Raticate 40/102

Set: Base Set Released: Jan 9, 1999
Pokémon: Raticate Colorless Type Uncommon Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate: 1 in 10.7 packs (9.3%) Evolves From: Rattata

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Raticate #40/102 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Raticate #40/102 from Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Raticate has moved down 8.2% to $2.79. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Raticate #40/102 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.

Raticate #40/102 is a Uncommon, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set.

At $2.79 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $202.42, giving a net return of +$145.32 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$31.10 and PSA 8 returns +$7.22, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 904 copies of Raticate #40/102, of which 177 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 19.6%, or roughly 1 in 5.1 graded copies.

No. At a 19.6% gem rate, Raticate grades better than the Base Set average by 1.7 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Raticate #40/102 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Raticate #40/102 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.