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Tentacruel Pokémon Cards

National Dex
#073
Printed
1999–2023
Sets
15
Rarities
3
Total value
$274
raw, near mint
Cards priced
16
13 with PSA 10
Most valuable
$160
Aquapolis
Typical PSA 10
98.8×
median of 13

CardTrack prices 16 different Tentacruel cards across 15 sets, from 1999 to 2023, worth $274 together. The most valuable is the Tentacruel from Aquapolis at $160.46 ungraded, about $6,500 in PSA 10. Every price below is a blended raw value from real sold results, updated daily.

Tentacruel is a Water-type Pokémon (Generation I). Evolution line: Tentacool → Tentacruel.

All 16 Tentacruel cards

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

16 cards

Prices updated · How we price →

Where the Tentacruel 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 16 Tentacruel cards hold 81% of the $274 total. The remaining 14 share what is left, which is why a “complete Tentacruel collection” in the collection tracker costs far less than the headline suggests until you reach the top row.

What grading a Tentacruel is worth

Across the 13 Tentacruel cards that have both a raw price and a real PSA 10 price.

Typical (median)

98.8×

half are above, half below

Middle half

40.5× – 168×

the 25th to 75th percentile

Cheapest card

13.1×

smallest gap

Largest gap

290×

one card, near-zero raw

This is the median, not the average. Averaging the ratios gives 113×, which only 6 of 13 cards (46%) 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.

Tentacruel value over time

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

90 days

-28.3%

1 year

—

All time

+56.8%

As of

2026-10

$2742026-10-06+280.6% since 2021Hover the chart to read any month
$0$166$33220222023202420252026

Indexed over 12 of this set's 16 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.

Strongest Tentacruel 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 4 Tentacruel grading picks →

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Every Tentacruel card, by set

Open the other 13 Tentacruel cards, across 13 more sets

Collecting Tentacruel cards

Tentacruel has been printed in every era of the game, from 1999 (Fossil) to 2023 (151). The Vintage (1999–2003) era holds the most printings, 6 of the 16, and it holds the value too: $269, 98% of the total.

Most Tentacruel cards are cheap to own: 12 of the 16 priced cards sit under $5 raw, the cheapest being the Tentacruel, and the median card is worth about $0.83. 2 are worth $50 or more. A set-by-set Tentacruel collection is a small-dollar exercise until the last handful, which is where 81% of the total on this page comes from.

By rarity the printings split into 3 tiers, led by Uncommon (11), Rare Holo (2) and Rare (2). 13 of the 16 cards carry a PSA 10 price, the figure the grading section uses; those cards are worth about $0.56 raw at the median, against $1.07 for the 3 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 Tentacruel 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.

Tentacruel card questions

How many Tentacruel cards are there?

CardTrack tracks 16 priced Tentacruel cards across 15 Pokémon TCG sets, printed between 1999 and 2023. 13 of them also carry a real PSA 10 price.

What is the most valuable Tentacruel card?

The most valuable Tentacruel card is the Tentacruel from Aquapolis (#H26) at about $160.46 ungraded, or around $6,500 in PSA 10 gem mint.

How much is a complete Tentacruel collection worth?

All 16 tracked Tentacruel cards come to approximately $274 in raw near-mint condition. The value is concentrated: the top 2 cards alone account for 81% of it.

How much more is a graded Tentacruel card worth?

A typical Tentacruel card in PSA 10 sells for about 98.8× its raw price — that is the median across the 13 cards with both a raw and a PSA 10 price. Half fall between 40.5× and 168×, and the very cheapest cards can show far larger multiples simply because their raw price is near zero.

What is the cheapest Tentacruel card?

The cheapest priced Tentacruel card CardTrack tracks is the Tentacruel from Evolving Skies (#27) at about $0.14. 12 of the 16 priced cards sit under $5, so a set-by-set Tentacruel collection starts cheaply.

Which set has the most Tentacruel cards?

Aquapolis has the most Tentacruel printings, 2 of the 16. It also holds the most Tentacruel value, about $175.

Which Tentacruel card is worth grading?

On expected profit the Tentacruel from Aquapolis leads, at about $560 profit per submission after fees, with 7% of 801 graded copies coming back PSA 10. The full ranking covers all 4 gradeable Tentacruel cards.