Swampert 23/109

Set: Ruby & Sapphire Released: Jul 1, 2003
Pokémon: Swampert Water Type Rare Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate: 1 in 13 packs (7.7%) Evolves From: Marshtomp

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Swampert #23/109 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Swampert #23/109 from Ruby & Sapphire — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Swampert has moved up 11.4% to $4.88. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Swampert #23/109 appears roughly 1 in 13 packs, which works out at 7.7% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Ruby & Sapphire.

Swampert #23/109 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Ruby & Sapphire.

At $4.88 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $516.94, giving a net return of +$416.86 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$84.99 and PSA 8 returns −$10.25, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 192 copies of Swampert #23/109, of which 27 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 14.1%, or roughly 1 in 7.1 graded copies.

Yes. At a 14.1% gem rate, Swampert grades worse than the Ruby & Sapphire average by 2.2 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Swampert #23/109 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Swampert #23/109 was released on 1 July 2003 as part of Ruby & Sapphire. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 3 Pokémon from the Hoenn region.