ARTICUNO #2/62 - FOSSIL
- Set
- Pokemon Fossil (Base series)
- Number
- 2/62
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- Card type
- Pokémon - Basic (Water)
- Artist
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- (1999-10-10)
- Raw card reference RAW / UNGRADED
- $203.99 USD (TCGplayer market, 1stEditionHolofoil, as of 2026-09-11)Loose, ungraded copy. Not a graded slab - graded values are charted below.
- Graded slab data GRADED SLAB
- 6 Rip Station marks - per grader and grade, see the chart.
- In our machines
- 2 in the $50.00 machine, 1 in the $100.00 machine, 1 in the $200.00 machine
A legendary bird Pokémon that is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains.
RIP IT
Articuno is in the $50.00 machine right now - CGC 8, BGS 8.5 loaded. A pack reveals one random card from that machine.
Rip the $50.00 machineABOUT THIS CARD
Articuno is a rare holo Pokemon card from Pokemon Fossil, card 2 of 62, released October 10, 1999 in the Base series. The illustration is by Mitsuhiro Arita.
VALUE
What is Articuno #2 from Fossil worth?
Two different numbers answer this, and they are not interchangeable. Raw/ungraded: a loose, ungraded copy of Articuno #2 (Fossil) carries a market reference of $203.99 USD for the 1stEditionHolofoil 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 $222.99 (PSA 7).
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.
| Date | Grader | Grade | Estimated slab value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-09 | CGC | 8 | $94.00 |
| 2026-06-09 | PSA | 7 | $195.00 |
| 2026-06-27 | BGS | 8.5 | $53.00 |
| 2026-06-27 | PSA | 7 | $70.00 |
| 2026-06-27 | PSA | 8 | $152.50 |
| 2026-07-09 | PSA | 9 | $249.00 |
PULL RATE
What are the odds of pulling Articuno #2?
From published pack odds, any holofoil rare appeared about 1 in 3 packs in Fossil boosters. With 15 cards sharing that slot, pulling Articuno specifically works out to roughly 1 in 45 packs, assuming equal seeding. In the Rip Station $50.00 machine right now, 2 of 1633 loaded cards are this card - about 0.12% per rip.
Source: Bulbapedia: Booster pack (TCG). Per-card figure derived as slot odds x 15 eligible cards.
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.
| Grader | Grade | Copies |
|---|---|---|
| BGS | 8.5 | 1 |
| CGC | 8 | 1 |
| PSA | 9 | 1 |
| PSA | 8 | 1 |
| PSA | 7 | 4 |
| Total | 8 | |
IN OUR MACHINES
Is Articuno #2 in a Rip Station machine?
Yes. 2 graded copies of Articuno are loaded in the $50.00 machine; 1 graded copy of Articuno is loaded in the $100.00 machine; 1 graded copy of Articuno is loaded in the $200.00 machine. A pack from that machine reveals one random card from everything loaded in it.
- $50.00 machine: 2 of 1633 loaded cards (0.12% per rip). Rip this machine
- $100.00 machine: 1 of 920 loaded cards (0.11% per rip). Rip this machine
- $200.00 machine: 1 of 900 loaded cards (0.11% per rip). Rip this machine
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.
- Pack odds: cited above per slot.
- Machine availability, composition odds, graded vault population and graded price marks: Rip Station first-party data.