Lapras12/18 · Southern Islands Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$12512 sold · 90d · pop 225
- PSA 9$19811 sold · 90d · pop 464
- PSA 10$511pop 308
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Southern Islands #12/18, 2001. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
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.
Lapras is a Pokémon card from Southern Islands (#12, released 2001), illustrated by Naoyo Kimura. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 70 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 15 September 2026.
Lapras price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence104 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 2 auctions, 3 accepted offers, 5 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 2 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$52.49171 sales · 104 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$20016 sales · 11 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 8$12416 sales · 12 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 6$60.007 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$5107 sales
- CGC 10$1456 sales
- CGC 9$91.005 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 7$71.003 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
Is Lapras worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $198 against the $161 you put in. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $198–$510. Averaged over every outcome that is +$97 a card.
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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
Lapras 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 | $511.00 | $105 | +$326 | 6.4× |
| PSA 9 | $197.50 | $72 | +$46 | 2.5× |
| PSA 8 | $125.00 | $71 | −$26 | 1.6× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 1,070 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 28.6% | $510.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 40.7% | $197.50 |
| PSA 8 | 18.4% | $125.00 |
| PSA 7 | 4.5% | $85.00 |
| PSA 6 | 4% | $62.00 |
| PSA 5 | 2.9% | $49.99 |
| PSA 4 | 0.5% | $49.99 |
| PSA 3 | 0.3% | $49.99 |
| PSA 1 | 0.1% | $49.99 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.1% | $79.73 |
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. 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
308 of the 1,155 PSA-graded Lapras copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 27%. 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 1,155.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 302.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 19.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 7.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Lapras 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Lapras 12/18 Southern Islands Magnetic 🧲 Extended Art CaseRaw · eBay$16.00
Lapras 12/18 Southern Islands Regular Hp (P1)Raw · eBay$47.50
Lapras 12/18 Southern Islands RegularRaw · eBay$52.20
Lapras 12/18 Southern Islands RegularRaw · eBay$60.00
2001 Pokemon Southern Islands Lapras 12/18 Vintage WOTC PromoRaw · eBay$60.00
2001 Pokemon Southern Islands Lapras 12/18 Vintage WOTC PromoRaw · eBay$65.00Cheapest raw copy $16.00 — 80% below our near-mint estimate of $80
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 308 | $511$434–$588 | |
| PSA 9pop 464 | $198$168–$227 | |
| PSA 8pop 225 | ✓ 31 cert-verified$125$77–$125 | |
| PSA 7pop 70 | $85$72–$98 | |
| PSA 6pop 45 | ✓ 8 cert-verified$62 | |
| PSA 5pop 32 | modelled$50$50–$50 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 6 slab of this card sells for about $62 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
18% spreadCurrently 18% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. 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.
🇪🇺 Europe price · eBay sold
🔥 Trending in the community
#139 on the radarLapras is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
What people are saying: “[US,US][H] Singles at 90% (IRs, SIRs, FAs, Trainers, Vintage Holos, Vintage Stamped, Vintage RHs, Non-English, Holo Ener” · 4↑
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
If Lapras has any damage counters on it, remove 2 of them from it (1 if it only has 1). If the Defending Pokémon has any damage counters on it, remove 2 of them from it (1 if it only has 1). The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
“This gentle Pokémon can understand human language and allows people to ride on its back.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
A POKéMON that has been over hunted almost to extinction. It can ferry people across the water.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Lapras cards
There are 33 different Lapras printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Southern Islands #12. The most valuable 7 are below.
More from Southern Islands
Frequently asked questions
How much is Lapras (Southern Islands #12) worth?
As of 15 September 2026, Lapras from Southern Islands is worth approximately $79.73 ungraded (near-mint), and around $511 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 Lapras?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Lapras from Southern Islands is worth around $511 — roughly 6× the raw ungraded value of $79.73.
Should I grade my Lapras?
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.
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