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Ekans

Great Encounters · #66 · Common
🎨 Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
PokémonPsychic
$4.49
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All Ekans cards (17)
HP 60·PPsychic·Basic
CShed Skin
Remove 2 damage counters from Ekans.
PPoison Fang10
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weakness P +10Retreat CC
It sneaks through grass without making a sound and strikes unsuspecting prey from behind.

Ekans is card #66 of 106 in Great Encounters (2008), a Common illustrated by Ken Sugimori. At about $4.49 it is the #74 most valuable card in the set. In a Great Encounters booster it turns up about once every 8 packs. It is one of 17 Ekans cards printed so far.

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In the Great Encounters set

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What it's worth graded

Ungraded
$4.49
PSA 8 · NM-Mint
$6.74
PSA 9 · Mint
$12.57
PSA 9.5 · Mint+
$20.21
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$35.92
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

Ekans through the years

Ekans1999FossilEkans2002Expedition Base SetEkans2004Team Rocket ReturnsEkans2008Great EncountersEkans2014XYEkans2019Hidden FatesEkans2023151Team Rocket's Ekans2025Destined Rivals
See Ekans in all 14 years

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Questions

How much is Ekans (Great Encounters) worth?

An ungraded Ekans from Great Encounters sells for about $4.49. A PSA 10 is worth more, roughly $35.92 by our estimate, and a PSA 9 around $12.57.

How rare is Ekans?

It is a Common, and it shows up about once every 8 Great Encounters packs.

Who illustrated Ekans?

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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