Watchog #97 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 12 Aug 2026Related Watchog & chase cards
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Watchog #97 is one of those illustration rares that stops you mid-scroll, a Marina Chikazawa piece from the Chaos Rising set that came out in 2026. If you're trying to pin down Watchog value, the short version is that raw copies sit at $3, which feels almost humble for artwork this good, but the real story is in what happens once one hits a PSA 10.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.40, down 30% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.45 in June 2026.
Recent pulls of Watchog
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$14CGC 10 PRISTINEWildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 9h ago
$28PSA 10 GEM MINTWildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 23h ago
$11CGC 10 GEM MINTWildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 1d ago
$15CGC 10 PRISTINEWildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 1d ago
$169PSA 10Bronze Pokémon Gacha PackCollector Crypt · 1d ago$169PSA 10Bronze Pokémon Gacha PackCollector Crypt · 2d ago
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Watchog price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 143 graded, only 115 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $52 | 115 | - / 115 |
| PSA 9 | $16 | 26 | - / 26 |
| PSA 8 | - | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 7 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 6 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 5 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.40 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Chaos Rising
- Card number
- 97 of 122
- Rarity
- Illustration rare
- Type
- Colorless
- HP
- 100
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- MARINA Chikazawa
- Released
- 2026
Attacks
- Snap InspectionColorless
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- Low Kick50Colorless
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The collector's take on Watchog
Is Watchog worth grading?
Here's where it gets interesting: a PSA 10 Watchog runs $103, which works out to 37.3x what the raw card sells for, and a Grade 9 lands at $16. That's a serious jump, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on illustration rares like this one because the ink and detail show every whisker of a scratch or a soft corner. Grading costs money and takes time, and there's no guarantee your card comes back a 10 instead of a 9, so if you're asking whether Watchog is worth grading, the honest answer is: only send in copies that look flawless under a light, because the gap between a 9 and a 10 here is the difference between a nice card and a genuinely valuable one.
How rare is Watchog?
Only 28 copies of Watchog have been graded in total, and of those, 24 came back PSA 10. That's a strangely lopsided population, it suggests the copies that do get submitted tend to be sharp to begin with, but it also means gem mint examples aren't nearly as rare within that small pool as you'd expect. Either way, 28 total graded copies is a small number by any measure, and it keeps this card firmly in collector territory rather than bulk-bin territory.
Where can you pull Watchog?
PackSpy has tracked 10 actual pulls of Watchog across pack sites, specifically on courtyard and collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded hit going for $221. It's shown up in a handful of pack types, including the Pokémon Starter Pack, Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, and Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack. That said, opening packs for a specific illustration rare is a gamble, most rips don't come close to covering their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus and lean on our tracked data rather than hope alone if you're chasing this one.
Questions people ask
How much is Watchog worth?+
A raw, ungraded Watchog #97 is valued at $3. Graded copies climb fast from there, with a Grade 9 worth $16 and a PSA 10 reaching $103, so condition changes the picture a lot.
Is Watchog worth grading?+
It depends on the copy. A PSA 10 is worth 37.3x the raw price, which is a big incentive, but with only 28 total graded copies recorded, gem mint isn't guaranteed, so only grade cards that already look near-perfect to your eye.
What set is Watchog from?+
Watchog #97 comes from the Chaos Rising set, released in 2026. It's an illustration rare illustrated by Marina Chikazawa, which is part of why the artwork stands out so much.
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