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Choice Band Burning Shadows #162 Pokémon card
Rare Secret

Choice Band Burning Shadows #162

Card #162 · Illustrated by Eske Yoshinob
TrainerPokémon Tool
Ungraded · blended
$4.60
2.2% · 30d
PSA 10
$48
10× raw
Range $4 → $5
1 grading company tracked
Confidence high · How we price →
Raw$4.60
PSA 92.4× raw$11
PSA 1010.5× raw$48
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Choice Band is a Rare Secret Pokémon card from Burning Shadows (#162), illustrated by Eske Yoshinob. It's a Pokémon Tool Trainer card. Its current blended market value is $4.60 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $48 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 10× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

Raw price by condition
Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$4.63
LPLightly Played$3.52
HPHeavily Played$2.33
DMGDamaged$1.99
7-day 2.7%
30-day 2.0%
90-dayflat
All-time high$5
All-time low$5
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$4.64
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10$48$48$80
PSA 9$11$10$11
PSA 7$10$10$10
“Sold” = median of real recent eBay sold listings at that grade. Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects the price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026
Current
$5.02
Period high
$5.45
Period low
$2.62
Change
0.8%

Recent sold prices

Last hammer price
$48
PSA 10 · 25 May 2026
Typical PSA 10
$48
Auction lots · last 90 days
1
Liquidity
Thin
0 in last 30 days

Real completed hammer prices from Fanatics Collect weekly and premier auctions, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

PSA192 gradedPSA 10 · 55 · 29% gem rate
1055
983
839
79
63
51
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Choice Band 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

$27
Raw $4.60 → graded PSA 10$48.21
after ~$70.47 grading fee → 10.5× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$48.21$70.47$2710.5×
PSA 9$10.99$70.1$642.4×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 192 PSA-graded copies:

Gem rate (est.)
28.6%
hit PSA 10
Expected return
$55
net, all grades
PSA 10 best case
$27
Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1028.6%$48.00
PSA 943.2%$11.00
PSA ≤828.1%$5.00

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.

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Where to buy

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Cross-market prices

20% spread
Cardmarket · cheapest$4
TCGplayer$5
PriceCharting · dearest$5

Currently 20% cheaper on Cardmarket than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dFlat +2%
Cross-marketSome gap 20% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

9% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$4

Card text

Attach a Pokémon Tool to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it.

The attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to do 30 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon-GX or Active Pokémon-EX (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).

Card details

Number#162
RarityRare Secret
SupertypeTrainer
SubtypesPokémon Tool
Card IDsm3-162
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Choice Band cards

There are 3 different Choice Band printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Burning Shadows #162 (Rare Secret).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Choice Band (Burning Shadows #162) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Choice Band from Burning Shadows is worth approximately $4.60 ungraded (near-mint), and around $48 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Choice Band?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Choice Band from Burning Shadows is worth around $48 — roughly 10× the raw ungraded value of $4.60.

Should I grade my Choice Band?

A PSA 10 sells for about $48 versus $4.60 raw — roughly a 10× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Choice Band rare?

Choice Band is a Rare Secret card from Burning Shadows (card #162), illustrated by Eske Yoshinob. Its current blended market value is $4.60 ungraded.