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Check your printing9 different Slowpoke printings exist — is this your card? Scarlet & Violet #42
Slowpoke Scarlet & Violet #42 Pokémon card
Common

Slowpoke

Scarlet & Violet · 42/198 · Illustrated by Narumi Sato
70 HPWaterPokémonBasic

Market value · ungraded · Normal

$0.17
Confidencehigh
Range$0$0
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 21 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$0.17

What this price is based on

Low confidence

Only 1 sale in the last 90 days.

Median · CGC 8.5$10.001 sale
Trimmed mean$10.00outliers removed
Range$10.00$10.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate0.2/mo1 recorded

Recent CGC 8.5 sales

From 1 completed sales recorded between Jun 26, 2026 and Jun 26, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 1 graded sales and 5,110,777 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Slowpoke is a Common Pokémon card from Scarlet & Violet (#42), illustrated by Narumi Sato. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 70 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $0.17 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $34 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 198× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 21 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 202321 Aug 2026
Latest
$0.17
Period high
$3.00
Period low
$0.14
Change
84.5%
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Recent sold prices

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Should you grade it?

$64

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 6.7% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $37); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)6.7%
Expected return$64
PSA 10 best case$37
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)60%3 of 5
PSA 940%2 of 5
PSA graded so far5
Gem Mint 103
Total graded5

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$33.67$70$37198.1×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 30 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 106.7%$34.00
PSA 933.3%$13.00
PSA ≤860%$0.00

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 60% of 5 PSA-graded Slowpoke copies are a gem-mint 10 (3 of 5) — the rest grade lower.

PSA5 gradedPSA 10 · 3 · 60% gem
103
92
CGC30 gradedCGC 10 · 2 · 7% gem
102
9.52
910
8.58

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)$0.17
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 3$34$34$34
“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$0.17
LPLightly Played$0.12
MPModerately Played$0.04
7-day 9.1%
30-day 15.4%
90-day 20.0%
All-time high$0
All-time low$0
Other printingsNormal · $0.17
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$0
Normal$0

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

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

Market signal

Momentum · 30dFlat 0%

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

65% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$0

🔥 Trending in the community

#27 on the radar
Mentions this week5

Slowpoke is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →

What people are saying: I hit my pitch black chase · 299↑

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Rest
Colorless

This Pokémon is now Asleep. Heal 30 damage from it.

Headbutt20
Water · Colorless
Weakness Lightning ×2Retreat 2

It is always vacantly lost in thought, but no one knows what it is thinking about. It is good at fishing with its tail.

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#42
RarityCommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeWater
HP70
WeaknessLightning ×2
Retreat cost2
National Pokédex#79
Card IDsv1-42
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Slowpoke cards

There are 9 different Slowpoke printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Scarlet & Violet #42 (Common).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Slowpoke (Scarlet & Violet #42) worth?

As of 21 August 2026, Slowpoke from Scarlet & Violet is worth approximately $0.17 ungraded (near-mint), and around $34 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 Scarlet & Violet is worth around $34 — roughly 198× the raw ungraded value of $0.17.

Should I grade my Slowpoke?

A PSA 10 sells for about $34 versus $0.17 raw — roughly a 198× 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 Scarlet & Violet (card #42), illustrated by Narumi Sato. Its current blended market value is $0.17 ungraded.

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