Aquapolis Pop Report (2026): The WOTC Set So Rarely Graded That No Exact Census Exists
Zero of the 35 tracked Aquapolis cards have an exact PSA 10 population count — every number in this report is a modeled estimate, flagged with a †. Our pop reports are built on exact GemRate population chains, and Aquapolis is the only WOTC set in the series where not a single chain has resolved yet: the set is graded that rarely. We could hide that behind confident-looking tables. Instead, this page treats the thinness as the finding — because for Aquapolis, it is. This is one chapter of the full WOTC pop report, and the cost side of the same data lives in what a complete PSA 10 Aquapolis set costs.
How Many PSA 10 Aquapolis Cards Exist?
Our model can currently account for just 51 PSA 10s — and honesty requires the fine print in the same breath: that figure covers only the two cards with enough grading signal to model at all, Smeargle #109 (pop 35†) and Azumarill #H4 (pop 16†). The other 33 tracked constituents do not have even a modeled estimate yet. No other set we cover — not Skyridge, not Legendary Collection — is this dark. Here is the entire census, such as it honestly is:
| Card | PSA 10 pop | PSA 10 price | Gem market cap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2002 Aquapolis Azumarill #H4 | 16† | $1,380 | $22,080 |
 | 2002 Aquapolis Smeargle #109 | 35† | $162 | $5,670 |
With population counts this sparse, the best census signal Aquapolis offers is the sales tape itself: our archive holds 157 verified PSA 10 Aquapolis sales — total, ever, across 40 tracked cards. The most-traded card in the set, Zapdos #H32, has crossed the tape 9 times in gem mint. Four H-series holos — Electrode, Houndoom, Tyranitar, Umbreon — have neverrecorded a PSA 10 sale at any price. And the set's most expensive H-holo trades on seven lifetime comps:
Real sold comps from CardboardSniper's pricing engine · 7 sales(eBay & Fanatics).
View live data on CardboardSniper →That is what $11,100 of Eeveelution demand looks like when it meets an unmodelable supply. If you are weighing a raw Aquapolis submission against numbers this thin, the PSA 10 value calculator is how to turn a sparse tape into an expected value.
Why Doesn't Aquapolis Have Exact Population Data?
Because Aquapolis is graded so rarely that no card in the set has resolved an exact GemRate chain yet — 0 of 35. Our pop data comes from GemRate population chains: cert-level grading histories that, once resolved, pin a card's PSA 10 count exactly. Chains resolve on grading volume — Base Set, the most-graded set on earth, has 24 exact chains across 27 tracked printings. Aquapolis has none, because the submissions that would resolve them barely exist. Every count on this page is therefore a modeled estimate, flagged †, re-run monthly, and replaced with the exact chain the month one resolves.
Sit with what that means. This set holds one of the longest chase checklists WOTC ever printed — 40 tracked rows — plus three Crystal secret rares, and the grading market has processed so few of them that a census cannot be computed. The gem market cap we can even calculate is $27,120, across two cards, for a set our index prices at $185,629. That thinness is not a footnote to the Aquapolis scarcity story. It is the Aquapolis scarcity story — and it is also why every number here deserves the † we put on it.
Does Aquapolis Have 1st Edition Cards?
No. There is no 1st Edition Aquapolis — the set had a single print run. WOTC retired the 1st Edition stamp with Neo Destiny in early 2002; every WOTC set after it — Legendary Collection and the three e-Series sets (Expedition, Aquapolis, Skyridge) — was printed once, with no stamped first run. That is why this report has no 1st Edition versus Unlimited population split: there is only one column to count.
It also means any listing, auction title, or slab description claiming a "1st Edition Aquapolis" card is mislabeled at best and fraudulent at worst. There is nothing the stamp could legitimately refer to. If a seller cannot explain that away, walk. What Aquapolis has instead of a stamp chase is its e-reader dot-code borders and the Crystal rares — the scarcity is condition and print thinness, not printing tiers.
Is Aquapolis the Least-Graded WOTC Set?
Yes — Aquapolis is the least-graded WOTC set we track, and it is not close. Its e-Series neighbors put the 51† modeled gems in perspective: Expedition, the set printed immediately before it, counts 443 tracked PSA 10s with 6 exact chains resolved; Skyridge, printed immediately after and usually called the scarcest WOTC set, counts 1,812 with 11 exact chains. Even Legendary Collection — eighteen tracked cards of reverse-holo grails — has a census of 149. Aquapolis's tracked census: 51, none of it exact.
The market has started pricing the thinness without waiting for the census: the Crystal Lugia trades at $36,000on five lifetime gem comps, and Crystal Nidoking's most recent print — March 2026 — crossed at $17,400 against a $5,880 five-sale median:
Real sold comps from CardboardSniper's pricing engine · 5 sales(eBay & Fanatics).
View live data on CardboardSniper →Where the modeled counts eventually land — above or below the neighbors' — is the most interesting open question in the e-Series. The 50 rarest WOTC cards ranks what the exact chains show so far across all fifteen sets, and the Aquapolis investing guide ranks this set card by card on the sales data that does exist.
Aquapolis Pop Report FAQ
How many PSA 10 Aquapolis cards are there?
No exact count exists yet — Aquapolis is graded so rarely that none of its 35 tracked cards has a resolved GemRate chain. Our model currently accounts for 51 PSA 10s (flagged † as estimates), and the archive holds 157 verified PSA 10 sales, ever, across 40 tracked cards.
Why is Aquapolis population data modeled instead of exact?
Exact GemRate chains resolve on grading volume, and Aquapolis submissions are too rare to have resolved a single one. Modeled estimates are flagged †, refreshed monthly, and replaced with exact counts as chains resolve — the same pipeline that already resolved 24 of Base Set's 27 printings.
Does Aquapolis have 1st Edition cards?
No. Aquapolis had a single print run, like every e-Series set — WOTC stopped printing 1st Edition stamps after Neo Destiny. Anything sold as "1st Edition Aquapolis" is mislabeled or fake.
What is the most valuable Aquapolis card?
Crystal Lugia #149, at a $36,000 PSA 10 fair market value with April 2026 sales at $78,000 and $72,000 — on five lifetime gem comps. The full bill for the set is in the Aquapolis set-cost guide.
Trade the thinness: the Aquapolis index prices the set live, the live deal feed surfaces what little underpriced graded Aquapolis supply surfaces across Collector Crypt, Courtyard, and Phygitals, and this page re-runs monthly — the month the first exact chain resolves, the † comes off.
