Staryu #122 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Staryu & chase cards
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Staryu is one of those cards that takes you right back to the simple joy of collecting, a little water-type starfish rendered in Ken Sugimori's classic style, tucked into the 2008 Legends Awakened set as a Common. It's not a card that turns heads for rarity of print, but if you're digging into Staryu value, price, or wondering how much Staryu is worth, you're in the right spot. The numbers tell an honest story, and we'll walk through all of them.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $0.32, down 79% over the past year, with an all-time high of $2.22 in October 2025.
Recent pulls of Staryu
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$12CGC 10 GEM MINT30th Anniversary - Day 1: RedCourtyard · 3m ago
-RawPokémon Uncommon PackPackz · 3m ago
$25CGC 10 GEM MINT30th Anniversary - Day 2: BlueCourtyard · 29m ago
$20CGC 10 PRISTINEPokémon Starter PackCourtyard · 50m ago-RawPokémon Uncommon PackPackz · 1h ago
$14CGC 10 GEM MINT30th Anniversary - Day 1: RedCourtyard · 1h ago
$25CGC 10 GEM MINT30th Anniversary - Day 2: BlueCourtyard · 2h ago
-RawPokémon Uncommon PackPackz · 2h ago
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Staryu price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 15 graded, only 2 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $36 | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 9 | $12 | 4 | - / 4 |
| PSA 8 | - | 6 | - / 6 |
| PSA 7 | - | 3 | - / 3 |
| PSA 6 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 5 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $0.32 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 122 of 146
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 50
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Lightning +10
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 2008
Attacks
- RecoverColorless
Discard an Energy attached to Staryu and remove 3 damage counters from Staryu.
- Spinning Attack20Water · Colorless
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The collector's take on Staryu
Is Staryu worth grading?
Here's the real talk on grading Staryu: raw copies currently sit at $0, while a PSA 10 commands $44, which works out to about 114.8 times the raw price. That sounds like a big jump, and it is, but gem mint is a tough bar to clear on any card from this era, and grading fees plus shipping and the wait time all eat into that potential upside. A Grade 9 lands at just $15, so the real money only shows up if your copy comes back flawless. If you've got a copy that looks sharp under a loupe, centered well with clean edges and no whitening, it might be worth the gamble. If it's just an average pull, it's probably better loved and kept as is.
How rare is Staryu?
Only 15 copies of Staryu have been graded in total, and of those, just 2 have earned the coveted PSA 10 label. That is a genuinely small population for a Common card, and it tells you that most people who own this one never bothered sending it in, likely because the raw value simply doesn't justify the cost for most collectors. That scarcity at the top end is exactly why the PSA 10 price holds a premium relative to everything below it. When only two gem mint copies exist, each one carries a bit of built-in bragging rights.
Where can you pull Staryu?
We've tracked 75 recorded pulls of Staryu across pack sites like tilt-rips, courtyard, and collector-crypt, so this is a card that does show up if you're opening packs regularly. It's turned up in the Pokemon Dime Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, and Pokémon Starter Pack, so keep an eye on those entry-level style rips if you're hunting for it. The biggest pull value we've logged for Staryu sits at $86, which shows that even a Common can have its moment. Just remember, pack opening is a gamble by nature, and most rips won't net you anywhere near that number, so treat it as a fun chase rather than an investment plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Staryu worth?+
A raw, ungraded Staryu from Legends Awakened currently sits at $0 in market value. The real value climbs if you get it professionally graded, with a Grade 9 fetching $15 and a PSA 10 reaching $44.
Is Staryu worth grading?+
It depends on the condition of your copy. The jump from raw to PSA 10 is about 114.8 times, which sounds appealing, but with only 2 PSA 10s ever recorded out of 15 total graded copies, gem mint is genuinely hard to hit, so weigh the grading cost against realistic odds.
How much is a PSA 10 Staryu worth?+
A PSA 10 Staryu is valued at $44, making it by far the most valuable version of this card. With just 2 PSA 10 copies known to exist out of a population of 15 graded total, that gem mint tier is rare territory.
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