Iron Defender Reverse Holo #118 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Iron Defender & chase cards
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Iron Defender is one of the uncommon pulls from the 2025 Mega Evolution set, and this particular Reverse Holo version, #118 in the set, catches the eye with that shimmering foil pattern reversed onto the background instead of the character. Studio Bora Inc. handled the artwork, and if you're here checking Iron Defender value, you're looking at a card that trades quietly but has a real ceiling for the right graded copy. It's not a chase card in the flashy sense, but collectors who like clean uncommon reverse holos tend to keep an eye on it.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $0.25, down 83% over the past year, with an all-time high of $1.72 in October 2025.
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Iron Defender price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 4 graded.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $31 | - |
| PSA 9 | $8.52 | 4 |
| PSA 8 | - | - |
| PSA 7 | - | - |
| PSA 6 | - | - |
| PSA 5 | - | - |
| PSA 4 | - | - |
| PSA 3 | - | - |
| PSA 2 | - | - |
| PSA 1 | - | - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $0.25 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
Card details
- Card number
- 118 of 188
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Illustrator
- Studio Bora Inc.
- Released
- 2025
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The collector's take on Iron Defender
Is Iron Defender worth grading?
Here's the honest breakdown: a raw, ungraded Iron Defender currently sits at $0, while a PSA 10 gem mint copy is valued at $32, which works out to about 98.7 times the raw price. That's a wide gap, and on paper it looks tempting to send every copy in for grading. But grading costs money and takes time, and there's no guarantee your card comes back a 10. Reverse holos can show print lines or edge wear that's easy to miss with the naked eye, and a Grade 9 only brings $4, a fraction of what gem mint fetches. If you've got a copy that looks flawless under a loupe, corners sharp, centering clean, it might be worth the gamble. If it's just a decent-looking card from a pack, it's probably not worth the grading fee just yet.
How rare is Iron Defender?
Right now there are only 4 graded copies of Iron Defender on record, across every grade. That's a genuinely small population, and it tells you two things: not many people have bothered to grade this card, and there isn't a large sample size to know exactly how it grades out over time. Low population numbers like this can work in a collector's favor down the road, since scarcity tends to support value as more people discover a card, but with only a handful graded so far, it's still early days for this one.
Where can you pull Iron Defender?
We track real pulls across pack-opening sites here at PackSpy, and so far Iron Defender hasn't shown up in any of them. That doesn't mean it's impossible to pull, but it does mean it's genuinely uncommon in practice, not just by rarity label. If you're hoping to add this one to your collection, your best bet right now is likely the secondary market rather than waiting on a pack to deliver it. We'll keep watching our tracked sites, and if it does start showing up in pulls, this page will reflect that.
Questions people ask
How much is Iron Defender worth?+
A raw, ungraded Iron Defender is currently valued at $0. Graded copies do carry value though, with a Grade 9 at $4 and a PSA 10 gem mint copy reaching $32. So while the base card doesn't carry much on its own, condition and grading change the picture quite a bit.
Is Iron Defender worth grading?+
It depends on the condition of your copy. The jump from raw to PSA 10 is about 98.7 times the value, which sounds great, but hitting a true gem mint 10 isn't guaranteed, and grading fees eat into any profit. With only 4 graded copies existing so far, it's still a small enough sample that grading feels more like a considered bet than a sure thing.
Why is the Iron Defender Reverse Holo #118 print worth more than the standard one?+
Reverse holo versions flip the foil treatment onto the card's background rather than just the character art, which collectors generally find more visually distinct and worth seeking out. Combined with the uncommon rarity and the small graded population of only 4 copies, this printing tends to hold more collector interest than a plain standard version would.
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