Ultra RarePokémon

Cosmic Eclipse·Sun & Moon series·#38

Blastoise & Piplup GX #38

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As card #38 in Cosmic Eclipse, Blastoise & Piplup GX is a Ultra Rare Pokémon card worth about $84.69 ungraded.

Market value

$84.69

Cardmarket (EUR)

€85.30

Print variants

7d trend

▼ 35.7%

Buy on TCGplayer from $68.13 eBay Cardmarket eBay sold prices

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By CardLedger Research · Market data updated October 26, 2026 · Prices from TCGplayer & Cardmarket

If you sell Blastoise & Piplup GX #38 today, you'd net about

$84.69after fees · best route: Direct

Direct $84.69Cardmarket $80.11Whatnot $75.16TCGplayer $73.59eBay $73.17

Sell on Cardmarket Model your exact net →

Net estimates use each marketplace's default seller tier and typical shipping — fees vary by category, account status and payment method, so confirm current rates before selling.

Sell or hold?▼ 35.7%

Cooling off ▼

Blastoise & Piplup GX #38 has slipped week-on-week. Selling sooner limits downside, while buyers get a value window.

Blastoise & Piplup GX at a glance

Trades around $84.69 on TCGplayer.
From Cosmic Eclipse (Sun & Moon), released 2019.
7-day average €46.28; 30-day average €71.93.
Cardmarket trend price €85.30.
Ultra Rare rarity.

Market prices

Blastoise & Piplup GX price by printing

Live TCGplayer and Cardmarket values for Blastoise & Piplup GX #38.

TCGplayer prices, updated 2026/10/26.

Holofoiltop

$84.69

TCGplayer market

Low: $68.13
Mid: $84.50
High: —

Cardmarket pricing (EUR)

Trend price

€85.30

Avg sold

€81.10

Lowest NM

€11.70

7-day avg

€46.28

30-day avg

€71.93

Cardmarket data updated 2026/10/26.

Verify the card image and live listings on TCGplayer, Cardmarket or eBay.

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Live market value$84.69

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Overview

About Blastoise & Piplup GX #38

Blastoise & Piplup GX is the #38 of 236 card in Cosmic Eclipse, a modern-era set released in 2019 as part of the Sun & Moon series. It is a Water-type Pokémon with 270 HP, printed as TAG TEAM, GX.

Artwork is by Mitsuhiro Arita; the Holofoil printing sits around $84.69, spanning $68.13–— between the cheapest and priciest listings.

Card facts

Set: Cosmic Eclipse
Series: Sun & Moon
Number: #38 / 236
Rarity: Ultra Rare
Illustrator: Mitsuhiro Arita
HP: 270
Type: Water
Subtype: TAG TEAM, GX
Released: 2019/11/01

Card text

Blastoise & Piplup GX attacks, abilities & battle stats

Printed card text and battle statistics for Blastoise & Piplup GX #38 — the playability layer behind the price.

WaterWaterColorless

Splash Maker

150

You may attach up to 3 Water Energy cards from your hand to your Pokémon in any way you like. If you do, heal 50 damage from those Pokémon for each card you attached to them in this way.

WaterWaterColorless

Bubble Launcher GX

100+

Your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If this Pokémon has at least 3 extra Water Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack’s cost), this attack does 150 more damage. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

Battle stats

Weakness: Grass ×2
Retreat cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
Attacks: 2

Market analysis

Blastoise & Piplup GX price analysis

What drives the current market value of Blastoise & Piplup GX #38.

There is 1 tracked printing here — Holofoil at $84.69.

This $84.69 tier rewards clean copies: a well-centred example sells well above a scuffed one.

In EUR, Blastoise & Piplup GX trends at €85.30 on Cardmarket (avg sold €81.10, lowest NM €11.70).

Price trend

Blastoise & Piplup GX price history & movement

2026-10-15 · $82.98▲ 2.1% since 2026-10-152026-10-26 · $84.69

The card is cooling off: the 7-day average sold price is €46.28, 35.7% below the 30-day average of €71.93.

Single-day average: €59.80; Cardmarket trend price €85.30.

Our own daily snapshots now cover 4 days for Blastoise & Piplup GX, with a recorded low of $82.98 and high of $84.77; current value is at 96% of that band.

Day to day the price swings by roughly 0.6% (standard deviation); the deepest recorded drawdown is 0.1%.

Cardmarket averages

1-day avg€59.80

7-day avg€46.28

30-day avg€71.93

Trend price€85.30

Price fingerprint

Built from CardLedger's own daily snapshots · 4 days tracked · latest October 26, 2026

Prices as of October 26, 2026

Since October 21, 2026:▼ $0.08 (-0.1%)

All-time high

$84.77

October 21, 2026

All-time low

$82.98

October 15, 2026

Off all-time high

-0.1%

5 days since high

Since first snapshot

+2.1%

October 15, 2026

Max drawdown

-0.1%

peak-to-trough

Daily volatility

0.6%

st. dev of daily moves

Current value

$84.69

latest snapshot

Position in recorded range

96%

low $82.98high $84.77

Real recorded values from our daily TCGplayer snapshots — not estimates or back-filled history. Methodology

Sell this card

How much would you net selling Blastoise & Piplup GX?

Model the real take-home on a [object Object] sale across eBay, TCGplayer, Cardmarket and direct — fees and shipping included.

The $84.69 market translates to a net of about $73.17 (eBay), $73.59 (TCGplayer), $80.11 (Cardmarket), $75.16 (Whatnot) or $84.69 (direct). That $11.52 gap is the value at stake in choosing where to sell.

