Relicanth Great Encounters #51

Card #51 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori

70 HPWaterPokémonBasic

Ungraded · blended

$3.42

Range $3 → $6
1 grading company tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

Relicanth is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Great Encounters (#51), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 70 HP, weak to Lightning +20. Its current blended market value is $3.42 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#9 most valuable Relicanth of 15 #74 most valuable in Great Encounters of 106

Competitive play · Limitless

1.9%

Played in 1.9% of competitive decks — 60 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$3.42

LPLightly Played$2.60

MPModerately Played$0.91

HPHeavily Played$0.69

DMGDamaged$0.55

7-dayflat

30-dayflat

90-day▼ 37.7%

All-time high$5

All-time low$2

Other printingsNormal · $0.70

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$3

Normal$1

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

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$3.42

CGC graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
CGC 9.5		$8$6–$13
CGC 9		$8$6–$10
CGC 8.5		$5$5–$5

“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

$1.10

Period high

$2.09

Period low

$0.62

Change

▼ 44.4%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

CGC94 gradedCGC 10 · 24 · 26% gem rate

1024

9.522

928

8.510

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

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Where to buy

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Cross-market prices

75% spread

TCGplayer · cheapest$3

PriceCharting · dearest$6

Currently 75% 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 75% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

94% cheaper than the US

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$0

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Card text

Primal Calling

Search your deck for up to 3 Trainer Cards that have Fossil in their names, show them to your opponent, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Sleep Swirl30

Colorless · Colorless

Both Relicanth and the Defending Pokémon are now Asleep.

Weakness Lightning +20Retreat 1

“A rare Pokémon discovered during a deep-sea exploration. It has not changed in over 100 million years.”

About the Pokémon

Longevity PokémonGEN III

RELICANTH is a POKéMON species that existed for a hundred million years without ever changing its form. This ancient POKéMON feeds on microscopic organisms with its toothless mouth.

Card details

SetGreat Encounters →

Number#51

RarityUncommon

PokémonAll Relicanth cards →

GenerationGen III · Hoenn →

ArtistKen Sugimori →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesBasic

TypeWater

HP70

WeaknessLightning +20

Retreat cost1

National Pokédex#369

Card IDdp4-51

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Relicanth cards

There are 9 different Relicanth printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Great Encounters #51 (Uncommon).