CloysterExpedition Base Set 42/165 price & value
Japanese prints: 12 Japanese Cloyster cards are listed, $0.32 to $82.00 ungraded.
$18.00
up +18%4 weeks · Rising
High confidence
High confidence
Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.
- 54 ungraded in the last 90 days, all conditions
- 19 sales on record listed as near mint
- Typical sales within ±2% of the figure
- Last sale Nov 8, 2026
High liquidity91/100
High liquidity
Trades often, at prices that agree. It counts sales, not how long a listing takes to sell.
About 18 ungraded copies sell a month across all conditions, the pace of the last 90 days.
How we measure liquidity →Near mint · UltraBall Market Value · 54 ungraded sales in the last 90 days, all conditions · as of Nov 12, 2026
Graded: PSA 9 $32.40PSA 10 $44.40
eBay links on this page are affiliate links: we earn a commission if you buy, at no extra cost to you. It never changes our prices or which listings we show.
Prices updated Nov 12, 2026 · How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
People ask about this card
- What is Cloyster 42/165 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?
- As of Nov 12, 2026, Cloyster 42/165 is about $18.00 ungraded near mint (54 sales in 90 days); PSA 9 about $32.40 (1 sale); PSA 10 about $44.40 (2 sales). Every grade’s price.
- Which printing of Cloyster 42/165 is this, and why do two copies differ in price?
- Cloyster 42/165 comes in 2 printings: Non-Holo $18.90 ungraded, Reverse Holo $45.03 ungraded. Reverse holo or non-holo: the reverse holo’s border and text box shine; the non-holo has no shine anywhere. Printings compared.
Cloyster 42/165 price over time
- Recorded prices, joined day to day
Ungraded, 1 year: $7.35 on Nov 11, 2025, $18.00 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $7.35, highest $18.00.
- Now
- $18.00
- 4 weeks
- +18%
- 90 days
- +15%
- 1 year
- +145%
- Highest, 1Y
- $18.00
- Lowest, 1Y
- $7.35
Recorded history starts January 2021. Earlier history is monthly averages; from July 22, 2026 the line is a smoothed 7-day average of daily prices, so single-day swings don’t show. Between recorded prices, the line and its daily values are estimated from the prices either side.
Cloyster 42/165 price by month
Ungraded, at the end of each month, newest first: the line above read off at each month’s last day. The latest month ends on today’s UltraBall Market Value.
| Month | Ungraded | Change on month |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026to Nov 12, 2026 | $18.00 | up +12% |
| October 2026 | $16.12 | up +1.9% |
| September 2026 | $15.82 | up +1.1% |
| August 2026 | $15.65 | up +9.3% |
| July 2026 | $14.32 | – |
| May 2026 | $13.27 | up +23% |
| April 2026 | $10.81 | down −5.8% |
| March 2026 | $11.48 | up +15% |
| February 2026 | $9.97 | up +9.3% |
| January 2026 | $9.12 | up +2.4% |
| December 2025 | $8.91 | up +21% |
| November 2025 | $7.35 | down −2.5% |
Recent verified sales
RawCloyster 042/165 Expedition Base Set RegularNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $13.05asking
RawPokemon Cloyster 42/165 Rare Expedition Base Set e-Card 2002Nov 8, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · Auction · View listing · $7.00
RawNintendo Cloyster Expedition Base Set 2002 42/165 Rare Stage 1 80 HP English 1stUnusual priceNov 8, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · Auction · View listing · $3.81
RawCloyster 42/165 Rare Expedition Base Set Pokemon Moderately PlayedNov 7, 2026 · eBay · Sold as moderate play · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $10.49asking
RawPokémon TCG Cloyster 42/165 Expedition Base Set Regular English 2002 80 HPNov 7, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $15.00asking
RawCloyster 42/165 Rare Expedition Base Set Pokemon Near MintNov 6, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Buy It Now · View listing · $18.00
RawCloyster 42/165 Rare Expedition Base Set non holo Pokemon Near MintNov 5, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Buy It Now · View listing · $18.99
RawCloyster - 42/165 - Expedition Base Set - E-Reader - Vintage - English - 2002Nov 3, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Buy It Now · View listing · $19.49
PSA 92002 Pokemon Expedition #42/165 Cloyster PSA 9 MINTUnusual priceOct 21, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $123- CGC 9Pokemon Cloyster 042/165 Expedition Nonholo CGC 9 Mint Trading Card Blue LabelUnusual priceOct 20, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted (asked $59.97) · View listing · $45.00
- CGC 9Pokemon Cloyster 042/165 Expedition Nonholo CGC 9 Mint Trading Card Blue LabelOffers taken · asking price shownOct 17, 2026 · eBay · Offers taken · View listing · Asking price, up to $59.97asking
CGC 10CLOYSTER 42/165 EXPEDICIÓN POKEMON CGC 10 GEMA COMO NUEVOLikely best offer · asking price shownOct 10, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing · Asking price, up to $96.75asking
