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Steelix Pokémon Cards

National Dex
#208
Printed
2000–2025
Sets
24
Rarities
11
Total value
$1,859
raw, near mint
Cards priced
35
33 with PSA 10
Most valuable
$480
Neo Destiny
Typical PSA 10
46.3×
median of 33

CardTrack prices 35 different Steelix cards across 24 sets, from 2000 to 2025, worth $1,859 together. The most valuable is the Shining Steelix from Neo Destiny at $479.70 ungraded, about $3,750 in PSA 10. Every price below is a blended raw value from real sold results, updated daily.

Steelix is a Metal-type Pokémon (Generation II). Evolution line: Onix → Steelix.

All 35 Steelix cards

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

35 cards

Prices updated · How we price →

Where the Steelix 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 6 of 35 Steelix cards hold 82% of the $1,859 total. The remaining 29 share what is left, which is why a “complete Steelix collection” in the collection tracker costs far less than the headline suggests until you reach the top row.

What grading a Steelix is worth

Across the 33 Steelix cards that have both a raw price and a real PSA 10 price.

Typical (median)

46.3×

half are above, half below

Middle half

13.6× – 81.1×

the 25th to 75th percentile

Cheapest card

4.1×

smallest gap

Largest gap

552×

one card, near-zero raw

This is the median, not the average. Averaging the ratios gives 70.8×, which only 10 of 33 cards (30%) 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.

Steelix value over time

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

90 days

+18.9%

1 year

+174.0%

All time

+310.0%

As of

2026-10

$1,8592026-10-06+547.7% since 2021Hover the chart to read any month
$0$981$1,96120222023202420252026

Indexed over 21 of this set's 35 cards — the ones with enough PriceCharting sales history to track continuously.

Strongest Steelix grading opportunities

Ranked by expected net — every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it (the gem rate beside each card is its PSA 10 share). Best case is the PSA 10 outcome, which is why it is the larger number and the one to trust least.

All 15 Steelix grading picks →

What people are saying about Steelix

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Every Steelix card, by set

Open the other 32 Steelix cards, across 22 more sets

Collecting Steelix cards

Steelix has been printed in every era of the game, from 2000 (Neo Genesis) to 2025 (Mega Evolution). The Modern (2011–2019) era holds the most printings, 11 of the 35. The value sits elsewhere: the Vintage (1999–2003) era's 7 cards are worth $1,244, 67% of the total, against $109 for the Modern (2011–2019) printings.

Most Steelix cards are cheap to own: 18 of the 35 priced cards sit under $5 raw, the cheapest being the Steelix, and the median card is worth about $4.85. 8 are worth $50 or more. Those 8 cards hold 88% of the total on this page.

By rarity the printings split into 11 tiers, led by Rare (11), Rare Holo (8) and Rare Holo EX (3). 33 of the 35 cards carry a PSA 10 price, the figure the grading section uses; those cards are worth about $4.85 raw at the median, against $3.80 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 Steelix 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.

Steelix card questions

How many Steelix cards are there?

CardTrack tracks 35 priced Steelix cards across 24 Pokémon TCG sets, printed between 2000 and 2025. 33 of them also carry a real PSA 10 price.

What is the most valuable Steelix card?

The most valuable Steelix card is the Shining Steelix from Neo Destiny (#112) at about $479.70 ungraded, or around $3,750 in PSA 10 gem mint.

How much is a complete Steelix collection worth?

All 35 tracked Steelix cards come to approximately $1,859 in raw near-mint condition. The value is concentrated: the top 6 cards alone account for 82% of it.

How much more is a graded Steelix card worth?

A typical Steelix card in PSA 10 sells for about 46.3× its raw price — that is the median across the 33 cards with both a raw and a PSA 10 price. Half fall between 13.6× and 81.1×, and the very cheapest cards can show far larger multiples simply because their raw price is near zero.

What is the cheapest Steelix card?

The cheapest priced Steelix card CardTrack tracks is the Steelix from Pokémon GO (#44) at about $0.16. 18 of the 35 priced cards sit under $5, so a set-by-set Steelix collection starts cheaply.

Which set has the most Steelix cards?

Steam Siege has the most Steelix printings, 5 of the 35. The most valuable set is a different one: Neo Destiny, whose 1 Steelix card is worth about $480.

Which Steelix card is worth grading?

On expected profit the Steelix from Aquapolis leads, at about $2,881 profit per submission after fees, with 9% of 775 graded copies coming back PSA 10. The full ranking covers all 15 gradeable Steelix cards.