Question 1

Is Gouging Fire ex worth grading?

Accepted Answer

So is Gouging Fire ex worth grading? It depends on what you pull out of the slab, honestly. A PSA 10 sits at $167, which works out to about 3.0x what the raw card fetches at $56, and that's a real jump worth chasing if your copy is sharp. But a Grade 9 comes back at $50, which is actually less than just holding the card raw and ungraded. That's the risk nobody likes to talk about: grading costs money and time, centering and edges have to be near perfect to hit that gem mint 10, and a 9 doesn't cover the gap. If your copy looks clean under a loupe, corners tight, centering even, it can be worth the gamble. If it's a little soft anywhere, you may be better off keeping it raw or selling as is.

Question 2

How rare is Gouging Fire ex?

Accepted Answer

Across all grading submissions, 5,603 copies of Gouging Fire ex have been graded so far, and of those, 2,608 came back as PSA 10. That's a pretty large share landing at gem mint, which tells you this print run behaved well overall and PSA 10s aren't the needle in a haystack some special illustration rares are. That said, population numbers like this still matter for value. It means the $167 PSA 10 price reflects a genuine, fairly liquid market rather than a handful of ultra rare copies, so pricing tends to stay steady rather than spiking on scarcity alone.

Question 3

Where can you pull Gouging Fire ex?

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This is where our data actually helps rather than just repeats a price guide. PackSpy has tracked 44 recorded pulls of Gouging Fire ex across live pack sites, all through mnstr, with the biggest single pull landing at $170. We've seen it come out of Pack 5, Pack 2, and Pack 1 specifically. That's useful to know if you're deciding whether to chase this card through packs versus just buying it outright on the secondary market: it does show up, but pulling one is still very much a game of chance, and the honest truth is most pack openings don't pay for themselves. Buying the card directly is the safer route if you just want it in your collection.

Question 4

How much is Gouging Fire ex worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Gouging Fire ex is worth around $56 right now. Graded copies vary quite a bit: a Grade 9 sits at $50, while a PSA 10 gem mint copy is worth $167. So condition and grading status make a real difference to what you'll get for it.

Question 5

Is Gouging Fire ex worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, if your copy is in strong shape. A PSA 10 is worth about 3.0x the raw price at $167, but a Grade 9 actually comes in lower than the raw card at $50, so grading only pays off if you're confident it'll hit that top grade. With 2,608 out of 5,603 graded copies already landing at PSA 10, gem mint isn't rare for this card, but it's still not guaranteed.

Question 6

What set is Gouging Fire ex from?

Accepted Answer

Gouging Fire ex is from Temporal Forces, released in 2024. It's the special illustration rare version, #204 in the set, illustrated by Teeziro, and it's one of the more popular pulls from that release among collectors.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$160	2,616	2,393 / 223
PSA 9	$47	2,575	2,470 / 105
PSA 8	$37	353	326 / 27
PSA 7	-	31	25 / 6
PSA 6	-	24	23 / 1
PSA 5	-	5	5 / -
PSA 4	-	9	8 / 1
PSA 3	-	2	2 / -
PSA 2	-	-	- / -
PSA 1	-	-	- / -
Raw / Ungraded	$52	-	-

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