Golem49/165 · Expedition Base Set Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$271 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 15
- PSA 9$312 sold · 90d · pop 47
- PSA 10$1501 sold · 90d · pop 66
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Expedition Base Set #49/165, 2002. 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.
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.
Golem is a Rare Pokémon card from Expedition Base Set (#49, released 2002), illustrated by Aya Kusube. It's a Stage 2 Fighting-type Pokémon with 100 HP, evolving from Graveler, weak to Water ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 10 September 2026.
Golem price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence19 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Liquid — Sells regularly
Sale mix: 4 auctions, 3 accepted offers, 3 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 8 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$9.9929 sales · 19 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 9$32.506 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$1884 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$52.204 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$42.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9.5$52.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$29.991 sale
Is Golem worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $31 against the $83 you put in, a $52 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $31–$150. Averaged over every outcome that is +$3 a card.
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These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
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
Golem is a Rare in Expedition Base Set — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 40 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 60 packs.
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 | $150.00 | $71 | +$66 | 12.2× |
| PSA 9 | $31.00 | $70 | −$52 | 2.5× |
| PSA 8 | $27.37 | $70 | −$55 | 2.2× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 137 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 48.2% | $150.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 33.6% | $31.00 |
| PSA 8 | 9.5% | $27.37 |
| PSA 7 | 2.2% | $22.49 |
| PSA 6 | 4.4% | $12.30 |
| PSA 5 | 0.7% | $12.30 |
| PSA 4 | 0.7% | $12.30 |
| PSA 2 | 0.7% | $12.30 |
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
66 of the 140 PSA-graded Golem copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 47%. 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 140.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 102.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 4.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Golem 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Nintendo Golem 49/165 Expedition Base Set 2002 English Rare Regular 100HPRaw · eBay$5.00
Pokémon TCG Golem Expedition Base Set 49/165 Regular Rare lightly playedRaw · eBay$5.00
Golem 049/165 Expedition Base Set RegularRaw · eBay$6.00
Golem 049/165 Expedition Base Set Regular Raw · eBay$8.88
The Pokémon Company Golem 049/165 Expedition Base Set Rare 100 HP ENRaw · eBay$9.00
2002 Pokemon Expedition Base Set Golem 49/165 Rare e-Reader WOTC Aya KusubeRaw · eBay$9.49Cheapest raw copy $5.00 — 59% below our near-mint estimate of $12
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 66 | ✓ 8 cert-verified$150$150–$216 | |
| PSA 9pop 47 | $31$26–$36 | |
| PSA 8pop 15 | modelled$27$23–$31 | |
| PSA 7pop 3 | modelled$22$19–$26 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 5 slab of this card sells for about $9 (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
TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
2% spreadCurrently 2% 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
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
🔥 Trending in the community
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Graveler.
All damage done by attacks to Golem is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Don't apply Resistance.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Golem cards
There are 14 different Golem printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Expedition Base Set #49 (Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Golem (Expedition Base Set #49) worth?
As of 10 September 2026, Golem from Expedition Base Set is worth approximately $12.30 ungraded (near-mint), and around $150 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 Golem?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Golem from Expedition Base Set is worth around $150 — roughly 12× the raw ungraded value of $12.30.
Should I grade my Golem?
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 Golem rare?
Golem is a Rare card from Expedition Base Set (card #49).
How do I know if my Golem 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.
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