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Check your printing9 different Carvanha printings exist — is this your card? Ruby & Sapphire #51
Carvanha Ruby & Sapphire #51 Pokémon card
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Carvanha51/109 · Ruby & Sapphire Price & Value

2003 · Illustrated by Hajime Kusajima
40 HPWaterPokémonBasic

Market value · Near Mint · Normal

$1.03

Typical copy sold $2 5 sales, all conditions

  • PSA 9$15modelled · pop 10
  • PSA 10$70modelled · pop 6
LiquidityOccasional sales
Confidence63 · medium5 raw sales in 90 days, closely clustered, last sale 26 days ago.
Sales · 90 days7
Last sale$2 Raw · 12 Aug 2026
Range$1$2
Bulk card. At this price most of what a buyer pays is postage, so treat it as a rough band rather than a valuation. eBay + Fanatics + TCGplayer. Updated 6 September 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$1.03

What this price is based on

Medium confidence

5 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee.

Range$1.08$2.84lowest to highest sale
Sales rate1.5/mo9 recorded
Latest sale26d ago5 sales in 90 days
Where it sells100% eBaylast 90 days

Recent Raw sales

By grade

  • Raw$1.985 sales
  • CGC 9$10.652 sales
  • PSA 8$14.001 sale
  • PSA 7$31.951 sale

From 9 completed sales recorded between Apr 6, 2026 and Aug 15, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 4 graded sales and 1,889,841 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Carvanha is a Common Pokémon card from Ruby & Sapphire (#51, released 2003), illustrated by Hajime Kusajima. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 40 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $1.03 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $70 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 68× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 6 September 2026.

1.7%
Played in 1.7% of competitive decks — 71 of 4,159 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

Carvanha price history & recent sales

Price history · Raw

1 Oct 20236 Sept 2026
Latest
$1.03
Period high
$1.85
Period low
$0.80
Change
1.0% · 3Y
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Verified sales history7 in 90 daysreal completed listings

Last sold
$1
Raw · 12 Aug 2026
Typical Raw
$2
Sales · last 90 days
7
How often it sells
Sells regularly
every 4 days · 4 in last 30 days
Worn-condition sales — shown for context, not price-forming
These listings claimed play wear in the title (LP/MP/played/damaged), so they sell below the Near Mint price above and are excluded from it.

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.

Last sold price
$11
CGC 9 · 6 Apr 2026
Typical CGC 9
$11
Sales · last 90 days
0
How often it sells
No sales in the last 30 days
0 in last 30 days

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.

Demand & liquidity

Liquid · Sells regularlyDemand 56/100
Sales · 30d4
Sales · 90d7
Raw
$2
CGC 9
$11
PSA 8
$14
PSA 7
$32

Last sold $11 · CGC 9 · 15 Aug 2026

How often each grade sells · last 90 days, all marketplaces

Raw5occasional
CGC 91rare
PSA 81rare

Is Carvanha worth grading?

$49

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 24% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $2); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)24%
Expected return$49
PSA 10 best case$2
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Carvanha 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)22.2%6 of 27
PSA 937%10 of 27
PSA graded so far27
Gem Mint 106
Total graded27

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$69.99$71$268.0×
PSA 9$15.00$70$5614.6×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 25 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1024%$70.00
PSA 936%$15.00
PSA ≤840%$1.00

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 & TAG — every grade, with gem rates

Only 22% of 27 PSA-graded Carvanha copies are a gem-mint 10 (6 of 27) — the rest grade lower.

PSA27 gradedPSA 10 · 6 · 22% gem
106
910
87
74
CGC94 gradedCGC 10 · 39 · 41% gem
1039
9.59
915
8.513
86
7.54
71
6.54
4.51
TAG1 gradedTAG 10 · 0 · 0% gem
61

Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Carvanha 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)$1.03
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 6modelled$70$70$70
PSA 9pop 10modelled$15$15$15
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). “Modelled” = no verified graded sale behind the figure; it is derived from the raw price and reference guides, so treat it as a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. 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$1.03
LPLightly Played$0.48
MPModerately Played$0.27
HPHeavily Played$0.24
DMGDamaged$0.16
7-dayflat
30-day 9.9%
90-day 4.7%
All-time high$1
All-time low$1
Other printingsNormal · $0.97
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$10
Normal$1

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

49% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$1
PriceCharting · dearest$2

Currently 49% 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

Cross-marketMarkets disagree 49% gap

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

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Rough SkinPoké-Body

If Carvanha is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Carvanha is Knocked Out), put 1 damage counter on the Attacking Pokémon.

Big Bite10
Colorless

The Defending Pokémon can't retreat until the end of your opponent's next turn.

Weakness Lightning ×2Retreat 1
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Savage PokémonGEN IIICarvanhaSharpedo

CARVANHA’s strongly developed jaws and its sharply pointed fangs pack the destructive power to rip out boat hulls. Many boats have been attacked and sunk by this POKéMON.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#51
RarityCommon
Released2003
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeWater
HP40
WeaknessLightning ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#318
Card IDex1-51
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Carvanha (Ruby & Sapphire #51) worth?

As of 6 September 2026, Carvanha from Ruby & Sapphire is worth approximately $1.03 ungraded (near-mint), and around $70 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 Carvanha?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Carvanha from Ruby & Sapphire is worth around $70 — roughly 68× the raw ungraded value of $1.03.

Should I grade my Carvanha?

A PSA 10 sells for about $70 versus $1.03 raw — roughly a 68× 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 Carvanha rare?

Carvanha is a Common card from Ruby & Sapphire (card #51), illustrated by Hajime Kusajima. Its current blended market value is $1.03 ungraded.

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