Hydreigon ex #240 value & price
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Hydreigon ex is the special illustration rare tucked into 2024's Surging Sparks set, card #240, with artwork from AKIRA EGAWA that gives the three-headed dragon a genuinely moody, painterly feel instead of the usual action pose. It's the kind of card that gets pulled and immediately gets a phone pointed at it, and if you're trying to pin down Hydreigon ex value right now, the short answer is a raw copy sits at $38 in the current market. Not bad for a card from a set that's still relatively fresh.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $36, down 11% over the past year, with an all-time high of $89 in December 2024.
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Hydreigon ex price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 9,896 graded, only 3,910 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $115 | 3,910 | 3,593 / 317 |
| PSA 9 | $39 | 4,977 | 4,848 / 129 |
| PSA 8 | $32 | 874 | 844 / 30 |
| PSA 7 | $26 | 68 | 66 / 2 |
| PSA 6 | $23 | 34 | 33 / 1 |
| PSA 5 | $18 | 26 | 25 / 1 |
| PSA 4 | $15 | 6 | 6 / - |
| PSA 3 | $13 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 2 | $12 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $36 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 240 of 252
- Rarity
- Special illustration rare
- Type
- Darkness
- HP
- 330
- Stage
- Stage2
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Illustrator
- AKIRA EGAWA
- Released
- 2024
Attacks
- Crashing Headbutt200Darkness · Colorless
Discard the top 3 cards of your opponent's deck.
- Obsidian130Psychic · Darkness · Metal · Colorless
This attack also does 130 damage to 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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The collector's take on Hydreigon ex
Is Hydreigon ex worth grading?
Here's the honest math on Hydreigon ex price across grades: raw sits at $38, a Grade 9 nudges up to $43, and a PSA 10 commands $125, which works out to 3.3 times the raw price. That's a real jump, and it's tempting. But grading isn't free, and it isn't instant, you're paying submission fees and waiting weeks or months, and there's always a chance your card comes back a 9 instead of a 10 no matter how clean it looks under a desk lamp. The numbers do offer some encouragement though: of the 9,849 copies graded so far, 3,876 have come back PSA 10, which is a healthier hit rate than a lot of chase cards see. Still, that's not a guarantee, it's just better odds than you might expect. If your raw copy is centered well and free of whitening on the edges, grading can make sense. If it's borderline, it might be smarter to just enjoy it raw or sell it as is.
How rare is Hydreigon ex?
Population numbers tell a decent chunk of the scarcity story here. There are 9,849 total graded copies of Hydreigon ex on record, and of those, 3,876 have earned a PSA 10. That's a large enough pool that this isn't some ultra-rare needle in a haystack, but it's also not a card flooding the market either. The gap between total population and gem mint population is what keeps PSA 10 pricing meaningfully above raw and Grade 9, since collectors chasing that top slab are working with a smaller slice of an already specific pool.
Where can you pull Hydreigon ex?
This is where PackSpy's own data earns its keep, because we don't just quote a price guide, we track actual pulls across real pack sites. Hydreigon ex has been recorded 170 times across courtyard, collector-crypt, packs, mnstr, and tilt-rips, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $240. If you're wondering where it actually shows up, we've seen it surface in the Pokémon Starter Pack, the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Black and White EX, the Pokémon Pro Pack, and the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack. Worth saying plainly: opening packs chasing a specific card is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to what you paid in. Hydreigon ex does turn up often enough across these sites that it's a realistic pull, but if you want one guaranteed, buying raw or graded on the secondary market is still the more predictable route.
Questions people ask
How much is Hydreigon ex worth?+
A raw, ungraded Hydreigon ex is valued at $38 right now. Grading pushes that up, with a Grade 9 at $43 and a PSA 10 reaching $125, so how much is Hydreigon ex worth really depends on the condition and whether it's been slabbed.
Is Hydreigon ex worth grading?+
It can be. A PSA 10 sells for 3.3 times the raw price, and with 3,876 of the 9,849 graded copies coming back gem mint, the odds are reasonably favorable. Just factor in grading fees and turnaround time before you commit a copy.
What set is Hydreigon ex from?+
Hydreigon ex, card #240, comes from Surging Sparks, released in 2024. It's the special illustration rare version, illustrated by AKIRA EGAWA, which is part of why it stands out from the standard prints.
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