Judge #228 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 4 Sept 2026Related Judge & chase cards
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Judge is one of those Paldean Fates cards that collectors keep coming back to, a full art trainer card that hits differently when you pull it from a pack. If you are here checking Judge value, you are not alone, this one gets searched a lot because the raw price and the graded price tell two very different stories. At $1 raw, it looks like a throwaway, but push it to a PSA 10 and you are suddenly looking at real money.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.72, up 7% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.99 in January 2024.
Recent pulls of Judge
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$11CGC 10 GEM MINTWildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 13m ago
$2.16Ultra RareRookie PackTilt Rips · 38m ago
$1.15RawnoobieLastpack · 1h ago$2.16Ultra RareRookie PackTilt Rips · 1h ago
$7.31RawrookieLastpack · 2h ago$2.16Ultra RareRookie PackTilt Rips · 2h ago$2.16Ultra RareRookie PackTilt Rips · 2h ago$2.16Ultra RareRookie PackTilt Rips · 3h ago
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Judge price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 717 graded, only 338 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $25 | 338 | 132 / 206 |
| PSA 9 | $11 | 291 | 163 / 128 |
| PSA 8 | $6.51 | 79 | 34 / 45 |
| PSA 7 | $5.51 | 6 | 2 / 4 |
| PSA 6 | $4.00 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 5 | $3.00 | 2 | 1 / 1 |
| PSA 4 | $3.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | $3.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $3.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.72 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 228 of 245
- Rarity
- Ultra Rare
- Illustrator
- Hideki Ishikawa
- Released
- 2024
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The collector's take on Judge
Is Judge worth grading?
Here is the honest math on Judge: a raw copy sits at $1, but a PSA 10 brings $132, which works out to about 95.7 times the raw value. That is a big jump, no question, and it is exactly why people ask if Judge is worth grading. The catch is that gem mint is not a given, plenty of copies come back as a Grade 9 instead (worth $163 in this case, interesting since it can actually outprice a PSA 10 depending on the market that day), and grading fees plus shipping and turnaround time eat into any profit if the card does not come back perfect. If you have a copy that looks flawless under a light, corners sharp, centering clean, it is worth considering. If it has any soft spots, you might be better off just enjoying it raw or selling it as is.
How rare is Judge?
Right now there are 702 total graded copies of Judge on record, and 329 of those are PSA 10. That is actually a pretty healthy chunk sitting at the top grade, nearly half of everything graded, which tells you this card is not brutally hard to get a perfect copy of once you have one in hand. Still, 702 is the full graded population, so most copies of this card floating around out there have never touched a grading company at all, which keeps the graded market feeling a bit tighter than the raw market suggests.
Where can you pull Judge?
We have tracked Judge being pulled 158 times across the pack sites we monitor, including tilt-rips, lastpack, and courtyard, so this is not a card that never shows up. It has turned up in the Rookie Pack, the Novice Pack, noobie, the Pokemon Mini Pack, and The Amazing Chase Encore, giving you a few different places to try your luck if you are chasing one. The biggest recorded pull value we have logged for Judge sits at $151, a nice reminder that packs can pay off, though it is worth saying plainly that most rips do not, so treat pack opening as entertainment first and a possible bonus second.
Questions people ask
How much is Judge worth?+
A raw, ungraded Judge is worth about $1 right now. The real value shows up once it is graded, with a Grade 9 at $163 and a PSA 10 at $132, so condition changes the picture a lot.
Is Judge worth grading?+
It depends on the copy. A PSA 10 sells for roughly 95.7 times the raw price, which is a tempting jump, but grading costs money and time, and not every card comes back gem mint, sometimes landing as a Grade 9 instead. If your copy looks sharp and clean, it is worth a shot, but there is real risk involved.
How much is a PSA 10 Judge worth?+
A PSA 10 Judge is currently valued at $132. Out of the 702 total graded copies on record, 329 have reached that PSA 10 grade, so gem mint copies do exist in decent numbers, but grading is still the step that determines whether you land there.
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