Skarmory #73 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 5 Sept 2026Related Skarmory & chase cards
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Skarmory is that spiky steel bird from the Paradise Dragona set, a Korean-only release from 2003 that a lot of collectors outside Korea never even knew existed until they started digging into older international print runs. It's a Rare card illustrated by Hisao Nakamura, and if you're here checking Skarmory value, the short answer is that raw copies sit at a friendly $4, which makes it an easy one to pick up but also a fun one to chase in higher grades.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $3.74, up 50% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.74 in September 2026.
Recent pulls of Skarmory
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$0.62RarePokemon Dollar PackTilt Rips · 0m ago$0.62RarePokemon Dollar PackTilt Rips · 1m ago
$0.08CommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 5m ago$0.08CommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 6m ago$0.08CommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 8m ago
$18CGC 10 GEM MINTPokémon Starter PackCourtyard · 9m ago$0.62RarePokemon Dollar PackTilt Rips · 10m ago$0.62RarePokemon Dollar PackTilt Rips · 13m ago
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Skarmory price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population).
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $39 | - |
| PSA 9 | $16 | - |
| PSA 8 | - | - |
| PSA 7 | - | - |
| PSA 6 | - | - |
| PSA 5 | - | - |
| PSA 4 | - | - |
| PSA 3 | - | - |
| PSA 2 | - | - |
| PSA 1 | - | - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $3.74 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
Card details
- Card number
- 73
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Metal
- HP
- 70
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fire x2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Hisao Nakamura
Attacks
- Pick OnMetal
If the number of cards in your opponent's hand is at least 6, look at his or her hand. Choose a number of cards there until your opponent has 5 cards left in his or her hand and have your opponent shuffle the cards you chose into his or her deck.
- Power Count20+Metal · Colorless
Count the amount of Energy attached to all of your Pokémon and all of your opponent's Pokémon. If your Pokémon have less Energy than your opponent's, this attack does 20 damage plus 30 more damage.
Where to pull Skarmory
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The collector's take on Skarmory
Is Skarmory worth grading?
So is Skarmory worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw copy runs about $4, a Grade 9 lands at $15, and a true PSA 10 gem mint jumps up to $39, which works out to 11.1 times the raw price. That's a real multiplier, but grading fees eat into it fast, and hitting a 10 on an older Korean rare isn't guaranteed since print quality and centering from this era can be a little inconsistent. If you've got a copy that looks sharp in hand, corners clean, centering even, it's worth sending in. If it's got soft edges or you're not sure, it might make more sense to enjoy it raw and save the grading budget for a stronger candidate.
How rare is Skarmory?
There's no official population data floating around for this one yet, which is pretty typical for a 2003 Korean release like Paradise Dragona. Sets like this had smaller print runs and never got the same distribution attention as the mainstream English lines, so surviving copies in top condition tend to be genuinely scarce just by nature of age and region. That scarcity is part of why a PSA 10 commands such a jump over the raw price, gem mint survivors from a set this old and this regional are simply harder to come by.
Where can you pull Skarmory?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we've logged 200 or more real pulls of Skarmory across sites like tilt-rips, collector-crypt, and courtyard, and the biggest single pull we've recorded hit $114. It's shown up in packs like the Pokemon Dime Pack, Pokemon Dollar Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, The Amazing Chase Encore, and the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, so it does circulate through the lower cost gacha style breaks fairly often. Just keep in mind that pack opening is a gamble no matter how you slice it, most rips don't come close to covering their cost, so if you specifically want this card, buying a graded or raw copy outright is usually the more reliable route.
Questions people ask
How much is Skarmory worth?+
A raw, ungraded Skarmory from Paradise Dragona is valued around $4. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 sitting at $15 and a PSA 10 reaching $39.
Is Skarmory worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 11.1 times what a raw copy goes for. The catch is that gem mint copies of older Korean rares aren't a sure thing, so it's worth checking your card's condition closely before you spend on grading fees.
How much is a PSA 10 Skarmory worth?+
A PSA 10 gem mint Skarmory is currently valued at $39, well above the $4 raw price and the $15 Grade 9 price, reflecting how much collectors pay up for top condition on this older Rare.
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