Mega Gardevoir ex #178 — Mega Evolution Pokémon card

Mega Gardevoir ex #178 Value

Name: Mega Gardevoir ex #178 — Mega Evolution
Brand: Pokémon

Mega Evolution · Card 178/188 · Special illustration rare · 2025

Mega Gardevoir ex #178 is one of the standout special illustration rares from the 2025 Mega Evolution set, and it is easy to see why collectors keep coming back to it. Raita Kazama's artwork gives this card a dreamy, elegant quality that photos barely do justice to, and if you are here checking the Mega Gardevoir ex value, you have landed in the right spot. Between the artwork, the rarity tier, and the numbers we track below, this is a card worth understanding before you buy, sell, or crack a pack chasing it.

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Market value & price

Raw / Ungraded

$168

Grade 9

$186

PSA 10

$408

PSA 10 is 2.4× the raw price14,607 graded worldwideonly 9,234 in PSA 10

Value by grade

Where it drops

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PriceCharting history ↗eBay sold listings ↗PSA price guide ↗

Mega Gardevoir ex price history

Ungraded value is $168, down 55% over the past year, with an all-time high of $372 in September 2025.

Market value over time by grade. Hover for any month; tap a grade to toggle its line.

Mega Gardevoir ex price at every grade

The market value at each PSA grade, with how many exist (population). 14,607 graded copies exist — only 9,234 are PSA 10.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
Raw / Ungraded	$168	—	—
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$408	9,234	8,857 / 377
Grade 9	$186	4,591	4,513 / 78
Grade 8	$171	632	599 / 33
Grade 7	$141	79	75 / 4
Grade 6	$113	55	52 / 3
Grade 5	$90	14	14 / –
Grade 4	$77	2	2 / –
Grade 3	$65	–	– / –
Grade 2	$59	–	– / –
Grade 1	–	–	– / –

Prices & population from PriceCharting. Grade values are PSA-based; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).

Card details

Set: Mega Evolution
Card number: 178 of 188
Rarity: Special illustration rare
Type: Psychic
HP: 360
Stage: Stage2
Weakness: Darkness ×2
Retreat cost: 2
Illustrator: Raita Kazama
Released: 2025

Attacks

Overflowing Wishes
Psychic
For each of your Benched Pokémon, search your deck for a Basic {P} Energy card and attach it to that Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.
Mega Symphonia50×
Psychic
This attack does 50 damage for each {P} Energy attached to all of your Pokémon.

Mega Gardevoir ex — collector's take

Is Mega Gardevoir ex worth grading?

So is Mega Gardevoir ex worth grading? Let's look at the math first. A raw copy sits at $168, while a PSA 10 brings $408, which works out to that 2.4x jump collectors love to see. A Grade 9 lands at $186, only a little above raw, which tells you the real money is specifically in gem mint. Here is the honest part though: grading costs money and takes time, and there is no guarantee your copy comes back a 10. Looking at the population data, a good chunk of graded copies do land at PSA 10, so this card is not a nightmare to grade, but centering and edges on illustration rares can be unforgiving. If your raw copy looks clean under a light and you are patient with turnaround times, grading can make sense. If it has any soft corners or print lines, you might be better off enjoying it raw or selling as is.

How rare is it?

Right now there are 14,607 graded copies of Mega Gardevoir ex on record, and 9,234 of those are PSA 10. That is a healthy number of gem mints in absolute terms, but remember this is only counting cards that have actually been sent in and slabbed, not the much larger pool of raw copies sitting in binders and bulk boxes. The gap between total population and PSA 10 population, a bit over 5,000 copies, covers everything from Grade 9 down, which is where that $186 price point lives. Scarcity here is less about the card being impossible to find and more about how much of the market has already been sorted into grade, which keeps price expectations pretty grounded compared to truly rare chase cards.

Where to pull it

This is where PackSpy earns its keep, because we track real pulls across pack sites, not just guide prices. Mega Gardevoir ex has been pulled 200 or more times on sites like courtyard, collector-crypt, tilt-rips, and lastpack, with the biggest recorded pull hitting $600. We have logged it coming out of Pokémon Starter Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, and Pokemon Mini Pack listings, so it does show up across a real spread of products rather than one obscure box. That said, opening packs is still gambling, and most rips do not come close to covering their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than an expectation. If you would rather have certainty, buying a known raw or graded copy on the secondary market is the steadier path.

Questions people ask

How much is Mega Gardevoir ex worth?

A raw, ungraded Mega Gardevoir ex is worth $168 right now. Once graded, a Grade 9 sits at $186 and a PSA 10 climbs to $408, so condition makes a real difference here.

Is Mega Gardevoir ex worth grading?

It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 2.4x the raw price at $408 versus $168. Just weigh that against grading fees and the fact that not every copy comes back gem mint, so check your card's corners and centering closely first.