Professor Elm’s Training Method 148/165

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Professor Elm’s Training Method has moved up 11.6% to $2.51. PSA 10 copies are down 0.7% over the same period.

Professor Elm’s Training Method #148/165 appears roughly 1 in 19 packs, which works out at 5.3% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Expedition Base Set.

Professor Elm’s Training Method #148/165 is a Uncommon, one of the higher rarity tiers in Expedition Base Set.

At $2.51 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $167.98, giving a net return of +$115.63 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$16.85 and PSA 8 returns +$0.81, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 95 copies of Professor Elm’s Training Method #148/165, of which 35 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 36.8%, or roughly 1 in 2.7 graded copies.

No. At a 36.8% gem rate, Professor Elm’s Training Method grades better than the Expedition Base Set average by 19.4 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Professor Elm’s Training Method #148/165 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Professor Elm’s Training Method #148/165 was released on 15 September 2002 as part of Expedition Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era.