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Absol 1/97

Set: Dragon Released: Nov 24, 2003
Pokémon: Absol Darkness Type Rare Holo Illustrator: Naoyo Kimura Pull Rate:1 in 90 packs (1.1%)

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Absol #1/97 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Absol #1/97 from Dragon — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Absol has stayed flat at $169.99. PSA 10 copies are up 5% over the same period.

Absol #1/97 appears roughly 1 in 90 packs, which works out at 1.1% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Dragon.

Absol #1/97 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Dragon.

At $169.99 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $2,835.59, giving a net return of +$2,268.97 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$151.25 and PSA 8 returns +$59.43, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 574 copies of Absol #1/97, of which 51 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 8.9%, or roughly 1 in 11 graded copies.

Yes. At a 8.9% gem rate, Absol grades worse than the Dragon average by 8 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Absol #1/97 was illustrated by Naoyo Kimura, who has illustrated 523 Pokémon cards in total.

Absol #1/97 was released on 24 November 2003 as part of Dragon. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 3 Pokémon from the Hoenn region.