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Salamence VMAX — Darkness Ablaze #194
Pull rate1 in 588 packs
Cost to pull~$5,939
Released2020-08

Salamence VMAX

Darkness Ablaze · #194 · RBW
$14.52fair value $11.94
▲ 22% overPriced above fair value.
Demand BuildingDemand is rising, but the price hasn’t followed yet. A description of the data today, not a forecast.
30 daysPrice−1%Sales+25%Listings−5%
Repriced 2026-10-28 · Fair value is descriptive, not a forecast
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Price history

Raw price
Raw
$14.52▼ −$0.41 (−2.7%)past 90 days
$15.05$15.49$15.92$14.52
Aug 1Aug 23Sep 14Oct 6Oct 28
Market price
Latest raw market price · $14.52 · Oct 28, 2026
Raw is the daily TCGplayer market price. Fair value is the model's own daily reading, archived since June 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.
What this card sells for at each grade, and how many sales back each price.
SkipGrading a raw copy to PSA 10 pencils about −42% expected return.Raw $14.52 → PSA 10 $61.55 · 4.2×
GradePrice× RawLast saleSales 30dConfidence
—Raw$14.52———High
PSA10$61.554.2×$61.55 · Oct 214High
CGCPristine 10CGC 10 sales whose eBay listing says Pristine. The top CGC grade, so it can sell above a PSA 10. 8.7% 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.$58.804.0×$54.00 · Sep 282Med
CGC10Pristine 10 sales are left out and shown on their own line.$34.302.4×$30.00 · Oct 51High
SGC10$28.201.9×$30.00 · Apr 200Low
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, so treat them as directional.

Grade distribution

How copies sent to PSA have come back.
Gem rate83%
PSA graded2,815
PSA 10
2,33783%
PSA 9
36312.9%
PSA 8
702.5%
PSA 7
180.6%
6 & below
271%
Other graders · as of Oct 2026
CGC720 graded · 51.9% top · 69 Pristine
BGS122 graded · 0% top
SGC52 graded · 55.8% top
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.

Market

Supply & demand

How many copies are for sale, and how fast they're selling.
Raw
TCGplayer listings110106 sellers · +16% vs 7d
Sold / week8.3▲ 25.0% vs 30d
Demand pressure8% · soft
softhot
Supply trendsteady · -5%
ClearingBuilding
TCGplayer sales · sold per day
Aug 3Oct 27
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.

Investment Score

One grade for how durable this card's demand looks today.
Data snapshot, not a forecast
F
32/100Avoid

Salamence VMAX earns a 32/100 investment score and an F grade (avoid). It's trading 22% above our fair value. That puts it among the most valuable cards in Darkness Ablaze. Grading it to PSA-10 doesn't pencil at today's prices. It trades thinly.

30-day move▼ 8%
Grading edge-43%
Time window30d
What drives the scoreout of 10, vs. modeled cards
Demand
2.8
Scarcity
0.2
Stability
9.0
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