GrubbinMcDonald's Collection 2017 · #2/12 · 2017
“They often gather near places frequented by electric Pokémon in order to avoid being attacked by bird Pokémon.”— art by Akira Komayama
The Hoshino Verdict
Drawn from the catalog, population reports and recorded sales — no filler.
Grubbin is card 2 of 12 in McDonald's Collection 2017, released in 2017 as part of the Other series. It is illustrated by Akira Komayama.
Descriptive market data, not investment advice. The Hoshino Score measures how deep, liquid, widely-traded, dear and scarce this card’s market is from sales and population records we hold. It is not a forecast, not a recommendation, and not a rating of this card as an investment.
Price by grade
What the card is worth at each tier — like against like.
Only the raw/ungraded tier is sourced today. Graded tiers are listed so you can see exactly what is and is not covered — an empty row means we hold no sales for that grade, never that the card is worthless there.
| Tier | Price | Basis | Obs. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw (ungraded) | — | no data yet | |
| PSA 10 | — | no data yet | |
| PSA 9 | — | no data yet | |
| PSA 8 | — | no data yet | |
| BGS 9.5 | — | no data yet | |
| CGC 10 | — | no data yet | |
| CGC 9.5 | — | no data yet |
Cross-market comparisons and arbitrage routes elsewhere on this page are computed within one tier — PSA 10 against PSA 10, raw against raw. A route is never built from two different grades.
Price trend
Median market price over time.
Buy from around the world
The lowest live ask on every platform we track — cheapest first.
The cheapest live ask in every region we track — real global pricing, not just the US.
See every listing we track and the net spread — cheapest ask first, the difference after ~13% marketplace + payment fees.
Asks are what sellers want; the price above is what the market actually clears at. Pro shows both sides plus the spread net of fees.
Population reports
How many graded copies exist, and how fast that number is moving — scarcity in plain numbers.
CGC 5 graded copies
| Grade | Population |
|---|---|
| CGC 9 | 1 |
| CGC 8 | 1 |
| CGC 7 | 1 |
| CGC 6 | 1 |
| CGC 5 | 1 |
Population over time — No new copies were slabbed in any tier we can read cleanly in this window
| Tier | Trend | 2026-09-02 | 2026-09-11 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGC 5 | 1 | 1 | no change | |
| CGC 6 | 1 | 1 | no change | |
| CGC 7 | 1 | 1 | no change | |
| CGC 8 | 1 | 1 | no change | |
| CGC 9 | 1 | 1 | no change |
Every point is a real population reading taken on the date shown — first reading 2026-09-02, latest 2026-09-11 (9 days). That is the whole window we hold for this card; it is not a one-year trend and we will not present it as one. A population can only grow — a card cannot be un-graded — so where a reading came back lower than the one before it, that is a partial crawl and the series carries the higher figure forward rather than drawing a fall that never happened.
Why this matters: scarcity is a flow, not a constant. A tier whose count is climbing is getting less scarce while its price chart says nothing at all — and a tier that has not moved in weeks is holding its scarcity. Nobody else publishes this per grade.
Should you grade it?
Grading EV in dollars, not vibes.
Should you grade it? Every grader route, your cost basis, and Japan vs the West → · or scan a photo of your copy
Long-term outlook
Scenario projection, not a promise.
Scenario projection based on demand/supply trends and known catalysts. Not investment advice and not a guarantee of future prices.
More from McDonald's Collection 2017
Same set, same shelf.
Frequently asked questions
Answered from the data on this page — nothing here is written by hand.
Where can I buy or sell Grubbin (McDonald's Collection 2017 #2)?
You can find Grubbin (McDonald's Collection 2017 #2) on Hoshino, with live listings on eBay (US), eBay UK, eBay CA, eBay AU. Each listing links directly to the seller’s page.
How many Grubbin (McDonald's Collection 2017 #2) have been graded?
Across CGC, 5 copies of Grubbin (McDonald's Collection 2017 #2) have been professionally graded, based on population reports tracked on Hoshino.
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