Fossil Card Value: Most Valuable Cards & Prices

PriceCharting market prices for Fossil, updated September 25, 2026, sorted by PSA 10 value. Ungraded means a raw card in played-to-near-mint condition; grade 9 and PSA 10 are graded cards.

• Gengar [1st Edition] #5: ungraded $351 · grade 9 $2,471 · PSA 10 $24,501
• Dragonite [1st Edition] #4: ungraded $230 · grade 9 $2,050 · PSA 10 $20,000
• Lapras [1st Edition] #10: ungraded $97.00 · grade 9 $513 · PSA 10 $17,000
• Aerodactyl [Prerelease 1st Edition Cosmos] #1: ungraded $99.95 · grade 9 $187 · PSA 10 $16,673
• Dragonite #4: ungraded $95.27 · grade 9 $731 · PSA 10 $12,800
• Articuno [1st Edition] #2: ungraded $114 · grade 9 $800 · PSA 10 $11,664
• Gengar [1999-2000] #20: ungraded $365 · grade 9 $1,500 · PSA 10 $10,000
• Raichu [1st Edition] #14: ungraded $90.66 · grade 9 $404 · PSA 10 $5,352
• Aerodactyl [1st Edition] #1: ungraded $65.97 · grade 9 $304 · PSA 10 $5,200
• Aerodactyl [Prerelease 1st Edition] #1: ungraded $67.28 · grade 9 $219 · PSA 10 $5,194
• Moltres [1st Edition] #12: ungraded $126 · grade 9 $575 · PSA 10 $4,558
• Kabutops [1st Edition] #9: ungraded $75.00 · grade 9 $309 · PSA 10 $4,241

Most cards in any set are worth well under a dollar raw; the money is in the holo rares, first-print editions and high grades above. A PSA 10 can be worth ten to a hundred times the raw card, so check centering, corners, edges and surface before you decide whether grading is worth it (see card grading). Prices move with the market; use them as a reference, not an offer.

• Fossil was the last set to use the 'Starlight' holofoil pattern; starting with Base Set 2 the pattern changed to 'cosmos', which can be used to distinguish earlier from later holo cards.
• Rarity is shown by a small symbol at the bottom of the card: circle = Common, diamond = Uncommon, star = Rare.
• The English Fossil release had both a 1st Edition and an Unlimited print run.

• 1st Edition: The stamp rule is the same as Base Set/Jungle: on Pokémon cards it sits on the left edge, vertically centered, reading a black-and-gold circle with '1' plus 'EDITION'.

Fossil likewise has no Shadowless variant; it only distinguishes 1st Edition from Unlimited.

• Bottom-left or bottom-right corner: the set symbol and the collector number (e.g. 4/102) tell you the set; older cards have no symbol at all, which itself narrows them to Base Set.
• Left of the number: a 1st Edition stamp, if present, sits below the art on WOTC-era cards.
• Regulation mark (a letter in a box near the bottom, D through H so far) dates modern cards to a two-year window.
• Back of the card: the blue Poké Ball back has changed little since 1999; a washed-out, blurry or wrongly colored back is the first sign of a fake.

Lay the card flat on a dark surface in daylight, straight on, with the whole card in frame, then a close-up of the bottom edge where the set symbol, number and any edition stamp sit. Tilt holo cards under the light for a second shot to show the foil pattern. Photograph the back too. The app reads the card and set; the edition and rarity checks above tell you which version you have.