Switching Cups #162 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 22 Aug 2026Related Switching Cups & chase cards
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Switching Cups is one of those quietly useful Uncommon cards from Evolving Skies, the 2021 set that so many collectors still dig through today, and it carries artwork from Ryo Ueda that gives it a nice bit of charm even outside the big chase cards. If you are looking into Switching Cups value, the short version is that this one lives mostly in the bulk bins as a raw card, but it does have a small, real story in graded form. It is not a card that will make headlines, but it has its own little collector niche worth understanding.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $0.10, down 91% over the past year, with an all-time high of $1.21 in February 2023.
Recent pulls of Switching Cups
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$0.19UncommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 2m ago
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Switching Cups price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 5 graded.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $30 | - | - / - |
| PSA 9 | $10 | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 8 | - | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 7 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 6 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 5 | - | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $0.10 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 162 of 237
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Illustrator
- Ryo Ueda
- Released
- 2021
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The collector's take on Switching Cups
Is Switching Cups worth grading?
Here is the honest answer on grading Switching Cups: raw copies sit at $0, while a Grade 9 brings $10 and a true gem mint PSA 10 lands at $30, which works out to about 379.9 times the raw price. That multiplier looks big on paper, but remember it is applied to a card with essentially no raw value to begin with, so the actual dollars at stake are modest. Grading costs money and time no matter what card you send in, and there is always a chance a copy comes back a 9 instead of a 10, so for a card like this it really only makes sense if you already have a copy in hand that looks flawless and you are grading for the fun of it, not the payout.
How rare is Switching Cups?
Right now there are only 5 graded copies of Switching Cups on record across all grades, which tells you this is not a card people are rushing to send in. That kind of small population usually happens with lower value Uncommons, since grading fees rarely make sense for a card selling in this range. It does mean that any well preserved copy, especially a PSA 10, is genuinely rare in graded form, even if the market has not caught up to that scarcity in dollar terms yet.
Where can you pull Switching Cups?
Our PackSpy tracking shows Switching Cups has actually been pulled 51 times across the pack sites we monitor, all recorded coming out of tilt-rips, and specifically showing up in the Pokemon Dime Pack and Dime Pack products. The biggest recorded pull value for those hits came in at $0, which lines up with what we would expect from an Uncommon in a low cost pack. If you are chasing this one specifically, dime style packs are where our data says it actually shows up, though it is worth remembering that opening packs is a gamble overall and most rips do not turn a profit, this card included.
Questions people ask
How much is Switching Cups worth?+
A raw, ungraded Switching Cups is valued at $0 in current market tracking, so on its own it is more of a set filler than a card people chase for cash. Its real value shows up once it is graded, with Grade 9 copies worth $10 and PSA 10 copies worth $30.
Is Switching Cups worth grading?+
Only if you already have a copy that looks like a strong contender for gem mint, since the population data shows just 5 graded copies exist total, meaning very few people have bothered. Grading fees can easily outweigh the $30 you would get for a PSA 10, so this is more of a passion project than a money move for this particular card.
How much is a PSA 10 Switching Cups worth?+
A PSA 10 Switching Cups is valued at $30, which is about 379.9 times the raw price. It is a real jump in relative terms, just keep in mind the dollar amounts involved are small either way.
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