Question 1

Is Onix worth grading?

Accepted Answer

Here's the honest math on Onix price if you're weighing whether to send one off for grading: a raw copy runs about $21, a Grade 9 jumps to $127, and a true PSA 10 sits at $786, which works out to 38.2 times the raw price. That's a tempting spread, but gem mint 10s are genuinely hard to land, especially on a 1999 card that's spent two decades in binders, boxes, and trade piles picking up whitening and edge wear along the way. Grading fees and the wait time are real costs too, so it only tends to make sense if your copy already looks sharp under a light, centered well, with clean corners and no surface scuffing. If there's any doubt, it might be worth holding onto it raw rather than gambling the grading fee on a card that grades out at an 8.

Question 2

How rare is Onix?

Accepted Answer

Across every submission on record, there are 3,120 graded copies of this Onix, and only 592 of those have earned the PSA 10 label. That means gem mint copies make up a fairly small slice of the total graded population, which lines up with what we'd expect from a card this old that saw heavy circulation as a common in Base Set packs. It's not an ultra rare card by any stretch, but hitting that top grade takes a copy that avoided decades of shelf wear and handling, and that scarcity at the very top is exactly why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and Grade 9 numbers.

Question 3

Where can you pull Onix?

Accepted Answer

This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we've recorded Onix pulled 200 or more times across real pack sites including tilt-rips, collector-crypt, courtyard, lastpack, and mnstr, with the biggest recorded pull value hitting $122. If you're chasing this card through packs rather than buying it outright, keep an eye on listings like Pokemon Dime Pack, Elite Pokemon Gacha Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Pokemon Starter Pack, and Anime Pop Culture Gacha, since those are where it's actually turned up. Just go in with realistic expectations: pack pulls are a gamble by nature, and most rips don't beat the price of buying the card straight off the secondary market, so treat any pull as a nice bonus rather than the plan itself.

Question 4

How much is Onix worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw or ungraded copy of the 1st edition #56 Onix is worth about $21 right now. Once graded, that value climbs quickly, with a Grade 9 sitting at $127 and a PSA 10 reaching $786, so condition and certification make a big difference to Onix value.

Question 5

Is Onix worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 38.2 times what a raw copy goes for. But only 592 out of 3,120 graded copies have hit that top grade, so it really depends on whether your copy is already in sharp, clean condition before you spend money and time on grading.

Question 6

Why is the Onix 1st Edition #56 print worth more than the standard one?

Accepted Answer

The 1st edition stamp marks it as part of the earliest print run of Base Set from 1999, which collectors have always valued more highly than later unlimited prints of the same common card. Combined with its scarce gem mint population, that early printing is a big part of why this specific Onix commands the prices it does.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$822	592	555 / 37
PSA 9	$127	1,179	1,068 / 111
PSA 8	$43	739	545 / 194
PSA 7	$35	294	225 / 69
PSA 6	$23	180	131 / 49
PSA 5	$18	93	69 / 24
PSA 4	$15	33	21 / 12
PSA 3	$13	12	8 / 4
PSA 2	$12	3	3 / -
PSA 1	$66	6	6 / -
Raw / Ungraded	$18	-	-

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