Aerodactyl16/62 · Fossil Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Unlimited
Why prices differ
TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →
What's your copy worth?
Estimated. This card has enough sales to price the top 15% but not the top 5%, so pack-fresh is projected from the gap we measure between those two tiers on cards that do — about 1.4x on vintage, 1.2x on modern. $10.98. That's about +43% over a typical Near Mint copy.
ⓘ How do we work this out?
We take every real sale of this exact card over the last 12 months (11 sales), sort them by price, and read off the top 15% and top 5%. No multipliers, no guesses — the prices cleaner copies actually fetched.
Why cleaner copies cost more: buyers can see condition in the photos and pay for it. Listings sellers describe as pack fresh or gem mint land in this top band 1.7× more often than ordinary ones — the premium follows the card, not the hype.
Copies in this band are also the ones collectors send to grading: far more likely than a typical binder copy to be submitted at all — and to come back with the strong grade that carries the PSA prices shown on this page. That prospect is part of what buyers are paying for here.
These are read straight off this card's own completed sales — sort them by price and take the top 15% and top 5%. Whether your copy qualifies is a judgment made by looking at the card.
What this price is based on
Medium confidence75 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
Recent Raw sales
- Sep 2, 2026eBay — Aerodactyl 16/62 Fossil Unlimited Rare Non-Holo Pokémon TCG MPMPUnlimited$4.99
- Sep 2, 2026eBay — Aerodactyl 16/62 Fossil Rare Unlimited Regular English 1999 Pokemon MINTNMUnlimited$29.99
- Sep 2, 2026eBay — Aerodactyl 16 Rare Fossil 16/62 Fighting Unlimited Pokemon CardUnlimited$5.99
- Sep 1, 2026eBay — Aerodactyl 16/62 Fossil Rare Unlimited WoTC Pokemon 1999 NMNMUnlimited$9.99
- Aug 18, 2026eBay — Pokémon Aerodactyl 16/62 Unlimited Fossil Rare MPMPUnlimited$3.99
- Aug 18, 2026eBay — Aerodactyl 16/62 Rare Fossil Pokemon Unlimited Lightly PlayedLPUnlimited$9.49
- Aug 17, 2026eBay — Aerodactyl 16/62 Rare Fossil Unlimited Lightly PlayedLPUnlimited$5.99
- Aug 17, 2026eBay — Aerodactyl 16/62 Rare Fossil Pokemon Unlimited Moderately PlayedMPUnlimited$1.49
By grade
- Raw$5.3878 sales
- PSA 8$30.003 sales
- PSA 6$20.503 sales
- PSA 9$52.502 sales
- PSA 7$21.992 sales
- PSA 10$4132 sales
- Lot$6.602 sales
- CGC 9.5$25.902 sales
From 101 completed sales recorded between Jan 26, 2026 and Sep 2, 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.
Grade it or not
NOT WORTH ITBased on 21 graded sales and 1,890,759 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.
Aerodactyl is a Rare Pokémon card from Fossil (#16, released 1999), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. It's a Stage 1 Fighting-type Pokémon with 60 HP, evolving from Mysterious Fossil, weak to Grass ×2. Its current blended market value is $7.67 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $232 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 30× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 4 September 2026.
Aerodactyl price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history104 in 90 days✓ real completed listings
Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.
Demand & liquidity
Last sold $5 · Raw · 2 Sep 2026
How often each grade sells · last 90 days, all marketplaces
Is Aerodactyl worth grading?
Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 11.4% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$152); most land at PSA 9 or below.
The odds
Aerodactyl is a Rare in Fossil — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 15 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 22 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 | $232.00 | $72 | +$152 | 30.2× |
| PSA 9 | $40.00 | $70 | −$38 | 5.2× |
| PSA 8 | $30.00 | $70 | −$48 | 3.9× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 919 PSA-graded copies:
| Likely outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 11.4% | $232.00 |
| PSA 9 | 31.1% | $40.00 |
| PSA ≤8 | 57.5% | $20.00 |
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 & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
Only 11% of 946 PSA-graded Aerodactyl copies are a gem-mint 10 (105 of 946) — the rest grade lower.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Aerodactyl 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Aerodactyl 16/62 Rare Fossil Pokemon Unlimited Heavily PlayedRaw · eBay$3.49
Aerodactyl 16/62 Fossil Regular Vintage Pokémon CardRaw · eBay$3.49
Pokemon TCG Fossil Aerodactyl 16/62 Unlimited Regular Rare English Stage 1 60Raw · eBay$3.59
Pokemon TCG Aerodactyl 16/62 Fossil, Non-holo, Rare - MPRaw · eBay$4.00
Aerodactyl (16) Unlimited Rare Fossil 16/62 MPRaw · eBay$4.00
AERODACTYL 16/62 RARE FOSSIL UNLIMITED MP POKEMONRaw · eBay$4.23Cheapest raw copy $3.49 — 54% below our estimate of $8
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 105 | ✓ 13 cert-verified$232$184–$232 | |
| PSA 9pop 288 | ✓ 22 cert-verified$40$40–$60 | |
| PSA 8pop 199 | $30$26–$35 | |
| PSA 7pop 140 | ✓ 11 cert-verified$19$19–$28 | |
| PSA 5pop 55 | ✓ 6 cert-verified$17 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
A typical Near Mint copy sells for $8.27. Grading-candidate copies — the cleanest 15% of sales — typically fetch $8.46 (+2%). Pack-fresh examples — the top 5% — go for about $11.84.
From 11 sales in the last 12 months. These describe the market — whether a specific copy is a grading candidate is a judgment made by looking at it.
For context: a graded PSA 4 slab of this card sells for about $20 (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
🔥 Trending in the community
#126 on the radarAerodactyl is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
What people are saying: “[US,US][H]Slabs, Vintage, Reverse Holos, Dittos, Pikachus [W]PayPal, Even Trades” · 4↑
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Mysterious Fossil.
No more Evolution cards can be played. This power stops working while Aerodactyl is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
“A ferocious prehistoric Pokémon that goes for the enemy's throat with its serrated saw-like fangs.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
A ferocious, pre historic POKéMON that goes for the enemy's throat with its serrated saw-like fangs.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Aerodactyl cards
There are 9 different Aerodactyl printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Fossil #16 (Rare).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Aerodactyl (Fossil #16) worth?
As of 4 September 2026, Aerodactyl from Fossil is worth approximately $7.67 ungraded (near-mint), and around $232 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 Aerodactyl?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Aerodactyl from Fossil is worth around $232 — roughly 30× the raw ungraded value of $7.67.
Should I grade my Aerodactyl?
A PSA 10 sells for about $232 versus $7.67 raw — roughly a 30× 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 Aerodactyl rare?
Aerodactyl is a Rare card from Fossil (card #16), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. Its current blended market value is $7.67 ungraded.
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