Primeape Reverse Holo #28 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Primeape & chase cards
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Primeape has always been one of those cards that flies a little under the radar until you actually hold the reverse holo version in your hands, and then it makes sense why collectors chase it. This particular print, Primeape Reverse Holo #28 from the 2004 Fire Red & Leaf Green set, carries that shimmering reverse foil treatment and a rarity tag that keeps it firmly on collector radars. If you're trying to pin down Primeape value today, the short answer is it sits at $25 raw, but there's a lot more to the story than that one number.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $25, up 51% over the past year, with an all-time high of $25 in August 2026.
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Primeape price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 209 graded, only 23 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $1.0k | 23 | 5 / 18 |
| PSA 9 | $124 | 88 | 59 / 29 |
| PSA 8 | $50 | 57 | 33 / 24 |
| PSA 7 | $15 | 19 | 16 / 3 |
| PSA 6 | $12 | 13 | 12 / 1 |
| PSA 5 | $10 | 6 | 3 / 3 |
| PSA 4 | $9.00 | 3 | 3 / - |
| PSA 3 | $8.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $7.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $25 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 28
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Fighting
- HP
- 70
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Psychic ×2
- Retreat cost
- 0
- Illustrator
- Miki Tanaka
Attacks
- Toss30xColorless · Colorless
You may discard from your hand as many Technical Machine and Pokémon Tool cards as you like. This attack does 30 damage times the number of cards you discarded.
- Low Kick40Fighting · Colorless
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The collector's take on Primeape
Is Primeape worth grading?
So is Primeape worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw copy sits around $25, a Grade 9 jumps to $128, and a true PSA 10 gem mint copy is valued at $1,000, which works out to 40.2x the raw price. That's a real jump, and it's exactly why people get grading fever. But here's the catch nobody tells you upfront: hitting that PSA 10 is genuinely hard. Reverse holos from this era show print lines, edge wear, and centering issues more easily than you'd think, and grading isn't free or fast. You're paying a fee and waiting weeks, sometimes longer, with no guarantee the card comes back gem mint. If you've got a copy that looks flawless under a light and a loupe, it's worth a shot. If it's got soft corners or a hint of whitening, you might be better off enjoying it raw or selling as-is.
How rare is Primeape?
There's no population data locked in for this specific card yet, but we can still talk about where it sits. Primeape Reverse Holo #28 is tagged as Rare within Fire Red & Leaf Green, a 2004 set that's now old enough to have a genuinely limited surviving pool of well-kept copies. Reverse holos from this era weren't printed in the same numbers as base commons, and two decades of handling, trading, and basement storage have thinned out the high-grade survivors even more. That scarcity is part of why the gap between raw and PSA 10 pricing is so wide. Fewer clean copies means more competition for the ones that are left.
Where can you pull Primeape?
This is where PackSpy's own data comes in handy, because we track real pack rips across sites rather than relying on guesswork. We've recorded Primeape being pulled 98 times across tilt-rips, courtyard, collector-crypt, and mnstr, with the biggest single pull landing at $146. It's shown up in packs like the Pokemon Dime Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, The Amazing Chase Encore, and the Anime Pop Culture Gacha. So while it's not a guaranteed hit in any one product, it's clearly still circulating through these sites. Worth remembering though, opening packs is a gamble, and most rips don't cover what you paid in, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than a plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Primeape worth?+
A raw or ungraded Primeape Reverse Holo #28 is valued at $25. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 sitting at $128 and a PSA 10 gem mint reaching $1,000.
Is Primeape worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 40.2x the raw price. But gem mint copies are genuinely tough to land, and grading costs money and time with no guaranteed outcome, so it really depends on the condition of your copy going in.
Why is the Primeape Reverse Holo #28 print worth more than the standard one?+
Reverse holo prints flip the usual foil pattern, covering the card frame instead of the artwork, which makes them a tougher pull and a more sought after variant among collectors. That extra scarcity within the Fire Red & Leaf Green set is a big part of why this version holds stronger value than a plain non-holo copy.
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