Kingler VMAX #29 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 24 Aug 2026Related Kingler VMAX & chase cards
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Kingler VMAX #29 is one of those Brilliant Stars pulls that makes you stop shuffling your cards for a second, that big holo VMAX artwork from 5ban Graphics giving a fan favorite crab a genuinely striking treatment. Released back in 2022, it sits in the Holo Rare VMAX tier, which is exactly the kind of card people search for when they want a real Kingler VMAX value check rather than a guess. Right now the raw, ungraded copy sits around $3, which tells you most of the story before you even get to grading.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.59, up 14% over the past year, with an all-time high of $7.50 in February 2022.
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Kingler VMAX price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 735 graded, only 437 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $61 | 437 | 243 / 194 |
| PSA 9 | $18 | 218 | 110 / 108 |
| PSA 8 | $9.57 | 58 | 14 / 44 |
| PSA 7 | $8.00 | 14 | 6 / 8 |
| PSA 6 | $6.00 | 5 | 1 / 4 |
| PSA 5 | $5.00 | 3 | - / 3 |
| PSA 4 | $4.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | $3.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $3.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.59 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 29 of 186
- Rarity
- Holo Rare VMAX
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 330
- Stage
- VMAX
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Released
- 2022
Attacks
- Bubbles GaloreWater
Search your deck for up to 5 Water Energy cards and attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.
- G-Max Pincer240Water · Water · Colorless
This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.
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The collector's take on Kingler VMAX
Is Kingler VMAX worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Here's the honest math: a PSA 10 on this card brings $47, and a Grade 9 lands at $18, while the raw card is sitting at $3, meaning a gem mint copy is worth about 15.6 times the ungraded price. That sounds tempting, but grading fees, shipping, and the wait add up fast, and pulling a true PSA 10 is genuinely harder than it looks since VMAX cards show every whitening and print line under a grader's light. If your copy already looks sharp with clean edges and centering, it might be worth the gamble. If it's got soft corners or a shadow of edge wear, you're probably better off enjoying it raw or trading it rather than paying to find out.
How rare is Kingler VMAX?
Brilliant Stars wasn't a tiny print run set, and Kingler VMAX carries the Holo Rare VMAX rarity that puts it a notch above your average pull but well below the ultra chase cards from that release. We don't have official population figures to lean on here, so instead of guessing, the honest answer is that its scarcity comes down to condition rather than raw numbers. Plenty of copies exist in the wild, but clean, gem-mint-ready copies are a smaller slice of that pool, and that's really what separates a $3 raw card from a $47 PSA 10.
Where can you pull Kingler VMAX?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking earns its keep, since we don't just quote a price guide, we watch actual pack sites pull actual cards. Kingler VMAX has shown up 7 times across collector-crypt and tilt-rips, with the best recorded hit reaching $32. We've logged it surfacing in Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokemon Mini Pack, and Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, so if you're chasing this one by ripping packs, those are the products where it's actually been seen landing in real openings, not just theoretical odds on a wrapper. Worth remembering though, opening packs is a gamble in either direction, and most rips don't come close to covering what you spent.
Questions people ask
How much is Kingler VMAX worth?+
A raw, ungraded Kingler VMAX #29 currently sits around $3. Grade it and a Grade 9 brings $18, while a PSA 10 gem mint copy is valued at $47, so condition makes a real difference here.
Is Kingler VMAX worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sits at roughly 15.6 times the raw price of $3. Just factor in grading costs and the real chance your copy doesn't come back a perfect 10, since VMAX cards are notoriously easy to knock down a grade.
What set is Kingler VMAX from?+
Kingler VMAX #29 comes from Brilliant Stars, released in 2022. It's a Holo Rare VMAX illustrated by 5ban Graphics, a nice grab for anyone building out that set.
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