Energy Retrieval 81/102

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Energy Retrieval has moved down 1.5% to $0.65. PSA 10 copies are up 28.8% over the same period.

Energy Retrieval #81/102 appears roughly 1 in 10.7 packs, which works out at 9.3% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Base Set.

Energy Retrieval #81/102 is a Uncommon, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set.

At $0.65 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $183.35, giving a net return of +$130.86 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$6.25 and PSA 8 returns −$2.01, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 812 copies of Energy Retrieval #81/102, of which 198 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 24.4%, or roughly 1 in 4.1 graded copies.

No. At a 24.4% gem rate, Energy Retrieval grades better than the Base Set average by 6.7 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Energy Retrieval #81/102 was illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi, who has illustrated 406 Pokémon cards in total.

Energy Retrieval #81/102 was released on 9 January 1999 as part of Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era.