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Lapras VMax #203 value & price

Card 203 / 216Secret RareWater · HP 320Released 2020Illus. 5ban Graphics
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Reviewed by · Updated 21 Oct 2026
Ungraded market value
$18▲ 62% · 1Y
PSA 9
$26
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PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$75

Lapras VMax is the Secret Rare chase card out of the 2020 Sword & Shield set, numbered 203 and illustrated by 5ban Graphics, the kind of oversized shiny gold-bordered card that makes you stop shuffling through a binder. If you are trying to pin down Lapras VMax value, the short version is that a raw copy sits at $19 while a PSA 10 has climbed all the way to $1,503, which tells you how much grading and condition matter here. It is not the flashiest chase card from that era, but collectors who love Lapras keep coming back to this one, and that steady demand is exactly why people keep searching Lapras VMax price.

Price history

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$0.00$25$51$76$10120222023202420252026$70PSA 10$31BGS 9.5$26Grade 9$20Ungraded$14Grade 8$14Grade 7

Raw value is $20, up 62% over the past year, with an all-time high of $20 in September 2026.

Raw
$18
1Y
▲ 62%
PSA 10
$75
PSA 9
$26
Population
2,254
Gem PSA 10
1,799
Upside
4.2×
All-time high
$20

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Lapras VMax price at every grade

Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,254 graded, only 1,799 are PSA 10.

GradeValuePopulation
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)$701,799
PSA 9$26340
PSA 8$1464
PSA 7$1418
PSA 6$1114
PSA 5$9.0013
PSA 4$8.002
PSA 3$7.002
PSA 2$6.00-
PSA 1-2
Raw / Ungraded$18-

Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).

Card details

Card number
203 of 216
Rarity
Secret Rare
Type
Water
HP
320
Stage
VMAX
Weakness
Lightning ×2
Retreat cost
3
Illustrator
5ban Graphics
Released
2020

Attacks

  • G-Max Pump90+
    Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

    This attack does 30 more damage for each Water Energy attached to this Pokémon.

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The collector's take on Lapras VMax

Is Lapras VMax worth grading?

Here is where it gets interesting: a raw Lapras VMax runs about $19, a Grade 9 sits at $166, and a PSA 10 sells for $1,503, which works out to roughly 79.3 times the raw price. That is a real jump, no question. But before you rush to send yours in, look at the population numbers: out of 2,250 copies graded so far, 1,796 have come back as PSA 10, which is a genuinely high hit rate. That actually works in your favor if your copy is clean, since the odds of gem mint here look better than on a lot of secret rares. Still, grading costs money and takes time, and there is no refund if a corner ding or a slightly off-center print knocks you down to a 9, so only send in copies you have actually inspected closely under good light.

How rare is Lapras VMax?

With 2,250 total graded copies and 1,796 of those sitting at PSA 10, Lapras VMax is not an ultra-scarce card in the traditional sense, but the split tells its own story. Most of what gets graded ends up gem mint, so the real separation in value comes less from population scarcity and more from the gap between raw and graded prices. If you own a raw copy, know that you are one of many, but a PSA 10 slab still carries weight because it proves your copy made it through the grading process in that top tier.

Where can you pull Lapras VMax?

PackSpy has tracked 93 recorded pulls of Lapras VMax across collector-crypt, tilt-rips, lastpack, courtyard, and packs, so this is not a card that shows up constantly, but it is far from a ghost either. The biggest pull we have on record sold for $68, which is a helpful reality check against that $1,503 PSA 10 price tag; most pulls land nowhere near the top graded value. If you are chasing it in packs, it has turned up in the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, the Pokemon Premium Pack, the Pokemon Expert Pack, and in more casual mixes like starter and noobie packs. Worth remembering too: opening packs for this card is a gamble like any pack opening, and buying a raw or graded copy outright is often the more predictable route if the goal is simply owning one.

Questions people ask

How much is Lapras VMax worth?+

A raw, ungraded Lapras VMax is valued at $19 right now. Once you factor in grading, a Grade 9 copy is worth $166, and a PSA 10 jumps up to $1,503, so condition changes the picture a lot.

Is Lapras VMax worth grading?+

It can be, since PSA 10s sell for about 79.3 times the raw price. Population data shows 1,796 of the 2,250 graded copies have come back PSA 10, a good hit rate, but grading still costs money and a lower grade will not make that back.

How much is a PSA 10 Lapras VMax worth?+

A PSA 10 Lapras VMax is worth $1,503. That is well above the $19 raw price and the $166 Grade 9 price, which shows how much collectors pay up for a gem mint, top-graded copy.

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