Riolu #173 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 3 Sept 2026Related Riolu & chase cards
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Riolu #173 is one of those shiny rare pulls from Paldean Fates that just makes you smile when it flips over in a pack, that soft, off-color shine paired with sowsow's artwork gives it a real charm that plain rares don't have. Since the set released in 2024, it's settled into a steady raw value of $14, which is exactly the kind of number people searching for the Riolu value or Riolu price want to see laid out plainly. It's not a chase card that breaks banks, but it's a genuinely likable one, and that's worth something too.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $13, up 53% over the past year, with an all-time high of $16 in June 2026.
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Riolu price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 103 graded, only 68 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $123 | 68 | - / 68 |
| PSA 9 | $26 | 27 | - / 27 |
| PSA 8 | $14 | 7 | - / 7 |
| PSA 7 | - | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 6 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 5 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $13 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 173 of 245
- Rarity
- Shiny rare
- Type
- Fighting
- HP
- 70
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Psychic ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- sowsow
- Released
- 2024
Attacks
- Punch10Fighting
- Reckless Charge50Fighting · Colorless
This Pokémon also does 20 damage to itself.
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The collector's take on Riolu
Is Riolu worth grading?
So is Riolu worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw copy sits at $14, a Grade 9 gets you to $26, and a PSA 10 jumps all the way to $133, which works out to about 9.4 times the raw price. That's a real gap, no question. But gem mint isn't a given, out of the 103 copies graded so far, only 68 came back as PSA 10, so there's a decent chunk of copies that missed the top grade and landed closer to that $26 mark instead. Grading costs money and takes time, and you're sending in a card without knowing what you'll get back, so if your copy has sharp corners and clean edges under good light, it's a reasonable bet, but if you're on the fence, it's completely fine to just enjoy the card raw.
How rare is Riolu?
When you look at the numbers, Riolu isn't a card that's been graded in huge volume, only 103 copies have gone through grading total. Of those, 68 came back PSA 10, which actually tells you that when collectors do send this one in, it tends to grade well, sowsow's clean shiny rare artwork probably helps with that. Still, a population this size means true gem mint copies are far from common on the open market, and that scarcity is a real part of why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and Grade 9 figures.
Where can you pull Riolu?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we don't just guess at pull odds, we record them across real pack sites. Riolu has shown up 200 or more times across collector-crypt, tilt-rips, courtyard, and other pack platforms we monitor, and the biggest single pull we've logged for this card hit $190. If you're chasing it yourself, it's turned up in packs like the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokemon Dime Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, Mega Evolution, and the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack. Worth remembering though, opening packs is a gamble by nature, most rips don't come out ahead, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than a plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Riolu worth?+
A raw, ungraded Riolu #173 from Paldean Fates is valued at $14. That's the number most collectors reference when asking about Riolu's value in its everyday, ungraded condition.
Is Riolu worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for $133 compared to $14 raw, a jump of about 9.4 times. But only 68 of the 103 graded copies have hit that top grade, so it's a real gamble, not a guarantee.
How much is a PSA 10 Riolu worth?+
A PSA 10 Riolu #173 is valued at $133. That's well above the $26 mark for a Grade 9, showing just how much gem mint condition matters for this card.
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