Staryu Pokémon TCG Classic - Blastoise #4

Card #4 · Illustrated by Naoyo Kimura

Market value · ungraded

$1.54

▲ 45.3% · 30d

4 sales · last 90 days · Fanatics
Sold prices, not asking · Updated 5 July 2026
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Estimated value · Near Mint

$1.54

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9 different Staryu printings exist — is this your card? Pokémon TCG Classic - Blastoise #4

Staryu is a Pokémon card from Pokémon TCG Classic - Blastoise (#4), illustrated by Naoyo Kimura. Its current blended market value is $1.54 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 5 July 2026.

#15 most valuable Staryu of 31 #14 most valuable in Pokémon TCG Classic - Blastoise of 34

Competitive play · Limitless

4.2%

Played in 4.2% of competitive decks — 132 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

Raw price by condition

Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$1.57

LPLightly Played$0.79

7-day▲ 1.9%

30-day▲ 45.4%

90-day▲ 63.5%

All-time high$2

All-time low$1

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$1.54

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9pop 59		$22$10–$26
PSA 8pop 7		$15$15–$15

“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.

Price history · raw near-mint

Not enough price history to chart yet.

Recent sold prices

Last sold price

CGC 9.5 · 11 May 2026

Typical CGC 10

$11

Sales · last 90 days

How often it sells

Rarely sells

0 in last 30 days

CGC 9.52023 Pokemon TCG Classic Collection Holo Staryu #4 CGC 9.5 MINT+Weekly Sunday Auction #225 · 11 May 2026$7 CGC 102023 Pokemon TCG Classic Collection Holo Staryu #4 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #223 · 27 Apr 2026$11 CGC 8.52023 Pokemon TCG Classic Collection Holo Staryu #4 CGC 8.5 NM-MT+Weekly Sunday Auction #222 · 20 Apr 2026$7 CGC 102023 Pokemon TCG Classic Collection Blastoise & Suicune ex Deck Holo Staryu #4 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #221 · 13 Apr 2026$11 CGC 92023 Pokemon TCG Classic Collection Holo Staryu #4 CGC 9 MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #215 · 2 Mar 2026$8

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.

Population across graders

Only 47% of 125 PSA-graded Staryu copies are a gem-mint 10 (59 of 125) — the rest grade lower.

PSA125 gradedPSA 10 · 59 · 47% gem rate

Full grade breakdown (3 grades)

1059

959

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

Should you grade it?

−$49

Raw $1.54 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $22.25
after ~$70.21 grading fee → 14.4× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$22.25	$70.21	−$49	14.4×
PSA 8	$14.99	$70.14	−$57	9.7×

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. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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