Cyndaquil
Expedition Base Set · #105 · Common · Vintage · 2002
Pulling Cyndaquil in an Expedition Base Set pack is about 100% (Common slot). Published, provably-fair odds you can verify.
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Cyndaquil market value
Cyndaquil (Expedition Base Set #105) has a live market value of 1,136 Sparks, about $11.36 at the latest market price. That market price for Cyndaquil was last updated on July 10, 2026. On PackLab one Spark equals one cent of card value, so 1,136 Sparks is the figure shown for Cyndaquil in the set browser, on this page and in your vault after you pull it. If you pull Cyndaquil, you can sell it back instantly at 85% of market value, which comes to 965 Sparks at the current price. Sparks have no cash value and are only used on PackLab. An Expedition Base Set pack is 23,150 Sparks; this card's market value is 1,136 Sparks. Among the 165 priced cards in Expedition Base Set, Cyndaquil is the 83rd most valuable. The median priced card in the set is 1,136 Sparks, and the most valuable card is Dragonite at 79,969 Sparks.
How to pull Cyndaquil
In an Expedition Base Set pack, the Common slot shows a Common card about 100% of the time. Cyndaquil is one of 49 priced Common cards in Expedition Base Set that can fill that result, so landing this exact card is less likely than the rarity figure. These are the published odds for Expedition Base Set: the full slot-by-slot table is on the Expedition Base Set page, and the odds page explains how each set's rates are built. Every Expedition Base Set box commits its card order before the first pack is sold, so each rip can be checked once the box sells out.
Rarity and era
Cyndaquil is a Common card, number 105 in Expedition Base Set. Expedition Base Set lists 49 Common cards out of 165 cards in total, about 30% of the set list. Among the 49 priced Common cards, market values run from 48 Sparks to 6,088 Sparks, and Cyndaquil ranks 15th of them. Expedition Base Set is part of the E-Card series and sits in the Vintage era of the PackLab catalog. Vintage sets come from the early years of the hobby, when holographic rares were the main chase and sealed packs were far fewer.
About Expedition Base Set
Expedition Base Set was released on September 15, 2002 and lists 165 cards on PackLab, 165 of them with a live market price. Together, the priced cards in Expedition Base Set carry a combined market value of 924,607 Sparks. By market value, Cyndaquil sits just below Pokémon Nurse (1,140 Sparks) and just above Skarmory (1,134 Sparks).
