Desk grade
7.5
6.5 – 8.0
Range from this photo. Not a PSA, BGS, or SGC cert.
- Centering
- 7.5
- Corners
- 7.5
- Edges
- 7.5
- Surface
- 7.5
Estimate from catalog averages, not a live surface check.
Glare, blur, and parallels get missed. The grading company still has the cert.
Value
Send it to slab
$480
Raw · $280 – $820
Desk book
Raw
$480
$280 – $820
PSA 10
$1,450
PSA 9 $360
Population suggests a real shot at a grade that clears raw plus fees. Liquidity also concentrates in holders at this level.
Grade yield
50% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$66 after grading costs. Worth submitting.
PSA regular · $50 fee · $15 ship · $8 insurance · about 45 days. Shifted by this photo's 7.5 and 9,800 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $480 · PSA 10 $1,450 · PSA 9 $360 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1020% · pop 3,100+$714 after fee
- PSA 930% · pop 4,200-$233 after fee
- PSA 811%
Net is the slab price minus a 13% take, ship pad, a $50 fee, and raw. A 10 is not the likely outcome of a 9 photo.
Hold or sell
Grade it before you sell
Liquidity 65
50% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$66 after grading costs. Worth submitting. No season window on this sport. The call is only the listed pile and the pop. One census snapshot — not a live pop velocity.
Trust shield
Check these tells
A phone photo cannot measure font kerning or a rosette against a reference set. These are the known tells for this issue.
- 1st Edition stamp ink, size, and placement are the most faked marks in TCG
- Shadowless vs Unlimited is a back-and-border call, not just the stamp
Liquidity
List this copy
Title, desk grade, and comps in one block. We do not submit it for you.
Authenticity
Likely authentic
Visual review, not a cert.
Census match on a well-documented issue. Still verify holograms, stamps, and stock in hand — photos miss texture.
- Print and type match known copies of this issue
- Stock and finish consistent with the set
- The moonbreon texture and gold border are copied constantly. Confirm Evolving Skies set symbol and the 215/203 numbering.
Census
How many exist
Graded
9,800
Gem mint
3,100
Gem rate
31.6%
Available now
42
- PSA 94,200 pop · 18 listed
- PSA 103,100 pop · 11 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $1,280 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 10 · Fanatics
Aug 27, 2026
$1,425
PSA 9 · eBay
Aug 1, 2026
$344
PSA 10 · Goldin
Aug 2, 2026
$1,402
Raw · eBay
Jul 6, 2026
$534
Raw · PWCC
Jun 5, 2026
$531
PSA 10 · eBay
Mar 26, 2026
$1,452
PSA 9 · PWCC
Jun 1, 2026
$344
On the market
Open a live search on the desks that actually print paper.
Desk
If you send it in
Set the grade you think you have and the service you would buy.
- At Raw
- $480
- Raw now
- $480
- Gem book
- $1,450
- Lift after fees
- -$50
Keep it raw · 45-day regular at $50.
Tells
How fakes fail
Stamp, shadow, and holo pattern decide the market.
- 1st Edition stamp ink, size, and placement are the most faked marks in TCG
- Shadowless vs Unlimited is a back-and-border call, not just the stamp
- Holo should have the era swirl — modern holo sheets look wrong
- Unlimited, Shadowless, and 1st Edition are three different books
On this issue: The moonbreon texture and gold border are copied constantly. Confirm Evolving Skies set symbol and the 215/203 numbering.
Centering & surface
Meter L/R and T/B from this photo, then loupe the print. A hint at what PSA, BGS, or SGC might say — not a cert.
Lot notes
The modern Pokémon chase. Texture fakes are the main authenticity fight.