Onix 56/102

Set: Base Set Released: Jan 9, 1999
Pokémon: Onix Fighting Type Common Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate:1 in 5.3 packs (18.9%) Evolves To: Steelix

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Onix #56/102 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Onix #56/102 from Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Onix has moved up 3% to $1.03. PSA 10 copies are down 6.1% over the same period.

Onix #56/102 appears roughly 1 in 5.3 packs, which works out at 18.9% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Base Set.

Onix #56/102 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set.

At $1.03 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $155.77, giving a net return of +$106.49 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$6.44 and PSA 8 returns −$4.10, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 1,937 copies of Onix #56/102, of which 570 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 29.4%, or roughly 1 in 3.4 graded copies.

No. At a 29.4% gem rate, Onix grades better than the Base Set average by 11.7 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Onix #56/102 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Onix #56/102 was released on 9 January 1999 as part of Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.