Trapinch #78 value & price
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Trapinch is the little ground-type from the Dragon set, a common card from 2003 illustrated by Yuka Morii, and it's exactly the kind of card that gets people curious about their old binders. It's not a rare pull by design, but that's part of the charm, plenty of collectors are chasing a clean Dragon set run and Trapinch is one of the pieces. If you're here looking up Trapinch value or wondering what your copy might fetch, the short answer is that condition changes everything, so let's walk through it.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.28, up 16% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.18 in June 2021.
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Trapinch price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 160 graded, only 57 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $82 | 57 | 13 / 44 |
| PSA 9 | $40 | 39 | 11 / 28 |
| PSA 8 | $38 | 37 | 4 / 33 |
| PSA 7 | $7.00 | 16 | 1 / 15 |
| PSA 6 | $6.00 | 6 | - / 6 |
| PSA 5 | $5.00 | 3 | 1 / 2 |
| PSA 4 | $4.00 | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 3 | $3.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $3.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.28 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Dragon
- Card number
- 78 of 100
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Fighting
- HP
- 50
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Yuka Morii
- Released
- 2003
Attacks
- Dig10Colorless
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The collector's take on Trapinch
Is Trapinch worth grading?
Here's the honest math: a raw Trapinch sits at $2, while a PSA 10 sits at $82, which works out to about 35.9x the raw price. That's a real jump, but it only matters if your card can actually hit that grade, and gem mint is a genuinely tough bar to clear, especially on a common from an older set where corners and centering tend to show wear. A Grade 9 lands at $40, which is a solid outcome too and often more realistic. Grading fees and the wait time add up, so before you send anything in, look hard at the corners, the surface, and the centering under good light. If it looks flawless to your eye, it might be worth the shot. If it's got soft edges or print lines, save your money and enjoy it as a raw/ungraded piece instead.
How rare is Trapinch?
Across all grading companies combined, only 160 copies of this Trapinch have been graded, and of those, just 57 have earned a PSA 10. That's a fairly tight population for a common card, and it tells you that even though Trapinch wasn't printed as a rare chase card, clean surviving copies from 2003 aren't sitting around everywhere. When a smaller slice of an already small population reaches gem mint, that scarcity is a big part of why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw number.
Where can you pull Trapinch?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in, since we record real pulls across pack sites rather than relying on guesswork. Trapinch has actually shown up over 200 times across tilt-rips, so it's not a card you'd call rare to see hit a live pack opening, it's more of a steady, common find. That said, the biggest recorded pull value on it has been $0, which is a fair reminder that most commons like this don't move the needle financially even when they do land in a rip. We've also seen it appear in the Pokemon Dime Pack. If you're opening packs hoping to land a valuable card, go in knowing the odds and treat it as entertainment first, because the numbers show most rips don't turn a profit.
Questions people ask
How much is Trapinch worth?+
A raw, ungraded Trapinch from the Dragon set is worth $2. Its value climbs significantly with grading, reaching $40 at Grade 9 and $82 for a PSA 10, so condition is really what drives the Trapinch price here.
Is Trapinch worth grading?+
It can be, if the card is genuinely gem mint quality, since a PSA 10 sells for about 35.9x what the raw card is worth. But only 57 out of 160 graded copies have reached that top grade, so it's not a guaranteed outcome, and grading costs should factor into your decision.
How much is a PSA 10 Trapinch worth?+
A PSA 10 Trapinch is valued at $82, compared to just $2 for a raw copy. With only 57 PSA 10s existing out of 160 total graded copies, that top grade carries real scarcity behind the price.
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