Lugia VSTAR #139 value & price
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Lugia VSTAR from Silver Tempest is one of those cards that just feels big every time you see it, a Holo Rare VSTAR from 2022 with artwork from PLANETA Mochizuki that captures why people fell for this set in the first place. If you are checking Lugia VSTAR value right now, the short answer is that raw copies sit around $6, but the story gets a lot more interesting once grading enters the picture. Collectors love it because it hits that sweet spot of being iconic, recent enough to still find, and genuinely striking in hand.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $6.29, up 57% over the past year, with an all-time high of $16 in November 2022.
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Lugia VSTAR price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 6,368 graded, only 3,490 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $116 | 3,490 | 2,395 / 1,095 |
| PSA 9 | $27 | 2,011 | 1,383 / 628 |
| PSA 8 | $19 | 694 | 382 / 312 |
| PSA 7 | $14 | 101 | 57 / 44 |
| PSA 6 | $8.50 | 38 | 21 / 17 |
| PSA 5 | $7.00 | 23 | 15 / 8 |
| PSA 4 | $6.00 | 9 | 8 / 1 |
| PSA 3 | $5.00 | 2 | 2 / - |
| PSA 2 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $6.29 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 139 of 215
- Rarity
- Holo Rare VSTAR
- Type
- Colorless
- HP
- 280
- Stage
- VSTAR
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- PLANETA Mochizuki
- Released
- 2022
Attacks
- Tempest Dive220Colorless · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
You may discard a Stadium in play.
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The collector's take on Lugia VSTAR
Is Lugia VSTAR worth grading?
So is Lugia VSTAR worth grading? Here is the honest math: a raw copy runs about $6, a Grade 9 climbs to $27, and a PSA 10 sits at $118, which works out to roughly 19.9 times the raw price. That jump looks tempting, and it is real money if you land a gem mint copy. But grading costs money and takes time regardless of the result, and not every card that looks perfect to your eye comes back a 10. Centering, edges, and surface all have to line up, and plenty of nice-looking copies land at Grade 9 instead. If you have a copy that looks sharp under good light with clean edges and centering, grading can make sense. If it is a played copy from a binder, it is probably better loved than labeled.
How rare is Lugia VSTAR?
Right now there are 6,230 total graded copies of Lugia VSTAR on record, and 3,427 of those are PSA 10. That is actually a pretty high percentage of gem mints for a modern card, which tells you two things: the card was printed and pulled in real volume, but it also holds up well under grading scrutiny when submitted. That population size is part of why the raw price stays approachable while a true PSA 10 still commands a real premium over everything else in the population.
Where can you pull Lugia VSTAR?
PackSpy has tracked 105 recorded pulls of Lugia VSTAR across tilt-rips, courtyard, mnstr, collector-crypt, and lastpack, with the biggest single pull on record coming in at $423. It has shown up in packs like the Pokemon Starter Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, Pokemon Premium Pack, Pack 1, and the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, so it is not locked to one site or one product. That said, worth remembering that opening packs is fundamentally a gamble, most rips do not come close to covering their cost, and this kind of cross-site pull data is something no static price guide can show you. It is why we track it live instead of just quoting a number and calling it done.
Questions people ask
How much is Lugia VSTAR worth?+
A raw, ungraded Lugia VSTAR is valued around $6. Grade it and a Grade 9 brings about $27, while a PSA 10 gem mint copy reaches $118. The gap between raw and PSA 10 is where the real value conversation happens.
Is Lugia VSTAR worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for close to 19.9 times the raw price. But grading has a real cost and no guaranteed outcome, and with 3,427 PSA 10s already in a population of 6,230 graded copies, gem mint isn't rare enough to guarantee a windfall. Send in your sharpest copies, not your average ones.
What set is Lugia VSTAR from?+
Lugia VSTAR #139 comes from Silver Tempest, released in 2022. It's a Holo Rare VSTAR illustrated by PLANETA Mochizuki, and it remains one of the more recognizable pulls from that set.
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