Ekans Great Encounters #66

Card #66 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori

60 HPPsychicPokémonBasic

Ungraded · blended

$2.19

Range $2 → $3
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

Raw$2.19

PSA 911.4× raw$25

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Ekans is a Common Pokémon card from Great Encounters (#66), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Basic Psychic-type Pokémon with 60 HP, weak to Psychic +10. Its current blended market value is $2.19 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#6 most valuable Ekans of 17 #90 most valuable in Great Encounters of 106

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$2.99

LPLightly Played$2.19

HPHeavily Played$0.70

7-dayflat

30-dayflat

90-dayflat

All-time high$3

All-time low$2

Other printingsNormal · $0.26

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$2

Normal$0

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$2.99

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9		$25$25–$25
PSA 7		$15$15–$15

“Sold” = median of real recent eBay sold listings at that grade. Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects the price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Current

$0.32

Period high

$1.90

Period low

$0.32

Change

▼ 83.2%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

CGC132 gradedCGC 10 · 54 · 41% gem rate

1054

9.512

916

8.514

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Ekans 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

−$47

Raw $2.19 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $25.00
after ~$70.24 grading fee → 11.4× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$25.00	$70.24	−$47	11.4×

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Where to buy

TCGplayerUS CardmarketEU eBay MercariUS AmazonUS TrollAndToadUS CoolStuffIncUS

Check recent sold prices

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Cross-market prices

37% spread

TCGplayer · cheapest$2

PriceCharting · dearest$3

Currently 37% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dFlat 0%

Cross-marketMarkets disagree 37% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

92% cheaper than the US

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$0

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Card text

Shed Skin

Colorless

Remove 2 damage counters from Ekans.

Poison Fang10

Psychic

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Weakness Psychic +10Retreat 2

“It sneaks through grass without making a sound and strikes unsuspecting prey from behind.”

About the Pokémon

Snake PokémonGEN IEkans → Arbok

Moves silently and stealthily. Eats the eggs of birds, such as PIDGEY and SPEAROW, whole.

Card details

SetGreat Encounters →

Number#66

RarityCommon

PokémonAll Ekans cards →

GenerationGen I · Kanto →

ArtistKen Sugimori →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesBasic

TypePsychic

HP60

WeaknessPsychic +10

Retreat cost2

National Pokédex#23

Card IDdp4-66

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Ekans cards

There are 9 different Ekans printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Great Encounters #66 (Common).