Misty’s Shellder 89/132

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Misty’s Shellder has moved up 7% to $3.68. PSA 10 copies are up 146.5% over the same period.

Misty’s Shellder #89/132 appears roughly 1 in 7 packs, which works out at 14.3% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Gym Heroes.

Misty’s Shellder #89/132 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in Gym Heroes.

At $3.68 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $300.90, giving a net return of +$230.10 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$15.38 and PSA 8 returns −$16.53, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 364 copies of Misty’s Shellder #89/132, of which 80 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 22%, or roughly 1 in 4.6 graded copies.

No. At a 22% gem rate, Misty’s Shellder grades better than the Gym Heroes average by 7.2 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Misty’s Shellder #89/132 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Misty’s Shellder #89/132 was released on 14 August 2000 as part of Gym Heroes. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.