Wartortle
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $2.96£2.24€2.68
- Today
- $3.09£2.34€2.80
- Change
- +$0.13+£0.10+€0.12 (+4.4%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 525 | $2.87£2.17€2.60 | $3.09£2.34€2.80 | |
| PSA 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 3 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 4 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 8 | 3 | – | $21.53£16.28€19.48 | |
| PSA 6 | 9 | 8 | $27.50£20.79€24.88 | $27.50£20.79€24.88 | |
| PSA 7 | 19 | 14 | $34.41£26.02€31.13 | $28£21.17€25.33 | |
| PSA 8 | 52 | 17 | $45£34.02€40.72 | $34.99£26.45€31.66 | |
| PSA 9 | 139 | 28 | $90£68.04€81.43 | $83.93£63.46€75.94 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $92£69.56€83.24 | |
| PSA 10 | 180 | 16 | $295£223.04€266.92 | $309.64£234.10€280.17 | |
About these prices
43.8% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. Sold and median are 90 days of PSA sales. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 3,027 completed sales, updated Nov 14, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
3,027 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics CollectShow 288 more, the newest 300 of 3,027
Wizards of the Coast Pokemon TCG Wartortle Base Set Uncommon 42/102 Eng 70HP 042/102$2.51£1.90€2.27Wartortle 42/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately Played 42/102$1.85£1.40€1.67Wartortle 42/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Heavily Played 42/102$1.42£1.07€1.28WARTORTLE 42/102 UNCOMMON BASE SET UNLIMITED POKEMON - tiny crease left 42/102$1.68£1.27€1.52
8Wartortle 42/102 Base Set Unlimited 1999 WOTC English Pokemon CGC 8.5 NM/Mint+ 42/102$20£15.12€18.10Pokémon TCG Wartortle 42/102 Base Set, Regular Unlimited Non Holo - NM$2.59£1.96€2.34Pokemon TCG Wartortle 42/102 Base Set Uncommon Regular EN 1999 LP #Base-042-01$3£2.27€2.71Wartortle 42/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately Played 42/102$1.99£1.50€1.80Wartortle 42/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly Played Pokémon 42/102$4.52£3.42€4.09
Wartortle 42/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly Played 42/102$2.99£2.26€2.71Pokémon TCG Wartortle Base Set 42/102 Unlimited Uncommon Regular English$2.01£1.52€1.82Wartortle 42/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly Played 42/102$2.50£1.89€2.267💧 1999 Pokemon Base Set #42 Wartortle WOTC Card PSA 7 NEAR MINT 💧 042/102$48£36.29€43.438Pokemon Slab CGC 8 Wartortle Base Set Regular Uncommon 42/102 70HP Eng 1999 042/102$22.26£16.83€20.1410Wartortle (PSA GEM MINT 10) - Unlimited - Pokemon Base Set 1999 #42/102 042/102$310£234.38€280.49More from Base Set
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PSA has graded 6,188 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 16.4% 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 $90.91£68.73€82.25 on average against $103.08£77.93€93.27 for the card plus $79.99£60.48€72.38 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $12.17£9.20€11.02, so a copy is worth more raw.
What BGS and CGC copies sold for
Sold prices from listings that named the grader and the grade, not asking prices, and not a PSA figure converted across. A CGC 9 runs about 0.44x the PSA 9 on the cards where we hold both, but the spread is wide enough that it is only worth quoting where copies actually traded, which is what these are. The count beside each price is how many.
CGC 9 and 9.5 are one row on purpose. A CGC 9.5 sells for 3% more than a 9 across the corpus and is the cheaper of the two on nearly half of cards, so the market is not pricing them apart and splitting them here would invent a distinction. BGS is left split because there the same test says a 9.5 really is worth about 30% more.
| Grade | Median sold | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| BGS 9.5 | $30£22.68€27.14 | 5 |
| CGC 9 or 9.5 | $44.99£34.01€40.71 | 7 |
| CGC 8.5 | $20£15.12€18.10 | 5 |
Card facts
- Card number
- 042/102
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Set released
- Jan 9, 1999
- PSA population, all printings
- 6,188
- Printings priced
- 1
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The same card in other sets
Expedition092/165$149.99£113.40€135.71
Base Set (Shadowless)042/102$119.75£90.54€108.35
EX Crystal Guardians43/100$89.99£68.04€81.42
Southern Islands15/18$85.76£64.84€77.60
EX Crystal Guardians42/100$79.33£59.98€71.78
Miscellaneous Cards & Products050/112$68.57£51.84€62.04
League & Championship Cards042/100$57.50£43.47€52.03
EX FireRed & LeafGreen50/112$51.70£39.09€46.78What moves the price of this card
The Wartortle on this page is the Normal printing from Base Set, and it trades at $9.60£7.26€8.69 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 5 $21.53£16.28€19.48, PSA 6 $27.50£20.79€24.88, PSA 7 $28£21.17€25.33, PSA 8 $34.99£26.45€31.66, PSA 9 $83.93£63.46€75.94, CGC/BGS 9.5 $92£69.56€83.24, PSA 10 $309.64£234.10€280.17. PSA has graded 6,188 copies of it. 3,027 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Wartortle worth?
A PSA 10 Wartortle from Base Set sells for $309.64. 43.8% 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 Wartortle from Base Set worth grading?
On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $169.87 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $3.09 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it clears $66.79.
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 $309.64£234.10€280.17. 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.
What Wartortle does
Stage1, evolves from Squirtle · 70 HP · retreat 1
WithdrawFlip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Wartortle during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)
Bite40Weak to Lightning ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.