As a ultra rare card, Blastoise & Piplup GX sells differently by venue: marketplaces maximise reach, personal channels maximise margin. Use the calculator to weigh reach against take-home.

Your sale

Sale price

Pre-filled with the current TCGplayer market for Blastoise & Piplup GX #38.

Your shipping cost

Weight · 1 oz

I offer free shipping

Best net payout$84.69

Spread across platforms$11.52

Platform	Account	Fees	Eff. fee	You net
eBay	No Store	$11.52	13.6%	$73.17	Sell on eBay →
TCGplayer	Standard Seller	$11.10	13.1%	$73.59	Sell on TCGplayer →
Cardmarket / Local Shop	Private Seller	$4.58	5.4%	$80.11	Sell on Cardmarket →
Direct Sale (Social / Shows)best	Cash / In Person	—	0.0%	$84.69	Sell in person
Whatnot	Standard (8% + 2.9% + $0.30)	$9.53	11.3%	$75.16	Sell on Whatnot →

Modelled on each marketplace's default seller tier with your shipping input. Net payout = sale price − selling fees − outbound shipping. Fee figures are estimates (last reviewed October 15, 2026) and vary by category, account status and payment method — confirm current rates with the marketplace. Open the full seller fee calculator to model account tiers and buyer-paid shipping.

Grading ROI

Should you grade Blastoise & Piplup GX?

Model the break-even and PSA 9 vs PSA 10 profit on grading Blastoise & Piplup GX #38 against today's raw market value.

Grading plan

Raw purchase price

Pre-filled with the live market value for Blastoise & Piplup GX #38.

Grading service tier

Shipping & insurance

Both-way postage plus declared-value insurance.

Marketplace fee · 13%

Estimated graded values below are a transparent starting point based on the raw price band — edit them with real graded comps before deciding.

PSA 9 value

PSA 10 value

Chance of PSA 9 · 55%

Chance of PSA 10 · 30%

Should you grade this?

Strong grading candidate

At $84.69 raw and $40.00 all-in grading cost, a PSA 10 nets $181.04 versus selling raw, a PSA 9 nets $33.68. You need a graded sale of $130.67 to break even on grading.

At your stated grade odds the expected profit is $72.84 (58.4% return on cost basis).

Net selling raw

$73.68

Net as PSA 9

$107.36

[object Object] vs raw

Net as PSA 10

$254.72

[object Object] vs raw

Break-even sale

$130.67

Expected value

$146.52

Expected profit

$72.84

58.4% ROI

Grading costs, turnaround and grade outcomes vary by service and card. The estimated PSA 9 and PSA 10 values are heuristics, not predictions — always sanity-check against recent graded sold listings before committing. This is a modelling tool, not financial advice.

Set context

Blastoise & Piplup GX within Cosmic Eclipse

Blastoise & Piplup GX ranks #25 of 91 tracked Cosmic Eclipse cards by market value, against a set median of $26.71.

That is 217% above the middle of the set — a top-74% position.

The set's top card is Arceus & Dialga & Palkia GX (#221), valued at $597.96.

Rank in set

#25

of 91 tracked

Set median

$26.71

Rarity

Ultra Rare

Series

Sun & Moon

Full Cosmic Eclipse report →

Value drivers

What makes Blastoise & Piplup GX valuable

Artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita is a factor for collectors who follow specific illustrators.
Blastoise & Piplup GX is a Water card with 270 HP, so demand comes from both collectors and players.
Ultra Rare status puts Blastoise & Piplup GX among the scarcer pulls in Cosmic Eclipse.
A $84.69 card with thin supply status keeps buyer competition steady.
Blastoise & Piplup GX is a modern-era card (2019); supply is plentiful, so rarity tier and condition set the price.

Buying notes

Buying & selling Blastoise & Piplup GX

For Blastoise & Piplup GX, confirm the exact print variant before buying: Holofoil prices differ, and listings often mix them.
Because it is a Pokémon card, Blastoise & Piplup GX has both collector and player demand — a broader buyer pool than purely collectible cards.
Cosmic Eclipse was released in 2019; on-going print supply keeps raw prices tethered to playability and pull rates.
Centring and surface condition matter most on Ultra Rare cards; a clean copy of Blastoise & Piplup GX can realise well above the $68.13 low end.
Track the Cardmarket 7- and 30-day averages (€46.28 and €71.93) to time entries and exits.

FAQ

Blastoise & Piplup GX value questions

What is the value of Blastoise & Piplup GX?

Live pricing puts the Holofoil print at $84.69 (low $68.13, high —); the Cardmarket trend is €85.30.

Will Blastoise & Piplup GX hold its value?

The card is softening on recent averages. Ultra Rare rarity and the modern-era Sun & Moon set pedigree are the main long-term value anchors.

Is Blastoise & Piplup GX rare?

Blastoise & Piplup GX is a Ultra Rare card from Cosmic Eclipse (Sun & Moon series, 2019). That is an upper rarity tier, so demand concentrates on relatively few copies.

Does Blastoise & Piplup GX have multiple printings?

TCGplayer tracks 1 printing: Holofoil ($84.69). Prices differ between variants, so always confirm which one you own or are buying.

Where can I buy or sell Blastoise & Piplup GX?

The main marketplaces are TCGplayer (USD), Cardmarket (EUR) and eBay. Current TCGplayer market is $84.69. When selling, compare net proceeds after fees — eBay and TCGplayer typically charge 9–13%, while direct sales carry lower or no fees.

What drives Blastoise & Piplup GX's value?

Four factors dominate: the Ultra Rare rarity tier, the modern-era Sun & Moon set pedigree, playability (Pokémon, Water), and condition. Artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita also matters to collector demand.

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