Sinistea #251 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Sinistea & chase cards
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Sinistea #251 comes from the Japanese Shiny Star V set, one of those quietly charming cards that collectors pick up while filling out a set rather than chasing a big hitter. If you've landed here searching for the Sinistea value, the short answer is that it's an affordable card in raw form at $2, but the picture shifts quite a bit once grading gets involved. It's a nice example of how a modest little card can still have a real story behind its price.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.07, down 6% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.59 in June 2022.
Recent pulls of Sinistea
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Sinistea price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 239 graded, only 181 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $29 | 181 | 99 / 82 |
| PSA 9 | $20 | 55 | 14 / 41 |
| PSA 8 | - | 3 | - / 3 |
| PSA 7 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 6 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 5 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.07 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
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The collector's take on Sinistea
Is Sinistea worth grading?
So is it worth grading a Sinistea? Let's look at the honest math. A raw copy sits at $2, a Grade 9 climbs to $14, and a PSA 10 jumps all the way to $99, which works out to 39.9 times the raw price. That's a meaningful gap, and it's easy to see why grading is tempting, but remember that grading fees and wait times eat into any return, and there's no guarantee a submitted card comes back gem mint. If you've got a copy that looks genuinely sharp in hand, it's worth considering, just go in because you like the card, not purely chasing the multiplier.
How rare is Sinistea?
Look at the population numbers and Sinistea tells a pretty clear story. Only 238 copies have ever been graded across the board, and of those, 180 came back as PSA 10. That tells you two things at once: very few people have bothered sending this card in for grading, but among those who did, gem mint copies weren't especially hard to land. So the scarcity here isn't really about hunting for a perfect copy, it's about how small the graded pool is overall, which helps explain why even a PSA 10 stays fairly grounded in price.
Where can you pull Sinistea?
As for where you'd actually find one, our tracking across pack sites shows just a single recorded pull of Sinistea, on collector-crypt, with the biggest pull value coming in at $15 out of a Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack. That's a thin trail, and it says more about how rarely this card turns up in openings than anything else. If you want one for your collection, buying raw or graded on the secondary market is the far more realistic path than hoping to rip it, and it's worth keeping in mind that pack opening is a gamble where most rips don't come out ahead.
Questions people ask
How much is Sinistea worth?+
A raw, ungraded Sinistea is currently valued at $2, while a Grade 9 copy sits at $14. The Sinistea price really moves once you get to PSA 10, which is worth $99, so condition and grading make a big difference here.
Is Sinistea worth grading?+
It can be, if the copy in your hands is genuinely clean. Going from raw at $2 to PSA 10 at $99 is a 39.9x jump, but grading costs money and gem mint isn't a sure thing, so it's worth weighing that risk before you submit.
How much is a PSA 10 Sinistea worth?+
A PSA 10 Sinistea is worth $99, which is 39.9 times the raw value. With 180 of the 238 total graded copies coming back as PSA 10, gem mint isn't the rarest outcome, which helps keep that top price where it is rather than sky high.
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