Orthworm #224 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 5 Sept 2026Related Orthworm & chase cards
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Orthworm is one of those illustration rares that stops you mid-scroll, a coiled, metallic centipede rendered with real texture by OKACHEKE for the 2023 Paldea Evolved set. If you're trying to pin down Orthworm's value, the short answer is that it's an affordable card raw, but the story gets more interesting once grading enters the picture. For a lot of collectors it's less about chasing a huge payday and more about owning a genuinely striking piece of art from a set people still love opening.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $6.93, up 50% over the past year, with an all-time high of $7.00 in June 2026.
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Orthworm price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 658 graded, only 106 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $164 | 106 | 87 / 19 |
| PSA 9 | $14 | 322 | 273 / 49 |
| PSA 8 | $12 | 184 | 140 / 44 |
| PSA 7 | $9.25 | 34 | 32 / 2 |
| PSA 6 | $7.00 | 10 | 8 / 2 |
| PSA 5 | $6.00 | 2 | 1 / 1 |
| PSA 4 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | $4.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $4.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $6.93 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 224 of 279
- Rarity
- Illustration rare
- Type
- Metal
- HP
- 130
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- OKACHEKE
- Released
- 2023
Attacks
- Shoot Through100Colorless · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
This attack also does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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The collector's take on Orthworm
Is Orthworm worth grading?
Here's the honest math: a raw Orthworm sits around $7, while a PSA 10 comes in at $87, which works out to about 13.1 times the raw price. That's a real jump, but it comes with real risk too. Grading fees, shipping, and the wait time all add up, and illustration rares like this one can be finicky about edge wear and centering, so a gem mint 10 isn't a given just because the card looks clean to your eye. If you've got a copy that's sharp in hand with no soft corners, it's worth considering, but if there's any doubt, it might make more sense to enjoy it raw or sell it as is rather than gamble on the grading fee.
How rare is Orthworm?
Across the grading population, only 653 copies of Orthworm have been graded in total, and of those, just 106 have earned the coveted PSA 10 label. That's a fairly tight gem mint pool for a card from a set as widely opened as Paldea Evolved, and it tells you that hitting a flawless copy isn't something that happens by accident. When the population of top grades stays this limited, it naturally supports the price gap between a raw copy and a PSA 10, since fewer perfect examples exist to go around.
Where can you pull Orthworm?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we log real pulls across pack sites rather than just guessing at odds. So far we've recorded Orthworm pulled 1 time, on the site lastpack, with the biggest recorded pull value coming in at $7. We've also seen it turn up in packs sold under the name rookie. That single recorded pull tells its own story: this isn't a card that floods packs, so if you're hoping to open one yourself, patience is part of the deal, and most collectors end up finding their copy on the secondary market instead. Worth remembering too that opening packs is always a gamble, and most rips don't cover their cost, Orthworm included.
Questions people ask
How much is Orthworm worth?+
A raw, ungraded Orthworm from Paldea Evolved is valued at $7. Its price climbs significantly once graded, with a Grade 9 reaching $273, so condition and certification make a real difference here.
Is Orthworm worth grading?+
It can be, if your copy is in excellent shape. A PSA 10 is worth 13.1x the raw price, jumping from $7 to $87, but only 106 out of 653 graded copies have hit that gem mint grade, so it's not a sure thing.
How much is a PSA 10 Orthworm worth?+
A PSA 10 Orthworm is valued at $87. That's a solid step up from the raw price of $7, reflecting how few copies reach that top grade out of the 653 total graded so far.
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