Tentacool #56 value & price
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Tentacool #56 is one of those familiar faces from the 1999 Fossil set, a Common card illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno that plenty of collectors picked up simply because it was part of that classic era of Pokemon. It won't top anyone's most valuable list, but if you're wondering about Tentacool value, here's the honest answer: a raw copy sits at $1, which is exactly what you'd expect from a Common of its age. It's a small, nostalgic piece of Fossil history, and knowing where it stands helps if you're sorting through old collections or deciding what to do with one.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.37, up 81% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.74 in May 2026.
Recent pulls of Tentacool
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
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Tentacool price at every grade
Market value at each grade. The population is hidden: PriceCharting shows the same counts for another card, so we cannot tell which card they belong to.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $177 | - |
| PSA 9 | $32 | - |
| PSA 8 | $18 | - |
| PSA 7 | $14 | - |
| PSA 6 | $11 | - |
| PSA 5 | $9.00 | - |
| PSA 4 | $8.00 | - |
| PSA 3 | $7.00 | - |
| PSA 2 | $5.50 | - |
| PSA 1 | $100 | - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.49 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
Card details
- Set
- Fossil
- Card number
- 56 of 62
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 30
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- Acid10Water
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The collector's take on Tentacool
Is Tentacool worth grading?
So is Tentacool worth grading? Let's talk numbers. Grading itself costs money and takes time, and there's no guarantee your copy comes back gem mint, so for a card sitting at $1 raw, the math rarely favors sending it in unless you've got a stack of Fossil cards to grade together or you just love having graded slabs in your collection.
Where can you pull Tentacool?
PackSpy has tracked 23 recorded pulls of Tentacool across collector-crypt, courtyard, and mnstr, with the biggest single pull value hitting $1,043, which shows that even a Common can occasionally land in a high value package or bundle. We've seen it turn up in packs like the Starter Pokemon Gacha Pack, Water Pack, Wildcard Starter Pack, Pokemon Starter Pack, and Wildcard 3: Inferno. That's the kind of real, cross-site pull data you won't find in a static price guide, and it's worth remembering that opening packs is ultimately a gamble where most rips don't beat what you paid, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than an expectation.
Questions people ask
Is Tentacool worth grading?+
With a raw value of $1 and a PSA 10 sitting at $5, roughly 3.6x the raw price, grading Tentacool is a tough sell financially once you factor in grading fees. It might make sense if you're grading it alongside other cards or just want a slabbed copy for your collection.
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