Team Aqua's Poochyena #16 value & price
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Team Aqua's Poochyena is a common little card from the 2015 Double Crisis set, illustrated by Kouki Saitou, and it's the kind of card that pulls people into checking Team Aqua's Poochyena value even though it's not flashy on paper. Right now a raw copy sits at $2, which is exactly what you'd expect from a common in a smaller set from that era. What makes it worth a second look is how thin the graded population is, and that's really the story here.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.99, up 28% over the past year, with an all-time high of $2.91 in January 2023.
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Team Aqua's Poochyena price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 12 graded.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $46 | - | - / - |
| PSA 9 | $18 | 3 | 2 / 1 |
| PSA 8 | - | 3 | - / 3 |
| PSA 7 | - | 3 | 1 / 2 |
| PSA 6 | - | 2 | 1 / 1 |
| PSA 5 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.99 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 16 of 34
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Darkness
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Released
- 2015
Attacks
- RoarColorless
Your opponent switches his or her Active Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.
- Bite20Water · Colorless
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The collector's take on Team Aqua's Poochyena
Is Team Aqua's Poochyena worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Let's talk it through honestly. A raw copy goes for $2, and a PSA 10 sits at $49, which works out to about 19.5 times the raw price, that's a real jump for a common card. A Grade 9 lands at $20, so there's a meaningful gap even between a near perfect copy and a true gem mint. The catch is that grading costs money and takes time, and there's no guarantee your copy comes back a 10, centering and edges on these older commons can be unforgiving. If you've got a copy that looks sharp in hand and you're patient, it can make sense to send it in, but if you're just holding a played copy, it's probably not worth the gamble.
How rare is Team Aqua's Poochyena?
Here's where things get interesting: across all grading companies, only 7 graded copies of Team Aqua's Poochyena exist right now. That's a genuinely tiny population for any card, common or not, and it means every graded copy on the market is scarce by default. When so few copies have gone through grading, a PSA 10 becomes a real prize simply because there's so little supply to compare against, and that scarcity is a big part of why the price gap between raw and PSA 10 is as wide as it is.
Where can you pull Team Aqua's Poochyena?
We've tracked this card being pulled 4 times across pack sites, all recorded at courtyard, with the biggest recorded pull coming in at $71. It's shown up in Pokémon Master Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, and The Amazing Chase Encore, so if you're chasing it, those are the pack types where we've actually seen it land in real openings. That said, opening packs is a gamble no matter how you slice it, most rips don't come close to covering their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than a plan. This is the kind of on-the-ground data you won't find in a static price guide, since PackSpy tracks real pulls across sites as they happen.
Questions people ask
How much is Team Aqua's Poochyena worth?+
A raw, ungraded Team Aqua's Poochyena is worth $2 right now. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 at $20 and a PSA 10 reaching $49, so condition and grading make a real difference to the price.
Is Team Aqua's Poochyena worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 19.5 times the raw price of $2. Just know that gem mint copies are hard to hit and grading isn't free, so it's worth it mainly if your copy already looks close to perfect.
How much is a PSA 10 Team Aqua's Poochyena worth?+
A PSA 10 Team Aqua's Poochyena is valued at $49. With only 7 total graded copies out there, that top grade carries real weight given how few exist.
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