Wartortle15/18 · Southern Islands Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$1255 sold · 90d · pop 257
- PSA 9$1809 sold · 90d · pop 490
- PSA 10$7302 sold · 90d · pop 292
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Southern Islands #15/18, 2001. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 15/18.
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.
Wartortle is a Pokémon card from Southern Islands (#15, released 2001), illustrated by Naoyo Kimura. It's a Stage 1 Water-type Pokémon with 60 HP, evolving from Squirtle, weak to Lightning ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Wartortle price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence105 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
5 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 2 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$51.99153 sales · 105 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$1999 sales · 9 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 9$69.007 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$1395 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 7$62.005 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$6603 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$2653 sales
- PSA 5$65.502 sales
Is Wartortle worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $180 against the $152 you put in. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $180–$660. Averaged over every outcome that is +$121 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
Wartortle 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 | $730.00 | $107 | +$551 | 10.2× |
| PSA 9 | $180.00 | $72 | +$37 | 2.5× |
| PSA 8 | $125.00 | $71 | −$18 | 1.7× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 1,143 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 25.4% | $660.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 40.3% | $180.00 |
| PSA 8 | 20.2% | $125.00 |
| PSA 7 | 7.3% | $66.00 |
| PSA 6 | 3.8% | $44.91 |
| PSA 5 | 2% | $44.91 |
| PSA 4 | 0.5% | $44.91 |
| PSA 3 | 0.2% | $44.91 |
| PSA 2 | 0.1% | $44.91 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.2% | $71.64 |
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
292 of the 1,221 PSA-graded Wartortle copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 24%. 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 1,221.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 300.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 21.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 8.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Wartortle 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Wartortle 15/18 Southern Islands RegularRaw · eBay$39.99
Wartortle 15/18 Southern Islands RegularRaw · eBay$40.00![Wartortle [Normal MP - Southern Islands 15/18]](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/XmUAAeSwgPtqamEx/s-l225.jpg)
Wartortle [Normal MP - Southern Islands 15/18]Raw · eBay$41.21
Wartortle 15/18 Southern Islands Pokemon Moderately Played/ Heavily PlayedRaw · eBay$44.99
The Pokémon Company Wartortle 15/18 Southern Islands Promo Eng Stage 1 60HPRaw · eBay$49.98
Pokemon Wartortle Southern Islands 15/18Raw · eBay$49.99Cheapest raw copy $39.99 — 44% below our near-mint estimate of $72
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 292 | $730$621–$839 | |
| PSA 9pop 490 | ✓ 35 cert-verified$180$179–$241 | |
| PSA 8pop 257 | ✓ 27 cert-verified$125$62–$125 | |
| PSA 7pop 98 | $66$56–$76 | |
| PSA 6pop 49 | 3 sold$45$38–$52 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 5 slab of this card sells for about $71 (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
51% spreadCurrently 51% 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.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Squirtle.
Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Wartortle but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way.
“When attacked, this Pokémon withdraws into its shell, although it can't quite pull in all of its long tail.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Wartortle cards
There are 18 different Wartortle printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Southern Islands #15. The most valuable 7 are below.
More from Southern Islands
Frequently asked questions
How much is Wartortle (Southern Islands #15) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Wartortle from Southern Islands is worth approximately $71.64 ungraded (near-mint), and around $730 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 Wartortle?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Wartortle from Southern Islands is worth around $730 — roughly 10× the raw ungraded value of $71.64.
Should I grade my Wartortle?
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.
How do I tell this Wartortle apart from the Plasma Blast one?
They share a name and a card number but come from different sets, and the number printed on the card tells them apart: this one is 15/18 (Southern Islands, 2001) and the other is 15/101 (Plasma Blast, 2013).
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