Tropical Tidal Wave (2005 World Championships) [Staff]
![Tropical Tidal Wave (2005 World Championships) [Staff] 027 from Nintendo Promos](/cards/224551_400.jpg)
- Number
- 027
- Rarity
- Promo
Sold price movement
- Average submission value
- $1,733
- Card plus $599 at Walk-Through
- $1,262
- Expected margin
- +$471.60
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | – | – | $642.73£483.75€566.03 | |
| PSA 7 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 8 | 13 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 9 | 32 | – | – | $1,425£1,073€1,255 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5modelled | – | – | – | $1,568£1,180€1,381 | |
| PSA 10 | 8 | – | – | $6,000£4,516€5,284 | |
About these prices
14.8% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 14 completed sales, updated Sep 12, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
14 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics Collect9Pokémon 2005 PSA 9 World Championships Tropical Tidal Wave - English - Stamped$1,425£1,073€1,255Tropical Tidal Wave Pokemon World Championships Promo Card 27 (English)$598.95£450.80€527.48Tropical Tidal Wave Pokemon World Championships Promo Card 27 (English)$686.50£516.69€604.58
10Pokemon 2005 Tropical Tidal Wave Stamped STAFF World Championships PSA 10 GEM MT$6,000£4,516€5,284Show 2 more
10Cert 47954240Auction$4,550£3,425€4,0079Cert 64325445Auction$2,856£2,150€2,515More from Nintendo Promos
All 95 cards →Grading odds
PSA has graded 54 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 14.8% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around. Weighting each grade’s PSA price by these odds, a submission is worth $1,733£1,305€1,526 on average against $1,262£949.64€1,111 for the card plus $599£450.84€527.52 at Walk-Through, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That clears $471.60£354.95€415.33, so grading a clean copy is worth the wait.
1 of the 3 grades priced above had no sales at that grade, so the figure is modelled from the grades that did rather than observed.
Card facts
- Card number
- 027
- Rarity
- Promo
- Set released
- PSA population, all printings
- 54
Nintendo Promos95 cards- Set value
- $7.4k£5.6k€6.5k
- 7 day move
- -14.8%
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The same card in other sets
HGSS PromosHGSS18$2,500£1,882€2,202
HGSS PromosHGSS18$2,250£1,693€1,982
Nintendo Promos036$999.95£752.61€880.63
Nintendo Promos027$829.90£624.62€730.87
Nintendo Promos027$829.90£624.62€730.87
Nintendo Promos027$829.90£624.62€730.87
Nintendo Promos027$829.90£624.62€730.87
Nintendo Promos027$829.90£624.62€730.87What moves the price of this card
The Tropical Tidal Wave (2005 World Championships) [Staff] on this page is the only printing from Nintendo Promos, and it trades at no recorded price in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.
Graded, it runs PSA 9 $1,425£1,073€1,255, CGC/BGS 9.5 $1,568£1,180€1,381, PSA 10 $6,000£4,516€5,284. PSA has graded 54 copies of it. 14 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Tropical Tidal Wave (2005 World Championships) [Staff] worth?
A PSA 10 Tropical Tidal Wave (2005 World Championships) [Staff] from Nintendo Promos sells for $6,000. 14.8% of the copies PSA has graded came back a 10, so that price is the best case rather than the one a submission should expect.
Is Tropical Tidal Wave (2005 World Championships) [Staff] from Nintendo Promos worth grading?
On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $1,733 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $642.73 for a raw copy plus $619 to send it through PSA Walk-Through, so it clears $471.60.
Condition does most of the work below the surface. A copy with soft corners or a print line off centre trades well under the market price shown here, and a copy clean enough to grade trades well above it, which is why the PSA 10 sits at $6,000£4,516€5,284. Before you value your own copy, look at the corners under a light and check the centring on the back, where most cards give themselves away.