Torchic #74 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Torchic & chase cards
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Torchic #74 comes from the Ruby & Sapphire set, released back in 2003, and it's exactly the kind of common that reminds you why so many of us started collecting in the first place: a simple, charming Kouki Saitou illustration of a card that's now old enough to feel like a piece of Pokemon history. If you're checking Torchic value right now, here's the short version: it's not a chase card, but it carries the quiet appeal that a lot of early 2000s commons do, especially as that generation of cards keeps aging.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $3.99, up 100% over the past year, with an all-time high of $4.00 in June 2024.
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Torchic price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population).
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | - | - |
| PSA 9 | - | - |
| PSA 8 | - | - |
| PSA 7 | - | - |
| PSA 6 | - | - |
| PSA 5 | - | - |
| PSA 4 | - | - |
| PSA 3 | - | - |
| PSA 2 | - | - |
| PSA 1 | - | - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $3.99 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
Card details
- Card number
- 74 of 109
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Fire
- HP
- 50
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Water ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Released
- 2003
Attacks
- SingeColorless
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The collector's take on Torchic
Is Torchic worth grading?
So, is Torchic worth grading? Raw copies sit around $4, and a PSA 10 brings roughly 15.0 times that, at $60. That's a real jump for a common, and it makes grading tempting, but you have to be honest with yourself about the card in front of you. Gem mint 10s demand sharp corners, clean edges and centering that holds up under a loupe, and a lot of well loved commons from this era just don't have it after two decades of sitting in binders or bulk boxes. A Grade 9 comes in at $27, which is still a solid return if your card is close but not flawless. Factor in grading fees and turnaround time before you send anything in, because that cost eats into your margin fast on a card valued in single digits raw.
How rare is Torchic?
We don't have population numbers to point to here, but Torchic's rarity tier tells its own story: it's a common from a 2003 set, which means it was printed in real volume and was never scarce to pull. What's scarce now is condition, not the card itself. Twenty plus years of handling, sunlight and storage take their toll, so a genuinely pack fresh, gem mint copy is a lot harder to find than the population of the card overall would suggest. That's really where the value gap between raw and PSA 10 comes from.
Where can you pull Torchic?
Here's the honest, insider answer: PackSpy hasn't recorded Torchic being pulled on any of the pack sites we track. We log real pulls across live pack opening sites, so when a card shows up empty like this, it usually means it's not sitting in current product at all, it's a card people find on the secondary market instead, through singles sellers, collections and old binders rather than fresh rips. If you're hoping to pull it yourself, don't hold your breath, and remember that opening packs is a gamble where most rips lose money. Buying the raw or graded card directly is simply the more realistic path here.
Questions people ask
How much is Torchic worth?+
A raw, ungraded Torchic #74 from Ruby & Sapphire is worth about $4. That's the realistic price for a common in typical played or lightly handled condition.
Is Torchic worth grading?+
It can be, if your copy is genuinely sharp with clean edges and strong centering. A Grade 9 sits at $27 and a PSA 10 at $60, both solid jumps from the $4 raw price, but grading fees and the difficulty of hitting gem mint mean it's not a sure thing.
How much is a PSA 10 Torchic worth?+
A PSA 10 Torchic is valued at $60, which works out to about 15.0 times the raw card's $4 price. That gap really shows how much collectors pay for that gem mint condition on an old common.
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