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Machop 52/102

Set: Base Set Released: Jan 9, 1999
Pokémon: Machop Fighting Type Common Illustrator: Mitsuhiro Arita Pull Rate:1 in 5.3 packs (18.9%) Evolves To: Machoke

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Machop #52/102 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Machop #52/102 from Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Machop has moved up 18.8% to $0.76. PSA 10 copies are up 13.8% over the same period.

Machop #52/102 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.

Machop #52/102 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set.

At $0.76 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $123.00, giving a net return of +$78.25 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$4.98 and PSA 8 returns −$8.92, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 2,976 copies of Machop #52/102, of which 818 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 27.5%, or roughly 1 in 3.6 graded copies.

No. At a 27.5% gem rate, Machop grades better than the Base Set average by 9.8 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Machop #52/102 was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, who has illustrated 1418 Pokémon cards in total.

Machop #52/102 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.