Wartortle #42/102 from Pokemon Base Set (1999)

WARTORTLE #42/102 - BASE SET

Set
Pokemon Base Set (Base series)
Number
42/102
Rarity
Uncommon
Card type
Pokémon - Stage 1 (Water)
Artist
Ken Sugimori
Released
(1999-01-09)
Raw card reference RAW / UNGRADED
$5.09 USD (TCGplayer market, normal, as of 2026-09-11)Loose, ungraded copy. Not a graded slab - graded values are charted below.
Graded slab data GRADED SLAB
7 Rip Station marks - per grader and grade, see the chart.
In our machines
1 in the $50.00 machine, 1 in the $200.00 machine
Often hides in water to stalk unweary prey. When swimming quickly, it moves its ears to maintain balance.

RIP IT

Wartortle is in the $50.00 machine right now - PSA 7 loaded. A pack reveals one random card from that machine.

Rip the $50.00 machine

ABOUT THIS CARD

Wartortle is an uncommon Pokemon card from Pokemon Base Set, card 42 of 102, released January 9, 1999 in the Base series. The illustration is by Ken Sugimori.

VALUE

What is Wartortle #42 from Base Set worth?

Two different numbers answer this, and they are not interchangeable. Raw/ungraded: a loose, ungraded copy of Wartortle #42 (Base Set) carries a market reference of $5.09 USD for the normal printing (TCGplayer market price, as of 2026-09-11). Graded slabs: a graded example is priced per grading company and per grade and can sit far above that raw figure - our own graded marks for this card are charted and tabled below, per grader and grade. Both are references, not offers. The graded copy in our machine carries a Rip Station estimated slab value of $335.20 (PSA 8).

Graded slab values over time GRADED SLAB

Slab values, per grading company and grade. These are a different market from the raw/ungraded reference in the facts block above - do not read one as the other.

100Rip Station marks (all grades) — 2026-06-09: index 100.0Rip Station marks (all grades) — 2026-06-23: index 100.0Rip Station marks (all grades) — 2026-06-24: index 100.0Rip Station marks (all grades) — 2026-07-28: index 77.2Rip Station marks (all grades) — 2026-08-03: index 126.62026-06-092026-08-03
Graded slab values only. Indexed to 100 at each grade series' first observation - relative movement, not dollar levels; the tables below carry the dollars. Solid lines are Rip Station marks (first-party estimates). Raw/ungraded reference (not plotted): $5.09 USD (TCGplayer market price, normal, as of 2026-09-11).
Graded slab values - Rip Station marks (first-party estimates, USD). Not raw/ungraded prices.
DateGraderGradeEstimated slab value (USD)
2026-06-09PSA9$50.40
2026-06-23PSA8$399.00
2026-06-24PSA7$36.00
2026-07-28PSA10$438.00
2026-07-28PSA7$36.00
2026-07-28PSA8$35.00
2026-08-03PSA9$150.00

PULL RATE

What are the odds of pulling Wartortle #42?

No published per-card pack odds are documented for Base Set. Rip Station's machine composition is measurable, though: 1 of 1633 cards loaded in the $50.00 machine is this card - about 0.06% per rip.

POP REPORT

Rip Station vault population - graded slabs GRADED SLAB

Counts of GRADED copies, by grading company and grade, that have passed through our machines. Raw/ungraded copies are counted separately in the Raw row.

GraderGradeCopies
PSA101
PSA92
PSA82
PSA72
Total7

IN OUR MACHINES

Is Wartortle #42 in a Rip Station machine?

Yes. 1 graded copy of Wartortle is loaded in the $50.00 machine; 1 graded copy of Wartortle is loaded in the $200.00 machine. A pack from that machine reveals one random card from everything loaded in it.

SOURCES

  • Card metadata and image: the open pokemontcg.io dataset.
  • Raw/ungraded reference value: pokemontcg.io market snapshot (tcgplayer), as of 2026-09-11. An ungraded single, an estimate, not an offer - and not a graded slab value.
  • Machine availability, composition odds, graded vault population and graded price marks: Rip Station first-party data.