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Articuno GX

Celestial Storm · #171 · GXR

Articuno GX — Celestial Storm #171

Overview

Fair-value verdict

$71.71

DISCOUNT −9%

Modeled fair value $78.54

Priced about right, even a little cheap.

Below fairFairAbove fair

Demand Building Demand is rising, but the price hasn’t followed yet.

Sales +200% · Listings +6% · Price +15%

Pull rate1 in 742 packs
Cost to pull~$47,429
Released2018-08
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Investment Score

DWatch
30-Day Move
n/a
Grading Edge
+82%
Time Window
30d

Articuno GX earns a 44/100 investment score and a D grade (watch). It's trading 9% below our fair value. It's one of the pricier cards in Celestial Storm. Grading a raw copy to PSA-10 currently pencils about 82% ROI. It trades thinly.

Data snapshot — not a forecast
What drives the score· vs. modeled cards (ME · SV · SWSH · SM)
  • Demand
    3.6
  • Scarcity
    3.5
  • Stability
    9.1

This is a snapshot of demand fundamentals, not a forecast and not financial advice. "Gaining steam" just shows that the price has moved recently, not that it'll keep moving. The score measures durability, not how a card behaves in a crash. And keep an eye out for reprints, which can crash a chase card fast no matter how high the grade. Scores compare cards within the modern era (Mega Evolution, Scarlet & Violet, Sword & Shield) — not against vintage.

Price chart

Price history

Sep 14, 2026

Indicator

Overlays and indicators are Premium.See what's included

PSA 10 is a rolling median over the last 7 sale-days, drawn from 4 tracked eBay sales — a partial sample of eBay sold volume, not the full market.

Most recent PSA 10 sale · $350.00 · Aug 20, 2026

Grading

Grade ladder

Confidence (High / Med / Low) is how much recorded sale history backs the price — Low means only a few sales, so treat it as directional. Prices are eBay-sold medians; ×raw is the grading premium; sales count the last 30 days.
Raw$71.71
High0 sold · 30dlast $49 · Jul 7
PSA logo10$430.006.0×
Med1 sold · 30dlast $350 · Aug 20

Prices are eBay-sold medians; last sale is the most recent single sale; sales count the last 30 days. Confidence reflects the full sale history behind each price — low-confidence rows rest on few sales, treat as directional.

Grade distribution

Gem rate57%
Graded653
  • PSA 1037257%
  • PSA 919630%
  • PSA 8588.9%
  • PSA 7142.1%
  • 6 & below132%
Other graders
CGC9618.8% top · 2 Pristine
BGS140% top
SGC30% top
as of Aug 2026

PSA population from our own psacard.com read, Aug 25, 2026. Half grades count toward the grade below (a 9.5 is a 9).

Grading edge

Grading edge

Buy raw, grade with PSA, sell as a slab. The upside if it grades PSA 10, after fee and turnaround.

+182%if it gems
≈ $275.85 net / card
Raw cost
$71.71
Grading fee
$80.00
Gem rate
57%
Slab market
$430.00

Best case — the return if this card grades PSA 10, net of the $80.00 fee and a ~8-week turnaround haircut. PSA 10s happen about 57% of the time (the gem rate above); on a miss you roughly recover the raw cost.

Market

Supply & Demand

TCGplayer · last 30 days
TCGplayer listings
20
19 TCGplayer sellers · +27% vs 7d
Sold / wk
1.8
▲ 200.0% vs 30d
Demand pressure9% · soft
softhot
Supply trendsteady · +6%
clearingbuilding
TCGplayer sales · sold per day

Supply is the TCGplayer listing count; demand pressure = weekly TCGplayer sales ÷ listings (soft → hot), a single-venue sell-through read. The supply-trend gauge reads eBay where we have it, with the TCGplayer listings trend surfacing as its history matures. Descriptive market context, not a forecast.

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