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Lugia #55 value & price

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Reviewed by · Updated 8 Aug 2026
Ungraded market value
$4.59 21% · 1Y
PSA 9
$9.18
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$72

Lugia has always been one of those Pokemon that collectors just gravitate toward, the quiet, silver guardian that feels bigger than the games it appears in, and Lugia #55 from the Japanese Legendary Heartbeat set carries that same pull. If you are trying to pin down Lugia value right now, the short answer is that a raw copy sits at $7, while a pristine PSA 10 trades for $621, which tells you a lot about how much condition matters here.

Price history

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$0.00$20$40$60$812023202420252026$72PSA 10$11BGS 9.5$9.18Grade 9$5.00Grade 8$4.59Ungraded

Raw value is $4.59, up 21% over the past year, with an all-time high of $7.12 in July 2026.

Raw
$4.59
1Y
▲ 21%
PSA 10
$72
PSA 9
$9.18
Population
2,147
Gem PSA 10
1,686
Upside
15.7×
All-time high
$7.12

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Lugia price at every grade

Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,147 graded, only 1,686 are PSA 10.

GradeValuePopulation
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)$721,686
PSA 9$9.18375
PSA 8$5.0076
PSA 7-7
PSA 6-3
PSA 5--
PSA 4--
PSA 3--
PSA 2--
PSA 1--
Raw / Ungraded$4.59-

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

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The collector's take on Lugia

Is Lugia worth grading?

So is it worth sending Lugia off to get graded? The jump from raw to PSA 10 is real, a PSA 10 is worth 92.0x the raw card, and a Grade 9 still lands at a respectable $96. That is a wide gap, and it is tempting. But grading costs money and takes time, and there is no guarantee your copy comes back gem mint, centering and edges can knock a card down a full grade in a heartbeat. The good news buried in the population numbers is that a large share of graded copies do end up PSA 10, so if your raw card is clean and sharp under a loupe, the odds are more in your favor than with a lot of other cards. Just go in knowing it is a bet, not a sure thing.

How rare is Lugia?

Across every grading company combined, there are 2,103 graded copies of this Lugia on record, and 1,658 of those are PSA 10. That is a fairly small total population for a card this recognizable, and it shows that most people who bother to grade this card are getting it back in gem mint condition. What that really means for value is that the raw and lower grade copies are the ones that are genuinely harder to find on the graded market, since so much of the population has already landed at the top.

Where can you pull Lugia?

We track real pulls across pack sites, not just price guide estimates, and Lugia has shown up 200 or more times across packs, collector-crypt, courtyard, and mnstr. It has been pulled from Celebrations Pack, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Ultra Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, and Wildcard Basic Pack, and the biggest recorded pull value we have logged for it sits at $2,175. That is a nice reminder that pack opening is a gamble, most rips will not net you anything close to that, but Lugia is clearly one of the cards that keeps people opening packs with a little hope.

Questions people ask

How much is Lugia worth?+

A raw, ungraded copy of Lugia #55 from Legendary Heartbeat is valued at $7. Once you factor in grading, the price climbs a lot, with a Grade 9 worth $96 and a PSA 10 worth $621.

Is Lugia worth grading?+

It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 92.0x the raw price. Just know grading has real cost and risk, and while a good chunk of the graded population does hit PSA 10, there are no guarantees until it comes back from the grader.

How much is a PSA 10 Lugia worth?+

A PSA 10 Lugia #55 is currently valued at $621. Out of the 2,103 total graded copies on record, 1,658 have achieved that PSA 10 grade.

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