Torkoal 12/97

Set: Dragon Released: Nov 24, 2003
Pokémon: Torkoal Fire Type Rare Holo Illustrator: Kagemaru Himeno Pull Rate: 1 in 90 packs (1.1%)

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Torkoal #12/97 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Torkoal #12/97 from Dragon — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Torkoal has moved up 20.1% to $86.03. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Torkoal #12/97 appears roughly 1 in 90 packs, which works out at 1.1% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Dragon.

Torkoal #12/97 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Dragon.

At $86.03 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $1,005.27, giving a net return of +$760.55 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$97.97 and PSA 8 returns −$34.15, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 341 copies of Torkoal #12/97, of which 54 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 15.8%, or roughly 1 in 6.3 graded copies.

Yes. At a 15.8% gem rate, Torkoal grades worse than the Dragon average by 1.1 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Torkoal #12/97 was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, who has illustrated 1241 Pokémon cards in total.

Torkoal #12/97 was released on 24 November 2003 as part of Dragon. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 3 Pokémon from the Hoenn region.