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Majestic Dawn · Common

Piplup Stamped #71 value & price

Card 71 / 100CommonWater · HP 60Released 2008Illus. Kent Kanetsuna
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MReviewed by · Updated 8 Aug 2026
Ungraded market value
$14 242% · 1Y
PSA 9
-
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
-

Piplup, the little blue penguin starter, has a soft spot in a lot of collectors' hearts, and this particular card, Piplup Stamped #71 from the 2008 Majestic Dawn set, is a fun piece of that era to track down. It's a common card illustrated by Kent Kanetsuna, and if you're wondering about Piplup value right now, the raw or ungraded price sits at $14. Not a rare chase card by design, but a genuinely nice piece of nostalgia that still moves in the secondary market.

Price history

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$0.00$5.91$12$18$242026

Raw value is $14, up 242% over the past year, with an all-time high of $22 in April 2026.

Raw
$14
1Y
▲ 242%
PSA 10
-
PSA 9
-
Population
-
Gem PSA 10
-
Upside
-
All-time high
$22

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Piplup price at every grade

Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population).

GradeValuePopulation
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)--
PSA 9--
PSA 8$75-
PSA 7--
PSA 6--
PSA 5--
PSA 4--
PSA 3--
PSA 2--
PSA 1--
Raw / Ungraded$14-

Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.

Card details

Card number
71 of 100
Rarity
Common
Type
Water
HP
60
Stage
Basic
Weakness
Lightning +10
Retreat cost
1
Illustrator
Kent Kanetsuna
Released
2008

Attacks

  • Water Splash10+
    Water

    Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage.

  • Headbutt20
    Colorless · Colorless
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The collector's take on Piplup

Is Piplup worth grading?

So is Piplup worth grading? Honestly, we don't have PSA 10 or Grade 9 sale prices recorded yet for this one, which itself tells you something: it's not a card people are rushing to slab in big numbers. With a raw price of $14, you'd want to think carefully before sending it off, since grading fees can easily eat up more than the card is worth if it doesn't come back gem mint. That said, we have seen one recorded pull reach $150, which shows that under the right conditions a strong copy can do well. If you already own one and it looks flawless under a loupe, it might be worth exploring grading, but going in expecting a guaranteed payout on a common card is where a lot of people get burned.

How rare is Piplup?

Majestic Dawn was a widely printed set back in 2008, and as a common card, Piplup was never meant to be scarce in the way a holo or secret rare would be. We don't have official population numbers for graded copies of this card, so it's hard to say exactly how many gem mint examples exist out there. What we can say is that commons from this era tend to have plenty of raw copies circulating, which keeps the price accessible, while genuinely pristine, high grade copies are naturally harder to come by simply because fewer people bothered preserving commons carefully back in the day.

Where can you pull Piplup?

This is where PackSpy's data actually gets interesting. We've tracked Piplup being pulled 200 or more times across sites like collector-crypt, courtyard, packs, and tilt-rips, so it's not some phantom card that never shows up. It's turned up in packs like the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, Pokémon Basic Pack, and Water Pack, which makes sense given its water typing and starter status. The biggest recorded pull value we've seen for it is $150, but that's the exception, not the rule, and it's worth remembering that opening packs is essentially a gamble where most pulls don't come close to covering what you spent.

Questions people ask

How much is Piplup worth?+

Right now, Piplup in raw or ungraded condition is valued at $14. We don't yet have solid PSA 10 or Grade 9 prices on record, so that raw figure is the clearest number to go by if you're checking Piplup price today.

Is Piplup worth grading?+

It depends on the copy. With no confirmed PSA 10 or Grade 9 sale data yet, grading a $14 common is a bit of a gamble, and grading fees can outweigh the potential upside unless your card is genuinely pristine. Our biggest recorded pull hit $150, so it's not impossible for a great copy to do well, just don't count on it.

What set is Piplup from?+

This Piplup, stamped #71, comes from the Majestic Dawn set released in 2008. It's a common card illustrated by Kent Kanetsuna, and it's shown up across several gacha and starter style pack sites according to our pull tracking.

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