CommonGym Heroes87/1322000Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
Misty's Poliwag 87/132 · Gym Heroes price & value
Raw · near mint
$2.72
Updated
GradedFull ladder ↓
- BGS 10$5219×
- PSA 10$4015×
- PSA 9$207.3×
- Sales recorded
- 38
- every grade, since 2026
- Last 90 days
- 28 raw · 33 all
- 17 in the last 30, every grade
- Confidence
- High
- 28 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.
- Latest sale
- 3d ago
- raw
Bulk card. At this price most of what a buyer pays is postage, so treat it as a rough band rather than a valuation. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →
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What's your copy worth?
The headline above is Near Mint. Most copies that actually change hands are not — here is the same card at every condition it is realistically held in. How the grades are judged → How we price played copies →
NMheadline
Near Mint
$2.72
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LP
Lightly Played
$1.49
−45%
MP
Moderately Played
$1.09
−60%
HP
Heavily Played
$0.85
−69%
DM
Damaged
$0.76
−72%
Copies for sale right now
Asking prices, not sales — the headline above is what copies actually sold for. Stock as of 2026-09-12T07:41:09.984Z.
Raw / ungraded
cheapest 6 of 24
Misty's Poliwag 87/132 Gym Heroes Pokemon CardeBay$0.99
Misty's Poliwag 87/132 Common Gym Heroes Pokemon Unlimited Lightly PlayedworneBay$0.99
Misty's Poliwag 87/132 Gym Heroes Unlimited WOTC Pokémon Card LPworneBay$1.00
Misty's Poliwag Gym Heroes 2000 87/132 Common Pokemon NMeBay$1.00
Pokémon TCG Misty's Poliwag Gym Heroes 87/132 Regular Unlimited Common HP/DMGworneBay$1.49
Misty's Poliwag 87/132 C Gym Heroes DMGworneBay$1.50
Cheapest raw copy $1 — 64% below our near-mint estimate of $3 · 17 copies whose seller declares wear left out of that comparison
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What the sales actually show
The counts are in the hero; this is how the card trades — the range, the pace, where, and what each grade has actually fetched. Figures that name a grade cover that grade alone; the rest count every grade.
Range
$1 – $20
Raw — lowest to highest sale
Sales rate
6.3/mo
every grade, whole record
Momentum
-19%
Raw — 30d vs 90d median
Where it sells
100% eBay
Raw — last 90 days
Demand
70/100
Very liquid — sales rate, trend & buzz
What each grade sold for
- Raw$231 sales · 28 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 8$232 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 7.5$122 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 0.5$152 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 9$301 sale
Medians of completed sales at that grade — not the ladder above, which prices every grade including the ones that have never traded here. Where the two differ, this one is what changed hands and the ladder is what it is worth.
Every sale we can show you
Completed sales from our own sold ledger, PSA’s certified-sale feed and the eBay comps, in one list, newest first — Fanatics, Goldin and eBay between them. Filter by grade: a raw copy and a graded slab are different objects, and averaging them is how a raw market comes to look wild. We hold 38 sales for this card going back to 2026; the ledger names its most recent eight per grade, which is what the table below can link to.
1–8 of 32 sales · 17 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.
Every grade, priced
Each row is a blended value for that slab, from real completed sales where we have them.
- BGS 10modelled$5219× raw
- PSA 10pop 15modelled$4015× raw
- PSA 9pop 47modelled$207.3× raw
- PSA 8pop 27modelled$165.8× raw
- PSA 7pop 11modelled$93.3× raw
- Ungraded$3
A badge says what is behind the number. cert-verified means PSA sales each tied to a specific slab you can check by serial; sold means completed eBay or Fanatics listings; modelled means no verified graded sale exists and the figure is derived from the raw price and reference guides — a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. reviewed was set by hand after reading the sales record.
How many exist, and at what grade
PSA's cumulative census for this card — the same population behind the ladder above and the grading verdict below.
PSA 10 · gem mint
13.3%
15 of 113
PSA 9
41.6%
47 of 113
Total PSA graded
113
every grade, all time
- PSA 113 graded
- CGC 663 graded
- TAG 38 graded
The census is cumulative and counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the gem rate a first submission should expect. Treat it as the ceiling.
The odds of pulling one
Misty's Poliwag is a common card — a guaranteed slot in every pack rather than a rarity gamble, so there is no pull-odds figure for it.
Is Misty's Poliwag worth grading?
Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — not the PSA 10 outcome alone.
Verdict
Not worth it
every grade weighted by its census share
Expected net
$-54
after fees, all grades
Best case
$-33
PSA 10 only
Grading cost
$70
tier fee + shipping
Best case is the PSA 10 outcome and the number to trust least — it assumes the gem rate the census above shows, which the census itself overstates. Expected net is the honest one.
