Tentacool56/62 · Fossil Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Unlimited
- PSA 8$133 sold · 90d · pop 104
- PSA 9$192 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 165
- PSA 10$882 sold · 90d · pop 125
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Fossil #56/62, 1999. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.
On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.
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.
Tentacool is a Common Pokémon card from Fossil (#56, released 1999), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 30 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Tentacool price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence20 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
6 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 4 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$1.7921 sales · 20 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 7$7.005 sales
- CGC 10$22.204 sales
- PSA 8$12.503 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$8.003 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 8$8.403 sales
- SGC 9$8.602 sales
- PSA 9$21.902 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
Is Tentacool worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $19 against the $71 you put in, a $52 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $19–$88. Averaged over every outcome that is −$37 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
Tentacool 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 | $88.00 | $71 | +$16 | 88.0× |
| PSA 9 | $18.81 | $70 | −$52 | 18.8× |
| PSA 8 | $12.99 | $70 | −$58 | 13.0× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 462 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 26.8% | $88.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 35.3% | $18.81 |
| PSA 8 | 21% | $12.99 |
| PSA 7 | 8.2% | $12.50 |
| PSA 6 | 3.7% | $1.00 |
| PSA 5 | 2.6% | $1.00 |
| PSA 4 | 0.9% | $1.00 |
| PSA 3 | 0.4% | $1.00 |
| PSA 2 | 0.6% | $1.00 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.4% | $1.00 |
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
125 of the 481 PSA-graded Tentacool copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 26%. 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 481.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 2,677.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 68.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Tentacool 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Tentacool - Fossil - 56/62 - Pokemon TCG - LPRaw · eBay$1.00
Tentacool Unlimited Common Fossil 56/62 NMRaw · eBay$1.00
Tentacool 56/62 Fossil RegularRaw · eBay$1.00
TENTACOOL - 56/62 - Fossil - Pokemon Card - LPRaw · eBay$1.20
Tentacool 56/62 Fossil Regular - PokémonRaw · eBay$1.29
TENTACOOL - 56/62 - Fossil - Pokemon TCG CCG CardRaw · eBay$1.39Cheapest raw copy $1.00 — in line with our near-mint estimate of $1
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 125 | ✓ 18 cert-verified$88$85–$115 | |
| PSA 9pop 165 | modelled$19$16–$22 | |
| PSA 8pop 104 | $13$11–$15 | |
| PSA 7pop 45 | modelled$13$11–$14 |
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 $13 (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
1% spreadCurrently 1% 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.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
At any time during your turn (before your attack), you may return Tentacool to your hand. (Discard all cards attached to Tentacool.) This power can't be used the turn you put Tentacool into play or if Tentacool is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
“Drifts in shallow seas. Anglers who hook them by accident are often punished by its stinging acid.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Drifts in shallow seas. Anglers who hook them by accident are often punished by its stinging acid.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Tentacool cards
There are 14 different Tentacool printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Fossil #56 (Common). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Tentacool (Fossil #56) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Tentacool from Fossil is worth approximately $1.00 ungraded (near-mint), and around $88 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 Tentacool?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Tentacool from Fossil is worth around $88 — roughly 88× the raw ungraded value of $1.00.
Should I grade my Tentacool?
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 Tentacool rare?
Tentacool is a Common card from Fossil (card #56).
How do I know if my Tentacool is 1st Edition?
Bottom-left of the illustration window: A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.
How do I know if my Tentacool is Unlimited?
Right-hand edge of the illustration window: On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.
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