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Check your printing9 different Water Energy printings exist — is this your card? Emerald #103
Water Energy Emerald #103 Pokémon card
Rare Holo

Water Energy

Emerald · 103/106
EnergyBasic

Market value · ungraded · Holofoil

$16.69 4.2% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$17$17
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer. Updated 20 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$16.69

What this price is based on

High confidence

46 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Median · Raw$13.0047 sales
Trimmed mean$13.77outliers removed
Range$4.00$25.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate9.2/mo55 recorded

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 17, 2026eBay — Pokemon Water Energy 103/106 EX Emerald Holo Common Energy Eng 2005$10.00
  • Aug 17, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Water Energy 103/106 EX Emerald Holo Rare English 2005 NMNM$7.46
  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — Water Energy 103/106 Holo SWIRL | EX Emerald | 2005 Pokemon TCG Card | LPLP$17.27
  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — Water Energy 103/106 EX Emerald Holo$12.99
  • Aug 12, 2026eBay — WATER ENERGY Holo Double SWIRL 🌀 103/106 RARE EX Emerald Pokemon Card 2005 - NMNM$16.50
  • Aug 11, 2026eBay — Water Energy 103 Holo Rare [EX Emerald] With HOLO SWIRL 🌀$20.00
  • Aug 10, 2026eBay — Pokemon Water Energy 103/106 EX Emerald Holo$18.00
  • Aug 7, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Water Energy 103/106 EX Emerald Holo Rare English 2005$10.00

By grade

  • Raw$13.0047 sales
  • CGC 10$42.003 sales
  • CGC 9$20.402 sales
  • PSA 6$19.991 sale
  • CGC 9.5$14.401 sale
  • CGC 8.5$12.001 sale

From 55 completed sales recorded between Feb 23, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 8 graded sales and 1,305,862 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Water Energy is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Emerald (#103). It's a Basic Energy card. Its current blended market value is $16.69 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $80 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 5× 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
$16.69
Period high
$17.43
Period low
$8.59
Change
67.1%
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Verified sales history10 in 90 daysreal completed listings

DateGradePriceCert
2 Aug 2026PSA 6$19.99#104344531
14 May 2026PSA 7$24.99#55387559
21 Apr 2026PSA 9$20.50#57846323
21 Apr 2026PSA 9$9.50#57846322
21 Apr 2026PSA 10$82.00#49764415
13 Apr 2026PSA 9$31.00#74845788
6 Apr 2026PSA 10$81.00#141571260
25 Mar 2026PSA 8$39.99#68103832
9 Feb 2026PSA 6$29.00#77814255
2 Feb 2026PSA 8$40.00#129048493

Should you grade it?

$63

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 9.3% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $7); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)9.3%
Expected return$63
PSA 10 best case$7
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Water Energy is a Holo / V / ex in Emerald — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 33% of the time, split across 28 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 85 packs.

Holo / V / ex33%28 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)9.3%12 of 129
PSA 938%49 of 129
PSA graded so far129
Gem Mint 1012
Total graded129

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$80.15$71$74.8×
PSA 9$21.00$70$661.3×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 129 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 109.3%$80.00
PSA 938%$21.00
PSA ≤852.7%$17.00

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 9% of 129 PSA-graded Water Energy copies are a gem-mint 10 (12 of 129) — the rest grade lower.

PSA129 gradedPSA 10 · 12 · 9% gem
1012
949
834
718
611
53
32
CGC144 gradedCGC 10 · 40 · 28% gem
1040
9.516
920
8.510
818

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)$16.23
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 122 sold$80$68$92
PSA 9pop 49✓ 9 cert-verified$21$12$21
PSA 6pop 11$3$3$3
“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$16.69
LPLightly Played$13.05
MPModerately Played$9.58
7-dayflat
30-dayflat
90-day 2.5%
All-time high$17
All-time low$16
Other printingsHolofoil · $16.23
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

For context: a graded PSA 6 slab of this card sells for about $29 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.

Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately

Price by variant

Normal$17
Holofoil$17

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

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

Market signal

Momentum · 30dFalling -4%

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

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#103
RarityRare Holo
Artist
SupertypeEnergy
SubtypesBasic
Card IDex9-103
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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There are 9 different Water Energy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Emerald #103 (Rare Holo).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Water Energy (Emerald #103) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Water Energy from Emerald is worth approximately $16.69 ungraded (near-mint), and around $80 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 Emerald is worth around $80 — roughly 5× the raw ungraded value of $16.69.

Should I grade my Water Energy?

A PSA 10 sells for about $80 versus $16.69 raw — roughly a 5× 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 Rare Holo card from Emerald (card #103). Its current blended market value is $16.69 ungraded.

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