PSA 9Pokemon PSA 9 MINT Cloyster 42/165 Expedition Non-Holo 2002 E-Reader S#9242Offers taken · asking price shownOct 5, 2026 · eBay · Offers taken · View listing · Asking price, up to $145asking
PSA 92002 Pokemon Expedition Cloyster 42/165 PSA 9 MintSep 14, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $69.89
CGC 92002 Pokemon Expedition Cloyster #42 CGC 9 MINTOffers taken · asking price shownSep 7, 2026 · 
Fanatics Collect · Offers taken · View listing · Asking price, up to $49.00asking- PSA 10Pokemon Cloyster 42/165 Expedition 2002 #42 - POP 58 - PSA 10Likely best offer · asking price shownJul 3, 2026 · eBay · View listing · Asking price, up to $233asking
- PSA 9Expedition Cloyster PSA 9 42/165 Pokemon (3928)Jun 3, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $35.00
PSA 92002 Pokemon Expedition Cloyster #42 PSA 9 MINTApr 6, 2026 ·
Fanatics Collect · View listing · $32.40- PSA 102002 Pokemon Expedition Cloyster 42/165 PSA 10 Gem MintFeb 23, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $99.99
Graded values
Cloyster 42/165 price by grade
| Grade | Market value | 4 wk | Sales/moSales a month | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UngradedHigh. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely. | $18.00Last $7.00 · Nov 8, 2026 | up +18% | 18High liquidity. High | $7.00Nov 8, 2026High. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely. |
| PSA 102.5× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $44.40Last $99.99 · Feb 23, 2026 | down −46% | No recent sales | $99.99Feb 23, 2026Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| PSA 91.8× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $32.40Last $69.89 · Sep 14, 2026 | 0.0% | 0.7Medium liquidity. Medium | $69.89Sep 14, 2026Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| PSA 81.6× rawLimited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. | $29.02Last $19.52 · Jan 5, 2024 | down −0.6% | 0.7Low liquidity. Low | $19.52Jan 5, 2024Limited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
| PSA 7Limited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. | $23.00Last $35.00 · Aug 15, 2026 | 0.0% | 0.3Low liquidity. Low | $35.00Aug 15, 2026Limited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
| CGC 101.7× rawMedium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. | $30.00Last $62.40 · Jul 6, 2026 | – | 0.3Low liquidity. Low | $62.40Jul 6, 2026Medium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. |
Each graded row counts only that grade's sales; the ungraded row counts every condition. Sales a month is the 90-day pace. Last sale is the latest verified sale, never an asking price. How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
Showing each company’s top grade. Choose a company above for every grade it has a price for.
Grade it with PSA?
Grade yours from photos →Change the costs, or add your own odds →- If it gets a PSA 10
- −$62.09
- If it gets a PSA 9
- −$72.50
- PSA fee for a PSA 10
- $59.99 Standard
- Slab sale price to break even
- $116at Standard, $59.99
- Grading pays, at today’s prices
- No priced grade
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 37%
Against selling raw at $18.00, after the PSA fee for what the slab is worth (a 10 goes in at Standard, $59.99; a 9 at the same level), $25.00 shipping and insurance, and eBay US selling fees, as the selling calculator works them out, with its usual $5 postage and $1 packing on each sale: the same sum as the selling calculator. Each grade is charged the fee level its own slab price needs, so the break-even price carries the fee for a slab at that price, not the PSA 10 fee. These are outcomes if the card gets each grade, not the chance that it will. PSA has graded 155 copies; 58 got a 10.
Population
- PSA graded
- 155
- PSA 10
- 58
- PSA 9
- 57
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 37%
- PSA 10s of all graded
A higher historical PSA 10 rate than 80% of the Expedition Base Set cards PSA has graded enough of.
| Grader | Graded | 10s | 9s | 10s share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 155 | 58 | 57 | 37% |
| CGC | 104 | 34 | 22 | 33% |
| BGS | 3 | 0 | 0 | – |
- PSA graded
- 155
- 10s
- 58
- 10s share
- 37%
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 37%
Every PSA grade (6)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 58 | 37% |
| 9 | 57 | 37% |
| 8 | 25 | 16% |
| 7 | 9 | 5.8% |
| 6 | 3 | 1.9% |
| 5 | 3 | 1.9% |
PSA’s count of Oct 27, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.
- CGC graded
- 104
- 10s
- 34
- 10s share
- 33%
- Historical CGC gem rate
- 33%
- Gem: 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s
Every CGC grade (10)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 34 | 33% |
| 9.5 | 6 | 5.8% |
| 9 | 22 | 21% |
| 8.5 | 19 | 18% |
| 8 | 11 | 11% |
| 7.5 | 2 | 1.9% |
| 6.5 | 5 | 4.8% |
| 5.5 | 1 | 0.96% |
| 1 | 1 | 0.96% |
| Authentic | 3 | 2.9% |
CGC’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; CGC’s own gem is 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s.
