Shining Gyarados 1st Edition #65 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 21 Sept 2026Related Shining Gyarados & chase cards
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Shining Gyarados is one of those cards that quietly became legendary among collectors, and it is easy to see why. Pulled from the Neo Revelation set back in 2001, illustrated by Ken Sugimori, and carrying that coveted 1st edition stamp on card #65, it has always stood out as a rare, shimmering exception to the usual Gyarados art. If you are here trying to pin down Shining Gyarados value, the short answer is that a raw copy currently sits around $1,969, and that is before you even start talking about graded prices.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.0k, up 130% over the past year, with an all-time high of $2.0k in September 2026.
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Shining Gyarados price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 284 graded, only 18 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $80k | 18 | - / 18 |
| PSA 9 | $8.4k | 54 | - / 54 |
| PSA 8 | $3.8k | 104 | - / 104 |
| PSA 7 | $2.6k | 47 | - / 47 |
| PSA 6 | $2.1k | 27 | - / 27 |
| PSA 5 | $1.5k | 21 | - / 21 |
| PSA 4 | $1.3k | 8 | - / 8 |
| PSA 3 | $1.1k | 4 | - / 4 |
| PSA 2 | $910 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 1 | $1.3k | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.0k | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 65 of 66
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 100
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 2001
Attacks
- Outrage30+Water · Fighting · Fighting
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Shining Gyarados. If tails, this attack does nothing.
- Devastate50Water · Water · Fire · Fire
Discard 2 Energy cards attached to Shining Gyarados or this attack does nothing. This attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Then, flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 Energy card attached to each of your opponent's Pokémon that has any Energy cards attached to it and discard those Energy cards.
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The collector's take on Shining Gyarados
Is Shining Gyarados worth grading?
Grading this card is genuinely tempting once you see the numbers. A raw, ungraded Shining Gyarados sits at $1,969, a Grade 9 jumps to $8,362, and a PSA 10 commands $79,580, which works out to roughly 40.4 times what the raw card is worth. That is a serious multiplier, but it comes with a catch: gem mint 10s are hard to land, especially on a card this old with 1st edition print quirks that graders scrutinize closely. If your copy already looks sharp under a light with clean edges and centering, grading can make sense financially. If there is any doubt, sending it in is still a gamble, and grading fees plus turnaround time are real costs whether you pull a 10 or a 9.
How rare is Shining Gyarados?
Right now there are 284 graded copies of Shining Gyarados on record, and only 18 of those have earned the perfect PSA 10 label. When you sit with those numbers for a second, the picture becomes clear: getting any graded copy is already uncommon, but landing in that top tier of 18 is genuinely rare. That kind of scarcity at the gem mint level is exactly why the price gap between a Grade 9 and a PSA 10 is so wide, and it is a big part of what keeps this card desirable to serious collectors rather than just casual buyers.
Where can you pull Shining Gyarados?
We track real pack pulls across sites, not just price guide estimates, and Shining Gyarados has shown up twice in our records, both from phygitals. The biggest recorded pull came in at $2,996, and we have seen the card surface in both the legend-pack and black-pack lineups. Two recorded pulls tells you plainly that this is not a card you should expect to open in a pack anytime soon, most collectors who own one bought it directly on the secondary market, and if you are chasing it through packs, know that the odds are stacked against you the way they are with most rare pulls.
Questions people ask
How much is Shining Gyarados worth?+
A raw, ungraded Shining Gyarados is valued at $1,969 right now. Graded copies climb fast from there, with a Grade 9 sitting at $8,362 and a PSA 10 reaching $79,580, so condition makes a massive difference to what this card is worth.
Is Shining Gyarados worth grading?+
It depends on the condition of your copy. The PSA 10 price of $79,580 is about 40.4 times the raw value, which is a compelling jump, but only 18 out of 284 graded copies have hit that gem mint grade, so it is not a guaranteed outcome and grading fees are a real cost to weigh either way.
Why is the Shining Gyarados 1st Edition #65 print worth more than the standard one?+
The 1st edition stamp marks it as part of an earlier, more limited print run from the original 2001 Neo Revelation release, and collectors have always placed a premium on that first wave of cards. Combined with its rare status and Ken Sugimori's artwork, it has made this specific printing one that serious collectors specifically seek out.
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