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Purugly

Purugly

Great Encounters · #50 · Uncommon
🎨 Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
PokémonColorless
$1.86
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All Purugly cards (9)
HP 90·CColorless·Stage 1·Evolves from Glameow
CCSwagger20
Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.
CCCFury Swipes40×
Flip 3 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads.
Weakness F +20Retreat CC
It is a brazen brute that barges its way into another Pokémon's nest and claims it as its own.

Purugly is card #50 of 106 in Great Encounters (2008), a Uncommon illustrated by Ken Sugimori. At about $1.86 it is the #98 most valuable card in the set. In a Great Encounters booster it turns up about once every 10 packs. It is one of 9 Purugly cards printed so far.

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In the Great Encounters set

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What it's worth graded

Ungraded
$1.86
PSA 8 · NM-Mint
$2.79
PSA 9 · Mint
$5.21
PSA 9.5 · Mint+
$8.37
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$14.88
Estimates: the ungraded market price times the typical premium a slab of that grade gets for a card from this era. Real sales vary, especially for PSA 10s. How grading adds value

Purugly through the years

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See Purugly in all 9 years

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See the full Great Encounters card list

Questions

How much is Purugly (Great Encounters) worth?

An ungraded Purugly from Great Encounters sells for about $1.86. A PSA 10 is worth more, roughly $14.88 by our estimate, and a PSA 9 around $5.21.

How rare is Purugly?

It is a Uncommon, and it shows up about once every 10 Great Encounters packs.

Who illustrated Purugly?

Ken Sugimori drew the art for this card.

Can I open Great Encounters packs for free?

Yes, as a digital simulator. Holobrook lets you open Great Encounters booster packs in your browser with the set's real pull rates and keep what you pull in a digital binder. No real cards, nothing to buy.

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