Brock's Primeape

Brock's Primeape is card 35 of 132 in Gym Challenge, released in October 2000, an Uncommon. It is a Stage 1 Fighting-type with 70 HP.

As a Stage 1, it evolves from Brock's Mankey, which places Brock's Primeape deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.

Brock is the Rock-type Gym Leader of Pewter City and Ash's longtime traveling companion. Brock's Primeape 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.

The fully evolved Mankey. Larger, more violent. Jungle Rare Primeape has thin standalone demand.

Brock's Primeape is an Uncommon, so raw copies are inexpensive and easy to find. The value is in condition: a genuine PSA 10, especially 1st Edition, can still reach a surprising figure for an otherwise common card. The live price above breaks it down by grade.

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

Brock's Primeape grades forgivingly, but the same centering and edge standards apply. Pack-fresh raw copies are easy to find, which makes a clean PSA 10 submission a low-cost way to learn how the cardstock behaves under grading.

Raw copies of Brock's Primeape are inexpensive enough that grading rarely pays unless you have a clearly pack-fresh example. For set completion, a clean sleeved Brock's Primeape is the practical move.