Shining Gyarados #65 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 7 Sept 2026Related Shining Gyarados & chase cards
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Shining Gyarados is one of those cards that stops you mid scroll, a holofoil beast from the 2001 Neo Revelation set that Ken Sugimori brought to life in that deep, shimmering blue. It carries Rare status and, more importantly, that early Shining subset charm that made this whole era of Pokemon cards special. If you are digging into Shining Gyarados value, the short answer is that a raw copy sits at $631, which tells you collectors still hold this one in real regard two decades on.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $657, up 73% over the past year, with an all-time high of $692 in March 2026.
Recent pulls of Shining Gyarados
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Shining Gyarados price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 7,240 graded, only 139 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $22k | 139 | 120 / 19 |
| PSA 9 | $2.7k | 1,070 | 989 / 81 |
| PSA 8 | $1.8k | 1,607 | 1,289 / 318 |
| PSA 7 | $1.4k | 1,190 | 968 / 222 |
| PSA 6 | $990 | 1,074 | 912 / 162 |
| PSA 5 | $888 | 874 | 733 / 141 |
| PSA 4 | $726 | 502 | 413 / 89 |
| PSA 3 | $659 | 338 | 293 / 45 |
| PSA 2 | $545 | 207 | 189 / 18 |
| PSA 1 | $534 | 239 | 234 / 5 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $678 | - | - |
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?
So is it worth sending Shining Gyarados off to get graded? Here is the honest math: a raw copy runs $631, a Grade 9 jumps to $2,711, and a true PSA 10 gem mint copy is valued at $21,576, which works out to 34.2 times the raw price. That is a serious jump, but landing a 10 on a card from 2001 is not easy. Decades of handling, print lines, and edge wear mean gem mint copies are genuinely hard to find, and grading fees plus turnaround time are a real cost you eat whether the card comes back a 10 or a 7. If you already own a sharp looking copy with clean corners and centering, it can be worth the gamble. If you are buying raw specifically to grade, go in knowing the odds are not guaranteed and price it into your decision.
How rare is Shining Gyarados?
Shining Gyarados carries Rare rarity from Neo Revelation, a set that already holds a special place for introducing the Shining Pokemon mechanic, cards that were rare pulls even back when packs were fresh on shelves in 2001. We do not have official population figures to lean on here, but the value gap between raw, Grade 9, and PSA 10 tells its own story: gem mint copies are scarce enough that the market pays a steep premium for them. That scarcity is really the whole engine behind the price, older Rare holos from this era simply do not turn up in high grade very often, and every year that stays true.
Where can you pull Shining Gyarados?
This is where PackSpy earns its keep, because we track real pack openings across sites rather than just guessing at rarity. Shining Gyarados has been recorded pulled 9 times across sites including tilt-rips and mnstr, showing up in products like Pokemon Master Pack, Pack 3, and Pokemon Expert Pack. The biggest pull we have logged for this card came in at $3,136, which gives you a sense of what a lucky rip can look like. That said, nine recorded pulls across all that tracked activity tells you this card is genuinely tough to hit. Most people who want one end up buying on the secondary market rather than chasing it through packs, and it is worth remembering that opening packs is a gamble where the odds usually favor the house, not the ripper.
Questions people ask
How much is Shining Gyarados worth?+
A raw, ungraded Shining Gyarados is valued at $631 right now. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 sitting at $2,711 and a PSA 10 gem mint copy reaching $21,576.
Is Shining Gyarados worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 34.2 times the raw price of $631. Just know that gem mint copies of a 2001 card are genuinely hard to pull off, so weigh the grading cost and risk against what you are starting with before sending it in.
What set is Shining Gyarados from?+
Shining Gyarados comes from Neo Revelation, released in 2001, where it holds Rare status with artwork by Ken Sugimori. It is part of that original Shining Pokemon subset that collectors still chase from this set today.
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