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Pupitar 90/165

Set: Expedition Base Set Released: Sep 15, 2002
Pokémon: Pupitar Fighting Type Uncommon Illustrator: Yukiko Baba Pull Rate:1 in 19 packs (5.3%) Evolves From: Larvitar Evolves To: Tyranitar

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Pupitar #90/165 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Pupitar #90/165 from Expedition Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Pupitar has moved up 7.1% to $3.90. PSA 10 copies are up 1.4% over the same period.

Pupitar #90/165 appears roughly 1 in 19 packs, which works out at 5.3% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Expedition Base Set.

Pupitar #90/165 is a Uncommon, one of the higher rarity tiers in Expedition Base Set.

At $3.90 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $270.36, giving a net return of +$203.31 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$33.71 and PSA 8 returns −$10.15, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 67 copies of Pupitar #90/165, of which 17 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 25.4%, or roughly 1 in 3.9 graded copies.

No. At a 25.4% gem rate, Pupitar grades better than the Expedition Base Set average by 7.6 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Pupitar #90/165 was illustrated by Yukiko Baba, who has illustrated 324 Pokémon cards in total.

Pupitar #90/165 was released on 15 September 2002 as part of Expedition Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 2 Pokémon from the Johto region.