Ball Guy #65 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 27 Aug 2026Related Ball Guy & chase cards
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Ball Guy is one of those Shining Fates pulls that makes people smile before they even check what it's worth, that goofy, big-hearted illustration from Hitoshi Ariga has real personality. As an Ultra Rare from the 2021 Shining Fates set, it carries a bit more weight than your average trainer card, and if you're trying to figure out Ball Guy's value right now, the short answer is it sits at $5 raw and climbs from there depending on condition. It's not a card that will change your life financially, but it's a fun one to track, and understanding how the grading tiers stack up helps you decide what to do with yours.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $4.25, up 36% over the past year, with an all-time high of $20 in February 2021.
Recent pulls of Ball Guy
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Ball Guy price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,028 graded, only 945 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $65 | 945 | 553 / 392 |
| PSA 9 | $23 | 853 | 398 / 455 |
| PSA 8 | $14 | 202 | 133 / 69 |
| PSA 7 | $11 | 18 | 15 / 3 |
| PSA 6 | $9.00 | 6 | 4 / 2 |
| PSA 5 | $7.00 | 2 | 1 / 1 |
| PSA 4 | $6.00 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 3 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $5.00 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $4.25 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 65 of 73
- Rarity
- Ultra Rare
- Illustrator
- Hitoshi Ariga
- Released
- 2021
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The collector's take on Ball Guy
Is Ball Guy worth grading?
Here's the honest math on Ball Guy: a raw, ungraded copy runs about $5, a Grade 9 sits at $19, and a PSA 10 gem mint copy is worth $62, which works out to 13.3 times the raw price. That jump looks tempting, and it's real, but getting a 10 isn't guaranteed just because your card looks clean to the naked eye. Grading fees, shipping, and turnaround time all eat into your potential profit, and a card that comes back a 9 instead of a 10 suddenly isn't worth the trouble. If your copy has sharp corners, clean edges, and no surface wear under a light, it might be worth the gamble. If you're on the fence, it's often smarter to hold and enjoy the card raw until you're confident it's a true gem mint candidate.
How rare is Ball Guy?
Ball Guy carries the Ultra Rare tag within Shining Fates, a set that's already known for packing in chase cards alongside its Shiny Vault gimmick, so it was never going to be an easy pull to begin with. We don't have exact population figures to lean on here, but Ultra Rares from this era tend to be scarce in top grades simply because Shining Fates packs saw heavy opening in 2021 and a lot of those copies picked up whitening or edge wear along the way. That scarcity at the gem mint level is exactly why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw number, clean copies are just harder to find than the print run alone would suggest.
Where can you pull Ball Guy?
This is where PackSpy's own data earns its keep, since we track real pulls across live pack sites instead of just guessing at odds. Ball Guy has been recorded 157 times across tilt-rips and courtyard, with the biggest recorded pull value from this card sitting at $13. If you're chasing it yourself, it's shown up in the Pokemon Mini Pack and the Wildcard Basic Pack, so those are worth keeping an eye on if you like ripping packs online. Just remember that opening packs is fundamentally a gamble, most rips don't cover their cost, so treat any Ball Guy pull as a nice bonus rather than something to bank on.
Questions people ask
How much is Ball Guy worth?+
A raw, ungraded Ball Guy from Shining Fates is worth about $5. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 at $19 and a PSA 10 gem mint copy reaching $62.
Is Ball Guy worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 13.3 times the raw price, but that's only if your copy is truly gem mint. Factor in grading fees and the risk of a lower grade before sending it in.
What set is Ball Guy from?+
Ball Guy is card #65 from Shining Fates, released in 2021. It's an Ultra Rare illustrated by Hitoshi Ariga.
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