Basic Water Energy279/193 · Paldea Evolved Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$102 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 27
- PSA 9$15pop 143
- PSA 10$475 sold · 90d · pop 210
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Paldea Evolved #279/193, 2023. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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.
Basic Water Energy is a Hyper Rare Pokémon card from Paldea Evolved (#279, released 2023), illustrated by N/A. It's a Basic Energy card. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Basic Water Energy price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence72 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 3 auctions, 4 accepted offers, 3 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 13 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$10.96112 sales · 72 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 10$47.007 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$12.003 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 9$10.752 sales
- CGC 9$15.001 sale
- CGC 1$71.001 sale
Is Basic Water Energy worth grading?
Raw $12.46 → graded PSA 10 ≈ $47.00, after ~$70.46 grading fee → 3.8× 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
Basic Water Energy is a Secret / Rainbow in Paldea Evolved — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 24 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 965 packs.
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 | $47.00 | $70 | −$36 | 3.8× |
| PSA 9 | $14.50 | $70 | −$68 | 1.2× |
| PSA 8 | $10.18 | $70 | −$72 | 0.8× |
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
210 of the 396 PSA-graded Basic Water Energy copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 53%. 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 396.
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 Basic Water Energy 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Basic Water Energy Hyper Rare SV02: Paldea Evolved 279/193 LPRaw · eBay$6.56
Basic Water Energy 279/193 Holo Hyper Rare Paldea Evolved Pokemon CardRaw · eBay$7.49
Basic Water Energy - 279/193 - Paldea Evolved - MPRaw · eBay$8.12
Basic Water Energy 279/193 Holo SV02: Paldea Evolved LP Pokémon TCGRaw · eBay$8.19
Hyper Rare - Basic Water Energy 279/193 Sv02: Paldea Evolved HoloRaw · eBay$9.00
Pokémon Basic Water Energy 279/193 Paldea Evolved Hyper Rare Holo Near MintRaw · eBay$9.50Cheapest raw copy $7.49 — 40% below our near-mint estimate of $12
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 210 | $47$40–$54 | |
| PSA 9pop 143 | $15$12–$17 | |
| PSA 8pop 27 | modelled$10$6–$15 | |
| PSA 7pop 5 | modelled$7$6–$8 | |
| PSA 5pop 6 | modelled$5$5–$5 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
4% spreadCurrently 4% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. 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 detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Basic Water Energy cards
There are 5 different Basic Water Energy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Paldea Evolved #279 (Hyper Rare).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Basic Water Energy (Paldea Evolved #279) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Basic Water Energy from Paldea Evolved is worth approximately $12.46 ungraded (near-mint), and around $47 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 Basic Water Energy?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Basic Water Energy from Paldea Evolved is worth around $47 — roughly 4× the raw ungraded value of $12.46.
Should I grade my Basic Water Energy?
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 Basic Water Energy rare?
Basic Water Energy is a Hyper Rare card from Paldea Evolved (card #279).
How do I know if my Basic Water Energy 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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