Emerald · #5 · 2005
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.
$24.66
Steady · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 13, 2026
Graded: Examined by a professional company, scored 1–10, and sealed in a labeled case. Graded copies trade at their own prices, grade by grade. PSA 10 $16,800 · PSA 9 $414 · CGC 10 $180
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 Emerald
What This Card Trades At
Raw: An ungraded card — no slab, no label, no official score. The market price is the raw benchmark. · Normal
$24.66 (TCGplayer 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.)
PSA: Professional Sports Authenticator, the biggest grading company. Grades 1–10; PSA 10 is Gem Mint, and PSA slabs are the easiest to price and sell.
CGC: Certified Guaranty Company, one of the big three graders. Grades 1–10, with a Pristine 10 above Gem Mint 10; CGC slabs often sell a little below PSA.
BGS: Beckett Grading Services, one of the big three graders. Grades 1–10 in half steps; a Black Label 10 is perfect on all four subgrades.
Latest sold prices As of (a date): The price in force on the day we last checked — not a sale that closed that day. Rows marked “sold” carry the real sale day.. PSA and CGC grade on the same 1–10 scale, but the market prices them differently — what grades mean →
Sold data via Card Hedge
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Today's TCGplayer market price for Groudon is $24.66 for the Normal printing.
Among the 107 priced cards in Emerald, it sits 19th. (Rayquaza leads the set at $400.) Since we started tracking it on Sep 15, 2025, it's risen 12.1% — from $22.00 to $24.66. The 90-day move: down 6.7%, $26.44 to $24.66. Its highest point since we started tracking (September 2025) was $146 in February 2026; its lowest, $21.50 in November 2025. That's the Normal printing — the same card also trades as the Holofoil at $68.39 and the Reverse Holofoil at $215. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €38.18.
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. $24.66 · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more. $68.39 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $215
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.
Slash10
Cost: Fighting
Rock Tumble40
Cost: Fighting, Colorless, Colorless
This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance.
About $24.66 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 →
About $16,800 — the latest PSA 10 sold price we have, as of Oct 12, 2026. For comparison, an ungraded copy trades around $24.66 (TCGplayer market price). Sold data via Card Hedge.
Down about 7% over the last 3 months — from $26.44 to $24.66 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 12%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $146 — that was February 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since September 2025, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
The European printings list around €38.18 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $24.66 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Groudon (Emerald #5). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $24.66 today.
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