Tangela 1st Edition #1 value & price
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Tangela has always had a soft spot in collectors' hearts, that tangled mop of blue vines just looks charming next to the sharper, flashier Pokemon of its era. This particular version, Tangela 1st Edition #1 from the Japanese Cruel Traitor set, carries the extra weight that any 1st edition print brings to a page. If you're checking Tangela value before buying, selling, or deciding what to do with one sitting in a binder, here's the real picture: raw copies sit at $3, while a PSA 10 climbs to $58.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.98, up 0% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.29 in June 2026.
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Tangela price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2 graded, only 2 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $58 | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 9 | $17 | - | - / - |
| PSA 8 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 7 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 6 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 5 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.98 | - | - |
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 Tangela
Is Tangela worth grading?
So is Tangela worth grading? Let's look at the math honestly. A raw, ungraded copy trades around $3, and a PSA 10 sits at $58, which works out to about 19.3 times the raw price. That sounds like a clean profit on paper, but the catch is getting gem mint. A Grade 9 lands at $17, a solid step up but nowhere near the PSA 10 jump, and hitting that top grade is never guaranteed no matter how sharp the corners look to your eye. Add in grading fees and turnaround time, and grading really only makes sense if your copy is already close to flawless. For anything with visible wear, it's probably not worth the gamble.
How rare is Tangela?
Here's where things get genuinely interesting. Across every submission on record, only 2 copies of this card have ever been graded, and both of those came back PSA 10. That's an unusually clean population, no Grade 9s, no lower grades sitting in the mix, just two graded copies and both hit gem mint. A pool that small tells you two things: very few people have bothered sending this card in, and when they have, the card has held up well. That kind of tight population is part of why the PSA 10 price sits where it does, scarcity at the top end tends to hold value steady even without heavy demand pushing it.
Where can you pull Tangela?
This is where PackSpy's tracking actually earns its keep, because no price guide tells you where a card like this shows up in real pack openings. We've recorded Tangela pulled 62 times across collector-crypt, courtyard, and mnstr, with the biggest single pull landing at $213. It's turned up in a mix of packs, including the Elite Pokemon Gacha Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Pokemon Starter Pack, Pokemon Pro Pack, and Starter Pokemon Gacha Pack. Worth remembering though, opening packs chasing a specific card is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to covering what you spent. If you just want this exact card in hand, buying it directly on the secondary market is usually the steadier route.
Questions people ask
How much is Tangela worth?+
A raw, ungraded Tangela 1st Edition #1 from Cruel Traitor is valued around $3. Once graded, that value shifts quite a bit, a Grade 9 sits at $17, and a PSA 10 reaches $58. So the honest answer depends heavily on condition and whether it's been graded.
Is Tangela worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 19.3 times the raw price. But only 2 copies have ever been graded, both landing PSA 10, which shows how few have been submitted rather than how easy that grade is to hit. If your copy looks pack fresh, grading could pay off, but it's never a sure thing.
Why is the Tangela 1st Edition #1 print worth more than the standard one?+
1st edition cards were the earliest print runs, and collectors have always valued that history and scarcity over later reprints. It's a big part of why this specific Tangela carries more weight than a standard, non 1st edition version, even with the same artwork and set.
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