Growlithe 42/130

Set: Base Set 2 Released: Feb 24, 2000
Pokémon: Growlithe Fire Type Uncommon Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate: 1 in 14 packs (7.1%) Evolves To: Arcanine

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Growlithe #42/130 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Growlithe #42/130 from Base Set 2 — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Growlithe has moved down 4.2% to $1.61. PSA 10 copies are up 6.4% over the same period.

Growlithe #42/130 appears roughly 1 in 14 packs, which works out at 7.1% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Base Set 2.

Growlithe #42/130 is a Uncommon, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set 2.

At $1.61 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $121.63, giving a net return of +$76.21 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$3.97 and PSA 8 returns −$15.90, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 146 copies of Growlithe #42/130, of which 35 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 24%, or roughly 1 in 4.2 graded copies.

No. At a 24% gem rate, Growlithe grades better than the Base Set 2 average by 2.6 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Growlithe #42/130 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Growlithe #42/130 was released on 24 February 2000 as part of Base Set 2. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.