump, but grading costs money and time, and there is no guarantee your copy comes back gem mint. Interestingly, right now Grade 9 copies are actually trading higher than PSA 10s at $1,459, which is a reminder that grading markets can shift and a perfect 10 is not always the ceiling. If you have a copy with sharp corners and clean edges, grading can make sense, but go in knowing it is a bit of a gamble, not a guaranteed payday.

How rare is Lapras?

Across all grading services combined, there are 4,719 graded copies of Lapras on record, and only 497 of those have earned the coveted PSA 10 gem mint label. That means roughly one in ten graded copies makes it to the top grade, which tells you gem mint Lapras is genuinely hard to pull off even when a collector tries. That kind of population data is exactly why PSA 10s and even strong Grade 9s carry real weight in this card's story, scarcity at the top end keeps demand steady even for an Uncommon card.

Where can you pull Lapras?

Here is the part most price guides cannot tell you: we track real pack openings across sites, and Lapras has not shown up in any recorded pulls yet. That does not mean it does not exist in packs, it just means it is landing rarely enough that our tracking has not caught one come out live. In practice, that makes Lapras a card you are far more likely to pick up on the secondary market than to pull yourself, and if you are opening packs hoping for one, go in knowing the odds are long and most pack rips lose money overall.

Questions people ask

How much is Lapras worth?+

A raw, ungraded Lapras from the Japanese Mystery of the Fossils set is worth around $20. That is the baseline collector price, and grading can change that number significantly depending on the result you get back.

Is Lapras worth grading?+

It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 20.0x the raw price at $400, and Grade 9 copies are currently even higher at $1,459. Just remember gem mint is hard to hit, with only 497 PSA 10s out of 4,719 total graded copies, so weigh the grading cost and risk before sending yours in.

How much is a PSA 10 Lapras worth?+

A PSA 10 Lapras is valued at $400, roughly 20.0x what a raw copy sells for. With only 497 copies reaching that grade out of 4,719 total graded, gem mint status carries real scarcity.

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