Vaporeon25/108 · Dark Explorers Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 9$1372 sold · 90d · pop 11
- PSA 10$345pop 1
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Dark Explorers #25/108, 2012. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 25/108.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Vaporeon is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Dark Explorers (#25, released 2012), illustrated by Akira Komayama. It's a Stage 1 Water-type Pokémon with 110 HP, evolving from Eevee, weak to Lightning ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 10 September 2026.
Vaporeon price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence23 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Liquid — Sells regularly
5 of 8 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 24 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$6.0033 sales · 23 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 10$3005 sales
- PSA 9$2053 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8.5$2402 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 7$10.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$3091 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$2251 sale
- CGC 0.5$65.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Vaporeon worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 8 — worth $7 against the $78 you put in, a $71 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $137–$300. Averaged over every outcome that is −$5 a card.
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Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
The odds
Vaporeon is a Uncommoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.
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 grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $345.00 | $73 | +$265 | 52.0× |
| PSA 9 | $136.80 | $71 | +$59 | 20.6× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 29 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 3.4% | $300.00 |
| PSA 9 | 37.9% | $136.80 |
| PSA 8 — typical | 31% | $6.63 |
| PSA 7 | 13.8% | $38.93 |
| PSA 6 | 3.4% | $6.63 |
| PSA 5 | 10.3% | $27.94 |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; 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 & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
1 of the 30 PSA-graded Vaporeon copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 3.3%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 30.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 265.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Vaporeon 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon: Vaporeon Uncommon Dark Explorers 25/108 LP+Raw · eBay$3.38
Vaporeon - 25/108 - Dark Explorers Regular - Pokemon TCG - HPRaw · eBay$3.53
Pokémon Vaporeon 25/108 Dark Explorers Uncommon 110 HP English 2012Raw · eBay$3.95
Vaporeon 25/108 Uncommon Dark Explorers Pokemon Heavily PlayedRaw · eBay$4.34
2012 Pokemon, B&W Dark Explorers, #25/108 Vaporeon, UncommonRaw · eBay$4.39
Vaporeon 25/108 Uncommon Dark Explorers Pokemon Heavily PlayedRaw · eBay$4.80Cheapest raw copy $3.95 — 40% below our near-mint estimate of $7
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 1 | $345$293–$397 | |
| PSA 9pop 11 | 10 sold$137$116–$157 | |
| PSA 7pop 5 | 6 sold$39$33–$45 | |
| PSA 5pop 3 | 2 sold$28$24–$32 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Eevee.
Does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Heal 20 damage from this Pokémon.
“Its cell composition is similar to water molecules. As a result, it can melt away into water.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Vaporeon cards
There are 23 different Vaporeon printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Dark Explorers #25 (Uncommon). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Vaporeon (Dark Explorers #25) worth?
As of 10 September 2026, Vaporeon from Dark Explorers is worth approximately $6.63 ungraded (near-mint), and around $345 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 Vaporeon?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Vaporeon from Dark Explorers is worth around $345 — roughly 52× the raw ungraded value of $6.63.
Should I grade my Vaporeon?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Vaporeon rare?
Vaporeon is a Uncommon card from Dark Explorers (card #25).
How do I know if my Vaporeon is Reverse Holo?
The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
How do I tell this Vaporeon apart from the Sandstorm one?
They share a name and a card number but come from different sets, and the number printed on the card tells them apart: this one is 25/108 (Dark Explorers, 2012) and the other is 25/100 (Sandstorm, 2003).
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