Potion Energy #82 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Potion Energy & chase cards
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Potion Energy #82 comes from the Team Rocket set, one of the earliest expansions Pokemon ever released back in 2000, and it's the kind of card that quietly sneaks into a lot of long time collectors' binders. It's an Uncommon, illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi, and while it's never going to headline a set the way a holo does, there's something charming about a well kept energy card from that era. If you're checking the Potion Energy value today, the raw price sits at $2, which tells you this is more of a nostalgia pickup than an investment play, and that's perfectly fine.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.26, up 81% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.24 in January 2021.
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Potion Energy price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 200 graded, only 17 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $123 | 17 | 4 / 13 |
| PSA 9 | $9.99 | 48 | 27 / 21 |
| PSA 8 | $8.55 | 58 | 17 / 41 |
| PSA 7 | $4.15 | 35 | 13 / 22 |
| PSA 6 | $3.95 | 27 | 10 / 17 |
| PSA 5 | $2.25 | 12 | 5 / 7 |
| PSA 4 | $2.00 | 2 | 2 / - |
| PSA 3 | $2.00 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 2 | $2.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.26 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Team Rocket
- Card number
- 82 of 83
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Released
- 2000
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The collector's take on Potion Energy
Is Potion Energy worth grading?
Here's the honest math on Potion Energy price when you start talking grading: a raw copy runs about $2, a Grade 9 sits at $10, and a PSA 10 jumps all the way up to $119, which works out to roughly 57.0x the raw value. That's a real gap, and it's tempting. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on cards like this, especially with older printing and handling from the Team Rocket era, and grading fees plus shipping and time add up whether or not the card comes back a 10. If you already own a sharp looking copy and you're curious, it can be worth a shot, but going in expecting a guaranteed PSA 10 payout is how a lot of people lose money on grading, not make it.
How rare is Potion Energy?
Across all grading services combined, there are 195 graded copies of Potion Energy on record, and only 15 of those are PSA 10. That's a small slice at the top, well under ten percent of the graded population, which is part of why that gem mint price sits so far above everything else. It's not an ultra rare card by any means, but true gem mint survivors from a set this old are genuinely uncommon, and that scarcity is doing a lot of the work behind the PSA 10 number.
Where can you pull Potion Energy?
This is where PackSpy's own pull data comes in handy, since it's not something a price guide can tell you. We've recorded Potion Energy pulled 4 times across pack sites, specifically collector-crypt and courtyard, with the biggest recorded pull value hitting $502. It's shown up in packs like the Starter Pokemon Gacha Pack, The Amazing Chase Encore, and the Wildcard Basic Pack. Four recorded pulls isn't a lot, so realistically most collectors end up buying Potion Energy on the secondary market rather than ripping it fresh from a pack, and that's worth knowing before you go chasing it in a box.
Questions people ask
How much is Potion Energy worth?+
A raw, ungraded Potion Energy is valued at $2. If you send it in for grading, a Grade 9 runs about $10, and a PSA 10 climbs to $119, so the value really depends on the condition and whether it's been professionally graded.
Is Potion Energy worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for around 57.0x what a raw copy goes for. But only 15 out of 195 graded copies have hit that PSA 10 grade, so gem mint is far from guaranteed, and grading costs and shipping should factor into your decision either way.
How much is a PSA 10 Potion Energy worth?+
A PSA 10 Potion Energy is valued at $119. That's a big step up from the $2 raw price and the $10 Grade 9 price, reflecting just how few copies, only 15 out of 195 graded, have earned that top grade.
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