Question 1

Is Staryu worth grading?

Accepted Answer

Here's where it gets interesting: a raw Staryu is worth $2, but a PSA 10 brings $436, which works out to about 176.5 times the ungraded price. That's a big jump for a common card, and it tells you gem mint copies are genuinely hard to come by even for a card that wasn't exactly rare on the shelf. Grade 9 copies are currently sitting at $564, which is worth noting since it's actually higher than the PSA 10 figure right now, a reminder that graded card values can shift and don't always move in a straight line. Before you send one off, remember grading has real costs and no guarantees, a rough corner or a stray print line can knock you down a grade and eat your profit. If you've got a Staryu that looks sharp under a loupe, it might be worth the gamble, but go in with your eyes open.

Question 2

How rare is Staryu?

Accepted Answer

Across all grading companies, there are 2,384 graded copies of this Staryu on record, and only 534 of those have earned the top PSA 10 grade. That means gem mint copies make up a fairly small slice of the total population, which helps explain why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw card. Scarcity at the top end is really what drives collector demand here, plenty of Staryus exist in the world, but pristine ones are the ones people chase.

Question 3

Where can you pull Staryu?

Accepted Answer

PackSpy has tracked 72 recorded pulls of this Staryu across pack sites including tilt-rips, collector-crypt, and courtyard, with the biggest single pull coming in at $86. It's shown up in packs like the Pokemon Dime Pack, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, and Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, so it's not a card that never appears, but it's also not one you should count on landing. Most pack openers are chasing bigger hits than a common, and the honest truth is that opening packs is a gamble where most rips lose money. Our pull data is the part price guides can't give you: real evidence of where this card actually turns up, rather than just a guess.

Question 4

How much is Staryu worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Staryu Shadowless #65 is currently valued at $2. Graded copies are worth significantly more, with a Grade 9 at $564 and a PSA 10 at $436, so condition and certification make a huge difference to what this card is actually worth.

Question 5

Is Staryu worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 176.5 times the raw price. But with only 534 PSA 10s out of 2,384 total graded copies, hitting gem mint isn't guaranteed, so weigh the grading cost and risk against how sharp your copy really looks before submitting.

Question 6

Why is the Staryu Shadowless #65 print worth more than the standard one?

Accepted Answer

Shadowless cards come from the earliest print runs of the 1999 Base Set, before the shadow border was added to later prints, which makes them a bit scarcer and more sought after by collectors. Even as a common, that early printing history is part of why people track its value separately.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$163	535	436 / 99
PSA 9	$38	725	564 / 161
PSA 8	$23	460	242 / 218
PSA 7	$8.66	317	152 / 165
PSA 6	$7.00	153	59 / 94
PSA 5	$6.00	102	51 / 51
PSA 4	$5.00	52	20 / 32
PSA 3	$4.00	23	15 / 8
PSA 2	$4.00	11	10 / 1
PSA 1	$50	14	13 / 1
Raw / Ungraded	$1.87	-	-

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