Question 1

Is Zapdos worth grading?

Accepted Answer

So is it worth sending this one in? The jump from raw to graded is real: a Grade 9 sits at $1,076 and a PSA 10 climbs to $1,292, which works out to about 7.8 times what the raw card fetches on its own. That's a meaningful gap, and it's exactly why so many collectors get tempted to grade every Zapdos they pull. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a 2009 print like this, corners and centering from that era can be unforgiving, and grading fees plus shipping and the wait time add up fast. If your copy looks clean under a loupe, with sharp corners and no surface wear, it's worth the gamble. If it's got soft edges or a slight print line, you're often better off keeping it raw or selling as-is rather than rolling the dice on a lower grade that barely moves the needle.

Question 2

How rare is Zapdos?

Accepted Answer

Supreme Victors came out in 2009, and Rares from that era were never printed with the kind of scarcity you'd see in a modern low-print run, but they've also had over fifteen years for supply to thin out through played copies, lost collections, and cards that just never made it into a sleeve in time. That combination of age and Rare status is part of what keeps Zapdos price steady rather than volatile. Without a firm population count to point to, the honest read is that clean, well-centered copies are the ones getting harder to find, and that scarcity is what supports the price gap between raw and graded.

Question 3

Where can you pull Zapdos?

Accepted Answer

This is where PackSpy actually has something no price guide can give you: real, recorded pulls. We've tracked Zapdos pulled 200 or more times across sites like collector-crypt, courtyard, packs, and mnstr, and the biggest single pull we've logged came in at $1,937. It's shown up in a range of products, from the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack and Pokémon VIP (Spicy) to the Pokémon Starter Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, and Pokémon Master Pack. That said, opening packs chasing a specific card is still a gamble, most rips don't come close to covering what you paid, so if you're set on owning this Zapdos, buying a graded or raw copy on the secondary market is usually the more predictable route.

Question 4

How much is Zapdos worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded copy of Zapdos #150 from Supreme Victors is valued at $167. Graded copies are worth considerably more, with a Grade 9 at $1,076 and a PSA 10 reaching $1,292.

Question 5

Is Zapdos worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 7.8 times the raw price. But gem mint copies aren't easy to pull from this era, and grading costs and turnaround time are real factors, so it only makes sense if your card is already in sharp, clean condition.

Question 6

What set is Zapdos from?

Accepted Answer

This Zapdos is card #150 from Supreme Victors, released in 2009. It's a Rare card illustrated by Toshinao Aoki, and it remains a popular pull from that set today.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$1.5k	26	24 / 2
PSA 9	$1.2k	274	247 / 27
PSA 8	$656	476	365 / 111
PSA 7	$398	303	270 / 33
PSA 6	$248	223	179 / 44
PSA 5	$198	120	98 / 22
PSA 4	$128	44	36 / 8
PSA 3	$72	19	15 / 4
PSA 2	$64	8	7 / 1
PSA 1	$184	14	13 / 1
Raw / Ungraded	$175	-	-

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