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Sceptile 4/17

Set: POP Series 1 Released: Sep 1, 2004
Pokémon: Sceptile Grass Type Rare Illustrator: Hiromichi Sugiyama Pull Rate:1 in 70 packs (1.4%) Evolves From: Grovyle

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Sceptile #4/17 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Sceptile #4/17 from POP Series 1 — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Sceptile has stayed flat at $21.07. PSA 10 copies are up 12.8% over the same period.

Sceptile #4/17 appears roughly 1 in 70 packs, which works out at 1.4% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from POP Series 1.

Sceptile #4/17 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in POP Series 1.

At $21.07 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $60.08, giving a net return of +$3.20 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$63.64 and PSA 8 returns +$124.92, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 66 copies of Sceptile #4/17, of which 10 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 15.2%, or roughly 1 in 6.6 graded copies.

No. At a 15.2% gem rate, Sceptile grades better than the POP Series 1 average by 0.5 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Sceptile #4/17 was illustrated by Hiromichi Sugiyama, who has illustrated 56 Pokémon cards in total.

Sceptile #4/17 was released on 1 September 2004 as part of POP Series 1. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 3 Pokémon from the Hoenn region.