Question 1

Is Tangela worth grading?

Accepted Answer

Raw, Tangela books at $1, and a PSA 10 comes in at $27, which PackSpy notes is 18.2x the ungraded price. That sounds like a big jump for a common card, but here's the honest part: grading costs money and takes time, and gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on cards this old, corners soften and print lines show up more than you'd expect on a 2000 common. Interestingly, a Grade 9 here actually sits higher at $48 than the PSA 10 figure, which is a good reminder that grading isn't a guaranteed payday, it's a bet on condition and market timing both. Unless you already own a copy that looks genuinely pristine in hand, this isn't a card where grading fees are likely to pay for themselves.

Question 2

How rare is Tangela?

Accepted Answer

Across the grading population, there are 348 total graded copies of Tangela on record, and of those, 69 have reached PSA 10. That's a decent chunk of the population landing in gem mint, which tells you this card wasn't especially hard to preserve well, and it helps explain why the PSA 10 premium over raw, while real, isn't dramatic. For a common from a set this old, seeing hundreds graded at all shows there's still steady collector interest in completing Base Set 2, even for the cards that never got the spotlight.

Question 3

Where can you pull Tangela?

Accepted Answer

PackSpy has tracked 65 recorded pulls of Tangela across collector-crypt, courtyard, and mnstr, with the biggest recorded pull value hitting $213. It's shown up in packs like the Elite Pokemon Gacha Pack, Pokemon Starter Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Pokemon Pro Pack, and Starter Pokemon Gacha Pack, so it does turn up with some regularity in modern pack-opening sites even though the card itself is over two decades old. Worth saying plainly: opening packs for value is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to that $213 high, but Tangela is one of those commons that quietly keeps landing in mixed vintage packs, which is exactly the kind of pattern a live tracker like ours is built to catch.

Question 4

How much is Tangela worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Tangela from Base Set 2 is worth about $1. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 at $48 and a PSA 10 at $27, so condition and grading status make a real difference in what the card commands.

Question 5

Is Tangela worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It depends on the copy. The PSA 10 sits at 18.2x the raw price, which sounds appealing, but grading costs and the difficulty of hitting gem mint on an older common mean it's rarely a sure profit. If your copy already looks flawless in hand, it might be worth sending in, but going in expecting a payday isn't realistic.

Question 6

How much is a PSA 10 Tangela worth?

Accepted Answer

A PSA 10 Tangela is valued at $27, out of a total graded population of 348 copies, 69 of which have reached that PSA 10 grade. It's a solid premium over the $1 raw price, though notably lower than the $48 seen at Grade 9.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$300	69	27 / 42
PSA 9	$25	84	48 / 36
PSA 8	$14	96	29 / 67
PSA 7	$4.80	46	6 / 40
PSA 6	$4.00	36	6 / 30
PSA 5	$3.00	11	1 / 10
PSA 4	$3.00	7	2 / 5
PSA 3	$3.00	1	1 / -
PSA 2	$3.00	1	1 / -
PSA 1	-	2	2 / -
Raw / Ungraded	$0.80	-	-

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