Rotom #197 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 27 Aug 2026Related Rotom & chase cards
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Rotom pulls double duty as one of the more charming illustration rares to come out of Destined Rivals, and Taiga Kayama's artwork is a big reason collectors keep coming back to it. It's a 2025 release, and for anyone weighing Rotom value right now, the short version is that this is an affordable, genuinely fun card to chase rather than a chase-the-mortgage type pull. Raw copies sit at $4, which makes it approachable for new collectors and set builders alike.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $4.01, up 9% over the past year, with an all-time high of $10 in May 2025.
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Rotom price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,459 graded, only 755 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $79 | 755 | 518 / 237 |
| PSA 9 | $19 | 1,291 | 1,139 / 152 |
| PSA 8 | $10 | 366 | 328 / 38 |
| PSA 7 | $8.00 | 34 | 30 / 4 |
| PSA 6 | $7.50 | 10 | 10 / - |
| PSA 5 | $6.00 | 3 | 2 / 1 |
| PSA 4 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | $4.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $4.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $4.01 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 197 of 244
- Rarity
- Illustration rare
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Taiga Kayama
- Released
- 2025
Attacks
- Astonish20Lightning
Choose a random card from your opponent's hand. Your opponent reveals that card and shuffles it into their deck.
- Gadget Show30×Colorless · Colorless
This attack does 30 damage for each Pokémon Tool attached to all of your Pokémon.
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The collector's take on Rotom
Is Rotom worth grading?
So is Rotom worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw copy runs about $4, a Grade 9 sits at $20, and a PSA 10 commands $82, which works out to 19.1x the raw price. That's a real jump, but gem mint isn't a guarantee. Illustration rares like this one often show whitening or edge wear from the printing process, and a single flaw can knock you down to a 9 or lower. Add in grading fees and turnaround time, and you're taking on real risk for a card that isn't worth a fortune raw to begin with. If you've got a copy that looks flawless under a loupe and you enjoy the process, it can be worth submitting. If you're just trying to flip for profit, the math is tighter than it looks at first glance.
How rare is Rotom?
We don't have official population figures to point to here, but illustration rares as a category tend to sit in that sweet spot: uncommon enough to feel special, common enough that most collectors can actually own one. Destined Rivals wasn't a tiny print run set, so Rotom isn't the kind of card where you're hunting for years to find a copy. The scarcity that matters most is in the top grades. Getting a PSA 10 out of any given print run takes a clean pull and careful handling, which is exactly why that grade commands such a premium over raw.
Where can you pull Rotom?
This is where PackSpy's data actually earns its keep. We've tracked Rotom being pulled 96 times across sites including courtyard, collector-crypt, packs, and lastpack, so it's genuinely out there and reachable, not some mythical chase card. The biggest recorded pull value we've logged for it hit $487, which tells you that the right box or the right pack can occasionally produce a copy worth well above the norm. If you're opening packs specifically hoping to land one, keep an eye on Pokémon Starter Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Catch 'em All - Destined Rivals, and Wildcard Starter Pack, since those are where we've seen it show up. Worth saying plainly: opening packs is gambling, and most rips don't cover their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than an expectation.
Questions people ask
How much is Rotom worth?+
A raw, ungraded Rotom currently sits around $4. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 at $20 and a PSA 10 reaching $82. Value really depends on condition, so where your copy lands on that scale makes a big difference.
Is Rotom worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 19.1x the raw price, jumping from $4 to $82. But gem mint copies are genuinely hard to hit, and grading fees eat into any profit if your card comes back a 9 or lower, so only submit copies that look sharp to begin with.
What set is Rotom from?+
Rotom is card #197 from Destined Rivals, released in 2025. It's an illustration rare, illustrated by Taiga Kayama, which is part of why the artwork gets so much attention from collectors.
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