Ho-oh #1 value & price
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Ho-oh #1 is one of those cards that makes the Celebrations set feel special, a rainbow phoenix rendered beautifully by Kouki Saitou, released back in 2021 as part of Pokemon's 25th anniversary tribute. It's classed as a Rare, which keeps it accessible, and if you're trying to pin down Ho-oh value right now, the honest answer is that it sits at $1 raw, with real jumps once grading enters the picture. It's not a chase card that breaks the bank, but it's the kind of pull that still makes you smile when it shows up in a pack.
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Card details
- Set
- Celebrations
- Card number
- 1 of 25
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Fire
- HP
- 130
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Released
- 2021
Attacks
- Sacred FireFire · Colorless
This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
- Fire Blast120Fire · Fire · Colorless
Discard an Energy from this Pokémon.
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The collector's take on Ho-oh
Is Ho-oh worth grading?
So is Ho-oh worth grading? Here's the straight talk: a raw copy sits around $1, a Grade 9 climbs to $16, and a PSA 10 gem mint copy is valued at $156, which works out to about 151.0x the raw price. That's a genuinely dramatic multiplier on paper, but getting a gem mint 10 is never guaranteed, centering and edge wear on Celebrations cards can knock a copy down to a 9 pretty easily. Add in grading fees and turnaround time, and you're taking on real risk for a card that only pays off big if it comes back perfect. If you've got a copy that looks sharp under a loupe, it might be worth the gamble, but don't send in anything with soft corners expecting a payday.
How rare is Ho-oh?
We don't have official population figures to lean on here, but Ho-oh's rarity tier as a Rare within Celebrations tells its own story. This was a set built around nostalgia rather than mass distribution, so pulling any card from it, let alone a clean one, already puts you ahead of most openers. High grade copies are naturally the scarce end of that pool since gem mint status is hard to hit consistently, and that scarcity is exactly why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and Grade 9 numbers.
Where can you pull Ho-oh?
PackSpy has tracked Ho-oh being pulled 22 times across collector-crypt and courtyard, with the biggest recorded hit landing at $35. We've seen it turn up in packs like the Starter Pokemon Gacha Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Pokemon Pro Pack, and Pokemon Basic Pack, so it's not locked to one specific product. That said, opening packs is always a gamble and most rips don't come close to covering their cost, Ho-oh included. Having real cross-site pull data like this is something a price guide simply can't give you, it's the closest thing to knowing where the card actually shows up rather than guessing.
Questions people ask
How much is Ho-oh worth?+
A raw, ungraded Ho-oh #1 from Celebrations is valued at $1. Once graded, that number changes fast: a Grade 9 sits at $16, and a PSA 10 is worth $156, which is about 151.0x the raw value.
Is Ho-oh worth grading?+
It can be, if your copy is genuinely clean, since the jump to a PSA 10 at $156 is a big multiple over the $1 raw price. But grading costs money and gem mint copies aren't easy to land, so weigh the condition honestly before sending it in.
What set is Ho-oh from?+
Ho-oh #1 comes from the Celebrations set, released in 2021 to mark Pokemon's 25th anniversary. It's classed as a Rare and was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
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