Cynthia's Garchomp ex #232 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 1 Sept 2026Related Cynthia's Garchomp ex & chase cards
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Cynthia's Garchomp ex #232 is one of those cards that makes you stop scrolling, a special illustration rare from the 2025 Destined Rivals set with artwork from HICO KIM that actually captures Cynthia's presence as a Champion, not just her Pokemon. If you are trying to pin down Cynthia's Garchomp ex value, the short answer is that raw copies are sitting around $253, which tells you collectors already recognize this as a set standout rather than a filler pull. Between the illustration work and the character tie-in, it is easy to see why this one gets people asking what it is worth before they even finish opening their box.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $218, up 13% over the past year, with an all-time high of $277 in October 2025.
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Cynthia's Garchomp ex price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 13,144 graded, only 7,906 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $480 | 7,906 | 7,492 / 414 |
| PSA 9 | $212 | 3,400 | 3,264 / 136 |
| PSA 8 | $211 | 1,359 | 1,291 / 68 |
| PSA 7 | $194 | 363 | 357 / 6 |
| PSA 6 | $155 | 92 | 90 / 2 |
| PSA 5 | $124 | 18 | 18 / - |
| PSA 4 | $105 | 4 | 4 / - |
| PSA 3 | $89 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 2 | $80 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $201 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 232 of 244
- Rarity
- Special illustration rare
- Type
- Fighting
- HP
- 330
- Stage
- Stage2
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Retreat cost
- 0
- Illustrator
- HICO KIM
- Released
- 2025
Attacks
- Corkscrew Dive100Fighting
You may draw cards until you have 6 cards in your hand.
- Draconic Buster260Fighting · Fighting
Discard all Energy from this Pokémon.
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The collector's take on Cynthia's Garchomp ex
Is Cynthia's Garchomp ex worth grading?
So is Cynthia's Garchomp ex worth grading? Here is the honest math: raw copies run $253, a Grade 9 comes in at $250, and a PSA 10 sits at $517, which works out to almost exactly 2.0x the raw price. That gap is real money, but gem mint is called gem mint for a reason. Special illustration rares like this one are big, detail heavy cards with a lot of surface and edge to keep clean, and it does not take much, a soft corner, a hint of print line, to knock you down to that Grade 9 tier where the return barely covers what you paid raw. Add in grading fees and turnaround time, and grading only really makes sense if you have looked at the card in hand under good light and genuinely believe it has a shot at that top grade. If you are unsure, it is perfectly fine to enjoy it raw and let someone else take that risk.
How rare is Cynthia's Garchomp ex?
We do not have official population figures to lean on here, but special illustration rares as a category are built to be scarce by design, sitting above your standard pulls in Destined Rivals and requiring a specific art treatment that is not in every pack. What we can point to is the value spread itself: a raw copy at $253 against a PSA 10 at $517 tells you clean, high grade copies are genuinely harder to come by than the raw population suggests. That gap between raw and gem mint pricing is usually the clearest signal of real world scarcity you are going to get, and here it is a wide one.
Where can you pull Cynthia's Garchomp ex?
This is where PackSpy actually has something no price guide can give you: real, recorded pulls. We have tracked Cynthia's Garchomp ex being pulled 140 times across tilt-rips, collector-crypt, and courtyard, with the biggest recorded pull value hitting $250. It has shown up in Pokemon Premium Pack, Pokemon Starter Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, and Pokémon Basic Pack, so if you are chasing this one specifically, those are the products where it has actually surfaced in the wild rather than just in theory. Worth saying plainly: opening packs is gambling, and most rips do not come close to what you paid for them. The pull data helps you see where this card really lives, but it should inform your odds, not convince you they are in your favor.
Questions people ask
How much is Cynthia's Garchomp ex worth?+
A raw or ungraded copy is valued at $253 right now. Graded copies split depending on the grade you land: a Grade 9 comes in at $250, actually just under raw, while a PSA 10 jumps to $517. So the real value swing here happens at the very top grade.
Is Cynthia's Garchomp ex worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sits at roughly 2.0x the raw price at $517 versus $253. But a Grade 9 only comes in at $250, essentially flat with raw, so grading only pays off if the copy in your hand is genuinely gem mint quality before you send it in.
What set is Cynthia's Garchomp ex from?+
Cynthia's Garchomp ex #232 comes from the Destined Rivals set, released in 2025. It is a special illustration rare featuring artwork from HICO KIM, which is part of why it stands out even in a set full of chase cards.
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