Quaquaval ex #260 value & price
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Quaquaval ex is one of those special illustration rares that makes you stop and just look at the artwork for a second before you even think about the fight it's in. Pulled from the 2023 Paldea Evolved set and illustrated by Souichirou Gunjima, this is the kind of card that photographs beautifully and holds a soft spot with collectors who like their Pokemon big, splashy, and full of personality. Right now the raw, ungraded market sits at $15, which is the number most people land on when they start digging into Quaquaval ex value.
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Card details
- Card number
- 260 of 279
- Rarity
- Special illustration rare
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 320
- Stage
- Stage2
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Souichirou Gunjima
- Released
- 2023
Attacks
- Exciting Dance60Water
Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. If you do, switch out your opponent's Active Pokémon to the Bench. (Your opponent chooses the new Active Pokémon.)
- Spiral Shot230Water · Colorless
Put 2 Energy attached to this Pokémon into your hand.
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The collector's take on Quaquaval ex
Is Quaquaval ex worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw copy sits at $15, a Grade 9 nudges up to $22, but a PSA 10 gem mint copy jumps all the way to $80, which works out to about 5.2 times the raw price. That's a real gap, and it's tempting. But hitting a true gem mint 10 is genuinely hard, centering and edge wear knock plenty of copies down before they ever reach that top grade, and grading fees plus shipping and turnaround time eat into your margin fast. If you've got a copy that already looks sharp under a loupe, sending it in can pay off. If it's a middling copy, you might just be paying to find out it's a 9, and the numbers here show that's a smaller reward for the same risk.
How rare is it?
PackSpy doesn't have hard population counts to share for Quaquaval ex specifically, but special illustration rares as a tier are built to be scarce by design. These cards sit above your standard holo pulls in Paldea Evolved's print run, meaning fewer copies exist per case than the everyday cards filling out the rest of the set. That scarcity is exactly why the jump from raw to PSA 10 is so steep. Fewer copies means fewer chances for a flawless one, and fewer flawless ones is what keeps the graded price meaningfully above the raw one.
Where to pull it
This is where our data actually gets interesting. Across the pack sites PackSpy tracks, we've recorded Quaquaval ex pulled 10 times, all of it coming through tilt-rips, and the biggest single pull we've logged came in at $110. If you're chasing this card in packs rather than buying it outright, it's shown up specifically in the Pokemon Expert Pack, the Pokemon Premium Pack, and the Pokemon Master Pack. Worth saying plainly: opening packs for a specific card is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to covering their cost. But if you're going to roll the dice anyway, knowing exactly which packs have actually produced this card is a real edge, and it's the kind of thing a static price guide simply can't tell you.
Questions people ask
How much is Quaquaval ex worth?+
A raw, ungraded Quaquaval ex from Paldea Evolved is worth $15. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 sitting at $22 and a PSA 10 reaching $80, so condition makes a real difference to what this card is worth.
Is Quaquaval ex worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 5.2 times the raw price, jumping from $15 to $80. But gem mint copies are tough to pull off, and grading costs and turnaround time mean it's only worth it if your copy is already in strong shape.
What set is Quaquaval ex from?+
Quaquaval ex #260 comes from the Paldea Evolved set, released in 2023. It's a special illustration rare illustrated by Souichirou Gunjima, which is part of why collectors seek it out beyond just its playability.
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