Radiant Blastoise #18 value & price
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Radiant Blastoise is one of those cards that makes you stop flipping through a binder, that shimmering foil treatment on a classic starter evolution just does something to collectors. It's card #18 from the Go set, released in 2022, sitting in the Radiant Rare slot with artwork from Masakazu Fukuda that gives the old water cannon shell a genuinely striking finish. If you're trying to pin down Radiant Blastoise value right now, the short answer is it sits at $12 raw, but that number tells only part of the story once grading enters the picture.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $11, up 38% over the past year, with an all-time high of $12 in July 2022.
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Radiant Blastoise price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 10,628 graded, only 5,790 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $121 | 5,790 | 4,894 / 896 |
| PSA 9 | $27 | 3,569 | 2,693 / 876 |
| PSA 8 | $25 | 994 | 599 / 395 |
| PSA 7 | $12 | 168 | 124 / 44 |
| PSA 6 | $9.99 | 73 | 67 / 6 |
| PSA 5 | $8.00 | 23 | 19 / 4 |
| PSA 4 | $7.00 | 8 | 8 / - |
| PSA 3 | $6.00 | 2 | 2 / - |
| PSA 2 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $11 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Go
- Card number
- 18 of 88
- Rarity
- Radiant Rare
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 150
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Released
- 2022
Attacks
- Torrential Cannon170Water · Water · Colorless
During your next turn, this Pokémon can't use Torrential Cannon.
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The collector's take on Radiant Blastoise
Is Radiant Blastoise worth grading?
Here's where it gets interesting. A raw copy of Radiant Blastoise runs about $12, a Grade 9 climbs to $27, and a PSA 10 sits at $136, which works out to 11.6 times what the raw card fetches. That's a real jump, and it's tempting to send every copy you own off for grading the moment you see that math. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on cards like this, the radiant foil treatment shows every whitening and surface scratch under a grader's light, and grading fees plus shipping and turnaround time eat into any profit if your copy comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If you've got a copy that looks sharp under a loupe, corners crisp, no print lines through the foil, it's worth the gamble. If it's a well loved binder copy, it's probably better off staying raw or going straight to a buyer who just wants a nice player's card.
How rare is Radiant Blastoise?
Across all grading companies combined, there are 10,557 graded copies of Radiant Blastoise on record, and of those, 5,764 have earned the coveted PSA 10 gem mint label. That's actually a fairly high percentage of tens relative to the total population, which tells you this card, when it's pulled in good shape, tends to grade well. It also means the gem mint copies aren't quite as scarce as some other Radiant Rares, so the price of $136 reflects steady demand rather than extreme rarity, still a meaningful premium over raw, just not a moonshot.
Where can you pull Radiant Blastoise?
This is where our tracking actually earns its keep. PackSpy has recorded Radiant Blastoise pulled 200 or more times across sites like collector-crypt, mnstr, courtyard, packs, and lastpack, so it's not some mythical chase card you'll never see, it shows up with real frequency in the wild. We've logged it turning up in Starter Pokémon Gacha Packs, Elite Pokémon Gacha Packs, Water Packs, and generic Pack 1 and Pack 5 listings across different sites. The biggest single pull we've recorded hit $4,613, which is a good reminder that most pack openings don't land anywhere near that, opening packs is a gamble and the majority of rips lose money against what you paid in. Radiant Blastoise being a semi-frequent pull is good news if you're chasing it specifically, rather than hoping for one blind box miracle.
Questions people ask
How much is Radiant Blastoise worth?+
A raw, ungraded Radiant Blastoise is worth $12 right now. Grade it and a Grade 9 brings $27, while a PSA 10 gem mint copy sells for $136. The Radiant Blastoise price really does hinge on condition and whether it's been graded.
Is Radiant Blastoise worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 11.6 times the raw price. But with 5,764 out of 10,557 graded copies already earning that top grade, gem mint isn't rare enough here to guarantee a huge windfall, so weigh grading fees against how sharp your copy actually looks first.
What set is Radiant Blastoise from?+
Radiant Blastoise is card #18 from the Go set, released in 2022, and it carries the Radiant Rare designation with artwork by Masakazu Fukuda. It's one of the more eye-catching pulls from that set thanks to its foil treatment.
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