Seaking Value
Japanese Awakening Legends
Seaking, the graceful goldfish Pokemon from the Japanese Awakening Legends set, is one of those cards that quietly rewards patient collectors rather than chasing headlines. If you are trying to pin down Seaking value right now, the short answer is that a raw copy sits at $3, but grading changes that picture fast, with a PSA 10 fetching $225. It is not a flashy chase card, but the numbers behind it tell a genuinely interesting story.
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Seaking price history
Ungraded value is $2.89, down 18% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.53 in July 2025.
Market value over time by grade. Hover for any month; tap a grade to toggle its line.
Seaking price at every grade
The market value at each PSA grade, with how many exist (population). 104 graded copies exist — only 23 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.89 | — |
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $225 | 23 |
| Grade 9 | $29 | 40 |
| Grade 8 | $28 | 27 |
| Grade 7 | – | 6 |
| Grade 6 | – | 6 |
| Grade 5 | – | 2 |
| Grade 4 | – | – |
| Grade 3 | – | – |
| Grade 2 | – | – |
| Grade 1 | – | – |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Grade values are PSA-based; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Seaking — collector's take
Is Seaking worth grading?
So is Seaking worth grading? Let's talk it through honestly. A raw copy runs about $3, but a PSA 10 jumps all the way to $225, which works out to 77.9x the raw price, and even a Grade 9 brings in $29. That gap is real money, but gem mint is not easy to land, grading companies are picky about corners, centering and surface, and you are paying grading fees upfront with no guarantee you will get a 10 back. If you already have a sharp, clean copy sitting in a sleeve, sending it in can make sense. If it has soft corners or a scratch you are hoping nobody notices, you are better off holding onto it raw or selling as is, since a Grade 9 result still only gets you $29 after fees.
How rare is it?
Across all grading submissions, only 104 copies of Seaking have ever been graded, and of those just 23 have earned that coveted PSA 10 label. That is a fairly tight population when you think about it, and it means gem mint copies are genuinely uncommon rather than just marketed that way. When the top grade makes up less than a quarter of everything graded, it explains why the price jumps so sharply between a Grade 9 and a PSA 10, scarcity at the very top is doing real work on the value here.
Where to pull it
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we log real pulls straight from pack opening sites, not just guesswork. Seaking has been recorded pulled 3 times across sites including courtyard and collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull worth $55. It has turned up in packs like the Pokemon Starter Pack, the Starter Pokemon Gacha Pack and the Pokemon Pro Pack, so if you are opening those, keep an eye out. That said, three recorded pulls is not a lot, so most people who end up owning a Seaking are buying it directly rather than ripping it themselves, and it is worth remembering that opening packs is a gamble where most rips do not pay for themselves.
Questions people ask
How much is Seaking worth?
A raw, ungraded Seaking from Awakening Legends is worth about $3. Once graded, the value climbs, with a Grade 9 worth $29 and a PSA 10 reaching $225, so condition makes a big difference to what this card is worth.
Is Seaking worth grading?
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 77.9x what a raw copy is worth. But gem mint copies are hard to pull off, only 23 out of 104 graded copies have hit that PSA 10 mark, so weigh the grading cost against your card's actual condition before sending it in.
What set is Seaking from?
Seaking comes from the Japanese Awakening Legends set. It is one of the cards collectors track for its combination of scarcity and the wide value gap between raw and graded copies.
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