Salamence VMAX
Darkness Ablaze · #144 · HVM$3.45fair value $2.18
▲ 59% overPriced above fair value.
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StableNo material movement in price, demand, or supply. A description of the data today, not a forecast.
30 daysPrice−4%Sales+5%Listings−1%
Repriced 2026-10-28 · Fair value is descriptive, not a forecast
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Raw priceRaw
$3.58▲ +$0.56 (+18.5%)past 90 days
$3.08$3.35$3.89$3.58
Aug 1Aug 23Sep 14Oct 5Oct 27
Market price
Latest raw market price · $3.58 · Oct 27, 2026Grading
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.What this card sells for at each grade, and how many sales back each price.SkipGrading a raw copy to PSA 10 pencils about −45% expected return.Raw $3.45 → PSA 10 $53.50 · 15.5×
GradePrice× RawLast saleSales 30dConfidence
—Raw$3.45———High
PSA10$53.5015.5×$59.99 · Oct 194High
CGCPristine 10CGC 10 sales whose eBay listing says Pristine. The top CGC grade, so it can sell above a PSA 10. 7.3% of this card's graded CGC slabs are Pristine (population as of Oct 3), across everything CGC has graded, so it isn't the odds for your slab.$32.209.3×$32.00 · Aug 80Low
CGC10Pristine 10 sales are left out and shown on their own line.$29.998.7×$15.60 · Oct 122Med
SGC10$18.005.2×$24.00 · Apr 100Low
Grade distribution
How copies sent to PSA have come back.Gem rate80.4%
PSA graded1,772
PSA 10
1,42580.4%
PSA 9
29516.6%
PSA 8
251.4%
PSA 7
90.5%
6 & below
181%
Other graders · as of Oct 2026
PSA population from our own psacard.com read, Oct 4, 2026. Half grades count toward the grade below (a 9.5 is a 9). Other graders as of Oct 2026.CGC702 graded · 42.2% top · 55 Pristine
BGS59 graded · 0% top
SGC28 graded · 71.4% top
Market
Supply & demand
How many copies are for sale, and how fast they're selling.Raw
TCGplayer listings289273 sellers · +2% vs 7d
Sold / week12▲ 5.0% vs 30d
Demand pressure4% · soft
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Supply trendsteady · -1%
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.Aug 22Oct 26
Investment Score
One grade for how durable this card's demand looks today.Data snapshot, not a forecast
F
30/100Avoid
S+SABCDF
Salamence VMAX earns a 30/100 investment score and an F grade (avoid). It's trading 59% above our fair value. It sits mid-pack in Darkness Ablaze by price. Grading it to PSA-10 doesn't pencil at today's prices. It trades thinly.
30-day moven/a
Grading edge-48%
Time window30d
What drives the scoreout of 10, vs. modeled cards
Demand
2.5
Scarcity
0.5
Stability
8.8
