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Empoleon 117/116

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Set: Plasma Freeze Released: May 8, 2013
Pokémon: Empoleon Water Type Rare Secret Illustrator: Ayaka Yoshida Evolves From: Prinplup

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499.99 $206.66 (70.45%)
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Empoleon #117/116 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Empoleon #117/116 from Plasma Freeze — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Empoleon has moved up 70.5% to $499.99. PSA 10 copies are up 549.4% over the same period.

Empoleon #117/116 is a Secret Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Plasma Freeze.

At $499.99 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $40,698.24, giving a net return of +$34,879.48 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$591.60 and PSA 8 returns +$1,102.66, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 490 copies of Empoleon #117/116, of which 34 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 6.9%, or roughly 1 in 14 graded copies.

No. At a 6.9% gem rate, Empoleon grades better than the Plasma Freeze average by 2.4 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Empoleon #117/116 was illustrated by Ayaka Yoshida, who has illustrated 296 Pokémon cards in total.

Empoleon #117/116 was released on 8 May 2013 as part of Plasma Freeze. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 4 Pokémon from the Sinnoh region.