Moltres SM143

Set: Sun & Moon Black Star Promos Released: Feb 3, 2017
Pokémon: Moltres Fire Type Promo Illustrator: Hitoshi Ariga

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Moltres #SM143 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Moltres #SM143 from Sun & Moon Black Star Promos — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Moltres has moved up 2.5% to $10.29. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Moltres #SM143 is a Promo, one of the higher rarity tiers in Sun & Moon Black Star Promos.

At $10.29 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $188.15, giving a net return of +$125.40 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$65.32 and PSA 8 returns −$18.97, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 176 copies of Moltres #SM143, of which 16 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 9.1%, or roughly 1 in 11 graded copies.

Yes. At a 9.1% gem rate, Moltres grades worse than the Sun & Moon Black Star Promos average by 6.4 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Moltres #SM143 was illustrated by Hitoshi Ariga, who has illustrated 344 Pokémon cards in total.

Moltres #SM143 was released on 3 February 2017 as part of Sun & Moon Black Star Promos. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.