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Lotad 81 price — what is this card worth today?

The market price is $3.79 and the cheapest listing is $2.97.

Measured against 22,496 tracked price entries — price data read August 14, 2026

How much is Lotad 81 worth right now?

The market price of Lotad 81 is $3.79, and the cheapest ungraded copy on sale is $2.97. The price moved +11.5% over the last 30 days and +117.8% over 90 days. Both figures were read on August 14, 2026.

Prices are read once a day from public marketplace listings and stored in this site's own archive — 381 daily readings, the oldest from July 30, 2025.

CommonReverse HolofoilUnlimited#270 Lotad

Lotad 81Platinum

Lotad 81 price summary

Common · English · released 2009 · illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda · 50 HP · Grass

Market price now$3.79+11.5% 7 days$3.40 7 days ago
as of August 14, 2026 (14 days ago) · Reverse Holofoil
7-day change+11.5%$3.40 → $3.79
90-day change+117.8%$1.74 → $3.79
1-year change+362.2%$0.82 → $3.79
Market stateRisingRisingFlatFalling$1.74$3.7990 days +117.8% · swing 117.8%
100% of the way up its 1-year range · Reverse Holofoil

The figure on the button is the cheapest TCGplayer listing read on August 14, 2026 (market price $3.79). We do not collect eBay or Cardmarket asking prices yet, so those buttons open a live search instead of showing a number.

Card details50 HPGrassBasicLightning weakness +10Retreat 1UnlimitedStats, weakness, attack costs and the evolution line

How the price moved

7-day price trend +11.5% · the same 7 values are in the table below.
7-day price trend +11.5%
DateMarket price7-day start
2026.08.08$3.40$3.40
2026.08.09$3.40$3.40
2026.08.10$3.40$3.40
2026.08.11$3.40$3.40
2026.08.12$3.40$3.40
2026.08.13$3.40$3.40
2026.08.14 · Today$3.79$3.40
30-day price trend +11.5% · the same 11 values are in the table below.
30-day price trend +11.5%
DateMarket price30-day start
2026.07.16$3.40$3.40
2026.07.19$3.40$3.40
2026.07.22$3.40$3.40
2026.07.25$3.40$3.40
2026.07.28$3.40$3.40
2026.07.31$3.40$3.40
2026.08.02$3.40$3.40
2026.08.05$3.40$3.40
2026.08.08$3.40$3.40
2026.08.11$3.40$3.40
2026.08.14 · Today$3.79$3.40
90-day price trend +117.8% · the same 11 values are in the table below.
90-day price trend +117.8%
DateMarket price90-day start
2026.05.17$1.74$1.74
2026.05.26$1.74$1.74
2026.06.04$1.81$1.74
2026.06.13$1.91$1.74
2026.06.22$3.06$1.74
2026.07.01$3.06$1.74
2026.07.09$3.06$1.74
2026.07.18$3.40$1.74
2026.07.27$3.40$1.74
2026.08.05$3.40$1.74
2026.08.14 · Today$3.79$1.74
1-year price trend +362.2% · the same 16 values are in the table below.
1-year price trend +362.2%
DateMarket price1-year start
2025.08.15 · 1-year low$0.82$0.82
2025.09.08$1.16$0.82
2025.10.03$1.16$0.82
2025.10.27$1.16$0.82
2025.11.20$1.43$0.82
2025.12.14$1.51$0.82
2026.01.08$1.51$0.82
2026.02.01$1.46$0.82
2026.02.25$1.53$0.82
2026.03.21$1.53$0.82
2026.04.15$1.60$0.82
2026.05.09$1.63$0.82
2026.06.02$1.81$0.82
2026.06.26$3.06$0.82
2026.07.21$3.40$0.82
2026.08.14 · Today$3.79$0.82

$3.40 7 days ago → $3.79 now +11.5%$3.40 30 days ago → $3.79 now +11.5%$1.74 90 days ago → $3.79 now +117.8%1-year low $0.82 · high $3.79 · now 100% of the way up +362.2%

Where to buy this card

Only the TCGplayer figure is a price we hold — the other two open a live search.

