Turtonator GX #18 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 16 Aug 2026Related Turtonator GX & chase cards
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Turtonator GX is one of those Guardians Rising pulls from 2017 that still makes people smile when it turns up, thanks to 5ban Graphics giving this little dragon so much personality on the card art. As an Ultra Rare, it sits in that sweet spot of set collectors who want it and casual pullers who just like how it looks. If you are trying to pin down Turtonator GX value right now, the short answer is that a raw copy trades around $2, which tells you this is more of a fun grab than a big investment.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.00, down 7% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.30 in July 2022.
Recent pulls of Turtonator GX
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$9.75RawShiny Holo RarePacks · 21m ago$9.75RawShiny Holo RarePacks · 49m ago$9.75RawShiny Holo RarePacks · 54m ago
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Turtonator GX price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 253 graded, only 92 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $45 | 92 | 77 / 15 |
| PSA 9 | $14 | 94 | 66 / 28 |
| PSA 8 | $7.88 | 50 | 23 / 27 |
| PSA 7 | - | 11 | 2 / 9 |
| PSA 6 | - | 3 | 2 / 1 |
| PSA 5 | - | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 4 | - | 2 | 1 / 1 |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.00 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 18 of 169
- Rarity
- Ultra Rare
- Type
- Fire
- HP
- 190
- Weakness
- Water ×2
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Released
- 2017
Attacks
- Shell Trap20Colorless · Colorless
During your opponent’s next turn, if this Pokémon is damaged by an attack (even if this Pokémon is Knocked Out), put 8 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon.
- Bright Flame160Fire · Fire · Colorless
Discard 2 Fire Energy from this Pokémon.
- Nitro Tank GXFire
Attach 5 Fire Energy cards from your discard pile to your Pokémon in any way you like. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
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The collector's take on Turtonator GX
Is Turtonator GX worth grading?
Here is the honest math on grading: a raw Turtonator GX sits at $2, a Grade 9 jumps to $13, and a true PSA 10 gem mint copy sells for $45, which works out to 19.1 times what the raw card is worth. That multiplier looks tempting on paper, but grading fees, shipping, and the wait add up fast, and there is no guarantee your copy comes back a 10. With a card valued this low raw, grading really only makes sense if you already have a pack fresh copy with sharp corners and clean edges that you suspect could hit gem mint, not something you are buying specifically to send in.
How rare is Turtonator GX?
Across every copy that has been sent in for grading, only 248 Turtonator GX cards exist in graded form, and of those just 91 have come back as a PSA 10. That is a fairly small pool overall, and gem mint copies make up well under half of it, which explains why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and Grade 9 numbers. It is not a card with massive graded population, so a well kept 10 does carry some genuine scarcity even if the dollar figures stay modest.
Where can you pull Turtonator GX?
We have tracked Turtonator GX being pulled 11 times across pack opening sites, and it has shown up specifically in Shiny Holo Rare packs. The biggest recorded pull we have logged came in at $945, which shows that even a card with modest raw value can land a big moment when the right box or bundle multiplies things. Beyond that, most people looking to add this one to their collection end up buying it outright on the secondary market rather than chasing it through packs, since pulls of it are recorded but not frequent.
Questions people ask
How much is Turtonator GX worth?+
A raw, ungraded Turtonator GX is worth about $2. Send it in for grading and a Grade 9 brings $13, while a PSA 10 gem mint copy reaches $45, so the price really depends on condition and whether it has been graded.
Is Turtonator GX worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 19.1 times the raw price of $2. But with 248 total graded copies and only 91 reaching PSA 10, gem mint is far from guaranteed, so weigh the grading cost against a card that starts out fairly low value raw.
What set is Turtonator GX from?+
Turtonator GX is card 18 from Guardians Rising, released in 2017. It is an Ultra Rare illustrated by 5ban Graphics, and we have recorded it being pulled from Shiny Holo Rare packs.
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