Ariados 3/147

Set: Aquapolis Released: Jan 15, 2003
Pokémon: Ariados Grass Type Rare Illustrator: Shin-ichi Yoshida Pull Rate: 1 in 48 packs (2.1%) Evolves From: Spinarak

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Ariados #3/147 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Ariados #3/147 from Aquapolis — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Ariados has moved up 2.1% to $11.53. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Ariados #3/147 appears roughly 1 in 48 packs, which works out at 2.1% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Aquapolis.

Ariados #3/147 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Aquapolis.

At $11.53 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $139.97, giving a net return of +$82.24 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$23.21 and PSA 8 returns −$14.85, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 95 copies of Ariados #3/147, of which 40 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 42.1%, or roughly 1 in 2.4 graded copies.

No. At a 42.1% gem rate, Ariados grades better than the Aquapolis average by 20.8 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Ariados #3/147 was illustrated by Shin-ichi Yoshida, who has illustrated 108 Pokémon cards in total.

Ariados #3/147 was released on 15 January 2003 as part of Aquapolis. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 2 Pokémon from the Johto region.