Salamence V #143 value & price
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Salamence V is one of the bigger dragons to come out of the Darkness Ablaze set back in 2020, and it is easy to see why collectors still ask about it. Saki Hayashiro's artwork gives it real presence, and as a Holo Rare V it was always meant to stand out in the set. If you are here checking Salamence V value, the short answer is that it lives a quiet life at raw prices most of the time, but gets genuinely interesting once you look at what graded copies bring in.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.53, down 23% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.38 in May 2022.
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Salamence V price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,123 graded, only 517 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $41 | 517 | 412 / 105 |
| PSA 9 | $13 | 428 | 228 / 200 |
| PSA 8 | $9.43 | 155 | 22 / 133 |
| PSA 7 | - | 10 | 4 / 6 |
| PSA 6 | - | 10 | 7 / 3 |
| PSA 5 | - | 3 | 1 / 2 |
| PSA 4 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | - | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.53 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 143 of 201
- Rarity
- Holo Rare V
- Type
- Colorless
- HP
- 220
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Saki Hayashiro
- Released
- 2020
Attacks
- Swoop AcrossColorless · Colorless · Colorless
This attack does 30 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
- Heavy Storm160Colorless · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
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The collector's take on Salamence V
Is Salamence V worth grading?
Here is the honest math on Salamence V price if you are thinking about sending one in: a raw copy sits at $2, a Grade 9 jumps to $228, and a PSA 10 comes in at $412, which works out to 269.3 times the raw value. That is a big multiplier on paper, but grading fees, shipping, and the wait all cost real money before you know what you are getting back. Gem mint 10s are not easy to land, centering and edge wear on a card like this can knock it down a grade fast, so only send in copies that already look sharp to your eye under good light. If your raw copy has any soft corners or print lines, it is probably better loved as a $2 raw card than as a Grade 9 gamble.
How rare is Salamence V?
Across the grading services, only 1,123 copies of Salamence V have been graded in total, and of those, 517 have come back as PSA 10. That is actually a healthy chunk of the population sitting at the top grade, which tells you this card is not brutally hard to pull off in gem mint condition when a nice copy goes in. It also explains why the PSA 10 price sits where it does rather than climbing into rarer territory, plenty of collectors have already gotten their gem mint copy.
Where can you pull Salamence V?
We track real pack pulls across the sites we monitor, and Salamence V has not shown up as a recorded pull yet. That does not mean it is impossible to open, but it tells you plainly that this is a card you are far more likely to find through the secondary market than in a live rip. If you want one, buying raw or graded directly is the realistic path right now, and it is worth remembering that opening packs chasing a specific card is always a gamble where most rips do not pay off.
Questions people ask
How much is Salamence V worth?+
A raw, ungraded Salamence V is worth $2. That is the everyday price you will see for a played or lightly handled copy that has not been through grading.
Is Salamence V worth grading?+
It depends on the copy. A PSA 10 brings $412, which is 269.3 times the raw price, so grading a clean copy can pay off, but grading fees and the risk of landing a Grade 9 at $228 or lower mean you should only submit cards that already look gem mint quality.
How much is a PSA 10 Salamence V worth?+
A PSA 10 Salamence V is valued at $412. Out of the 1,123 total graded copies on record, 517 have earned that top PSA 10 grade.
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