Question 1

Is Ninetales worth grading?

Accepted Answer

So is Ninetales worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw copy is worth $432, a Grade 9 jumps to $2,742, and a PSA 10 sits way up at $23,269, which works out to 53.8 times the raw price. That gap is real money, but gem mint 10s are hard to hit on a card this old. Base Set copies from 1999 often carry print lines, centering issues, or edge wear that keeps them out of that top grade, and grading fees plus turnaround time are a real cost whether your card comes back a 10 or a 7. If you've got a copy that looks sharp under a loupe, corners tight, centering clean, it's worth the gamble. If it's soft around the edges, you might be paying to confirm what you already suspected.

Question 2

How rare is Ninetales?

Accepted Answer

Ninetales carries a Rare designation in Base Set, and being a 1st Edition copy from 1999 puts it in a smaller, earlier print run than the unlimited reprints that followed. That matters because 1st Edition cards from this era simply weren't produced in the same volumes, and a lot of what was printed didn't survive decades of binders, trades, and basement boxes in great shape. Scarcity like that is exactly why the price climbs so steeply once you move from a played raw copy up toward a PSA 10, since clean survivors are genuinely thin on the ground.

Question 3

Where can you pull Ninetales?

Accepted Answer

This is where PackSpy's data actually helps rather than just repeating a price guide. We've tracked 180 recorded pulls of this Ninetales across sites like courtyard, collector-crypt, mnstr, and general pack breaks, with the biggest single pull we've logged coming in at $1,554. It's turned up in products like the Wildcard Basic Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, and both Day 1 and Day 2 of Pokémon: The Amazing Chase, plus a Pack 3 listing here and there. Worth remembering though, opening packs chasing a card like this is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to covering their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus, not a plan.

Question 4

How much is Ninetales worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw or ungraded Ninetales from Base Set currently sits around $432. Graded copies climb fast from there, with a Grade 9 valued at $2,742 and a PSA 10 reaching $23,269, so condition really is everything with this card.

Question 5

Is Ninetales worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 53.8 times the raw price of $432. But gem mint copies are genuinely tough to land on a 1999 card, so weigh the grading cost and the condition of your specific copy before sending it in.

Question 6

What set is Ninetales from?

Accepted Answer

This Ninetales is card #12 from the Base Set, released in 1999, and it's a Rare card illustrated by Ken Sugimori. The 1st Edition stamp on this particular copy is a big part of why collectors chase it.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$22k	81	68 / 13
PSA 9	$2.7k	522	492 / 30
PSA 8	$1.5k	556	462 / 94
PSA 7	$882	402	353 / 49
PSA 6	$655	390	330 / 60
PSA 5	$615	342	287 / 55
PSA 4	$419	149	125 / 24
PSA 3	$374	72	63 / 9
PSA 2	$337	22	22 / -
PSA 1	$400	26	26 / -
Raw / Ungraded	$400	-	-

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