Bagon Reverse Holo #52 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Bagon & chase cards
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Bagon is that small, scrappy dragon-in-training that a lot of collectors have a soft spot for, and this Reverse Holo #52 from the 2009 Arceus set is a nice little piece of that era. It's a common card illustrated by Naoyo Kimura, so it was never meant to be flashy, but the reverse holo shine gives it a bit of extra shelf appeal. If you're checking Bagon value right now, the raw card sits at $4, which tells you this is very much an affordable, fun-to-own piece of Pokemon history rather than a big investment play.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $4.37, up 119% over the past year, with an all-time high of $4.80 in August 2023.
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Bagon price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 10 graded, only 2 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $98 | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 9 | $74 | 5 | 2 / 3 |
| PSA 8 | $68 | 3 | 3 / - |
| PSA 7 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 6 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 5 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $4.37 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Arceus
- Card number
- 52 of 111
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Colorless
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Colorless +10
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Naoyo Kimura
- Released
- 2009
Attacks
- Smash Kick10Colorless
- Super Singe20Fire · Colorless
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The collector's take on Bagon
Is Bagon worth grading?
So is Bagon worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw copy is $4, a Grade 9 comes in lower at $2, and a PSA 10 jumps all the way up to $100, which works out to about 27.4 times the raw price. That's a real gap, but gem mint is genuinely hard to land, especially on a common card from an older set where print quality and handling weren't always kind to the corners and surface. Grading fees add up fast, and if your card comes back a 9 instead of a 10 you can actually end up worse off than just selling it raw, so only send this one in if you've looked at it closely under good light and you're confident it's close to flawless.
How rare is Bagon?
Right now there are only 10 graded copies of this card on record, and just 2 of those have earned the PSA 10 label. That's a tiny population for a card this old, which usually means most copies were played with, traded, or tossed in a binder rather than carefully preserved. It's exactly why that PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and Grade 9 numbers: when almost nothing has survived in gem mint condition, the few that have become genuinely special to condition-focused collectors.
Where can you pull Bagon?
This is where PackSpy's live tracking actually tells you something a price guide can't: we haven't recorded Bagon being pulled on any of the online pack sites we track. That doesn't mean it's impossible to open, but it does mean this is a card people are mostly finding through the secondary market rather than ripping fresh from packs. Worth remembering too that opening packs is always a bit of a gamble, most rips don't cover their cost, so if you're specifically hunting this Bagon, buying a known raw or graded copy is the more reliable route than chasing it through pack odds.
Questions people ask
How much is Bagon worth?+
A raw, ungraded copy of the Bagon Reverse Holo #52 from Arceus is valued at $4. If it's graded, a Grade 9 sits at $2, while a PSA 10 is worth $100, so condition makes a huge difference here.
Is Bagon worth grading?+
Only if you're confident the card is close to perfect. A PSA 10 is worth 27.4 times the raw price, but with just 2 PSA 10s recorded out of 10 total graded copies, gem mint is rare and grading fees are a real risk if it comes back lower.
Why is the Bagon Reverse Holo #52 print worth more than the standard one?+
Reverse holos carry that shiny foil background instead of a plain one, which collectors tend to like and chase more than the standard printing. That extra visual appeal, combined with how few high grade copies exist, is part of why this version holds its own value even as a common card.
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