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Check your printing9 different Water Energy printings exist — is this your card? Base Set 2 #130
Water Energy Base Set 2 #130 Pokémon card
Common

Water Energy

Base Set 2 · 130/130 · Illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi
EnergyBasic

Market value · ungraded

$0.35 10.3% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$0$0
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. 2 sources agree within 1%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$0.35

What this price is based on

Low confidence

Only 0 sales in the last 90 days.

Median · CGC 0.5$25.006 sales
Trimmed meanoutliers removed
Range$5.00$25.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate1/mo6 recorded

Recent CGC 0.5 sales

From 6 completed sales recorded between Apr 18, 2026 and Apr 25, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 6 graded sales and 1,889,841 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Water Energy is a Common Pokémon card from Base Set 2 (#130), illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi. It's a Basic Energy card. Its current blended market value is $0.35 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $21 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 60× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 20 August 2026.

18.1%
Played in 18.1% of competitive decks — 574 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

The receipts

Price history · Raw

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$0.35
Period high
$1.84
Period low
$0.23
Change
66.0%
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Verified sales history10 in 90 daysreal completed listings

DateGradePriceCert
15 Aug 2026PSA 8$17.60#150072767
15 Aug 2026PSA 9$11.50#150072806
15 Aug 2026PSA 9$15.50#150072796
24 Jul 2026PSA 9$10.50#53469433
20 Jul 2026PSA 7$68.71#144022845
7 Jun 2026PSA 8$17.00#55508126
4 Jun 2026PSA 9$21.50#146453721
23 May 2026PSA 6$11.50#127876737
22 May 2026PSA 8$15.50#147715177
22 May 2026PSA 7$81.00#147715188

Should you grade it?

$61

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 24.5% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $50); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)24.5%
Expected return$61
PSA 10 best case$50
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Water Energy is a Commoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.

PSA 10 (gem mint)24.5%34 of 139
PSA 936.7%51 of 139
PSA graded so far139
Gem Mint 1034
Total graded139

Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.

Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$20.86$70$5059.6×
PSA 9$12.06$70$5834.5×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 139 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1024.5%$21.00
PSA 936.7%$12.00
PSA ≤838.8%$0.00

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. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.

Population across gradersPSA, CGC & BGS — every grade, with gem rates

Only 24% of 139 PSA-graded Water Energy copies are a gem-mint 10 (34 of 139) — the rest grade lower.

PSA139 gradedPSA 10 · 34 · 24% gem
1034
951
824
711
65
511
42
31
CGC516 gradedCGC 10 · 146 · 28% gem
10146
9.528
9170
8.552
822

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

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$0.34
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 34$21$11$23
PSA 9pop 51$12$8$15
PSA 7pop 11$7$7$7
“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.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Normal · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$0.35
LPLightly Played$0.24
MPModerately Played$0.16
HPHeavily Played$0.14
DMGDamaged$0.11
7-day 2.6%
30-day 2.6%
90-day 21.9%
All-time high$0
All-time low$0
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $69 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.

Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

0% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$0
PriceCharting · dearest$0

Currently 0% 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 · 30dFalling -10%
Cross-marketMarkets agree 0% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

66% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$0
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#130
RarityCommon
SupertypeEnergy
SubtypesBasic
Card IDbase4-130
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Water Energy cards

There are 9 different Water Energy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base Set 2 #130 (Common).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Water Energy (Base Set 2 #130) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Water Energy from Base Set 2 is worth approximately $0.35 ungraded (near-mint), and around $21 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Water Energy?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Water Energy from Base Set 2 is worth around $21 — roughly 60× the raw ungraded value of $0.35.

Should I grade my Water Energy?

A PSA 10 sells for about $21 versus $0.35 raw — roughly a 60× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Water Energy rare?

Water Energy is a Common card from Base Set 2 (card #130), illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi. Its current blended market value is $0.35 ungraded.

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