Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 9$221 sold · 90d · pop 17
- PSA 10$54pop 22
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Expedition Base Set #165/165, 2002. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
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.
Water Energy is a Common Pokémon card from Expedition Base Set (#165, released 2002). It's a Basic Energy card. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Water Energy price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Low confidenceOnly 1 sale in the last 90 days.
Sale mix: 4 auctions, 5 accepted offers, 1 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 28 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- PSA 9$16.004 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$62.004 sales
- PSA 8$16.001 sale
- CGC 9.5$3.001 sale
- CGC 9$10.801 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Water Energy worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $22 against the $72 you put in, a $50 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $22–$54. Averaged over every outcome that is −$40 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
Water Energy 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 10 | $54.00 | $71 | −$19 | 24.2× |
| PSA 9 | $22.00 | $70 | −$50 | 9.9× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 51 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 43.1% | $54.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 31.4% | $22.00 |
| PSA 8 | 15.7% | $16.75 † |
| PSA 7 | 2% | $2.23 |
| PSA 6 | 3.9% | $2.23 |
| PSA 5 | 3.9% | $2.23 |
† Priced from PriceCharting's graded ladder — we hold no completed sale of our own at that grade. Every other row is our own sold data.
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
22 of the 52 PSA-graded Water Energy copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 42%. 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 52.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — 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
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 22 | ✓ 6 cert-verified$54$51–$69 | |
| PSA 9pop 17 | ✓ 5 cert-verified$22$7–$22 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
0% spreadCurrently 0% 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.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Water Energy cards
There are 21 different Water Energy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Expedition Base Set #165 (Common). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Water Energy (Expedition Base Set #165) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Water Energy from Expedition Base Set is worth approximately $2.23 ungraded (near-mint), and around $54 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 Expedition Base Set is worth around $54 — roughly 24× the raw ungraded value of $2.23.
Should I grade my Water Energy?
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 Water Energy rare?
Water Energy is a Common card from Expedition Base Set (card #165).
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