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Piplup POP Series 9 #16 Pokémon card
Common

Piplup POP Series 9 #16

Card #16 · Illustrated by Midori Harada
50 HPWaterPokémonBasic
Ungraded · blended
$9.01
7.3% · 30d
Range $4 → $9
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence medium · How we price →
See live listings on TCGplayer →

Piplup is a Common Pokémon card from POP Series 9 (#16), illustrated by Midori Harada. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 50 HP, weak to Lightning +10. Its current blended market value is $9.01 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

Competitive play · Limitless

0.5%
Played in 0.5% of competitive decks — 17 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.
Raw price by condition
Normal · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$8.66
LPLightly Played$4.99
MPModerately Played$2.11
HPHeavily Played$0.95
DMGDamaged$0.83
7-day 6.3%
30-day 10.5%
90-day 240.9%
All-time high$9
All-time low$1
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$8.41
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 9$37$37$42
PSA 8$21$21$21
“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
$4.37
Period high
$4.37
Period low
$1.97
Change
89.2%

Recent sold prices

Last sold price
$37
PSA 9 · 18 May 2026
Typical PSA 9
$37
Sales · last 90 days
1
Liquidity
Thin
0 in last 30 days

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

PSA38 gradedPSA 10 · 3 · 8% gem rate
103
920
87
72
63
51
42
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Piplup 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

$42
Raw $9.01 → graded PSA 9$37.23
after ~$70.36 grading fee → 4.1× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 9$37.23$70.36$424.1×
PSA 8$20.50$70.19$592.3×

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

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Cross-market prices

106% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$4
Cardmarket$6
TCGplayer · dearest$9

Currently 106% cheaper on PriceCharting 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 +7%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 106% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

35% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$6

Card text

Water Sport10+
Water
If Piplup has less Energy attached to it than the Defending Pokémon, this attack does 10 damage plus more 10 more damage.
Wavelet40
Water · Colorless · Colorless
If you have Buizel in play, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness Lightning +10Retreat 1

It lives along shores in northern countries. A skilled swimmer, it dives for over 10 minutes to hunt.

About the Pokémon

Penguin PokémonGEN IVPiplupPrinplupEmpoleon

Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold.

Card details

Number#16
RarityCommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeWater
HP50
WeaknessLightning +10
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#393
Card IDpop9-16
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Piplup cards

There are 9 different Piplup printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is POP Series 9 #16 (Common).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Piplup (POP Series 9 #16) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Piplup from POP Series 9 is worth approximately $9.01 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Piplup rare?

Piplup is a Common card from POP Series 9 (card #16), illustrated by Midori Harada. Its current blended market value is $9.01 ungraded.