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Ho-Oh XY153

Set: XY Black Star Promos Released: Oct 12, 2013
Pokémon: Ho-Oh Fire Type Promo Illustrator: You Iribi

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Ho-Oh #XY153 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Ho-Oh #XY153 from XY Black Star Promos — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Ho-Oh has moved up 9.4% to $13.28. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Ho-Oh #XY153 is a Promo, one of the higher rarity tiers in XY Black Star Promos.

At $13.28 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $300.00, giving a net return of +$219.72 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$10.83 and PSA 8 returns +$221.31, so returns vary by grade — check the figures above before submitting.

PSA have graded 143 copies of Ho-Oh #XY153, of which 6 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 4.2%, or roughly 1 in 24 graded copies.

Yes. At a 4.2% gem rate, Ho-Oh grades worse than the XY Black Star Promos average by 2 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Ho-Oh #XY153 was illustrated by You Iribi, who has illustrated 119 Pokémon cards in total.

Ho-Oh #XY153 was released on 12 October 2013 as part of XY Black Star Promos. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 2 Pokémon from the Johto region.