Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen Alternate Art #170a value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 6 Sept 2026Related Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen & chase cards
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Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen is the alternate art version of card #170a from the Riftbound Spiritforged set, the kind of pull that catches your eye with its extra artwork treatment even before you check what it's worth. If you're trying to pin down Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen value, the short answer is that it's a modest but real one: raw copies sit at $1, with graded examples climbing meaningfully from there. It's not a chase card that breaks the bank, but for collectors building out Spiritforged, it's a satisfying one to land.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.25, down 51% over the past year, with an all-time high of $2.57 in February 2026.
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Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population).
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $42 | - |
| PSA 9 | - | - |
| PSA 8 | - | - |
| PSA 7 | - | - |
| PSA 6 | - | - |
| PSA 5 | - | - |
| PSA 4 | - | - |
| PSA 3 | - | - |
| PSA 2 | - | - |
| PSA 1 | - | - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.25 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
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The collector's take on Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen
Is Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen worth grading?
So is Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen worth grading? A PSA 10 currently books at $31 against a raw price of $1, which works out to about 28.4 times the ungraded value. That's a real jump on paper, but grading only pays off if the card actually comes back gem mint, and alternate art cards like this one often show soft edges or minor print texture that keeps them out of a perfect 9 or 10. Factor in the grading fee itself plus shipping and turnaround time, and you're really only doing this if the copy in your hand looks flawless under a light and you don't mind the wait. For a $1 raw card, plenty of collectors will simply sleeve it and enjoy it as is rather than gamble the grading cost.
How rare is Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen?
We don't have official population numbers to point to here, which is common for cards still working their way through grading pipelines, so it's hard to say exactly how many gem mint copies exist. What we can say is that the raw to PSA 10 price gap suggests high grades aren't easy to come by, since a 28.4x multiplier doesn't happen when perfect copies are common. Until more grading data comes in, treat any PSA 10 you see for sale as a genuinely scarce find rather than something you'll stumble across often.
Where can you pull Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen?
This is where PackSpy's own data earns its keep, because we've actually tracked Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen being pulled 21 times across recorded openings, with the biggest hit landing at $7. Those pulls have shown up in riftbound-10, starter-rift, and riftbound-25, so if you're chasing this one from packs specifically, those are the products where it's actually surfaced in real rips, not just theoretical odds. Worth remembering too: opening packs is a gamble by nature, and most individual pulls won't cover what you paid for the pack, so treat any hit like this as a nice bonus rather than the plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen worth?+
A raw, ungraded Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen from Riftbound Spiritforged is valued at $1 right now. Graded copies are worth considerably more, with a PSA 10 sitting at $31, so condition makes a real difference here.
Is Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 28.4 times the raw price of $1. That said, grading costs money and takes time, and there's no guarantee your copy grades gem mint, so it's worth weighing the risk against a card that's only $1 in raw form.
How much is a PSA 10 Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen worth?+
A PSA 10 graded Rek'Sai - Swarm Queen is currently valued at $31. That's the top end of what this card can fetch, reflecting just how much a gem mint grade changes the value compared to a raw copy.
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