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Articuno

Articuno

Fossil · #17/62 · Rare

Fossil
HP

70

Type
Water
Supertype

Pokémon

Artist

Mitsuhiro Arita

Basic

Market Prices

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Updated: 9/5/2026

1st Edition

Low

$19.13

Mid

$25.72

High

$205.35

Market

$29.95

unlimited

Low

$5.29

Mid

$7.77

High

$206.00

Market

$10.27

Live listings

Sample data

Low ask: $312.11 · 5 active · refreshed just now

Market Signals

Updated 67 days ago

Raw NM

$29.36

TCGPlayer market

PSA 10

$153.75

5.2× raw

CGC 10

$79.99

TAG 10

$80.00

PSA Population

1,414 total

108 at 10

Gem rate 7.6%

CGC Population

653 total

75 at 10

Gem rate 11.5%

TAG Population

17 total

3 at 10

Gem rate 17.6% low sample (n=17)

BGS Population

55 total

0 at 10

Gem rate 0.0%

TAG full grade distribution

TAG · 0d

TAG 4

1

TAG 4.5

1

TAG 5

1

TAG 5.5

2

TAG 6

3

TAG 8

2

TAG 8.5

2

TAG 9

2

TAG 10

3

VA = Verified Authentic (ungraded). Real counts from TAG; grades with no copies are omitted.

CGC full grade distribution

CGC · 0d

CGC 3

1

CGC 3.5

1

CGC 4

1

CGC 4.5

4

CGC 5

9

CGC 5.5

12

CGC 6

22

CGC 6.5

33

CGC 7

54

CGC 7.5

64

CGC 8

75

CGC 8.5

117

CGC 9

169

CGC 9.5

14

CGC 10

66

CGC 10 Pristine

9

CGC Auth

2

10 = Gem Mint 10. Real counts from CGC; grades with no copies are omitted.

Beckett (BGS) full grade distribution

BGS · 0d

BGS 4

1

BGS 5.5

1

BGS 6

1

BGS 6.5

1

BGS 7.5

4

BGS 8

7

BGS 8.5

13

BGS 9

21

BGS 9.5

6

10 = BGS 10, 10 Black = Black Label. Real counts from Beckett; grades with no copies are omitted.

Per-grade ladder

real prices · 69 days ago

White = real market price. Blue = estimate (no real sale for that grade) — hover for how it was derived.

PSA

PSA 1

$11.50

PSA 2

$8.00

PSA 3

$8.50

PSA 4

$12.60

PSA 5

$13.60

PSA 6

$19.17

PSA 7

$22.00

PSA 8

$40.92

PSA 9

$45.00

PSA 9.5

$50.00

PSA 10

$153.75

CGC

CGC 1

$5.98

est.

CGC 2

$4.16

est.

CGC 3

$4.42

est.

CGC 4

$6.56

est.

CGC 5

$7.08

est.

CGC 6

$9.97

est.

CGC 7

$11.45

est.

CGC 8

$21.29

est.

CGC 9

$23.41

est.

CGC 9.5

$26.01

est.

CGC 10

$79.99

CGC 10 Pristine

$144.00

BGS

BGS 1

$14.96

est.

BGS 2

$10.41

est.

BGS 3

$11.06

est.

BGS 4

$16.39

est.

BGS 5

$17.69

est.

BGS 6

$24.94

est.

BGS 7

$28.62

est.

BGS 8

$53.23

est.

BGS 9

$58.54

est.

BGS 9.5

$65.04

est.

BGS 10

$200.00

BGS 10 Black

$1.0k

TAG · prices estimated; real TAG counts are in the distribution above

TAG 1

$5.98

est.

TAG 2

$4.16

est.

TAG 3

$4.42

est.

TAG 4

$6.56

est.

TAG 5

$7.08

est.

TAG 6

$9.97

est.

TAG 7

$11.45

est.

TAG 8

$21.29

est.

TAG 9

$23.41

est.

TAG 9.5

$26.02

est.

TAG 10

$80.00

Real prices from PriceCharting's per-grade table — its generic “Grade N” reflects PSA-graded sales. CGC / BGS / TAG sub-10 grades are estimated from this card's real PSA price at that grade × that grader's 10-to-PSA-10 ratio (this card's own real pair when available, else a ratio calibrated from real catalog cards in the same era and rarity). Grades with no real anchor and low-confidence estimates are omitted — a blank beats a bad number.

PSA 10 looks cheap

-22%

This card's PSA 10 sells at 5.2× raw. Typical for Rare in Vintage (pre-2003) is 6.7× (across 87 indexed cards).

Grading ROI (PSA)

Value · $25.99

Realistic

$-16.49

using gem rate

If it 10s

$98.40

upside cap

Break-even

21%

gem rate needed

Grading ROI (CGC)

Economy · $18

Realistic

$-12.18

using gem rate

If it 10s

$32.63

upside cap

Break-even

36%

gem rate needed

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Discovery Scores

Percentile-ranked 0–100 across the whole catalog. See this card in Rankings →

high confidence
Value
88
Scarcity
10
Gem difficulty
67
Momentum
70
Grade ROI
36
Liquidity
—

Scored 4 hours ago

Price by Condition

as of 2026-05-16

Median active-listing price on TCGPlayer by condition. low sample when n < 10.

NM

Near Mint

$12.99

n=24

LP

Lightly Played

$7.77

n=43

MP

Moderately Played

$5.75

n=46

HP

Heavily Played

$3.32

n=33

DMG

Damaged

$2.75

n=29

Price History

No price history available

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Card details — attacks, stats, Pokédex, evolution

Attacks

WWW
Freeze Dry
30

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

WWWW
Blizzard
50

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your own Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Weakness

None

Resistance

Fighting -30

Retreat Cost

CC

Pokédex Data

National Dex #

#144

Species

Freeze Pokémon

Types
iceflying
Height

1.7m

Weight

55.4kg

"A legendary bird POKéMON that is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains."