Professor Elm’s Training Method 148/165
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Answers about Professor Elm’s Training Method #148/165 from Expedition Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.
Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Professor Elm’s Training Method has moved up 6.9% to $2.32. 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 $2.32 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $167.98, giving a net return of +$115.82 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$23.85 and PSA 8 returns +$1.00, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.
PSA have graded 89 copies of Professor Elm’s Training Method #148/165, of which 35 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 39.3%, or roughly 1 in 2.5 graded copies.
No. At a 39.3% gem rate, Professor Elm’s Training Method grades better than the Expedition Base Set average by 21.6 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.
