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Cloyster Pokémon Cards

National Dex
#091
Printed
1999–2023
Sets
13
Rarities
3
Total value
$135
raw, near mint
Cards priced
14
14 with PSA 10
Most valuable
$94
Expedition Base Set
Typical PSA 10
101×
median of 14

CardTrack prices 14 different Cloyster cards across 13 sets, from 1999 to 2023, worth $135 together. The most valuable is the Cloyster from Expedition Base Set at $94.47 ungraded, about $19,800 in PSA 10. Every price below is a blended raw value from real sold results, updated daily.

Cloyster is a Water-type Pokémon (Generation I). Evolution line: Shellder → Cloyster.

All 14 Cloyster cards

Filter by set or rarity, sort by value, era, the PSA 10 gap or the 30-day move.

14 cards

Prices updated · How we price →

Where the Cloyster money is

Value is not spread evenly across the printings — the ranking below is by total tracked value, not by card count, the same measure as the most valuable Pokémon cards.

The top 2 of 14 Cloyster cards hold 85% of the $135 total. The remaining 12 share what is left, which is why a “complete Cloyster collection” in the collection tracker costs far less than the headline suggests until you reach the top row.

What grading a Cloyster is worth

Across the 14 Cloyster cards that have both a raw price and a real PSA 10 price.

Typical (median)

101×

half are above, half below

Middle half

35.7× – 154×

the 25th to 75th percentile

Cheapest card

4.1×

smallest gap

Largest gap

218×

one card, near-zero raw

This is the median, not the average. Averaging the ratios gives 109×, which only 7 of 14 cards (50%) actually reach: a card worth a few cents raw with a three-figure slab produces a ratio in the hundreds and drags the mean above almost the whole set. The median is what a card in the middle really does, and it is the figure to take to the grading ROI calculator.

Cloyster value over time

Total tracked value of every Cloyster printing since 2021, from PriceCharting sales history; the top 100 cards across every Pokémon are charted in the market report.

90 days

-19.9%

1 year

—

All time

-25.8%

As of

2026-10

$1352026-10-06+150.0% since 2021Hover the chart to read any month
$0$85$170202120222023202420252026

Indexed over 10 of this set's 14 cards — the ones with enough PriceCharting sales history to track continuously.

1 year is withheld: the weighted index and the basket total disagree over that window, which means the index was re-based rather than the cards re-priced. A number we cannot stand behind is worse than no number.

What people are saying about Cloyster

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Every Cloyster card, by set

Open the other 11 Cloyster cards, across 11 more sets

Collecting Cloyster cards

Cloyster has been printed in every era of the game, from 1999 (Fossil) to 2023 (151). The Vintage (1999–2003) era holds the most printings, 4 of the 14, and it holds the value too: $129, 95% of the total.

Most Cloyster cards are cheap to own: 11 of the 14 priced cards sit under $5 raw, the cheapest being the Cloyster, and the median card is worth about $0.49. 1 is worth $50 or more. A set-by-set Cloyster collection is a small-dollar exercise until the last card, which is where 70% of the total on this page comes from.

By rarity the printings split into 3 tiers, led by Rare (8), Uncommon (5) and Rare Holo (1). 14 of the 14 cards carry a PSA 10 price, the figure the grading section uses.

The grid filters by set and rarity and sorts by value, era, the PSA 10 gap or the 30-day move, so the cheapest Cloyster is one sort away (add the rarity filter for the cheapest holo); the by-set index above lists every card as text for when you know the number. Prices are CardTrack's blended raw value from real sold results, updated today.

Cloyster card questions

How many Cloyster cards are there?

CardTrack tracks 14 priced Cloyster cards across 13 Pokémon TCG sets, printed between 1999 and 2023. 14 of them also carry a real PSA 10 price.

What is the most valuable Cloyster card?

The most valuable Cloyster card is the Cloyster from Expedition Base Set (#8) at about $94.47 ungraded, or around $19,800 in PSA 10 gem mint.

How much is a complete Cloyster collection worth?

All 14 tracked Cloyster cards come to approximately $135 in raw near-mint condition. The value is concentrated: the top 2 cards alone account for 85% of it.

How much more is a graded Cloyster card worth?

A typical Cloyster card in PSA 10 sells for about 101× its raw price — that is the median across the 14 cards with both a raw and a PSA 10 price. Half fall between 35.7× and 154×, and the very cheapest cards can show far larger multiples simply because their raw price is near zero.

What is the cheapest Cloyster card?

The cheapest priced Cloyster card CardTrack tracks is the Cloyster from Sun & Moon (#34) at about $0.11. 11 of the 14 priced cards sit under $5, so a set-by-set Cloyster collection starts cheaply.

Which set has the most Cloyster cards?

Expedition Base Set has the most Cloyster printings, 2 of the 14. It also holds the most Cloyster value, about $114.