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Shellder Pokémon Cards

National Dex
#090
Printed
1999–2023
Sets
13
Rarities
1
Total value
$9
raw, near mint
Cards priced
14
12 with PSA 10
Most valuable
$4
Expedition Base Set
Typical PSA 10
167×
median of 12

CardTrack prices 14 different Shellder cards across 13 sets, from 1999 to 2023, worth $9 together. The most valuable is the Shellder from Expedition Base Set at $4.25 ungraded. Every price below is a blended raw value from real sold results, updated daily.

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

All 14 Shellder cards

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

14 cards

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Where the Shellder 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 4 of 14 Shellder cards hold 80% of the $9 total. The remaining 10 share what is left, which is why a “complete Shellder collection” in the collection tracker costs far less than the headline suggests until you reach the top row.

What grading a Shellder is worth

Across the 12 Shellder cards that have both a raw price and a real PSA 10 price.

Typical (median)

167×

half are above, half below

Middle half

128× – 233×

the 25th to 75th percentile

Cheapest card

55.0×

smallest gap

Largest gap

575×

one card, near-zero raw

This is the median, not the average. Averaging the ratios gives 221×, which only 5 of 12 cards (42%) 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.

Shellder value over time

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

90 days

-29.9%

1 year

-44.0%

All time

-55.3%

As of

2026-10

$92026-10-06-40.0% since 2021Hover the chart to read any month
$0$16$32202120222023202420252026

Indexed over 9 of this set's 14 cards — the ones with enough PriceCharting sales history to track continuously.

Every Shellder card, by set

Open the other 12 Shellder cards, across 11 more sets

Collecting Shellder cards

Shellder has been printed in every era of the game, from 1999 (Fossil) to 2023 (151). The Modern (2011–2019) era holds the most printings, 5 of the 14. The value sits elsewhere: the Vintage (1999–2003) era's 3 cards are worth $6, 63% of the total, against $1 for the Modern (2011–2019) printings.

Most Shellder cards are cheap to own: 14 of the 14 priced cards sit under $5 raw, the cheapest being the Shellder, and the median card is worth about $0.20. None reaches $50, so the total above is spread thinly rather than stacked in one card.

By rarity the printings split into 1 tier: every card is Common. 12 of the 14 cards carry a PSA 10 price, the figure the grading section uses; those cards are worth about $0.18 raw at the median, against $1.06 for the 2 with no gem-mint price on file.

The grid filters by set and rarity and sorts by value, era, the PSA 10 gap or the 30-day move, so the cheapest Shellder 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.

Shellder card questions

How many Shellder cards are there?

CardTrack tracks 14 priced Shellder cards across 13 Pokémon TCG sets, printed between 1999 and 2023. 12 of them also carry a real PSA 10 price.

What is the most valuable Shellder card?

The most valuable Shellder card is the Shellder from Expedition Base Set (#129) at about $4.25 ungraded.

How much is a complete Shellder collection worth?

All 14 tracked Shellder cards come to approximately $9 in raw near-mint condition. The value is concentrated: the top 4 cards alone account for 80% of it.

How much more is a graded Shellder card worth?

A typical Shellder card in PSA 10 sells for about 167× its raw price — that is the median across the 12 cards with both a raw and a PSA 10 price. Half fall between 128× and 233×, and the very cheapest cards can show far larger multiples simply because their raw price is near zero.

What is the cheapest Shellder card?

The cheapest priced Shellder card CardTrack tracks is the Shellder from Sword & Shield (#40) at about $0.04. 14 of the 14 priced cards sit under $5, so a set-by-set Shellder collection starts cheaply.

Which set has the most Shellder cards?

BREAKpoint has the most Shellder printings, 2 of the 14. The most valuable set is a different one: Expedition Base Set, whose 1 Shellder card is worth about $4.