Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing #166 value & price
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Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing is card #166 from the Darkness Ablaze set, and if you have been searching for its Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing value, you are in the right place. It is not a card that turns heads with a massive price tag, but that is part of its charm: it is the kind of card longtime collectors keep just because it filled out a binder page during a set they loved opening. At $1 raw, it sits firmly in the everyday-pull category, but as you will see below, grading and rarity still tell an interesting story here.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $0.44, down 64% over the past year, with an all-time high of $1.65 in April 2023.
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Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 11 graded, only 3 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $32 | 3 | 3 / - |
| PSA 9 | $7.50 | 7 | 6 / 1 |
| PSA 8 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 7 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 6 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 5 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $0.39 | - | - |
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 Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing
Is Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Honestly, this is a case where you need to think it through before sending it off. A PSA 10 sits at $3 while a raw copy is worth $1, and PackSpy notes that gem mint examples generally run about 3.6x the raw price on cards like this. That sounds like a nice multiple, but grading fees eat into a card worth just a few dollars fast, and hitting a true PSA 10, with sharp corners and clean centering, is never guaranteed. Interestingly, a Grade 9 copy here actually lands at $6, higher than the PSA 10 figure, which is a good reminder that grading outcomes and market demand do not always move in a straight line. If you already own the card and love it, grading can be fun for the sake of preservation, but as a pure investment play, the raw and ungraded value is tough to beat when you consider the risk and cost of the process.
How rare is Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing?
Scarcity is really where this card gets interesting. Across all grading submissions, only 11 graded copies of Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing exist, and of those, just 3 have earned a PSA 10. That is a genuinely small population for a card with this kind of everyday value, and it tells you that most copies out there have simply never been sent in for grading. When so few copies exist in top condition, even modest price movements can happen quickly if collector interest picks up, since there is very little supply to meet any new demand.
Where can you pull Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing?
This is where PackSpy's real pull data comes in handy, since no price guide tracks this. We have recorded Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing pulled 3 times so far, all from courtyard, with the biggest recorded pull valued at $11. It has shown up in the Wildcard Basic Pack, so if you are chasing this one specifically, that is the product to keep an eye on. Just remember, opening packs is a gamble by nature, and most rips do not come out ahead financially, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than the goal.
Questions people ask
How much is Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing worth?+
A raw, ungraded copy of Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing is worth around $1. Graded copies can be worth more depending on the grade, with a Grade 9 sitting at $6 and a PSA 10 at $3, so condition and grading history matter a lot when pricing this one.
Is Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing worth grading?+
It depends on your goals. The PSA 10 value runs about 3.6x the raw price, which sounds appealing, but with only 11 total graded copies and just 3 at PSA 10, gem mint is genuinely hard to hit, and grading costs can outweigh the low dollar values involved.
How much is a PSA 10 Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing worth?+
A PSA 10 copy of Pokemon Breeder's Nurturing is valued at $3. Only 3 copies have ever earned that grade out of 11 total graded, which makes gem mint examples quite scarce even though the dollar value itself stays modest.
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