Ekans 108/165

Set: Expedition Base Set Released: Sep 15, 2002
Pokémon: Ekans Grass Type Common Illustrator: Kyoko Umemoto Pull Rate: 1 in 10.5 packs (9.5%) Evolves To: Arbok

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Ekans #108/165 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Ekans #108/165 from Expedition Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Ekans has moved up 2.1% to $4.29. PSA 10 copies are up 0.3% over the same period.

Ekans #108/165 appears roughly 1 in 10.5 packs, which works out at 9.5% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Expedition Base Set.

Ekans #108/165 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in Expedition Base Set.

At $4.29 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $103.24, giving a net return of +$57.53 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$8.33 and PSA 8 returns −$16.00, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 97 copies of Ekans #108/165, of which 33 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 34%, or roughly 1 in 2.9 graded copies.

No. At a 34% gem rate, Ekans grades better than the Expedition Base Set average by 15.9 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Ekans #108/165 was illustrated by Kyoko Umemoto, who has illustrated 365 Pokémon cards in total.

Ekans #108/165 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.