Ho-Oh #149 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 27 Aug 2026Related Ho-Oh & chase cards
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Ho-Oh is one of those cards that just glows on a shelf, that rainbow phoenix from Skyridge captured mid flight, and it's held onto real weight in the hobby ever since the set released. If you're digging into Ho-Oh value right now, the short version is that this is a genuinely desirable card: raw copies sit at $1,541, and that number climbs fast once grading gets involved. It's the kind of card people search for specifically, not just stumble onto, and for good reason.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.5k, up 47% over the past year, with an all-time high of $1.8k in July 2026.
Recent pulls of Ho-Oh
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$15PSA 9 MINTWildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 1h ago
$2.0kPSA 3 VGPokémon Diamond (Spicy)Courtyard · 3h ago
$154PSA 8 NM-MTPokémon Master PackCourtyard · 4h ago
$775PSA 10 GEM MINTPokémon 3: InfernoCourtyard · 4h ago$2.0kPSA 3 VGPokémon Legend (Spicy)Courtyard · 5h ago
$37PSA 10 GEM MINTPokémon Pro PackCourtyard · 5h ago$775PSA 10 GEM MINTPokémon 2: ReaperCourtyard · 7h ago
$15PSA 9 MINTWildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 7h ago
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Ho-Oh price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,384 graded, only 124 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $32k | 124 | 106 / 18 |
| PSA 9 | $6.8k | 338 | 317 / 21 |
| PSA 8 | $4.7k | 245 | 212 / 33 |
| PSA 7 | $4.0k | 152 | 141 / 11 |
| PSA 6 | $2.8k | 137 | 124 / 13 |
| PSA 5 | $2.5k | 145 | 130 / 15 |
| PSA 4 | $1.9k | 70 | 60 / 10 |
| PSA 3 | $1.6k | 60 | 54 / 6 |
| PSA 2 | $1.4k | 42 | 40 / 2 |
| PSA 1 | $1.3k | 71 | 70 / 1 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.5k | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
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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 honest math: a raw copy runs $1,541, a Grade 9 jumps to $6,768, and a PSA 10 sits at $31,733, which works out to about 20.6 times the raw price. That's a serious multiplier, and it's tempting to send every copy you own straight to a grading company. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card like this, centering and edge wear from the original print run can knock a card down a grade before you even open the case. Grading costs money and time regardless of what comes back, so it only makes sense if your copy already looks close to flawless under a loupe. If it's got soft corners or print lines, you may be better off holding it raw or selling as is rather than gambling on a 10.
How rare is Ho-Oh?
Across every submission on record, only 1,384 copies of Ho-Oh have been graded, and of those, just 124 have earned a PSA 10. That's a pretty tight ratio when you think about it, roughly one in eleven graded copies making it to gem mint. It tells you two things: first, that this card is genuinely tough to find in perfect condition, and second, that the price gap between a raw copy and a PSA 10 isn't hype, it's scarcity doing exactly what scarcity does.
Where can you pull Ho-Oh?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we don't just quote a price guide, we record actual pulls happening on pack sites in real time. Ho-Oh has been pulled 13 times across the sites we track, including courtyard and collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $2,011. We've also seen it turn up in the Pokémon Starter Pack, Pokémon Heat Week: Ghost, Pokémon Pro Pack, Pokemon Legend (Spicy), and the Bronze Pokémon Gacha Pack. Worth saying plainly: opening packs is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to covering what you spent, but if you're chasing this card specifically, those are the packs where collectors have actually landed it.
Questions people ask
How much is Ho-Oh worth?+
A raw, ungraded Ho-Oh #149 from Skyridge is valued at $1,541. That price rises significantly with grading, since condition plays a huge role in what this card commands on the secondary market.
Is Ho-Oh worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 20.6 times the raw price, jumping from $1,541 to $31,733. But only 124 out of 1,384 graded copies have hit that gem mint grade, so it's worth grading only if your copy is in excellent shape to begin with.
How much is a PSA 10 Ho-Oh worth?+
A PSA 10 Ho-Oh is valued at $31,733, compared to $6,768 for a Grade 9 and $1,541 for a raw copy. That gap reflects just how few copies, only 124 out of 1,384 graded, ever reach that top grade.
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