Salamence ex 187/159

Set: Journey Together Released: Mar 28, 2025
Pokémon: Salamence Dragon Type Special Illustration Rare Illustrator: Tsuyoshi Nagano Pull Rate: 1 in 517.2 packs (0.2%)

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Salamence ex #187/159 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Salamence ex #187/159 from Journey Together — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Salamence ex has moved down 11.7% to $53.39. PSA 10 copies are down 18.4% over the same period.

Salamence ex #187/159 appears roughly 1 in 517.2 packs, which works out at 0.2% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Journey Together.

Salamence ex #187/159 is a Special Illustration Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Journey Together.

At $53.39 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $233.21, giving a net return of +$121.50 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$29.91 and PSA 8 returns −$26.74, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 14,120 copies of Salamence ex #187/159, of which 4,516 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 32%, or roughly 1 in 3.1 graded copies.

No. At a 32% gem rate, Salamence ex grades better than the Journey Together average by 8.4 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Salamence ex #187/159 was illustrated by Tsuyoshi Nagano, who has illustrated 9 Pokémon cards in total.

Salamence ex #187/159 carries regulation mark I and is currently legal in Standard, legal in Expanded and legal in Unlimited.

Salamence ex #187/159 was released on 28 March 2025 as part of Journey Together. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 3 Pokémon from the Hoenn region.