Lotad #4 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Lotad & chase cards
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Lotad is one of those cards that quietly makes 2004 Topps Advanced Challenge Die Cut collectors smile, a small, watery little guy who somehow ended up with a lot of demand behind him. As card #4 from that set, he sits right in that early-2000s pack era that a lot of us grew up ripping open. If you are here checking Lotad value, the short answer is that raw copies are running $50 right now, which is a solid number for a card this age.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $50, up 43% over the past year, with an all-time high of $85 in December 2025.
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Lotad price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population).
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | - | - |
| PSA 9 | $125 | - |
| PSA 8 | - | - |
| PSA 7 | - | - |
| PSA 6 | - | - |
| PSA 5 | - | - |
| PSA 4 | - | - |
| PSA 3 | - | - |
| PSA 2 | - | - |
| PSA 1 | - | - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $50 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
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The collector's take on Lotad
Is Lotad worth grading?
So is it worth sending Lotad off to get graded? Right now a raw, ungraded copy sits at $50, and a Grade 9 jumps up to $125, which is a meaningful bump for what is essentially the same piece of cardboard with a professional stamp on it. The catch is that die cut cards from this era can be tricky to get through grading clean, corners and edges show wear more easily, so a true gem mint result is never a given. We do not have a PSA 10 figure to point to here, which tells you something on its own, gem mint copies of this one are not common enough to have an established market price. If your copy already looks sharp under a light, grading can make sense, but go in knowing the grading fee is a real cost and there is a real chance you land a 9 instead of a 10, or something lower.
How rare is Lotad?
We do not have hard population numbers for Lotad at this point, so it is tough to say exactly how many exist at each grade. What we can say is that Die Cut cards from this set were never printed at the volume of mainstream Pokemon releases, and cards that have survived over twenty years in sharp condition are always the minority, not the rule. That general scarcity is part of why a raw Lotad still commands $50 and why a Grade 9 climbs to $125, buyers know that clean surviving copies thin out fast the higher up the grading scale you go.
Where can you pull Lotad?
Here is where PackSpy actually earns its keep. We have tracked Lotad being pulled 97 times across real pack sites, specifically tilt-rips, courtyard, and collector-crypt, so this is not a guess, it is recorded data from actual rips. The biggest pull value we have logged for this card sits at $61, giving you a real sense of what people have actually gotten for it in the wild rather than a theoretical number. If you are hunting for it yourself, keep an eye on packs like the Pokemon Dime Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, and Dime Pack, those are the spots where it has actually shown up. Just remember, pack opening is gambling no matter how you slice it, and most rips do not beat what you paid, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than an expectation.
Questions people ask
How much is Lotad worth?+
A raw, ungraded Lotad is currently valued at $50, and a Grade 9 copy sits at $125. We do not have a confirmed PSA 10 price yet, which reflects how uncommon a true gem mint copy is for this card.
Is Lotad worth grading?+
It can be, since the jump from $50 raw to $125 at Grade 9 is a real increase. Just weigh that against grading fees and the honest risk that a die cut card from this era might not come back gem mint.
What set is Lotad from?+
Lotad is card #4 from the 2004 Topps Advanced Challenge Die Cut set, a fun little corner of Pokemon card history from the mid-2000s. It is not a mainstream Pokemon TCG release, which adds to its collector appeal.
Other Lotad cards & values
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