Vaporeon #20 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Vaporeon & chase cards
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Vaporeon has always had a soft spot in collectors' hearts, that sleek blue fox-fish design just works, and this particular version comes from the Plasma Freeze set released back in 2013. It's card #20, an Uncommon illustrated by 5ban Graphics, and while it's not a chase card in the traditional sense, plenty of people search for Vaporeon value simply because it shows up so often in their collections. If you're wondering how much is Vaporeon worth right now, the short answer is that it's an affordable, easy card to love without breaking the bank.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.29, down 24% over the past year, with an all-time high of $4.02 in April 2022.
Recent pulls of Vaporeon
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$2.80UncommonNovice PackTilt Rips · 6m ago$2.80UncommonRookie PackTilt Rips · 13m ago$2.80UncommonNovice PackTilt Rips · 25m ago$2.80UncommonRookie PackTilt Rips · 36m ago$2.80UncommonNovice PackTilt Rips · 40m ago$2.80UncommonRookie PackTilt Rips · 54m ago$2.80UncommonPokemon Mini PackTilt Rips · 56m ago
$2.80UncommonPokemon Mini PackTilt Rips · 1h ago
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Vaporeon price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 278 graded, only 17 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $99 | 17 | 11 / 6 |
| PSA 9 | $32 | 70 | 42 / 28 |
| PSA 8 | $22 | 92 | 34 / 58 |
| PSA 7 | $15 | 47 | 16 / 31 |
| PSA 6 | $12 | 28 | 12 / 16 |
| PSA 5 | $10 | 17 | 7 / 10 |
| PSA 4 | $9.00 | 6 | 3 / 3 |
| PSA 3 | $8.00 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 2 | $7.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.29 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 20 of 122
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 110
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Released
- 2013
Attacks
- Refreshing RainColorless
Heal 30 damage from each of your Pokémon.
- Gold Breaker30Water · Colorless
If the Defending Pokémon is a Pokémon-EX, this attack does 50 more damage.
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The collector's take on Vaporeon
Is Vaporeon worth grading?
So is Vaporeon worth grading? Let's talk it through honestly. Raw, this card sits at $4, and a PSA 10 brings that up to $11, which works out to about 3.1 times the raw price. That's a real jump percentage-wise, but in dollar terms it's not going to fund your next binder. What's interesting here is that a Grade 9 actually lands higher at $42, which shows how unpredictable the market for a single card can be from one grade to the next. Grading costs money and takes time, and there's always a chance your card comes back lower than you hoped, so for a card at this price point, many collectors choose to enjoy it raw and only send in copies that look genuinely gem mint to them.
How rare is Vaporeon?
Out of everyone who's ever owned a copy of this card since 2013, only 278 have been graded at all, and just 17 of those made it to PSA 10. That's a small number when you think about how many Plasma Freeze packs have been opened over the years. It tells you two things: most owners never bothered sending Vaporeon in for grading because the raw price didn't justify it, and hitting a true gem mint copy is genuinely tough even for those who tried. That scarcity at the top end is part of why PSA 10 pricing holds a premium over raw, even on a card most people would call common in circulation.
Where can you pull Vaporeon?
This is where PackSpy's own data comes in handy, because we track real pulls across pack sites rather than just guessing. Vaporeon has been pulled 200 or more times across courtyard, tilt-rips, and collector-crypt, so it's a card you'll genuinely run into if you're opening from those platforms. We've even recorded a pull worth as much as $758, which shows that pack luck can occasionally swing well beyond the card's usual market value. You'll typically find it turning up in the Pokémon Starter Pack, Rookie Pack, Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, Novice Pack, and Water Pack, so if you're chasing this one specifically, those are worth a look. Just remember that opening packs is gambling by nature, most rips don't cover their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than an investment plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Vaporeon worth?+
A raw, ungraded copy of Vaporeon from Plasma Freeze is worth around $4. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 at $42 and a PSA 10 at $11, so condition and grading really do shift the Vaporeon price depending on the grade.
Is Vaporeon worth grading?+
It depends on what you're hoping to get out of it. A PSA 10 sits at roughly 3.1 times the raw price of $4, and only 17 out of 278 graded copies have hit that gem mint grade, so it's achievable but not guaranteed, and grading fees are worth weighing against that potential return.
How much is a PSA 10 Vaporeon worth?+
A PSA 10 graded Vaporeon is currently valued at $11. That's about 3.1 times the raw card price of $4, reflecting the extra rarity of a gem mint copy, of which only 17 exist out of 278 total graded copies.
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