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Cloyster 42/165

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Set: Expedition Base Set Released: Sep 15, 2002
Pokémon: Cloyster Water Type Rare Illustrator: Kyoko Umemoto Pull Rate:1 in 40 packs (2.5%) Evolves From: Shellder

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Found in Booster Packs
18.90 $0.49 (2.66%)

reverse Holofoil

Found in Booster Packs
40.82 $7.06 (20.91%)
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Cloyster #42/165 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Cloyster #42/165 from Expedition Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Cloyster has moved up 2.7% to $18.90. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Cloyster #42/165 appears roughly 1 in 40 packs, which works out at 2.5% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Expedition Base Set.

Cloyster #42/165 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Expedition Base Set.

At $18.90 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $85.90, giving a net return of +$27.83 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$0.36 and PSA 8 returns −$33.25, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 155 copies of Cloyster #42/165, of which 58 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 37.4%, or roughly 1 in 2.7 graded copies.

No. At a 37.4% gem rate, Cloyster grades better than the Expedition Base Set average by 19.6 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Cloyster #42/165 was illustrated by Kyoko Umemoto, who has illustrated 365 Pokémon cards in total.

Cloyster #42/165 was released on 15 September 2002 as part of Expedition Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.