Bagon Reverse Holo #43 value & price
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Bagon is one of those small, easy to overlook commons that ends up meaning a lot to Dragon Frontiers collectors, mostly because it's the starting point of a dragon line everyone loves chasing. This Reverse Holo #43, illustrated by Hajime Kusajima and released back in 2006, currently sits around $17 raw, which makes it a nice, low pressure way to own a piece of that set. If you're searching Bagon value, you're in the right place, and the numbers here are refreshingly simple.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $17, up 82% over the past year, with an all-time high of $19 in June 2026.
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Bagon price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 258 graded, only 34 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $1.5k | 34 | 17 / 17 |
| PSA 9 | $128 | 62 | 47 / 15 |
| PSA 8 | $38 | 96 | 50 / 46 |
| PSA 7 | $30 | 34 | 12 / 22 |
| PSA 6 | $21 | 23 | 12 / 11 |
| PSA 5 | $3.00 | 4 | 3 / 1 |
| PSA 4 | $3.00 | 4 | 2 / 2 |
| PSA 3 | $3.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $3.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $17 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 43 of 101
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 40
- Stage
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Hajime Kusajima
- Released
- 2006
Attacks
- Granite Head10Water
During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Bagon by attacks is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
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The collector's take on Bagon
Is Bagon worth grading?
Here's the honest answer on grading Bagon: a PSA 10 is worth about 1.0x the raw card, meaning a gem mint copy trades for roughly the same $17 you'd pay for it ungraded. Interestingly, a Grade 9 actually sits higher at $47, which is a reminder that grading markets don't always move the way you'd expect. Given that grading fees, shipping and the wait time all add up, and a perfect 10 won't get you above what you started with, this isn't a card where grading makes financial sense unless you just want the slab for your own collection or you're confident in a Grade 9 result. Worth grading? Only if you're doing it for love of the card, not the flip.
How rare is Bagon?
Across all grading services, only 258 copies of this Bagon have been graded, and of those, just 34 have earned a PSA 10. That's a fairly tight population for a common card, and it tells you gem mint copies aren't easy to pull off even when the print run itself was common. Scarcity like this keeps the PSA 10 population meaningful, but since the raw and top grade values land at the same $17, rarity here is more about bragging rights than a bigger payday.
Where can you pull Bagon?
PackSpy has tracked this exact card being pulled once, from a pack at courtyard, with that pull valued at $17, and it turned up in a Wildcard Basic Pack. That's not a lot of data, and it lines up with what you'd expect from a Dragon Frontiers common all these years later: it's not the kind of card showing up regularly in modern packs. Realistically, if you want a Bagon, your best bet is the secondary market rather than hoping for a fresh pull, and that's exactly the kind of real world pull tracking price guides don't show you.
Questions people ask
How much is Bagon worth?+
The raw, ungraded Bagon Reverse Holo #43 is valued at $17. A PSA 10 comes in at the same $17, while a Grade 9 currently sits higher at $47, so grade for grade the value doesn't move the way you might expect.
Is Bagon worth grading?+
Not really, from a pure value standpoint. A PSA 10 sells for about 1.0x the raw price, meaning you'd spend on grading fees just to land back where you started, and with only 34 PSA 10s out of 258 graded copies, gem mint isn't a guarantee either.
Why is the Bagon Reverse Holo #43 print worth more than the standard one?+
Reverse holos carry that shimmering foil pattern across the card frame instead of just the artwork, which tends to appeal to collectors who like a bit more shine for the same character. It's less about hard numbers and more about the visual appeal making the reverse holo the more sought after version to own.
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