Misty's Tentacruel #73 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Misty's Tentacruel & chase cards
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Misty's Tentacruel is one of those cards that quietly rewards patient collectors, a piece of the Japanese Leaders' Stadium set built around Misty and her water-type squad. It is not the kind of card that headlines auction listings, but if you are digging into Misty's Tentacruel value, you will find it sits in that accessible middle ground where a raw copy is cheap to pick up but a clean graded copy tells a very different story. That gap is exactly why people keep asking how much is Misty's Tentacruel worth before they buy or grade one.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $11, up 28% over the past year, with an all-time high of $12 in April 2026.
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Misty's Tentacruel price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population).
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $304 | - |
| PSA 9 | $69 | - |
| PSA 8 | $43 | - |
| PSA 7 | $25 | - |
| PSA 6 | $21 | - |
| PSA 5 | $17 | - |
| PSA 4 | $16 | - |
| PSA 3 | $14 | - |
| PSA 2 | $13 | - |
| PSA 1 | $51 | - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $11 | - |
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 Misty's Tentacruel
Is Misty's Tentacruel worth grading?
Here is the honest math: a raw, ungraded Misty's Tentacruel runs about $12, while a PSA 10 sells for $303, which works out to roughly 25.4 times the raw price. That is a real jump, and it is tempting to think every copy you find is a lottery ticket. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on older Japanese cards like this one, corners soften, centering drifts, and print lines show up more than people expect. A Grade 9 lands at $73, which is respectable but nowhere near the PSA 10 number, so the difference between a 9 and a 10 is where most of the value actually lives. Add in grading fees and the wait time, and grading only makes sense if you genuinely believe the copy in your hand is sharp enough to gem. If it has any visible wear, it is probably better loved as a raw or lightly played piece in a binder than gambled on at a grading company.
How rare is Misty's Tentacruel?
Leaders' Stadium is a Japanese-only set, and cards like Misty's Tentacruel were never printed with the volume of mainstream English sets, which naturally keeps supply tighter for collectors outside Japan. We do not have exact population numbers to point to here, but that print run scarcity is a big part of why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and Grade 9 figures. When fewer copies exist in top condition, each one carries more weight with buyers who specifically want that grade, and that dynamic is really what is driving the value climb as you move up the grading scale.
Where can you pull Misty's Tentacruel?
This is where PackSpy earns its keep, because we track real pulls across pack sites rather than just quoting a price guide. We have recorded Misty's Tentacruel pulled 12 times across collector-crypt and courtyard, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $64. It has turned up in the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, the Pokémon Basic Pack, the Pokémon Starter Pack, and the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, so if you are chasing this card specifically, those are the products where our data shows it actually showing up. Just remember that pack opening is a gamble no matter how good the odds look on paper, and most rips will not cover what you spent, so treat any hit as a bonus rather than the plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Misty's Tentacruel worth?+
A raw, ungraded Misty's Tentacruel is valued at around $12. Once you move into graded copies, the price climbs fast, with a Grade 9 sitting at $73 and a PSA 10 reaching $303, so condition really does most of the talking here.
Is Misty's Tentacruel worth grading?+
It can be, if the copy is genuinely sharp, since a PSA 10 sells for 25.4 times the raw price of $12. But gem mint is tough to land on older Japanese cards like this, and a Grade 9 only brings $73, so grading a copy with visible wear rarely pays off.
How much is a PSA 10 Misty's Tentacruel worth?+
A PSA 10 Misty's Tentacruel is worth $303, which is a significant step up from both the $73 Grade 9 price and the $12 raw value. That gap is exactly why condition matters so much when you are deciding whether to grade or hold a raw copy.
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