Marketplaces that list it 3

  • TCGplayerUngraded copies, United States$2.97cheapest listingLowestMarket price $3.79 on August 14, 2026See listings
  • eBayBuy It Now, lowest firstnot collected yetSee listings
  • CardmarketEuropenot collected yetSee listings

For reference · graded copies at auction not collected

  • Fanatics CollectGraded copies, auctionnot collected yetA graded copy is a different product from the raw card priced above.See auctions

Prices read on August 14, 2026. Shipping and import duty are not included because we do not collect them yet. The TCGplayer link is an affiliate link and the others are plain links; the price is the same whichever one you use.

  • NormalNormalMarket $0.34 · lowest $0.12 · highest $15.34$0market
  • Reverse HolofoilReverse HolofoilMarket $3.79 · lowest $2.97 · highest $38.10$4market

2 print types on recordWhat you could pick wrong →

What stands out on Lotad 81 today

  • Price It sits 100% of the way up its 1-year range, between $0.82 and $3.79, at $3.79 today.
  • Printings 2 printings exist, so the version decides part of the price.
  • Record 381 daily snapshots since July 30, 2025 stand behind every figure above.

6 of what decides the price of Lotad 81 — each card opens the section that answers it

Where does the price sit today?100%of its 1-year rangeLow $0.82 · high $3.79 · now $3.79 · 365 days measuredPrice historyHow much does the printing change it?2finishes on recordNormal$0.34Reverse Holofoil$3.792 finishes are on record, so the finish decides part of the pricePrint variantsWhere does it rank among its own?No. 9of 19No. 1Lotad$64.50No. 2Lotad$24.99No. 3Lotad$21.355 moreNo. 9Lotad 81$3.79Top of the list is Lotad at $64.50Pokemon rankingHow far apart are the prints?17×top vs this one
  • Platinum SH4$64.50
  • EX Crystal Guardians 55/100$24.99
  • EX Deoxys 35/107$21.35
  • EX Deoxys 63/107$18.21
  • +16
20 prints carry this name; the dearest is $64.50Same name, other prints
Who drew this artwork?Masakazu FukudaRead from the printed card face, because the public data leaves this field emptyIllustratorWhere can you buy it?$2.97cheapest listingCheapest listing$2.97Market price$3.79Dearest listing$38.10Sellers ask a wide range, so the listing you pick decides most of what you payWhere to buy

Lotad 81 at a glance

  • What it costs. The market price is $3.79 and the cheapest listing is $2.97. Graded copies are not included in either figure.
  • How it moved. +11.5% over 7 days, +11.5% over 30 days, +117.8% over 90 days and +362.2% over one year, on 381 days of daily snapshots.
  • What it is. A Common printed in Platinum, released February 11, 2009, with 50 HP and a Lightning weakness.
  • Where it can be played. Unlimited only — it is outside the Standard rotation, so demand comes from collectors rather than tournament players.
  • What this page does not claim. Graded prices, population counts and sealed product values are not published here, because no free commercial data source provides them.
  • When it was read. Every figure on this page comes from the snapshot taken on August 14, 2026.
Source: Read once a day from public marketplace listings into this site's own archive — 381 daily readings

Lotad 81 price history — where does it sit today?

The line below plots the last 90 daily closes against the 90-day average. The table underneath compares four windows against the same reading on August 14, 2026.

Lotad 81 market price, last 90 days
Daily market price in US dollars, May 17, 2026 to August 14, 2026. Drawn from 90 daily readings, sampled to 19 points; all 90 are listed as text below.
Lotad 81 market price over 90 days — low $1.74, high $3.79, now $3.79
Reading dateMarket price90-day average
May 17, 2026$1.74$1.57
May 22, 2026$1.74$1.59
May 27, 2026$1.74$1.60
June 1, 2026$1.81$1.61
June 6, 2026$1.91$1.63
June 11, 2026$1.91$1.65
June 16, 2026$3.06$1.71
June 21, 2026$3.06$1.79
June 26, 2026$3.06$1.88
July 1, 2026$3.06$1.96
July 6, 2026$3.06$2.05
July 11, 2026$3.40$2.14
July 16, 2026$3.40$2.24
July 21, 2026$3.40$2.34
July 26, 2026$3.40$2.44
July 31, 2026$3.40$2.54
August 5, 2026$3.40$2.64
August 10, 2026$3.40$2.73
August 14, 2026$3.79$2.81
Market price90-day averageToday $3.79381 days on file
Lotad 81 price change by window
WindowPrice thenPrice nowChangeRange in windowPosition in range
7 days$3.40$3.79+11.5%$3.40 – $3.79100%
30 days$3.40$3.79+11.5%$3.40 – $3.79100%
90 days$1.74$3.79+117.8%$1.74 – $3.79100%
1 year$0.82$3.79+362.2%$0.82 – $3.79100%

