Salamence 10/97

Set: Dragon Released: Nov 24, 2003
Pokémon: Salamence Colorless Type Rare Holo Illustrator: Mitsuhiro Arita Pull Rate:1 in 90 packs (1.1%) Evolves From: Shelgon

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Salamence #10/97 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Salamence #10/97 from Dragon — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Salamence has moved up 39.9% to $326.99. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Salamence #10/97 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.

Salamence #10/97 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Dragon.

At $326.99 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $2,404.28, giving a net return of +$1,736.73 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$73.05 and PSA 8 returns −$88.51, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 618 copies of Salamence #10/97, of which 83 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 13.4%, or roughly 1 in 7.4 graded copies.

Yes. At a 13.4% gem rate, Salamence grades worse than the Dragon average by 3.5 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Salamence #10/97 was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, who has illustrated 1418 Pokémon cards in total.

Salamence #10/97 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.