Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX #205 value & price
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Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX is one of the standout secret rares from Chilling Reign, the 2021 set that gave us that eerie, dream-like ghost horse artwork from Mitsuhiro Arita. It's the kind of card that stops people mid-scroll, and if you're checking Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX value right now, you're not alone, this one gets searched a lot. Right now the raw card sits at $67, which feels about right for a secret rare with this much visual punch and this much demand behind it.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $59, down 4% over the past year, with an all-time high of $113 in June 2021.
Recent pulls of Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$18CGC 10 GEM MINTPokémon Starter PackCourtyard · 10m ago
$1.82RawVMAX StampedePacks · 18m ago$1.82RawVMAX StampedePacks · 1h ago
$1.82RawVMAX StampedePacks · 1h ago
$38CGC 10 PRISTINEPokémon Starter PackCourtyard · 2h ago
$1.42RawstarterLastpack · 2h ago$1.82RawVMAX StampedePacks · 2h ago
$38PSA 10 GEM MINTPokémon Pro PackCourtyard · 3h ago
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Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 4,922 graded, only 3,558 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $135 | 3,558 | 3,189 / 369 |
| PSA 9 | $55 | 976 | 812 / 164 |
| PSA 8 | $48 | 230 | 169 / 61 |
| PSA 7 | $40 | 68 | 57 / 11 |
| PSA 6 | $32 | 50 | 43 / 7 |
| PSA 5 | $13 | 24 | 22 / 2 |
| PSA 4 | $11 | 11 | 10 / 1 |
| PSA 3 | $9.00 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 2 | $8.00 | 3 | 3 / - |
| PSA 1 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $59 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 205 of 233
- Rarity
- Secret Rare
- Type
- Psychic
- HP
- 320
- Stage
- VMAX
- Weakness
- Darkness ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- 2021
Attacks
- Max Geist10+Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
This attack does 30 more damage for each Psychic Energy attached to all of your Pokémon.
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The collector's take on Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX
Is Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Here's the honest math: a PSA 10 books at $136, which is right around 2.0x what you'd get for the raw card at $67, and a Grade 9 actually comes in lower than raw at $52, which tells you something important, the market really only rewards the top grade here. Out of 4,910 total graded copies, only 3,553 came back PSA 10, so gem mint isn't a given even if the card looks clean to your eye. Grading costs money and takes time, and you're trusting a centering or edge flaw you might not even notice to not tank the outcome, so if your copy has any soft corners or print lines, you may be better off just enjoying it raw or selling it as is rather than gambling on a label.
How rare is Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX?
With 4,910 copies graded total, Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX isn't some ultra-scarce chase card, but the population breakdown is what tells the real story. The fact that 3,553 of those graded copies landed a PSA 10 shows this card grades well when it's clean, which keeps the PSA 10 premium from getting wild even though demand is steady. It's scarcity with a ceiling, plentiful enough that prices stay grounded, desirable enough that a mint copy still commands real money.
Where can you pull Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX?
We've tracked 61 recorded pulls of Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX across sites like collector-crypt, packs, courtyard, and lastpack, and the biggest single pull we've logged came in at $182. It's shown up in a mix of products, from Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack and VMAX Stampede to Pokémon Ultra (Spicy), Pokémon Pro Pack, and Wildcard Basic Pack, so there's no single golden pack to chase, it's spread thin across a bunch of products. That's the kind of thing a price guide won't tell you but our pull data does, and it's worth remembering that ripping packs is still a gamble where most openings don't beat what you paid, so treat any pull as a bonus, not a plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX worth?+
The raw, ungraded card is valued at $67 right now. Graded copies shift that number, with a Grade 9 at $52 and a PSA 10 at $136, so condition and the grading label make a real difference to what it's worth.
Is Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 2.0x the raw price at $136 versus $67. But only 3,553 of the 4,910 graded copies hit that top grade, and a Grade 9 actually books lower than raw at $52, so grading is really only worth it if you're confident the card is sharp.
What set is Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX from?+
It's from Chilling Reign, released in 2021, where it appears as card #205, a secret rare illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
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