Noctowl HeartGold & SoulSilver #8

Card #8 · Illustrated by Suwama Chiaki

90 HPColorlessPokémonStage 1

Ungraded · blended

$12.52

▲ 12.0% · 30d

Range $4 → $13
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence medium · How we price →

Raw$12.52

PSA 94.0× raw$50

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Noctowl is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from HeartGold & SoulSilver (#8), illustrated by Suwama Chiaki. It's a Stage 1 Colorless-type Pokémon with 90 HP, evolving from Hoothoot, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $12.52 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#5 most valuable Noctowl of 19 #59 most valuable in HeartGold & SoulSilver of 124

Competitive play · Limitless

Played in 2% of competitive decks — 62 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

Raw price by condition

Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$12.52

LPLightly Played$7.65

MPModerately Played$4.04

HPHeavily Played$2.38

DMGDamaged$1.92

7-day▼ 11.4%

30-day▼ 0.8%

90-day▼ 13.4%

All-time high$14

All-time low$5

Other printingsReverse Holofoil · $7.91

Price by variant

Holofoil$13

Reverse Holo$8

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

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$14.13

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9		$50$50–$50
PSA 8		$39$7–$50
PSA 7		$14$14–$14
PSA 6		$10$8–$10

“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Current

$10.90

Period high

$10.90

Period low

$2.76

Change

▲ 79.6%

Recent sold prices

Last sold price

CGC (ungraded lot) · 29 Jun 2026

Typical CGC (ungraded lot)

Sales · last 90 days

Liquidity

Moderate

1 in last 30 days

CGC (ungraded lot)2010 Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Holo Noctowl #8 CGC AUTHWeekly Sunday Auction #232 · 29 Jun 2026$7

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

PSA98 gradedPSA 10 · 1 · 1% gem rate

101

937

838

610

CGC112 gradedCGC 10 · 7 · 6% gem rate

107

9.55

930

8.533

816

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

Should you grade it?

−$33

Raw $12.52 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $50.08
after ~$70.49 grading fee → 4.0× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$50.08	$70.49	−$33	4.0×
PSA 8	$39.10	$70.38	−$44	3.1×

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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Cross-market prices

189% spread

Cardmarket · cheapest$4

PriceCharting$7

TCGplayer · dearest$13

Currently 189% cheaper on Cardmarket than TCGplayer. 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 · 30dRising +12%

Cross-marketMarkets disagree 189% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

65% cheaper than the US

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$4

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Card text

Evolves from Hoothoot.

Night Sight · Poké-Power

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may draw a card. This power can't be used if Noctowl is affected by a Special Condition.

Extrasensory40+

Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

If you have the same number of cards in your hand as your opponent, this attack does 40 damage plus 40 more damage.

Weakness Lightning ×2Resistance Fighting -20Retreat 1

“Its eyes are specially adapted. They concentrate even faint light and enable it to see in the dark.”

About the Pokémon

Owl PokémonGEN IIHoothoot → Noctowl

Its eyes are specially adapted. They concentrate even faint light and enable it to see in the dark.

Card details

SetHeartGold & SoulSilver →

Number#8

RarityRare Holo

PokémonAll Noctowl cards →

GenerationGen II · Johto →

ArtistSuwama Chiaki →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesStage 1

TypeColorless

HP90

Evolves fromHoothoot

WeaknessLightning ×2

ResistanceFighting -20

Retreat cost1

National Pokédex#164

Card IDhgss1-8

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Noctowl cards

There are 9 different Noctowl printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is HeartGold & SoulSilver #8 (Rare Holo).