Piplup #85 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 6 Sept 2026Related Piplup & chase cards
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Piplup #85 comes from the Japanese Inferno X set, released back in 2009, and it's the kind of common card that a lot of collectors quietly love, partly because Piplup is just an adorable little penguin and partly because Mitsuhiro Arita's artwork gives it real charm despite its humble rarity. If you're trying to figure out Piplup value, the short answer is that it's an affordable piece of that era, with raw copies sitting at $7. It's not a chase card by any stretch, but it's a nice one to track down if you like filling out a set from that period.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $6.50, down 57% over the past year, with an all-time high of $15 in September 2025.
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Piplup price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 7,164 graded, only 4,717 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $48 | 4,717 | - / 4,717 |
| PSA 9 | $23 | 1,789 | - / 1,789 |
| PSA 8 | $21 | 602 | - / 602 |
| PSA 7 | $19 | 46 | - / 46 |
| PSA 6 | $9.04 | 8 | - / 8 |
| PSA 5 | $7.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | $6.00 | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 3 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $6.50 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 85
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Lightning +10
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
Attacks
- Muddy Water10Water
Does 10 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
- Pound20Water · Colorless
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The collector's take on Piplup
Is Piplup worth grading?
So is Piplup worth grading? A PSA 10 copy sells for $50, which works out to about 6.8 times what you'd pay for a raw copy at $7, and a Grade 9 lands at $22. That jump looks tempting on paper, but grading fees, shipping and the wait time add up fast, and gem mint isn't guaranteed just because a card looks clean to your eye. With a common card like this, the math only really works if you already own a copy in sharp shape and you're doing it more for the fun of it than a guaranteed profit. If your card has any whitening on the edges or a slightly off-center print, it's probably better left raw.
How rare is Piplup?
There are 6,522 total graded copies of Piplup out there, and of those, 4,389 have come back as PSA 10. That's a pretty high gem rate for a common card, which tells you this one prints well and holds up under grading scrutiny more often than not. It also explains why the PSA 10 premium isn't sky high: with so many perfect copies already in circulation, scarcity at the top isn't really the story here, it's more about condition and patience than rarity.
Where can you pull Piplup?
This is where PackSpy's own data comes in handy, since we track real pulls across pack sites rather than relying on guesswork. Piplup has been pulled 200 or more times across collector-crypt, courtyard, lastpack, packs, tilt-rips and gachapull, and it's shown up in packs like the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, Pokémon Basic Pack, Water Pack and Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack. The biggest recorded pull value we've logged for it sits at $150, which shows that even a common card can occasionally land in a pack that pays off well beyond its usual price. Worth remembering though, opening packs is a gamble, and most rips don't come out ahead, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than the plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Piplup worth?+
A raw, ungraded Piplup from Inferno X currently sits at $7. Grading pushes that up, with a Grade 9 valued at $22 and a PSA 10 reaching $50, so condition makes a real difference here.
Is Piplup worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for roughly 6.8 times the raw price. That said, grading costs money and takes time, and with population data showing 4,389 PSA 10s out of 6,522 total graded copies, gem mint isn't rare enough to guarantee a big payoff on every submission.
How much is a PSA 10 Piplup worth?+
A PSA 10 Piplup is valued at $50, compared to $7 for a raw copy and $22 for a Grade 9. It's a solid jump for a common card, especially if you already have a copy in gem mint condition sitting around.
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