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What this price is based on
Medium confidence56 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 7, 2026eBay — Shellder 129/165 2002 Expedition Pokemon Card TCG Vintage Nintendo - NMNM$3.00
- Aug 6, 2026eBay — Pokémon Shellder 129/165 Expedition Base Set NM/LPLP$2.22
- Aug 6, 2026eBay — Shellder 129/165 Pokemon Expedition Base Set Regular - MPMP$2.99
- Aug 5, 2026eBay — Nintendo Pokemon TCG Shellder 129/165 Expedition e-Reader Common 2002 Eng$1.99
- Aug 1, 2026eBay — Shellder Expedition 129/165 LP Pokémon TCGLP$3.19
- Aug 1, 2026eBay — Shellder 129/165 Common Expedition Base Set Pokemon Cards$3.49
- Aug 1, 2026eBay — Shellder - 129/165 - Common - Expedition Base Set - Pokemon Card - LPLP$5.61
- Jul 31, 2026eBay — Shellder - 2002 Pokemon Expedition - #129/165$1.75
By grade
- Raw$3.0064 sales
- CGC 9$11.404 sales
- PSA 9$2422 sales
- PSA 6$44.991 sale
- CGC 9.5$15.601 sale
- CGC 6.5$8.501 sale
- CGC 10$2201 sale
From 74 completed sales recorded between Feb 20, 2026 and Aug 7, 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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Not enough graded evidence yet — 10 graded sales recorded.
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An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Shellder is a Common Pokémon card from Expedition Base Set (#129), illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 50 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $4.21 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 20 August 2026.
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Price history · Raw
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Recent sold prices
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Should you grade it?
Raw $4.21 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $36.46, after ~$70.35 grading fee → 8.7× the raw value.
The odds
Shellder is a Commoncard — 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 9 | $36.46 | $70 | −$38 | 8.7× |
| PSA 8 | $17.79 | $70 | −$57 | 4.2× |
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. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC & BGS — every grade, with gem rates
Only 42% of 111 PSA-graded Shellder copies are a gem-mint 10 (47 of 111) — the rest grade lower.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Shellder 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 9pop 35 | $36$31–$42 | |
| PSA 8pop 20 | $18$15–$20 | |
| PSA 7pop 5 | $13$11–$15 |
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
Cross-market prices
9% spreadCurrently 9% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. 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.
🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe
83% cheaper than the USCard textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
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Other Shellder cards
There are 9 different Shellder printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Expedition Base Set #129 (Common).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Shellder (Expedition Base Set #129) worth?
As of 20 August 2026, Shellder from Expedition Base Set is worth approximately $4.21 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.
Is Shellder rare?
Shellder is a Common card from Expedition Base Set (card #129), illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki. Its current blended market value is $4.21 ungraded.
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