Position in range means how high the current price sits between the lowest and highest reading of that window. 0% is the floor of the window and 100% is its ceiling.

Over the last 90 days the price moved between $1.74 and $3.79, and it now sits 100% of the way up that range. Measured against the reading 90 days ago it is +117.8%.

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Which print variants of 81 exist, and what do they cost?

Lotad 81 is on record in 2 print finishes — Normal and Reverse Holofoil — and each one carries its own price, so which copy you are buying decides what it is worth.

  • PrintedNormalNo foil anywhere on the card.$0.34market
  • PrintedReverse HolofoilThe border around the artwork is foiled instead.$3.79market
The finishes on record for this card, side by side — the price follows the finish

Normal$0.34

Lotad 81 — Platinum 81, Normal finish

No foil anywhere on the card

No foil anywhere on the card.

Market price on record for this finish — lowest listing $0.12, highest $15.34 — 45× the market price, unusually wide.

Reverse Holofoil$3.79

Lotad 81 — Platinum 81, Reverse Holofoil finish

The area outside the picture catches the light

The border around the artwork is foiled instead.

Market price on record for this finish — lowest listing $2.97, highest $38.10 — 10× the market price, unusually wide.

Both panes are the same card, and the difference is simply where the light sits — that is how a finish is identified in the hand. The price beside each one follows that difference. If you have motion reduced on your device the tilt stops and only the light remains.

On cards that were given several finishes the gap is wide — an early 1st Edition print can run five to eight times the plain one. Same artwork, same number, and the price is decided by a single mark under the picture.

Lotad 81 is one of those cards: it is on record in 2 finishes — Normal and Reverse Holofoil, and those records run from $0.34 to $3.79. Which finish a listing is offering decides most of what the copy is worth, so it is the first thing to check before comparing prices.

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Where does Lotad 81 rank among Lotad cards?

The record for this Pokémon is $64.50, and this card is 5.9% of it

Bars are measured against the record, not against the whole archive
  • Lotad SH4the record among Lotad printsPlatinum · the highest price on record for this Pokémon$64.50
  • Lotad 81against that record, at number 9 of 195.9% of the record · the record is 17× this card$3.79

The record is the dearest print of this Pokémon that carries a price on the day of the snapshot. 19 prints are on record.

Bars are measured against the dearest print, Lotad at $64.50.

19 prints of this Pokémon are on record; 19 of them carry a price, and 19 are shown here

Among the priced prints of this Pokémon this card is number 9 of 19. The top of the list is held by early releases, which is the plainest sign that the year of printing moves the price more than the character does.

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How far apart are the Lotad prints in price?

This name was printed 20 times across different sets. Some share the very same artwork in a different edition; others carry different art or different attacks under the same name. Set, rarity and version, not the Pokémon, decide the gap between them.

Dearest printLotadLotadPlatinum SH4Rare$64.50
17×Same name · same 50 HP
$64.50 vs $3.79
This cardLotad 81Lotad 81Platinum 81Common$3.79

Bar height and the number above each bar = prints that year; the two digits below = the year.

Bars are measured against the dearest print, Lotad SH4 at $64.50.

20 prints carry this name, and every one of them that has a price is shown above

The cards themselves are identical. Same 50 HP, same attacks. What splits the price is not the card but which box it came out of — the rarity mark and the size of the set together decide how hard one was to pull.

Put the rarity marks and the set sizes side by side and the order explains itself: the smaller the set and the scarcer the mark, the dearer the print.

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Where does Lotad sit in the price of its evolution line?

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Who illustrated Lotad 81?

