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Swablu SH5

Set: Platinum Base Released: Feb 11, 2009
Pokémon: Swablu Colorless Type Rare Illustrator: Kagemaru Himeno Pull Rate:1 in 34.5 packs (2.9%) Evolves To: Altaria

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Swablu #SH5 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Swablu #SH5 from Platinum Base — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Swablu has moved down 1.8% to $80.08.

Swablu #SH5 appears roughly 1 in 34.5 packs, which works out at 2.9% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Platinum Base.

Swablu #SH5 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Platinum Base.

At $80.08 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $30,000.00, giving a net return of +$25,991.92 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$989.00 and PSA 8 returns +$199.28, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 322 copies of Swablu #SH5, of which 5 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 1.6%, or roughly 1 in 64 graded copies.

Yes. At a 1.6% gem rate, Swablu grades worse than the Platinum Base average by 4.3 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Swablu #SH5 was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, who has illustrated 1241 Pokémon cards in total.

Swablu #SH5 was released on 11 February 2009 as part of Platinum Base. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 3 Pokémon from the Hoenn region.