Absol #48 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Absol & chase cards
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Absol #48 comes out of the Japanese Rulers of the Heavens set, and it's the kind of card that quietly draws collectors in with that moody, dark-type artwork rather than any big flashy gimmick. If you're trying to pin down Absol value right now, the short answer is that it sits at $28 raw and climbs to $42 once it's graded a PSA 10, which tells you there's real demand for clean copies even from a set that doesn't always headline the conversation.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $23, up 44% over the past year, with an all-time high of $30 in July 2026.
Recent pulls of Absol
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Absol price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 153 graded, only 46 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $913 | 46 | 42 / 4 |
| PSA 9 | $135 | 51 | 42 / 9 |
| PSA 8 | $29 | 30 | 22 / 8 |
| PSA 7 | $23 | 7 | 3 / 4 |
| PSA 6 | $18 | 10 | 4 / 6 |
| PSA 5 | $16 | 5 | 2 / 3 |
| PSA 4 | $13 | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 3 | $11 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $10 | 2 | 2 / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $23 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
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The collector's take on Absol
Is Absol worth grading?
So is Absol worth grading? A PSA 10 runs about 1.5x the raw price, moving from $28 up to $42, and interestingly a Grade 9 lands at that same $42 mark, so the jump from a near mint raw copy to a graded one is real but not enormous. That's the honest math you need before mailing anything off: grading fees, shipping, and the wait can eat into a gap that size pretty fast, and gem mint isn't a guarantee just because a card looks sharp in hand. If you already love the card and want it protected long term, grading still makes sense, just go in knowing the return isn't dramatic on this one.
How rare is Absol?
Across every copy that's been sent in, only 152 have come back graded at all, and of those just 46 made it to PSA 10. That's a fairly tight population for a card that isn't ancient, and it tells you that hitting gem mint on Absol is genuinely a bit of a challenge, whether that's the card stock, the print run, or just how many people bothered to grade it in the first place. Scarcity like this is part of why the PSA 10 price holds a real premium over raw, even if the dollar gap looks modest on paper.
Where can you pull Absol?
This is where PackSpy's own data earns its keep, since we've tracked Absol getting pulled 72 times across tilt-rips, courtyard, collector-crypt, lastpack, and mnstr, so it's not some ghost card that only shows up on the secondary market. It's turned up in the Pokemon Dime Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, and Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, and one lucky rip on record was valued at $474. That said, remember opening packs is still a gamble and most rips don't come close to covering what you spent, so treat the chase as fun first and profit second.
Questions people ask
How much is Absol worth?+
A raw, ungraded Absol #48 from Rulers of the Heavens is valued at $28. That number climbs once you get into graded copies, so where you land really depends on the condition and whether it's been through PSA.
Is Absol worth grading?+
It can be, but go in with clear eyes. A PSA 10 sits at $42, about 1.5x the raw price of $28, and with only 46 PSA 10s out of 152 total graded copies, gem mint isn't easy to land, so weigh the grading cost against that gap before you commit.
How much is a PSA 10 Absol worth?+
A PSA 10 Absol is valued at $42, which is also where Grade 9 copies currently sit. With only 46 PSA 10s recorded out of 152 graded copies total, it's a genuinely scarce top grade even if the price premium over raw isn't massive.
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