Wartortle 1st Edition #42 value & price
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Wartortle is a Uncommon card, Water-type, 70 HP (#42/102) from the Base Set set, released in 1999, illustrated by Ken Sugimori. A raw copy is worth about $91, rising to $9.2k in PSA 10, 100.1× the ungraded price.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $91, up 27% over the past year, with an all-time high of $91 in September 2026.
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Wartortle price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,986 graded, only 133 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $9.2k | 133 | 127 / 6 |
| PSA 9 | $528 | 785 | 758 / 27 |
| PSA 8 | $225 | 784 | 646 / 138 |
| PSA 7 | $159 | 574 | 481 / 93 |
| PSA 6 | $105 | 364 | 298 / 66 |
| PSA 5 | $56 | 205 | 166 / 39 |
| PSA 4 | $43 | 81 | 69 / 12 |
| PSA 3 | $42 | 30 | 26 / 4 |
| PSA 2 | $38 | 14 | 13 / 1 |
| PSA 1 | $119 | 16 | 16 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $91 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Base Set
- Card number
- 42 of 102
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 70
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- WithdrawWater · Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Wartortle during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)
- Bite40Water · Colorless · Colorless
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