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Growlithe 28/102

Set: Base Set Released: Jan 9, 1999
Pokémon: Growlithe Fire Type Uncommon Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate:1 in 10.7 packs (9.3%) Evolves To: Arcanine

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Growlithe #28/102 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Growlithe #28/102 from Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Growlithe has moved down 11.4% to $1.48. PSA 10 copies are down 1.5% over the same period.

Growlithe #28/102 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.

Growlithe #28/102 is a Uncommon, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set.

At $1.48 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $226.95, giving a net return of +$167.97 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$6.08 and PSA 8 returns −$9.41, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 2,144 copies of Growlithe #28/102, of which 515 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 average by 6.3 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Growlithe #28/102 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Growlithe #28/102 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.