Question 1

Is Wartortle worth grading?

Accepted Answer

So is Wartortle worth grading? Let's talk numbers. A raw, ungraded copy sits at $18, a Grade 9 gets you to $39, and a PSA 10 gem mint copy is worth $96, which works out to about 5.2 times the raw price. That's a real jump, no question, but here's the honest part: hitting a PSA 10 isn't guaranteed just because the card looks clean to your eye. Grading costs money and takes time, and if your copy comes back a 9 instead of a 10, you've still made a profit but nowhere near what you were hoping for. If you've got a copy with sharp corners, clean edges and no surface wear under good light, it's worth the gamble. If you're on the fence, it might make more sense to just enjoy the card as is.

Question 2

How rare is Wartortle?

Accepted Answer

Right now there are 29,976 total graded copies of Wartortle on record, and of those, 20,321 have come back as PSA 10. That's a big chunk of the graded population sitting at the top grade, which tells you this card grades well when submitted carefully, but it also means gem mint copies aren't exactly rare in absolute terms, they're just harder to pull off than the grade suggests on paper. For collectors, that population spread matters: it's part of why PSA 10 pricing sits where it does relative to raw, since supply at the top is healthy but not overwhelming.

Question 3

Where can you pull Wartortle?

Accepted Answer

This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we don't just quote a price guide, we watch actual pack openings happen in real time. Wartortle has been pulled 200 or more times across courtyard, collector-crypt and mnstr, so it's a card that shows up with real consistency rather than being a once-in-a-blue-moon chase. The biggest recorded pull value we've logged for this card sits at $740, which shows how much variance there can be depending on the copy and the moment. If you're chasing it yourself, it's turned up in the Pokemon Starter Pack, Starter Pokemon Gacha Pack, Pokemon Pro Pack, Elite Pokemon Gacha Pack and Legendary Pokemon Gacha Pack. Just remember, opening packs is a gamble by nature, and most rips don't beat what you paid, so go in with your eyes open and treat any hit as a nice surprise rather than an expectation.

Question 4

How much is Wartortle worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Wartortle #171 is valued at $18. Once graded, a Grade 9 copy moves up to $39, and a PSA 10 gem mint copy reaches $96. So the price really depends on condition and whether you've had it professionally graded.

Question 5

Is Wartortle worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 5.2 times the raw price of $18, landing at $96. That said, grading costs money and there's no guarantee of a perfect score, so it's worth grading only if your copy is genuinely clean under close inspection.

Question 6

What set is Wartortle from?

Accepted Answer

Wartortle #171 comes from the Japanese Scarlet and Violet 151 set, released in 2023. It's an illustration rare card featuring artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita, which is part of why collectors are drawn to it beyond just the numbers.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$336	7,318	6,603 / 715
PSA 9	$75	14,933	14,335 / 598
PSA 8	$55	4,305	4,026 / 279
PSA 7	$48	613	579 / 34
PSA 6	$23	153	150 / 3
PSA 5	$18	42	41 / 1
PSA 4	$15	20	20 / -
PSA 3	$13	4	4 / -
PSA 2	$12	1	1 / -
PSA 1	-	1	1 / -
Raw / Ungraded	$60	-	-

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