MudkipPR-NP 18 · Nintendo Black Star Promos Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
Pack fresh $97est.
- PSA 8$402 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 74
- PSA 9$1072 sold · 90d · pop 51
- PSA 10$1,678pop 3
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 →
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Nintendo Black Star Promos #PR-NP 18, 2003. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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. $105. That's about +152% 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 (21 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.
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Mudkip is a Promo Pokémon card from Nintendo Black Star Promos (#18, released 2003), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 50 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 12 September 2026.
Mudkip price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence21 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Liquid — Sells regularly
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.
By grade
- Raw$29.9844 sales · 21 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 7.5$17.005 sales
- PSA 9$5004 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$1304 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$1724 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$1,6783 sales
- PSA 7$46.002 sales
- CGC 7$61.202 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Mudkip worth grading?
Raw $41.61 → graded PSA 10 ≈ $1,678.00, after ~$185.78 grading fee → 40.3× the raw value.
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
Mudkip 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 | $1,678.00 | $186 | +$1,451 | 40.3× |
| PSA 9 | $106.83 | $71 | −$6 | 2.6× |
| PSA 8 | $39.97 | $70 | −$72 | 1.0× |
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. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
3 of the 226 PSA-graded Mudkip copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 1.3%. 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 226.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 9.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Mudkip 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon 2004 Mudkip Holo 018 Black Star Promo DMG Free ShippingRaw · eBay$19.99
2004 Mudkip #018 Black Star PromoRaw · eBay$35.00
Pokemon TCG Mudkip Nintendo Promo Holo LPRaw · eBay$35.00
Mudkip Pokémon Nintendo Promo #018 BLACK STAR PROMO LPRaw · eBay$40.00
Pokemon Mudkip Promo 018 HoloRaw · eBay$40.00
Mudkip 018 Promo | Black Star Promo | HOLO | Pokémon Card | NMRaw · eBay$60.00Cheapest raw copy $35.00 — 16% below our near-mint estimate of $42
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 3 | $1,678$1,426–$1,930 | |
| PSA 9pop 51 | $107$91–$123 | |
| PSA 8pop 74 | modelled$40$35–$40 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
A typical Near Mint copy sells for $38.50. Grading-candidate copies — the cleanest 15% of sales — typically fetch $69.20 (+80%). Pack-fresh examples — the top 5% — go for about $96.88.
From 5 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.
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
#27 on the radarMudkip is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
What people are saying: “PSA 5 Goldstar Mudkip (Last sold $9,250) (Bought for $3,600)” · 40↑
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Other Mudkip cards
There are 20 different Mudkip printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Nintendo Black Star Promos #18 (Promo). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Mudkip (Nintendo Black Star Promos #18) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Mudkip from Nintendo Black Star Promos is worth approximately $41.61 ungraded (near-mint), and around $1,678 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 Mudkip?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Mudkip from Nintendo Black Star Promos is worth around $1,678 — roughly 40× the raw ungraded value of $41.61.
Should I grade my Mudkip?
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 Mudkip rare?
Mudkip is a Promo card from Nintendo Black Star Promos (card #18).
How do I know if my Mudkip is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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