- Beckett graded
- 3
- 10s
- 0
- 10s share
- –
- Historical Beckett gem rate
- –
- Gem: 9.5s, Pristine and Black Label 10s
Every Beckett grade (1)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | 3 | 100% |
Beckett’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; Beckett’s own gem is 9.5s, Pristine and Black Label 10s.
PSA’s count of Oct 27, 2026. CGC, BGS and SGC as of Nov 10, 2026; their 10s include Pristine, Perfect and Black Label 10s. PSA counts the cards it has graded, not every copy that exists. Compare with the low pop cards and the hardest PSA 10s.
PSA 10 price against PSA’s population
The same 12 weeks, Jul 24, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026: the price on the day of each weekly PSA report, and the report’s counts. Side by side, not cause and effect.
Left: PSA 10 price, US$. Right: PSA graded copies.
About this card
Cloyster is card 42 of 165 in the Expedition Base Set price guide, a set released in September 2002 during the Wizards of the Coast era. Its rarity is Rare. The artwork is by Kyoko Umemoto. In the checklist it sits after Clefable 41/165 and before Dragonite 43/165.
It is the 75th most valuable of the 165 priced cards in Expedition Base Set, behind Charizard 6/165 (see the most valuable Expedition Base Set cards).
It is one of 14 English Cloyster cards, and ranks 2nd among them by ungraded value; the most valuable is Cloyster from Expedition Base Set. Compare them all in the most valuable Cloyster cards.
What the data says
The ungraded value is up 18% over four weeks on 7-day averages, with 23 ungraded sales in the last 30 days.
PSA has graded 155 copies, 58 of them PSA 10 (37%). That describes the copies sent in, not the chance a given card grades 10.
From prices of Nov 12, 2026 and sales to Nov 8, 2026. Observations, not advice or a forecast. How we read the market
Market snapshot
How each figure is worked out- 4 weeks
- +18%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 90 days
- +15%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 1 year
- +145%ungraded; before Jul 22, 2026 from monthly averages
- Direction
- Risingthe ungraded 7-day average is up 10% or more on four weeks ago
- High since daily tracking
- 1% under$18.26 on Nov 9, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Jul 22, 2026
- Liquidity
- High18 ungraded sales a month over 90 days
- Price confidence
- High confidenceMany recent comparable sales that agree closely.
- Ungraded sold
- 23in 30 days; 54 in 90
- PSA 10 premium
- 2.5×the ungraded price; the typical Expedition Base Set card with a PSA 10 price: 21.7×
- PSA 10 population
- 58of 155 PSA graded, count of Oct 27, 2026
No money needed: buy it with virtual UltraCash in the fantasy game, or call today’s card.
Printings compared
- Non-Holo · this pageNothing on the front shines.$18.90 ungraded
- Reverse HoloThe border and text box shine; the picture is flat.$45.03 ungraded
- Reverse holo or non-holo: the reverse holo’s border and text box shine; the non-holo has no shine anywhere.
- Number
- 42/165
- Set code
- EX
- Rarity
- Rare
- Released
- Sep 15, 2002
- Pokémon
- Cloyster
- Pokédex no.
- #0091
- Illustrator
- Kyoko Umemoto
- Printings
- Non-holo, Reverse holo
- Every Cloyster PSA 10All Cloyster cards ranked by PSA 10 price
- Expedition Base Set checklistAll 165 cards with prices
- All Cloyster cards14 English cards
- Most valuable Cloyster cardsRanked by ungraded value
- Most valuable Expedition Base Set cardsRanked by ungraded value
- Expedition Base Set chase cardsThe pulls collectors open packs for, with odds where we hold them
- Wizards of the Coast eraSets and chase cards from January 1999 on
- 2002 Pokémon cardsEvery set released in 2002, with prices
Cite this price
Cloyster 42/165 (Expedition Base Set) is worth $18.00 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/expedition-base-set/cloyster-42).
Cloyster 42/165 (Expedition Base Set) is worth $18.00 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/expedition-base-set/cloyster-42).
https://ultraball.com/cards/expedition-base-set/cloyster-42
<a href="https://ultraball.com/cards/expedition-base-set/cloyster-42">Cloyster 42/165 (Expedition Base Set) price: $18.00 on UltraBall</a>
Most valuable Cloyster cards
Nearby in Expedition Base Set
Other Cloyster cards in this set
Chase cards from this set
More to explore
Questions collectors ask
As of Nov 12, 2026, Cloyster 42/165 Expedition Base Set is worth about $18.00 ungraded. A PSA 10 copy is worth about $44.40. How we price cards.