Radiant Steelix #50 value & price
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Radiant Steelix is one of those cards that catches your eye the moment it's out of the sleeve, all that shimmering foil wrapped around a steel-type giant from the Japanese Dark Phantasma set. Radiant Pokemon cards carry a built-in scarcity since only one can go in a deck at a time, and collectors have always gravitated toward that. If you're trying to pin down Radiant Steelix value right now, the short answer is it sits at a friendly price point for something with this much visual punch, and the numbers below will walk you through exactly where that value comes from.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $3.46, up 11% over the past year, with an all-time high of $7.80 in June 2022.
Recent pulls of Radiant Steelix
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$1.10RawnoobieLastpack · 7m ago$1.10RawstarterLastpack · 44m ago$1.10RawnoobieLastpack · 2h ago$1.10RawnoobieLastpack · 2h ago
$17CGC 10 GEM MINTPokémon Starter PackCourtyard · 4h ago
$17CGC 10 GEM MINTPokémon Starter PackCourtyard · 4h ago$1.10RawnoobieLastpack · 4h ago$17CGC 10 GEM MINTPokémon Starter PackCourtyard · 7h ago
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Radiant Steelix price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,424 graded, only 2,071 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $27 | 2,071 | 539 / 1,532 |
| PSA 9 | $7.16 | 255 | 65 / 190 |
| PSA 8 | $5.49 | 84 | 8 / 76 |
| PSA 7 | - | 7 | - / 7 |
| PSA 6 | - | 5 | - / 5 |
| PSA 5 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | 2 | 1 / 1 |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $3.46 | - | - |
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 Radiant Steelix
Is Radiant Steelix worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Right now a raw copy sits at $5, a Grade 9 goes for $7, and a PSA 10 commands $39, which works out to about 8.1 times the raw price. That's a real jump, and it's the kind of multiplier that gets collectors excited, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on cards like this, especially with foil patterns that show every whitening and surface scratch under a light. Grading fees and turnaround time eat into that upside, so before you send one off, take a hard look at the corners and the surface yourself. If it looks clean to your eye in hand, it might be worth the shot, but if you're on the fence, holding it raw and enjoying it costs you nothing.
How rare is Radiant Steelix?
Dark Phantasma wasn't a small set, and Radiant Steelix wasn't a chase card in the way some secret rares are, but the Radiant mechanic itself keeps things naturally limited since only one Radiant Pokemon can sit in a deck build at any time. That built-in restriction is part of why these cards hold a certain collector appeal even when the raw price is modest. Prices like the $39 PSA 10 figure tell you that pristine copies are out there but not common, which is typical for a card in this rarity tier rather than a sign of anything explosive happening in the market.
Where can you pull Radiant Steelix?
This is where PackSpy actually earns its keep, because we don't just guess at value, we track real pulls across live pack sites. Radiant Steelix has been pulled 21 times across courtyard and lastpack, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $29. We've seen it turn up in Pokémon Starter Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, noobie, and Pokémon Basic Pack, so if you're opening packs hoping to land one, those are the spots where it's actually shown up. Just remember that pack opening is gambling dressed up as fun, most rips don't beat what you paid, so treat any pull of this card as a nice bonus rather than something to chase your money into.
Questions people ask
How much is Radiant Steelix worth?+
A raw, ungraded Radiant Steelix is worth about $5. Grade it and a Grade 9 brings $7, while a PSA 10 gem mint copy jumps up to $39, which is roughly 8.1 times the raw price.
Is Radiant Steelix worth grading?+
It can be, since the PSA 10 price of $39 is a solid multiple over the $5 raw price. But gem mint copies are tough to hit and grading costs money regardless of outcome, so only send it in if the card genuinely looks flawless to you in hand.
What set is Radiant Steelix from?+
Radiant Steelix, card number 50, comes from the Japanese Dark Phantasma set, and it carries the Radiant Pokemon designation that limits how many can appear in a single deck.
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