Crystal Guardians · #42 · 2006
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$5.19
up8% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 13, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Crystal Guardians
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Today's TCGplayer market price for Wartortle is $5.19 for the Normal printing.
Among the 100 priced cards in Crystal Guardians, it sits 41st. (Alakazam ★ leads the set at $1,430.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 265.5% — from $1.42 to $5.19. Over the last year it's climbed 158.2%, from $2.01 to $5.19. The 90-day move: up 57.3%, $3.30 to $5.19. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $5.26 in October 2026; its lowest, $1.36 in May 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $5.26 at the top and $4.79 at the bottom. That's the Normal printing — the same card also trades as the Reverse Holofoil at $75.00.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $5.19 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $75.00
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Bubble20
Cost: Water, Colorless
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Tackle50
Cost: Water, Colorless, Colorless
About $5.19 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 13, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 57% over the last 3 months — from $3.30 to $5.19 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 158%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $5.26 — that was October 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
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