That is the average submitted copy. Tell us about yours and the verdict re-prices — most cards stop being worth grading here. Not sure? Grade it from a photo →
These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
Trader
Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population, the ROI table and the 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 fees, Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market 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.
Built on 7 graded sales and a population of 1,889,841 · fees as of 2026-09-16.
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An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
More Misty's Poliwag and more from Gym Heroes
Prices are raw near mint; PSA 10 shown where we have one.
Misty's PoliwagGym Challenge · #89 · 2000$3.46PSA 10 $56
Sabrina's GengarGym Heroes · #14 · 2000$486PSA 10 $30,000
Blaine's MoltresGym Heroes · #1 · 2000$128PSA 10 $3,201
Erika's DragonairGym Heroes · #4 · 2000$99.51PSA 10 $2,800
Rocket's ScytherGym Heroes · #13 · 2000$91.78PSA 10 $1,630
Rocket's MoltresGym Heroes · #12 · 2000$91.56PSA 10 $1,897
MistyGym Heroes · #18 · 2000$72.86PSA 10 $894
Rocket's SnorlaxGym Heroes · #33 · 2000$59.39PSA 10 $1,043
Rocket's HitmonchanGym Heroes · #11 · 2000$58.84PSA 10 $2,300
Erika's ClefableGym Heroes · #3 · 2000$48.20PSA 10 $1,100
Lt. Surge's FearowGym Heroes · #7 · 2000$44.75PSA 10 $2,212
ErikaGym Heroes · #16 · 2000$43.44PSA 10 $1,250
BrockGym Heroes · #15 · 2000$41.76PSA 10 $585
Lt. Surge's ElectabuzzGym Heroes · #6 · 2000$40.41PSA 10 $740
Lt. SurgeGym Heroes · #17 · 2000$38.58PSA 10 $800
Brock's RhydonGym Heroes · #2 · 2000$32.38PSA 10 $1,500
The Rocket's TrapGym Heroes · #19 · 2000$29.02PSA 10 $350
Misty's TentacruelGym Heroes · #10 · 2000$28.77PSA 10 $780
Misty's SeadraGym Heroes · #9 · 2000$26.49PSA 10 $720
Lt. Surge's RaichuGym Heroes · #28 · 2000$25.51PSA 10 $165
Lt. Surge's MagnetonGym Heroes · #8 · 2000$24.49PSA 10 $835
Erika's VileplumeGym Heroes · #5 · 2000$23.29PSA 10 $978
Blaine's Quiz #1Gym Heroes · #97 · 2000$22.33PSA 10 $80
Brock's GolemGym Heroes · #20 · 2000$17.12PSA 10 $250
Misty's PoliwrathGym Heroes · #31 · 2000$16.41PSA 10 $120
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Gym Heroes #87/132, 2000. 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.
Market data
Where else this card trades, where the markets disagree, and what the price series says about the last 90 days.
Across the markets
51% apart- PriceCharting$2
- Our raw sold median$2
- TCGplayer$3
Vendor prices for the same printing beside our own raw sold median — the same figure as the Raw row in the by-grade table. A wide gap is usually thin data on one side rather than an arbitrage; the headline is blended from sales, not from the cheapest of these.
About Misty's Poliwag
Which card this is — then the attacks and stats as printed, and the species behind them.
Misty's Poliwag is a Common Pokémon card from Gym Heroes (#87, released 2000), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It’s a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 50 HP, weak to Grass ×2.
Card text
Water
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Water · Colorless
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.
Card details
- Set
- Gym Heroes
- Number
- #87
- Rarity
- Common
- Released
- 2000
- Pokémon
- All Poliwag cards
- Generation
- Gen I · Kanto
- Artist
- Ken Sugimori
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 50
- National Pokédex
- #60
- Card ID
- gym1-87
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Misty's Poliwag (Gym Heroes #87) worth?
As of 16 September 2026, Misty's Poliwag from Gym Heroes is worth approximately $3 ungraded in near-mint condition, and around $40 in PSA 10 gem mint. Blended from real completed sales and live market prices, updated daily.
What is the PSA 10 price for Misty's Poliwag?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Misty's Poliwag from Gym Heroes is worth around $40 — roughly 15× the raw ungraded value of $3.
Should I grade my Misty's Poliwag?
Probably not. Weighted across the grades this card actually earns, expected value after the $70 grading fee is about $-54 — grading it is likely to cost more than it adds.
How often does Misty's Poliwag sell?
CardTrack recorded 33 completed sales of Misty's Poliwag (Gym Heroes #87) across every grade in the last 90 days, 28 of them raw, the most recent on 2026-09-14. The headline price is a blend of those sales rather than an asking price.
Is Misty's Poliwag rare?
Misty's Poliwag is a Common card from Gym Heroes (card #87), released in 2000.