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
Close call
$380
Raw · $220 – $620
Desk book
Raw
$380
$220 – $620
PSA 10
$580
PSA 9 $310
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
50% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: −$28 after grading costs. Leave it raw.
PSA regular · $50 fee · $15 ship · $8 insurance · about 45 days. Shifted by this photo's 7.5 and 24,600 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $380 · PSA 10 $580 · PSA 9 $310 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1029% · pop 11,400+$58 after fee
- PSA 921% · pop 7,200-$176 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
Mixed book — no rush
Liquidity 65
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
- Alt-art VSTAR. Confirm Lost Origin stamp and the swirling origin art.
Census
How many exist
Graded
24,600
Gem mint
11,400
Gem rate
46.3%
Available now
128
- PSA 97,200 pop · 41 listed
- PSA 1011,400 pop · 62 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $555 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 9 · Heritage
Sep 16, 2026
$345
PSA 9 · Heritage
Sep 6, 2026
$283
PSA 10 · eBay
Aug 17, 2026
$610
PSA 9 · Heritage
Aug 11, 2026
$295
Raw · PWCC
Jun 10, 2026
$347
Raw · PWCC
Jul 18, 2026
$414
PSA 10 · Fanatics
Mar 9, 2026
$611
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
- $380
- Raw now
- $380
- Gem book
- $580
- 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: Alt-art VSTAR. Confirm Lost Origin stamp and the swirling origin art.
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.
Scan a photo of this copy to measure borders.
Lot notes
The other SWSH alt that still moves. Umbreon is the flagship cousin.