See all 472 cards by Masakazu Fukuda

This card is No. 214 of the 448 priced cards credited to Masakazu Fukuda

  • Dearest card by this artist$3,216.67
  • Cheapest card by this artist$0.12

The ranking counts only cards that carry a price on the day of the snapshot. Cards with no listing are left out rather than counted as zero.

These are the 12 dearest of the 472 cards credited to Masakazu Fukuda in this archive, not the whole set. Cards with no price on the snapshot day cannot be ranked and are left out of the ordering.

Masakazu Fukuda is credited on 472 cards in this archive. The prints above are the ones that currently carry the highest prices, which is the quickest way to see the kind of card this artist tends to be given.

An illustrator is a way of sorting cards, not a reason for their price. Buying another card by the same hand does not carry the price across — what makes the price is the Pokémon, the rarity and the year, and the numbers for that sit in the ranking section.

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Where is Lotad 81 cheapest to buy — the total across marketplaces

These are the cheapest copies on each marketplace, ordered by the total you pay once shipping is added. Read the asking price alone and the order flips.

Example figures, not collected prices. The measured price of this card is $3.79 (August 14, 2026).

Affiliate

eBay and TCGplayer are our affiliate partners below — the other marketplaces shown are plain links, not sponsored.

Cheapest Lotad 81 listing on each marketplace, lowest total first
MarketplaceAsking priceShippingTotalWhy it sits here
eBay$248.00Free$248.00Lowest total · affiliate link
TCGplayer$248.27$5.49$253.76+$5.76 · affiliate link
Cardmarket€211.50€8.90$258.40+$10.40 · Europe · standard link
Fanatics Collect$1,275.00AuctionPSA 10 · 2 days left · 14 bids · standard link

Example figures. Only the total column decides the order — an asking price on its own does not.

Asking prices differ by $0.27Add shipping and the gap is $10.40That is 38× wider

  • eBayFree shippingTotal $248.00 · +$0.00
  • TCGplayerShipping $5.49Total $253.76 · +$5.76
  • CardmarketShipping €8.90 + dutyTotal $258.40 · +$10.40

The cheapest total is $248.00 at eBay, and the dearest of the marketplaces that quote a total is $258.40 — a spread of $10.40 on a card whose asking prices sit within $0.27 of each other. Shipping, not the sticker price, is what decides it.

A price quoted in euros moves with the exchange rate, and an order that crosses a border can pick up import duty on arrival, so a European total can change place between one day and the next.

Lotad 81 asking prices on TCGplayer
FigureAmountWhat it means
Lowest listing$2.97The cheapest copy on sale right now.
Direct priceThe cheapest copy shipped by the marketplace itself.
Market price$3.79What recent sales actually settled at.
Median listing$8.00The middle of every asking price on the page.
Highest listing$38.10The most expensive copy on sale, usually a graded or signed one.

Read on August 14, 2026. A listing price is what a seller asks; the market price is what buyers paid.

Lotad 81 price spread on TCGplayer

The gap between the lowest and the highest asking price, in US dollars.
  • Lowest 3USD
  • Direct 0USD
  • Market 3.8USD
  • Median 8USD
  • Highest 38.1USD

The gap between the cheapest copy on sale and what buyers actually settled at is $0.82. That gap is the room you have to negotiate or to wait out — the market price is the honest middle, and the lowest listing is one seller, on one day, in one condition.

Prices here are for the card alone. Shipping, import duty and marketplace fees are added on top by the seller, and on cross-border orders they can move the order of the marketplaces around.

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Lotad 81 in depth — what the numbers mean

The figures from the sections above, tied together once more.

One card, three different places — the answer to "how highly does it rank" changes with the group you measure it against.

This is where Lotad 81 stands highest — number 9 of 19 prints of this Pokémon that carry a price. The rows beside it are the same card measured other ways, and they do not agree.

