How much is a PSA 10 Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 worth?

A PSA 10 Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 Nintendo Black Star Promos is worth about $7,900; PSA 9 about $1,000. That is about 35× the ungraded value.

How often does Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 sell?

Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 Nintendo Black Star Promos recorded 7 sales across every grade in the last 90 days (0 in the last 30), most recently on Oct 9, 2026. The highest recent sale was $14,100 for a PSA 10 copy on Sep 2, 2026.

What is the most valuable card in Nintendo Black Star Promos?

The most valuable card in Nintendo Black Star Promos is Rayquaza ex 39/40, at about $1,350 ungraded. Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 ranks 14th of 40.

What set is Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 from?

Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 is from the English Pokémon TCG set Nintendo Black Star Promos, released Oct 1, 2003, in the EX era. Its rarity is Promo.

What is Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?

As of Nov 12, 2026, Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 is about $223 ungraded near mint; PSA 9 about $1,000 (3 sales); PSA 10 about $7,900 (3 sales).

Why do two copies of Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 differ in price?

As of Nov 12, 2026, there is one printing of Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40, so the gap is condition: near mint is $223. Too few played copies have sold to price each condition on its own.

Promo2003EX era

Tropical Tidal WaveNintendo Black Star Promos 36/40 price & value

Name: Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 Nintendo Black Star Promos
Brand: Pokémon
SKU: np-36

Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40, Nintendo Black Star Promos Pokémon card — Press the card to zoom in

UltraBall Market ValueUngraded

$223

0.0%4 weeks

Low confidence

Near mint · UltraBall Market Value · as of Nov 12, 2026

Graded: PSA 9 $1,000PSA 10 $7,900

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Prices updated Nov 12, 2026 · How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value

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What is Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?: As of Nov 12, 2026, Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 is about $223 ungraded near mint; PSA 9 about $1,000 (3 sales); PSA 10 about $7,900 (3 sales). Every grade’s price.
Why do two copies of Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 differ in price?: As of Nov 12, 2026, there is one printing of Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40, so the gap is condition: near mint is $223. Too few played copies have sold to price each condition on its own. Recent sales.

Price history

Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 price over time

Jul 22Aug 19Sep 17Oct 15Nov 12

Recorded prices, joined day to day

Ungraded, 1 year: $223 on Jul 22, 2026, $223 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $223, highest $223.

Now: $223
4 weeks: 0.0%
90 days: 0.0%
1 year: –no daily prices that far back (daily since Jul 22)
Highest, 1Y: $223
Lowest, 1Y: $223

Recorded history starts July 2026. 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.

Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 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	$223	0.0%
October 2026	$223	0.0%
September 2026	$223	0.0%
August 2026	$223	0.0%
July 2026	$223	–

Matched to this exact card

Recent verified sales

Latest 20

PSA 102006 POKEMON TROPICAL TIDAL WAVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PROMO #36 PSA 10 *POP 10*Sep 23, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $7,900
PSA 92006 POKEMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PROMO TOP SIXTEEN #36 TROPICAL TIDAL WAVE PSA 9Likely best offer · asking price shownSep 17, 2026 · eBay · View listing · Asking price, up to $3,500asking
PSA 9Pokemon Tropical Tidal Wave World Championships Promo 36 Staff PSA 9 MintSep 13, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $1,713
PSA 8.52006 POKEMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PROMO STAFF #36 TROPICAL TIDAL WAVE PSA 8.5Sep 10, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $1,200
CGC 72006 Pokemon World Championships black star Promo #36 Tropical Tidal Wave cgc 7Sep 4, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $987
PSA 102006 POKEMON TROPICAL TIDAL WAVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PROMO #36 PSA 10Sep 2, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $14,100
PSA 9Pokemon Tropical Tidal Wave World Championships Promo 36 Staff PSA 9 MintAug 30, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $1,575
PSA 92006 POKEMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PROMO STAFF #36 TROPICAL TIDAL WAVE PSA 9Aug 7, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $1,525
PSA 82006 POKEMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PROMO #36 TROPICAL TIDAL WAVE PSA 8Apr 9, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $1,200
PSA 9Pokemon Tropical Tidal Wave 2006 World Championships Promo Card #036 PSA 9 MintMar 22, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $1,000
PSA 9PSA 9 POKEMON PROMO TROPICAL TIDAL WAVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS #36 2006 571Mar 2, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $797
PSA 7PSA 7 ENGLISH POKEMON TROPICAL TIDAL WAVE STAFF PROMO WORLD CHAMPIONS 2006 #36 8Mar 2, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $910
PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #42164369Sep 1, 2025 · eBay · Auction · View listing$710
PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #74861174Aug 17, 2025 · eBay · Best offer accepted · View listing$3,497
PSA 10Sold via Goldin Auctions · PSA cert #95333766Unusual priceAug 3, 2025 · Goldin Auctions · Auction · View listing$2,562
PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #98319748May 9, 2025 · eBay · Best offer accepted · View listing$700
PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #47954247Unusual priceMar 30, 2025 · eBay · Auction · View listing$2,050
PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #57534471Unusual priceJan 30, 2025 · eBay · Auction · View listing$1,431
PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #47954245Unusual priceMar 20, 2023 · eBay · Auction · View listing$1,226
PSA 10Sold via eBay · PSA cert #47954245Unusual priceMar 13, 2023 · eBay · Auction · View listing$1,414

