Misty's Goldeen

Misty's Goldeen is card 30 of 132 in Gym Heroes, released in August 2000, a Rare. It is a Basic Water-type with 30 HP.

As a Basic Pokémon, Goldeen needs no prior evolution to put into play, which made it a practical card in the era's decks.

Misty is the Water-type Gym Leader of Cerulean City and one of Ash's earliest traveling companions. Misty's Goldeen is part of that themed lineup.

Illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Sugimori is the lead character designer of Pokémon itself, so his card art carries the tight, on-model look that defined how the creatures appear in the games.

A water-type goldfish Pokémon. Misty's signature Pokémon in the anime. Jungle Common with sentimental demand.

Misty's Goldeen is a non-holo Rare. In Gym Heroes, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Misty's Goldeen 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.

Gym Heroes shipped in 1st Edition and Unlimited, with no Shadowless print. The trainer-prefix naming runs across the set, and the 1st Edition Misty's Goldeen carries the Edition 1 stamp and a premium over Unlimited in matching grade.

On Misty's Goldeen, 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 Misty's Goldeen in a true PSA 10 is harder to find than the print run suggests.

For Misty's Goldeen, 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 Misty's Goldeen can make sense.