Professor Kukui #148 value & price
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Professor Kukui #148 is one of those Sun & Moon cards that quietly became a favorite, an Ultra Rare full-art trainer illustrated by Megumi Mizutani back in 2017. If you are checking Professor Kukui value right now, the short version is that it sits around $6 raw, which makes sense for a card that is more prized for its artwork and nostalgia than its rarity in the wild. It is the kind of card that rewards patience if you are chasing a high grade, but casual collectors can pick one up without much trouble.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $5.54, up 8% over the past year, with an all-time high of $6.35 in January 2024.
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Professor Kukui price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 730 graded, only 224 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $52 | 224 | 195 / 29 |
| PSA 9 | $20 | 322 | 224 / 98 |
| PSA 8 | $11 | 125 | 51 / 74 |
| PSA 7 | $8.75 | 31 | 16 / 15 |
| PSA 6 | $7.00 | 15 | 11 / 4 |
| PSA 5 | $6.00 | 9 | 4 / 5 |
| PSA 4 | $5.00 | 4 | 2 / 2 |
| PSA 3 | $4.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $4.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $5.54 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Sun & Moon
- Card number
- 148 of 172
- Rarity
- Ultra Rare
- Illustrator
- Megumi Mizutani
- Released
- 2017
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The collector's take on Professor Kukui
Is Professor Kukui worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Here is the honest math: a raw copy runs about $6, a Grade 9 climbs to $224, and a PSA 10 sits at $195, which works out to roughly 33.3 times the raw price. That jump looks tempting, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on cards like this, corners and edges have to be near perfect, and grading fees plus shipping and the wait time eat into any profit if the card comes back lower than a 10. If you already own a sharp-looking copy and you are patient, sending it in can pay off. If you are buying raw copies specifically hoping to flip a 10, treat it like a gamble, not a plan.
How rare is Professor Kukui?
Right now there are 730 total graded copies of Professor Kukui on record, and 224 of those are PSA 10. That is a fairly high percentage landing at the top grade, which tells you the card is not brutally hard to grade perfectly, but it also means the population of top-tier copies is still small in absolute terms. For collectors, that population number matters more than the print run itself, since it shows how many people actually bothered to grade this card and how many came out clean on the other side.
Where can you pull Professor Kukui?
We track real pack pulls across a wide range of online sites, and so far Professor Kukui has not shown up in that data. That does not mean it is impossible to pull, just that it is rare enough or valuable enough that sites are not opening it in front of trackers like ours. In practice, most collectors end up buying Professor Kukui on the secondary market rather than pulling it fresh, and that is worth knowing before you spend money on packs hoping to hit it. Opening packs for a specific card is always a gamble, and the odds here lean toward buying smart rather than ripping and hoping.
Questions people ask
How much is Professor Kukui worth?+
A raw, ungraded Professor Kukui typically sells for around $6. That price reflects its status as a well-loved Ultra Rare from Sun & Moon rather than extreme scarcity, so it is accessible for most collectors.
Is Professor Kukui worth grading?+
It can be, if your copy is already in sharp shape. The gap between raw at $6 and PSA 10 at $195 is real money, but gem mint copies are tough to land, and grading costs and time should factor into your decision before you send anything in.
How much is a PSA 10 Professor Kukui worth?+
A PSA 10 Professor Kukui is valued at $195, which is about 33.3 times the raw price. With 224 PSA 10 copies recorded out of 730 total graded, gem mint copies exist in decent numbers but still command a strong premium over raw.
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