Hydreigon ex #240 — Surging Sparks Pokémon card

Hydreigon ex #240 Value

Name: Hydreigon ex #240 — Surging Sparks
Brand: Pokémon

Surging Sparks · Card 240/252 · Special illustration rare · 2024

Hydreigon ex #240 is one of those Surging Sparks pulls that stops you mid-shuffle, a special illustration rare with artwork from AKIRA EGAWA that gives this three-headed dragon the kind of moody, oversized treatment collectors chase SIRs for in the first place. Since its 2024 release it has settled in as a genuinely desirable chase card, and if you are here checking Hydreigon ex value, the short answer is that it sits at $37 raw, which is a solid number for a modern SIR. Between the artwork, the set, and steady demand, it is easy to see why this one keeps coming up in Hydreigon ex price searches.

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Market value & price

Raw / Ungraded

$37

Grade 9

$43

PSA 10

$132

PSA 10 is 3.5× the raw price9,849 graded worldwideonly 3,876 in PSA 10

Value by grade

Where it drops

Pulled 105× on PackSpy across Courtyard, Collector Crypt, Mnstr, Tilt Rips, Packs · biggest hit $260.

Found in packs: Pokémon Basic Pack · Pokémon Starter Pack · Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack · Pack 1 · Pokémon Pro Pack …

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Hydreigon ex price history

Ungraded value is $37, down 14% over the past year, with an all-time high of $89 in December 2024.

Market value over time by grade. Hover for any month; tap a grade to toggle its line.

Hydreigon ex price at every grade

The market value at each PSA grade, with how many exist (population). 9,849 graded copies exist — only 3,876 are PSA 10.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
Raw / Ungraded	$37	—	—
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$132	3,876	3,593 / 283
Grade 9	$43	4,965	4,848 / 117
Grade 8	$30	873	844 / 29
Grade 7	$24	68	66 / 2
Grade 6	$23	34	33 / 1
Grade 5	$18	26	25 / 1
Grade 4	$15	6	6 / –
Grade 3	$13	1	1 / –
Grade 2	$12	–	– / –
Grade 1	–	–	– / –

Prices & population from PriceCharting. Grade values are PSA-based; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).

Card details

Set: Surging Sparks
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 Headbutt200
Darkness · Colorless
Discard the top 3 cards of your opponent's deck.
Obsidian130
Psychic · 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.)

Hydreigon ex — collector's take

Is Hydreigon ex worth grading?

So is it worth sending in? A raw Hydreigon ex runs $37, a Grade 9 nudges that up to $43, and a PSA 10 jumps to $132, which works out to about 3.5 times the raw price. That gap is real money if you land the gem mint, but special illustration rares like this one often have delicate borders and foiling that make a flawless 10 harder to hit than you'd think. Factor in grading fees, turnaround time, and the chance you come back with an 8 or 9 instead of a 10, and grading starts to look less like a sure thing and more like a bet you make on a card you already believe in. If you love the card and the copy looks clean under a loupe, it can pay off. If you are just trying to flip for profit, the math is tighter than the price jump suggests.

How rare is it?

Across all grading services, 9,849 copies of Hydreigon ex have been graded so far, and of those, 3,876 have come back a perfect PSA 10. That is a meaningful chunk of the population hitting gem mint, which tells you the card grades reasonably well, but it still means the majority of submitted copies do not reach the top tier. For collectors, that population split is useful context: PSA 10s are not rare in an absolute sense, but they are the minority outcome, and that scarcity within the graded pool is a big part of what keeps the $132 price anchored above raw and Grade 9 copies.

Where to pull it

PackSpy has tracked Hydreigon ex being pulled 104 times across sites we monitor, including courtyard, collector-crypt, mnstr, tilt-rips, and packs, which gives us a real window into where this card actually shows up rather than just where it is listed for sale. The biggest recorded pull came in at $260, a nice reminder that hitting this one live can outperform just buying it outright. It has turned up in a spread of pack types too, from the Pokémon Starter Pack and Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack to Pack 1, the Pokémon Pro Pack, and the Pokémon Master Pack, so there is no single site or pack you need to camp on. That said, opening packs chasing any one card is still gambling, most rips do not cover their cost, and our pull data is meant to inform that bet, not sell you on it.

Questions people ask

How much is Hydreigon ex worth?

A raw or ungraded Hydreigon ex #240 is valued at $37 right now. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 at $43 and a PSA 10 reaching $132, so condition and grading make a real difference to what it is worth.

Is Hydreigon ex worth grading?

It can be. A PSA 10 sells for about 3.5 times the raw price, jumping from $37 to $132, but that assumes you pull a gem mint copy, and only 3,876 of the 9,849 graded copies have managed that so far. Weigh the grading cost and the real chance of a lower grade before you send it in.

What set is Hydreigon ex from?

Hydreigon ex #240 comes from the Surging Sparks set, released in 2024. It is a special illustration rare featuring artwork by AKIRA EGAWA, which is part of why it stands out as a collector favorite from that set.