Tinkatuff #272 value & price
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Tinkatuff is the puffed-up middle stage of the Tinkaton line, and it showed up in the Japanese Shiny Treasure ex set at #272, which is exactly the kind of set collectors love digging through for shiny surprises. It is not a card that gets talked about in hushed tones, but if you have pulled one and are wondering what it is actually worth, that is what this Tinkatuff value page is here to answer. Right now the raw copy sits at $3, so we are talking about an affordable little piece of the set rather than a chase card.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.95, up 32% over the past year, with an all-time high of $4.17 in January 2024.
Recent pulls of Tinkatuff
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$19PSA 9 MINT30th Anniversary - Day 1: RedCourtyard · 2h ago
$26PSA 8 NM-MT30th Anniversary - Day 1: RedCourtyard · 4h ago
$15CGC 9 MINT30th Anniversary - Day 1: RedCourtyard · 8h ago
-RawPokémon Uncommon PackPackz · 9h ago
-RawPokémon Starter PackPackz · 10h ago-RawPokémon Starter PackPackz · 10h ago$15CGC 9 MINT30th Anniversary - Day 1: RedCourtyard · 11h ago-RawPokémon Trainer PackPackz · 14h ago
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Tinkatuff price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 238 graded, only 184 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $32 | 184 | 57 / 127 |
| PSA 9 | $11 | 35 | 8 / 27 |
| PSA 8 | - | 16 | - / 16 |
| PSA 7 | - | 3 | - / 3 |
| PSA 6 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 5 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.95 | - | - |
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 Tinkatuff
Is Tinkatuff worth grading?
Here is the honest math on grading Tinkatuff: a raw copy is worth $3, but a PSA 10 jumps all the way up to $57, which works out to about 20.7 times the raw price. That sounds tempting, and it is a real gap, but grading fees, shipping, and the wait time all eat into that upside, and you only come out ahead if the card actually comes back gem mint. A Grade 9 only brings $8, so anything short of a perfect 10 barely covers your costs, and that is the risk every collector has to weigh before sending a card in. If your Tinkatuff is sharp, centered, and free of the usual pack wear, grading can pay off, but if there is any doubt, it might be smarter to enjoy it raw or sell it as is.
How rare is Tinkatuff?
Across every grading submission on record, only 236 copies of Tinkatuff have been graded at all, and 183 of those came back as PSA 10. That is a striking ratio: the vast majority of graded copies hit gem mint, which tells you this card is not especially hard to find in top condition when it does get submitted. Because so few copies exist in graded form overall, and most of them are already at the top grade, the population itself stays fairly tight, which is part of why the PSA 10 price sits where it does.
Where can you pull Tinkatuff?
This is where PackSpy's own pull tracking comes in handy, since we log real pack openings across live sites rather than just guessing at odds. We have recorded Tinkatuff pulled 8 times so far, all from courtyard, and it has turned up in both the Pokémon Pro Pack and the Pokémon Starter Pack. The biggest pull we have logged for this card came in at $35, which is a nice reminder that pack values swing depending on condition and luck. Worth saying plainly: opening packs is a gamble, and most rips do not turn a profit, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than an expectation.
Questions people ask
How much is Tinkatuff worth?+
A raw, ungraded Tinkatuff is currently valued at $3. That is the baseline most collectors will pay or sell for if the card has not been through grading.
Is Tinkatuff worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for $57 compared to $3 raw, which is roughly 20.7 times the value. But a Grade 9 only fetches $8, so grading is really only worth it if you are confident the card will come back gem mint.
How much is a PSA 10 Tinkatuff worth?+
A PSA 10 Tinkatuff is valued at $57. Out of 236 total graded copies, 183 have earned that top grade, so gem mint copies exist in decent numbers relative to the overall population.
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