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Check your printing9 different Slowpoke printings exist — is this your card? HeartGold & SoulSilver #81
Slowpoke HeartGold & SoulSilver #81 Pokémon card
Common

Slowpoke

HeartGold & SoulSilver · 81/123 · Illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki
60 HPWaterPokémonBasic

Market value · ungraded

$4.81 29.0% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$3$5
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$4.81

What this price is based on

High confidence

90 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Median · Raw$2.5097 sales
Trimmed mean$2.61outliers removed
Range$0.71$17.10lowest to highest sale
Sales rate16.2/mo99 recorded

What each version actually sells for

PrintingNear MintLightly PlayedModerately Played
Common$2.99 39 sales$2.29 35 sales$2.27 19 sales

Every figure is the median of real completed sales whose listing claimed that printing and condition — not a percentage of the headline price. A dash means we haven't seen enough sales of that exact version to publish one.

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 8, 2026eBay — Slowpoke 81/123 Common HeartGold & SoulSilver Pokemon LPLP$3.99
  • Aug 7, 2026eBay — Slowpoke 81/123 HeartGold & SoulSilver Pokemon NMNM$3.50
  • Aug 7, 2026eBay — Slowpoke 81/123 Common HeartGold & SoulSilver Pokemon LPLP$1.61
  • Aug 6, 2026eBay — Slowpoke 81/123 HeartGold SoulSilver Pokemon LPLP$2.50
  • Aug 6, 2026eBay — Pokeman TCG-Slowpoke 81/123 C Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Mp-2010MP$0.71
  • Aug 5, 2026eBay — Slowpoke 81/123 HeartGold SoulSilver Pokemon Card$1.49
  • Aug 5, 2026eBay — Pokemon Card TCG Slowpoke Heartgold Soulsilver Base Set 81/123$2.15
  • Aug 4, 2026eBay — Slowpoke 81/123 | PL | HeartGold & SoulSilver | Pokemon TCG - 2010$3.17

By grade

  • Raw$2.5097 sales
  • PSA 7$20.501 sale

From 99 completed sales recorded between Mar 24, 2024 and Aug 8, 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.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 1 graded sales and 1,305,862 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Slowpoke is a Common Pokémon card from HeartGold & SoulSilver (#81), illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 60 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $4.81 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $74 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 15× 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.

5%
Played in 5% of competitive decks — 160 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

The receipts

Price history · Raw

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$4.81
Period high
$5.06
Period low
$1.40
Change
212.3%
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Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Should you grade it?

$53

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 11.8% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $2); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)11.8%
Expected return$53
PSA 10 best case$2
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Slowpoke is a Commoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.

PSA 10 (gem mint)14.3%1 of 7
PSA 928.6%2 of 7
PSA graded so far7
Gem Mint 101
Total graded7

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$74.03$71$215.4×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 34 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1011.8%$74.00
PSA 938.2%$30.00
PSA ≤850%$5.00

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 14% of 7 PSA-graded Slowpoke copies are a gem-mint 10 (1 of 7) — the rest grade lower.

PSA7 gradedPSA 10 · 1 · 14% gem
101
92
83
71
CGC34 gradedCGC 10 · 4 · 12% gem
104
9.52
913
8.55

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Slowpoke 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)$4.81
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 1$74$74$74
“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
Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$4.81
HPHeavily Played$3.65
DMGDamaged$3.04
7-dayflat
30-dayflat
90-dayflat
All-time high$5
All-time low$4
Other printingsNormal · $3.09
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

88% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$3
TCGplayer · dearest$5

Currently 88% 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

Momentum · 30dRising +29%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 88% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

88% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$1

🔥 Trending in the community

#26 on the radar
Mentions this week6

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What people are saying: I hit my pitch black chase · 268↑

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Whimsy Tackle20
Colorless

Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.

Weakness Lightning ×2Retreat 2

It lazes vacantly near water. If something bites its tail, it won't even notice for a whole day.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Dopey PokémonGEN ISlowpokeSlowbro

It is always so absent-minded that it won't react, even if its flavorful tail is bitten.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#81
RarityCommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeWater
HP60
WeaknessLightning ×2
Retreat cost2
National Pokédex#79
Card IDhgss1-81
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Slowpoke cards

There are 9 different Slowpoke printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is HeartGold & SoulSilver #81 (Common).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Slowpoke (HeartGold & SoulSilver #81) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Slowpoke from HeartGold & SoulSilver is worth approximately $4.81 ungraded (near-mint), and around $74 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 Slowpoke?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Slowpoke from HeartGold & SoulSilver is worth around $74 — roughly 15× the raw ungraded value of $4.81.

Should I grade my Slowpoke?

A PSA 10 sells for about $74 versus $4.81 raw — roughly a 15× 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 Slowpoke rare?

Slowpoke is a Common card from HeartGold & SoulSilver (card #81), illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki. Its current blended market value is $4.81 ungraded.

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