Kingler · Expedition Base Set, what to know.
About the Kingler card
Kingler is card 50 of 165 in Expedition Base Set, released in September 2002, a Rare. It is a Stage 1 Water-type with 80 HP.
As a Stage 1, it evolves from Krabby, which places Kingler deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.
Illustrated by Shin-ichi Yoshida.
About Kingler in the Pokémon world
The fully evolved Krabby. Massive disproportionate claw. Jungle Rare with thin standalone demand.
What is Kingler worth?
Kingler is a non-holo Rare. In Expedition Base Set, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Kingler trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Kingler before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
On Kingler, look at the corners and the framed border first. Non-holo Rares took more handling than the chase holos, so a sharp, centered copy of Kingler in a true PSA 10 is harder to find than the print run suggests.
If you are collecting Kingler
For Kingler, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Kingler can make sense.
