Misty #18 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 12 Aug 2026Related Misty & chase cards
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Misty #18 is one of the true classics from Gym Heroes, the 2000 set that gave every original Gym Leader their own holo, and this Ken Sugimori illustration is one collectors keep coming back to. If you are trying to pin down Misty's value, the short version is that a raw copy sits at $50, which is a solid number for a card pushing twenty five years old. It is that mix of nostalgia, artwork and genuine age that keeps people searching what this card is worth long after Gym Heroes stopped showing up in shops.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $45, up 50% over the past year, with an all-time high of $56 in August 2026.
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Misty price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,503 graded, only 131 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $858 | 131 | 77 / 54 |
| PSA 9 | $115 | 608 | 499 / 109 |
| PSA 8 | $97 | 790 | 588 / 202 |
| PSA 7 | $56 | 454 | 358 / 96 |
| PSA 6 | $44 | 264 | 217 / 47 |
| PSA 5 | $36 | 168 | 134 / 34 |
| PSA 4 | $22 | 55 | 42 / 13 |
| PSA 3 | $18 | 17 | 14 / 3 |
| PSA 2 | $18 | 10 | 9 / 1 |
| PSA 1 | $57 | 6 | 6 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $45 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Gym Heroes
- Card number
- 18 of 132
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 2000
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The collector's take on Misty
Is Misty worth grading?
So is Misty worth grading? A PSA 10 comes in at $77, which works out to about 1.5x what the raw card sells for. That is a real bump, but it is worth being honest about what it takes to get there: a Grade 9 example is currently valued at $499, showing just how much grade can swing the price depending on the day and the market's mood. Gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card this old, since factory creases, print lines and centering issues from 2000-era production sneak into a lot of copies. Grading costs money and time, and there is no guarantee your card comes back a 10, so if your raw copy already looks sharp in hand, it is worth weighing the grading fee against what you would actually gain before sending it off.
How rare is Misty?
Across all grading companies combined, there are 2,500 graded copies of Misty on record, and only 131 of those have earned a PSA 10. That is a pretty small slice of gem mint copies sitting at the top of a population that is not exactly huge to begin with. When you think about how many Gym Heroes packs were opened back in 2000 and how few of those pulls survived in perfect shape long enough to be slabbed, it puts real weight behind the PSA 10 price and explains why collectors treat a true gem mint Misty as something worth holding onto.
Where can you pull Misty?
Here is the honest, insider part: we track real pulls across pack opening sites, and as of now Misty has not shown up in any of the openings we have recorded. That tells you plainly this is not a card you should expect to rip from a live pack. Gym Heroes has been out of production for a long time, so most Misty copies changing hands today are coming from the secondary market, not fresh pulls, and if you are chasing this card that is where your search should really be focused. It is a good reminder too that opening packs is a gamble, and most rips do not come close to covering what you paid.
Questions people ask
How much is Misty worth?+
A raw, ungraded copy of Misty is valued at $50. That is the number most people land on when they first ask how much Misty is worth, since most copies out there have never been graded.
Is Misty worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 1.5x the raw price at $77, and a Grade 9 currently sits even higher at $499. Just know that gem mint copies are genuinely rare, with only 131 PSA 10s out of 2,500 total graded copies, so grading is a bit of a gamble in itself.
How much is a PSA 10 Misty worth?+
A PSA 10 Misty is valued at $77. Only 131 copies have ever earned that grade, which is a small number considering the full population of 2,500 graded examples.
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