The same card, ranked three ways

Bars are how far up each list this card sits — longer is dearer
  • Among Lotad printsof 19 priced prints · top 42%You are hereNo. 9
  • Among cards by Masakazu Fukudaof 448 priced cards · top 48%No. 214

What makes the price of Lotad

  1. Lotad — the Pokémon this card is, and the group it is ranked inside
  2. Common — Platinum, so supply came from how many packs of that set were opened, at the rate this rarity is inserted
  3. Illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda — a sorting axis, not a price driver
  4. Basic — the class it was printed as, which is the group its price is measured against

Set against cards like it

Lotad$64.50
Lotad$24.99
Lotad$21.35
Lotad 81$3.79

What holds the price where it is

  • It sits at 100% of its own 1-year range, between $0.82 and $3.79 — priced where it has usually been
  • Legal in Unlimited only, so it is not bought to fill a tournament deck
  • A card that anything can remove in one turn is a card fewer decks carry, and demand is part of what a price is
  • 381 daily readings stand behind every figure above
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Lotad 81 card details

Lotad 81 — what a listing has to match
SetPlatinumCard number81 of 127
ReleasedFebruary 11, 2009SeriesPlatinum
RarityCommonIllustratorMasakazu Fukuda

Read from the set listing and the printed card face.

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Which Pokémon cards moved most since yesterday?

Measured across 30,444 priced cards between August 13, 2026 and August 14, 2026. Cards under $5 and moves under half a percent are left out, because rounding alone can produce them.

Both lists are recalculated once a day, after the source archive is refreshed — the readings compared here are August 13, 2026 against August 14, 2026. Cards under $5 are left out of the ranking, because a one-cent move on a card worth a few cents becomes a double-digit percentage and would bury everything else.

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There are 14 other priced prints of this Pokémon. They are listed highest price first, so you can see at once whether the card you are holding is the expensive one.

All 14 priced prints that carry Pokédex #270, highest price first. Card 81 of this page is the one you are reading about. Point at a card to see it full size.Press and hold a card to see it full size.

Turning the page does not change the address of this page — all 14 cards sit on this one page, 50 at a time. Cards with no published image still hold their place in the grid, showing name, set and number, so the count above stays true.

Grouping by the Pokémon answers "is mine the expensive one". Grouping by the exact name answers "am I looking at the print I think I am". The two questions land buyers in very different places, which is why they are kept apart here.

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Lotad 81 price — frequently asked questions

How much is Lotad 81 worth?

Lotad 81 has a market price of $3.79, and the cheapest copy on sale is $2.97, read on August 14, 2026. Both figures are for ungraded cards.

Is Lotad 81 rare?

Lotad 81 is a Common, which means it was pulled from Platinum packs at the rate that rarity is inserted into them. Its supply is set by how many packs were opened, and it carries the set number printed under the picture. Among 19 priced Lotad prints it sits at number 9, so it sits in the middle third of what this Pokémon costs — dearer than most prints, but not one of the chased ones.

Why is another Lotad selling for much more?

Lotad was printed in 20 different sets. The artwork looks alike, but the set name and the card number under the picture are different, and so is the price. Check the number before you buy.

Should I get Lotad graded?

No grading figure for Lotad 81 is published here. Graded prices and population counts come from paid grading services under commercial plans that are not in use on this site, so the question cannot be answered with data. What can be said is the ungraded price above, which is the floor any grading decision starts from.

Is the German or French Lotad cheaper?

No. The six European language printings of Lotad share one product record, so they trade at the same price. Only the Japanese release is a separate card, because Japan uses a different set and numbering system.

Does tournament play affect what Lotad 81 sells for?

Yes, and mostly by keeping it out. Lotad 81 is legal in Unlimited only, so it is not bought to fill a competitive deck — its price is set by collectors instead, which is why it moves with condition and print rather than with the season's results.

Do these Lotad prices include shipping or tax?

No. Every figure on this page is the listed price of Lotad 81 itself. Shipping, import duty and marketplace fees are added on top by the seller.

How often does the Lotad 81 price update?

Once a day. The Lotad 81 archive behind this page holds 381 daily readings, the oldest from July 30, 2025 and the newest from August 14, 2026.

Price today

$3.79

Past year $0.82$3.79


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How these figures are collected, and where you can check them

Prices on this page are read once a day from public marketplace listings and stored in this site's own archive — 381 daily readings for Lotad 81, the oldest from July 30, 2025 and the newest from August 14, 2026. Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings. The places below are where the same information can be checked.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

1
The Pokémon Company International — official tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

1
Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com
2
TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (printed names in German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) github.com
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