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Blaine's Arcanine Gym Challenge #1 Pokémon card
Rare Holo

Blaine's Arcanine

Gym Challenge · 1/132 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
90 HPFirePokémonStage 1

Market value · ungraded · Unlimited Holo

$98.98 3.1% · 30d
Confidencelow
Sales · 90 days21
Last sale$60 Raw · 26 Jul 2026
Range$74$111
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. eBay + Fanatics + TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$98.98

What this price is based on

Medium confidence

88 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.

Median · Raw$68.1388 sales
Trimmed mean$67.04outliers removed
Range$27.00$180lowest to highest sale
Sales rate22.7/mo138 recorded

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 17, 2026eBay — Blaine's Arcanine 1/132 Gym Challenge 2000 90HP Holo Rare Unlimited ENGUnlimited$56.55
  • Aug 17, 2026eBay — Blaine's Arcanine 1/132 Rare Gym Challenge Pokemon Unlimited Holo DamagedDMUnlimited$29.99
  • Aug 14, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Blaine's Arcanine Gym Challenge Holo Card 1/132 Unlimited RareUnlimited$130
  • Aug 13, 2026eBay — Blaine's Arcanine Holo Rare Gym Challenge Unlimited Pokemon Card 1/132Unlimited$108
  • Aug 11, 2026eBay — Blaine’s Arcanine 1/132 Holo Gym Challenge 2000 Pokémon WOTC UnlimitedUnlimited$108
  • Aug 10, 2026eBay — Blaine's Arcanine Unlimited Holo Gym Challenge 1/132 Holo Rare MP PokemonMPUnlimited$77.99
  • Aug 9, 2026eBay — Blaine's Arcanine - 1/132 - Pokemon Gym Challenge Unlimited Holo Rare Card LPLPUnlimited$126
  • Aug 9, 2026eBay — Pokémon Gym Challenge Blaine's Arcanine Holo Rare Card 1/132 Unlimited EnglishUnlimited$59.00

By grade

  • Raw$68.1388 sales
  • PSA 8$21314 sales
  • PSA 9$3766 sales
  • CGC 7.5$86.404 sales
  • CGC 10$7934 sales
  • PSA 7$1403 sales
  • CGC 8.5$1703 sales
  • PSA 6$99.552 sales

From 138 completed sales recorded between Jul 14, 2025 and Aug 17, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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Blaine's Arcanine is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Gym Challenge (#1), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 90 HP, evolving from Blaine's Growlithe, weak to Water ×2. Its current blended market value is $98.98 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $2,569 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 26× 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

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$98.98
Period high
$355.79
Period low
$22.17
Change
346.5%
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Verified sales history31 in 90 daysreal completed listings

Last sold
$90
Raw · 26 Jul 2026
Typical Raw
$60
Sales · last 90 days
10
How often it sells
Sells often
daily · 10 in last 30 days
Worn-condition sales — shown for context, not price-forming
These listings claimed play wear in the title (LP/MP/played/damaged), so they sell below the Near Mint price above and are excluded from it.

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.

Last sold price
$1,650
BGS 9.5 · 17 Aug 2026
Typical PSA 10
$780
Sales · last 90 days
11
How often it sells
Occasional sales
2 in last 30 days

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.

DateGradePriceCert
12 Aug 2026PSA 6$100.00#158468546
11 Aug 2026PSA 6$149.99#149461764
11 Aug 2026PSA 6$87.00#96364577
11 Aug 2026PSA 8$231.56#114228465
11 Aug 2026PSA 9$340.00#44551234
10 Aug 2026PSA 8$197.50#47894457
10 Aug 2026PSA 3$59.95#163422528
9 Aug 2026PSA 2$60.00#155970561
9 Aug 2026PSA 5$66.73#72617645
8 Aug 2026PSA 8$185.00#60864038

Demand & liquidity

Very liquid · Sells oftenDemand 72/100
Sales · 30d10
Sales · 90d10
Price momentum+3%
Raw
$60
RawNM
$69

Last sold $90 · Raw · 26 Jul 2026

Should you grade it?

$155

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 1% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$2,249); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)1%
Expected return$155
PSA 10 best case+$2,249
Break-evenPSA 9+
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Blaine's Arcanine is a Holo / V / ex in Gym Challenge — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 33% of the time, split across 20 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 61 packs.

Holo / V / ex33%20 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)1%61 of 5,923
PSA 913.3%785 of 5,923
PSA graded so far5,923
Gem Mint 1061
Total graded5,923

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 gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$2,568.59$221+$2,24926.0×
PSA 9$405.00$74+$2324.1×
PSA 8$208.83$72+$382.1×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 5,923 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 101%$2,569.00
PSA 913.3%$405.00
PSA ≤885.7%$99.00

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 1% of 5,923 PSA-graded Blaine's Arcanine copies are a gem-mint 10 (61 of 5,923) — the rest grade lower.

PSA5,923 gradedPSA 10 · 61 · 1% gem
1061
9785
8.518
81,520
7.51
71,258
6.51
61,035
5.51
5680
4.51
4260
3117
2.52
266
1.52
1109
CGC3,718 gradedCGC 10 · 258 · 7% gem
10258
9.564
9618
8.5666
8558

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Blaine's Arcanine 10 is harder to pull.

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$95.97
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 611 sold$2,569$2,183$2,954
PSA 9pop 785$405$344$466
PSA 8pop 1,520$209$178$240
PSA 7pop 1,258$144$122$166
PSA 6pop 1,035✓ 11 cert-verified$95
PSA 5pop 680✓ 15 cert-verified$73
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
1st Edition Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$98.98
LPLightly Played$66.76
MPModerately Played$62.40
HPHeavily Played$38.29
DMGDamaged$31.06
7-day 17.6%
30-day 22.7%
90-day 22.7%
All-time high$99
All-time low$59
Other printingsUnlimited Holofoil · $96.33
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

For context: a graded PSA 5 slab of this card sells for about $76 (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

1st Edition Holofoil$365
Unlimited Holo$99

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

50% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$74
TCGplayer$99
Cardmarket · dearest$111

Currently 50% cheaper on PriceCharting than Cardmarket. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dRising +3%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 50% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$111
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Evolves from Blaine's Growlithe.

Heat Tackle40
Fire · Colorless · Colorless

Blaine's Arcanine does 10 damage to itself.

Firestorm120
Fire · Fire · Fire · Fire

Discard 3 Fire Energy cards attached to Blaine's Arcanine in order to use this attack.

Weakness Water ×2Retreat 3
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#1
RarityRare Holo
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 1
TypeFire
HP90
Evolves fromBlaine's Growlithe
WeaknessWater ×2
Retreat cost3
National Pokédex#59
Card IDgym2-1
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Blaine's Arcanine (Gym Challenge #1) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Blaine's Arcanine from Gym Challenge is worth approximately $98.98 ungraded (near-mint), and around $2,569 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 Blaine's Arcanine?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Blaine's Arcanine from Gym Challenge is worth around $2,569 — roughly 26× the raw ungraded value of $98.98.

Should I grade my Blaine's Arcanine?

A PSA 10 sells for about $2,569 versus $98.98 raw — roughly a 26× 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 Blaine's Arcanine rare?

Blaine's Arcanine is a Rare Holo card from Gym Challenge (card #1), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Its current blended market value is $98.98 ungraded.

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