Ninetales
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What this price is based on
Medium confidence18 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
What each version actually sells for
Every figure is the median of real completed sales whose listing claimed that printing and condition — not a percentage of the headline price. A dash means we haven't seen enough sales of that exact version to publish one.
Recent Raw sales
- Aug 11, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Ninetales Expedition Holo 21/165 LPLP$125
- Jul 20, 2026eBay — NINETALES 2002 POKEMON EXPEDITION RARE HOLO #21/165 MEW 10 Q4596$755
- Jul 14, 2026eBay — Ninetales 21/165 Expedition Holo Card Rare 2002 Pokémon TCG MP/LPMP$99.99
- Jul 14, 2026eBay — Pokemon Card-Ninetales-21/165-Expedition- Holo VERY RARE!!!$176
- Jul 12, 2026eBay — Ninetales 21/165 Expedition Holo Card Rare 2002 Pokémon TCG MP/LPMP$88.87
- Jul 12, 2026eBay — Moderately Played Ninetales - 21/165 - Holo Rare Pokemon ExpeditionMP$61.09
- Jul 5, 2026eBay — Pokemon Ninetales Holo Rare TCG Card 21/165 Expedition E-Series LPLP$39.19
- Jun 22, 2026eBay — Ninetales Holo 21/165 Expedition Pokemon Card NMNM$120
By grade
- Raw$85.0030 sales
- PSA 8$2858 sales
- PSA 9$4924 sales
- PSA 7$2233 sales
- PSA 10$2,9702 sales
- PSA 6$86.401 sale
- PSA 4$38.401 sale
- CGC 9$72.001 sale
From 53 completed sales recorded between Jan 27, 2025 and Aug 16, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.
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GRADE ITBased on 23 graded sales and 1,890,602 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.
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✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Ninetales is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Expedition Base Set (#21), illustrated by Atsuko Nishida. It's a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Vulpix, weak to Water ×2. Its current blended market value is $195.20 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $5,295 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 27× 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.
The receipts
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history14 in 90 days✓ real completed listings
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.
Should you grade it?
Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 9.6% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$4,627); most land at PSA 9 or below.
The odds
Ninetales is a Holo / V / ex in Expedition Base Set — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 33% of the time, split across 32 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 97 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 | $5,294.88 | $473 | +$4,627 | 27.1× |
| PSA 9 | $437.50 | $74 | +$168 | 2.2× |
| PSA 8 | $263.50 | $73 | −$4 | 1.3× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 763 PSA-graded copies:
| Likely outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 9.6% | $5,295.00 |
| PSA 9 | 34.6% | $438.00 |
| PSA ≤8 | 55.8% | $195.00 |
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 10% of 763 PSA-graded Ninetales copies are a gem-mint 10 (73 of 763) — the rest grade lower.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Ninetales 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 73 | $5,295$4,501–$6,089 | |
| PSA 9pop 264 | $438$372–$503 | |
| PSA 8pop 220 | $264$224–$303 | |
| PSA 7pop 103 | ✓ 12 cert-verified$180$180–$256 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $223 (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
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
#49 on the radarNinetales is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Vulpix.
Flip 2 coins. If either of them is heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
Discard all Fire Energy cards attached to Ninetales. This attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each card discarded this way.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Ninetales cards
There are 9 different Ninetales printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Expedition Base Set #21 (Rare Holo).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Ninetales (Expedition Base Set #21) worth?
As of 20 August 2026, Ninetales from Expedition Base Set is worth approximately $195.20 ungraded (near-mint), and around $5,295 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 Ninetales?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Ninetales from Expedition Base Set is worth around $5,295 — roughly 27× the raw ungraded value of $195.20.
Should I grade my Ninetales?
A PSA 10 sells for about $5,295 versus $195.20 raw — roughly a 27× 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 Ninetales rare?
Ninetales is a Rare Holo card from Expedition Base Set (card #21), illustrated by Atsuko Nishida. Its current blended market value is $195.20 ungraded.
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