Salamence V 185/189

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Salamence V has moved up 1.9% to $4.33. PSA 10 copies are up 113% over the same period.

Salamence V #185/189 is a Ultra Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Darkness Ablaze.

At $4.33 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $116.37, giving a net return of +$68.91 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$10.78 and PSA 8 returns −$18.85, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 1,219 copies of Salamence V #185/189, of which 871 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 71.5%, or roughly 1 in 1.4 graded copies.

No. At a 71.5% gem rate, Salamence V grades better than the Darkness Ablaze average by 32 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Salamence V #185/189 was illustrated by Saki Hayashiro, who has illustrated 82 Pokémon cards in total.

Salamence V #185/189 carries regulation mark D and is currently not legal in Standard, legal in Expanded and legal in Unlimited.

Salamence V #185/189 was released on 14 August 2020 as part of Darkness Ablaze. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 3 Pokémon from the Hoenn region.