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Wartortle 42/102

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Set: Base Set Released: Jan 9, 1999
Pokémon: Wartortle Water Type Uncommon Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate:1 in 10.7 packs (9.3%) Evolves From: Squirtle Evolves To: Blastoise
Raw market price 5.11 $0.63 (14.06%)
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Raw market price 38.21 $0.45 (1.19%)
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Raw market price 119.74 $0.01 (0.01%)
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Wartortle #42/102 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Wartortle #42/102 from Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Wartortle has moved up 14.1% to $5.11. PSA 10 copies are up 14.3% over the same period.

Wartortle #42/102 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.

Wartortle #42/102 is a Uncommon, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set.

At $5.11 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $338.24, giving a net return of +$261.16 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$578.17 and PSA 8 returns +$225.93, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 5,725 copies of Wartortle #42/102, of which 829 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 14.5%, or roughly 1 in 6.9 graded copies.

Yes. At a 14.5% gem rate, Wartortle grades worse than the Base Set average by 3.2 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Wartortle #42/102 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Wartortle #42/102 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.