Whimsicott ex #165 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 23 Aug 2026Related Whimsicott ex & chase cards
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Whimsicott ex #165 is one of those special illustration rares that makes you stop scrolling, a mele-illustrated card from the White Flare set that came out in 2025 and immediately caught collectors' eyes. Its Whimsicott ex value sits around $26 raw right now, which feels fair for a special illustration rare with this much charm. If you're weighing whether to keep it, sell it, or send it off for grading, you're in the right place.
Recent pulls of Whimsicott ex
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$0.46RawnoobieLastpack · 7m ago$0.46RawnoobieLastpack · 22m ago$0.46RawnoobieLastpack · 26m ago
$0.71RawnoobieLastpack · 50m ago$0.71RawnoobieLastpack · 52m ago$0.71RawnoobieLastpack · 58m ago$0.71RawnoobieLastpack · 1h ago
$95PSA 10Elite Pokémon Gacha PackCollector Crypt · 2h ago
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Card details
- Set
- White Flare
- Card number
- 165 of 173
- Rarity
- Special illustration rare
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 230
- Stage
- Stage1
- Retreat cost
- 0
- Illustrator
- mele
- Released
- 2025
Attacks
- Energy GiftGrass
Search your deck for up to 3 Basic Energy cards and attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.
- Wondrous Cotton50×Grass
Your opponent reveals their hand. This attack does 50 damage for each Trainer card you find there.
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The collector's take on Whimsicott ex
Is Whimsicott ex worth grading?
Here's the honest math on grading: a raw copy of Whimsicott ex sits at $26, while a PSA 10 pulls in $84, which works out to roughly 3.2x your raw price if you land gem mint. That sounds tempting, but a Grade 9 actually comes back at $24, barely different from raw and sometimes even less once you factor in fees. Grading costs money and takes time, and there's no guarantee your copy comes back a 10, especially with illustration rares where edge wear and centering get scrutinized closely. If your copy looks clean under a light and you're patient, it can be worth the gamble. If you're on the fence, it's often smarter to just enjoy the card or sell it raw.
How rare is Whimsicott ex?
Special illustration rares like Whimsicott ex are built to be scarce from the start, sitting near the top of the rarity ladder in White Flare's print run. We don't have exact population numbers to point to here, but the rarity tier alone tells you these aren't cards you're pulling in bulk. That kind of scarcity is exactly why a clean PSA 10 commands so much more than a raw copy, gem mint examples of illustration rares are genuinely hard to come by, and scarcity at the top end is what keeps pushing that grading premium upward.
Where can you pull Whimsicott ex?
PackSpy has tracked 49 recorded pulls of Whimsicott ex across courtyard, lastpack, collector-crypt, and packs, so we know exactly where people have actually found this card in the wild. It's shown up in Pokémon Starter Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, noobie, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, and starter, with the biggest recorded pull value hitting $76. That's the kind of cross-site data a price guide simply can't give you, real pulls from real openings, not just theoretical odds. Worth saying plainly though, opening packs chasing a card like this is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to covering their cost, so treat any hit as a bonus rather than the plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Whimsicott ex worth?+
A raw or ungraded Whimsicott ex is valued around $26 right now. Graded copies shift that number quite a bit, a Grade 9 sits at $24 while a PSA 10 jumps to $84, so condition and grading really do move the needle on this one.
Is Whimsicott ex worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 3.2x the raw price at $84 versus $26. That said, a Grade 9 only comes back at $24, so you're really only winning big if your copy grades gem mint, and that's never guaranteed.
What set is Whimsicott ex from?+
Whimsicott ex #165 comes from the White Flare set, released in 2025. It's a special illustration rare illustrated by mele, which is part of why collectors are drawn to it beyond just the numbers.
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