Kabutops #9 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Kabutops & chase cards
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Kabutops #9 comes from the Holon Phantoms set, released back in 2006, and it's the kind of Rare card that longtime collectors get a little nostalgic about. Masakazu Fukuda's artwork gives it a real presence, and if you're checking Kabutops value right now, the raw card sits at $28, which feels right for a card of its age and rarity. It's not a chase card that dominates headlines, but it's a solid, honest piece of Holon Phantoms history.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $20, up 54% over the past year, with an all-time high of $28 in December 2020.
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Kabutops price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,294 graded, only 51 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $2.0k | 51 | - / 51 |
| PSA 9 | $120 | 275 | - / 275 |
| PSA 8 | $74 | 839 | - / 839 |
| PSA 7 | $37 | 521 | 1 / 520 |
| PSA 6 | $30 | 308 | - / 308 |
| PSA 5 | $24 | 183 | - / 183 |
| PSA 4 | $23 | 83 | - / 83 |
| PSA 3 | $20 | 30 | - / 30 |
| PSA 2 | $17 | 3 | - / 3 |
| PSA 1 | $45 | 1 | - / 1 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $20 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 9 of 111
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 100
- Stage
- Stage2
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Released
- 2006
Attacks
- Vital Drain30Lightning · Colorless
If the Defending Pokémon is Knocked Out by this attack, remove all Special Conditions and 7 damage counters from Kabutops (all if there are less than 7).
- Thunderous Blow40+Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Lightning Energy attached to Kabutops.
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The collector's take on Kabutops
Is Kabutops worth grading?
So is Kabutops worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw copy runs $28, a Grade 9 jumps to $158, and a PSA 10 sits at $1,097, which works out to about 39.2 times the raw price. That's a real gap, and it's tempting. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card like this, and grading fees, shipping, and the wait all eat into your margin before you even see a grade. If you've got a copy that looks sharp under a light, centered well with clean edges and no surface wear, it might be worth the gamble. If it's got soft corners or print lines, you're probably better off enjoying it raw or selling as is.
How rare is Kabutops?
Across all grading services, only 774 copies of Kabutops have ever been graded, and of those, just 82 have earned a PSA 10. That means gem mint copies make up a small slice of an already modest population. When you're dealing with numbers this tight, every high grade copy becomes a bit more meaningful to the collectors chasing a complete Holon Phantoms set, and that scarcity is a real part of why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and Grade 9 figures.
Where can you pull Kabutops?
This is where PackSpy's data actually earns its keep, since we track real pulls across pack opening sites rather than just guessing. Kabutops has been recorded exactly once, on collector-crypt, with a pull value of $15, and that pull came out of a Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack. That's a thin sample, so treat it as a data point rather than a pattern. Realistically, most people looking to own Kabutops today are buying it on the secondary market rather than hoping to rip it fresh from a pack, and that lines up with what a single recorded pull tells us: it's out there, but it's not showing up often.
Questions people ask
How much is Kabutops worth?+
A raw or ungraded Kabutops #9 from Holon Phantoms is valued at $28. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 at $158 and a PSA 10 reaching $1,097, so condition makes a real difference here.
Is Kabutops worth grading?+
It can be, if your copy is in excellent shape. The jump from $28 raw to $1,097 for a PSA 10 is significant, roughly 39.2 times the raw price, but with only 82 PSA 10s out of 774 total graded copies, gem mint is far from guaranteed.
How much is a PSA 10 Kabutops worth?+
A PSA 10 Kabutops is valued at $1,097. That's a big step up from the $28 raw price and reflects just how few copies, only 82 out of 774 graded total, have reached that top grade.
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