Water Energy #102 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 23 Oct 2026Related Water Energy & chase cards
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Water Energy #102 is one of those quiet workhorses of the original Base Set from 1999, a common energy card illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi that most of us pulled by the handful as kids and never thought twice about. These days, if you are searching Water Energy value or wondering what a beat up basic energy could possibly be worth, the honest answer is that raw copies sit at just $1, which makes sense for a card that shipped in nearly every pack. But dig into the graded market and there is a surprisingly interesting story here for collectors chasing Base Set completion.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.49, up 11% over the past year, with an all-time high of $2.12 in May 2021.
Recent pulls of Water Energy
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$25PSA 9 MINTPokémon Starter PackCourtyard · 32m ago
$0.71RawPokémon Common PackPackz · 47m ago
$6.99PSA 6Pokémon Starter PackPackz · 1h ago$0.71RawPokémon Common PackPackz · 1h ago
$28PSAPokémon BoosterTrove · 2h ago
$28PSAPokémon StarterTrove · 3h ago$0.71RawPokémon Common PackPackz · 4h ago
$15CGC 9 MINTWildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 4h ago
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Water Energy price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,782 graded, only 461 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $96 | 461 | 396 / 65 |
| PSA 9 | $30 | 631 | 501 / 130 |
| PSA 8 | $12 | 322 | 208 / 114 |
| PSA 7 | $10 | 164 | 103 / 61 |
| PSA 6 | $6.99 | 86 | 43 / 43 |
| PSA 5 | $6.00 | 77 | 20 / 57 |
| PSA 4 | $5.00 | 24 | 7 / 17 |
| PSA 3 | $4.00 | 13 | 5 / 8 |
| PSA 2 | $4.00 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 1 | $35 | 3 | 2 / 1 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $0.99 | - | - |
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
- 102 of 102
- Rarity
- Common
- Stage
- Basic
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Released
- 1999
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The collector's take on Water Energy
Is Water Energy worth grading?
So is Water Energy worth grading? On paper, a PSA 10 example is valued at 400.0x the raw price, jumping from that $1 ungraded card up to $396 in gem mint condition, which sounds like a dream flip. But here is the honest part: hitting a true PSA 10 on a card like this is genuinely tough, since energy cards are notorious for centering issues and surface wear from being shuffled and handled constantly back in the day. Interestingly, Grade 9 copies are currently valued even higher than PSA 10s at $501, which tells you the market for this card is a little unusual right now and worth checking closely before you spend money on grading fees, since you are paying that cost regardless of what grade comes back.
How rare is Water Energy?
Across the graded population, there are 1,759 total copies of Water Energy on record, and of those, 461 have earned the coveted PSA 10 gem mint label. That is a fairly high percentage making the top grade compared to a lot of vintage cards, which suggests that while gem mint copies are not easy to pull off, patient collectors and sharp-eyed graders have found a decent number of them over the years. Scarcity here is less about the card being rare and more about condition census, since so many raw copies exist that supply keeps the everyday price grounded even as top grades hold a premium.
Where can you pull Water Energy?
PackSpy has tracked 58 real pulls of Water Energy across tilt-rips, courtyard, collector-crypt, and mnstr, which gives us a rare, honest window into where this card actually shows up rather than relying on price guide guesswork. The biggest recorded pull value from those sites came in at $275, a nice reminder that even a common energy card can occasionally land in a lucky bundle or graded lot. We have seen it turn up in packs like the Pokemon Dime Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, Wildcard Starter Pack, and Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, so if you are opening packs hoping to add this one to your collection, those are the spots worth watching, though as always, opening packs is a gamble and most rips do not pay for themselves.
Questions people ask
How much is Water Energy worth?+
A raw, ungraded Water Energy #102 from Base Set is valued at $1, which fits its status as a common card that was printed in huge numbers back in 1999. Its real value climbs once it is professionally graded, so the Water Energy price really depends on condition and whether you are looking at a raw copy or a graded slab.
Is Water Energy worth grading?+
It can be, but go in with clear eyes. A PSA 10 sits at $396 and a Grade 9 is actually valued higher at $501, so the jump from raw is real, but grading fees and the difficulty of pulling a perfect card mean it is not a guaranteed win, especially with only 461 PSA 10s out of 1,759 total graded copies.
How much is a PSA 10 Water Energy worth?+
A PSA 10 Water Energy is currently valued at $396, which works out to roughly 400.0x what the same card is worth raw at $1. With 461 PSA 10s recorded out of 1,759 total graded copies, gem mint status is achievable but far from guaranteed on this card.
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