Every sale here was matched to this exact card: the right number, set, printing and language, one card per listing, raw kept apart from graded. Where a venue sells by card and gives no listing title to check, the row says the venue named the card. Listings we can’t be sure of are left out. A price marked ≤ is an asking price, not a confirmed sale. On an accepted best offer we show what the buyer paid, not the asking price; where that isn’t on record the asking price is shown as a ceiling and never counts towards the price. A sale marked unusual is far from that grade’s market price: it stays on the record, and is left out of this page’s latest-sale and comparison figures. Sales record updated Nov 11, 2026.

Graded values

Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40 price by grade

Tropical Tidal Wave 36/40: market price, 4-week change, sales pace and last sale by grade
Grade	Market value	4 wk	Sales/moSales a month	Last sale
UngradedLow. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.	$223	0.0%	No recent sales	–Low. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.
PSA 1035.4× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide.	$7,900Last $7,900 · Sep 23, 2026	0.0%	0.7Low liquidity. Low	$7,900Sep 23, 2026Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide.
PSA 94.5× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide.	$1,000Last $1,713 · Sep 13, 2026	0.0%	1Low liquidity. Low	$1,713Sep 13, 2026Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide.
CGC 7.5Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide.	$274	–	No recent sales	–Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide.

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

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If it gets a PSA 10: +$6,079
If it gets a PSA 9: +$589
PSA fee for a PSA 10: $599 Premier
Slab sale price to break even: $321at Standard, $59.99
Grading pays, at today’s prices: PSA 9 and up
Historical PSA 10 rate: 8.9%

Against selling raw at $223, after the PSA fee for what the slab is worth (a 10 goes in at Premier, $599; a 9 at Standard, $59.99), $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 56 copies; 5 got a 10.

PSA population

PSA graded: 56
PSA 10: 5
PSA 9: 28
Historical PSA 10 rate: 8.9%; PSA 10s of all graded

A higher historical PSA 10 rate than 71% of the Nintendo Black Star Promos cards PSA has graded enough of.

Every PSA grade (7)

PSA population by grade
Grade	Copies	Share
10	5	8.9%
9	28	50%
8	6	11%
7	6	11%
6	6	11%
5	4	7.1%
4	1	1.8%

PSA’s count of Sep 28, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.

PSA’s count of Sep 28, 2026. 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 2 weeks, Sep 21, 2026 to Sep 28, 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

About this card

Tropical Tidal Wave is card 36 of 40 in the Nintendo Black Star Promos price guide, a set released in October 2003 during the EX era. Its rarity is Promo. The artwork is by Sumiyoshi Kizuki. In the checklist it sits after Pikachu δ 35/40 and before Kyogre ex 37/40.

It is the 14th most valuable of the 40 priced cards in Nintendo Black Star Promos, behind Rayquaza ex 39/40 (see the most valuable Nintendo Black Star Promos cards).

What the data says

There are too few recent sales to say how this card's market is moving.

A PSA 10 is valued at 35× the ungraded price ($7,900 against $223), and a PSA 9 at $1,000.

PSA has graded 56 copies, 5 of them PSA 10 (8.9%). That describes the copies sent in, not the chance a given card grades 10.

From prices of Nov 12, 2026 and sales to Oct 9, 2026. Observations, not advice or a forecast. How we read the market

Market snapshot

How each figure is worked out

4 weeks: 0.0%ungraded, between 7-day averages
90 days: 0.0%ungraded, between 7-day averages
1 year: –no daily prices that far back: daily since Jul 22, 2026
Direction: Not enough sales to readtoo few recent sales to read a direction
High since daily tracking: At the high$223 on Aug 24, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Jul 22, 2026
Liquidity: No recent salesNo recorded sales in this condition, so we cannot say how easily it sells.
Price confidence: Low confidenceFew recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide.
PSA 10 premium: 35.4×the ungraded price; the typical Nintendo Black Star Promos card with a PSA 10 price: 60.1×
PSA 10 population: 5of 56 PSA graded, count of Sep 28, 2026

Card details

Set: Nintendo Black Star Promos
Number: 36/40
Set code: PR-NP
Rarity: Promo
Released: Oct 1, 2003
Era: EX
Illustrator: Sumiyoshi Kizuki

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