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Buffer Piece Dragon #83 Pokémon card
Uncommon

Buffer Piece Dragon #83

Card #83 · Illustrated by Katsura Tabata
TrainerPokémon Tool
Ungraded · blended
$1.91
20.1% · 30d
Range $1 → $4
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →
Raw$1.91
PSA 913.6× raw$26
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Buffer Piece is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Dragon (#83), illustrated by Katsura Tabata. It's a Pokémon Tool Trainer card. Its current blended market value is $1.91 ungraded. 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
Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$2.50
LPLightly Played$1.83
MPModerately Played$1.29
HPHeavily Played$1.00
DMGDamaged$0.90
7-dayflat
30-day 19.6%
90-day 19.1%
All-time high$3
All-time low$2
Other printingsNormal · $0.56

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$2
Normal$1

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$2.51
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 9$26$26$26
PSA 7$20$20$20
“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
$1.16
Period high
$2.85
Period low
$0.76
Change
19.4%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

PSA33 gradedPSA 10 · 1 · 3% gem rate
101
917
88
73
62
52
CGC156 gradedCGC 10 · 58 · 37% gem rate
1058
9.518
942
8.516
810
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Buffer Piece 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

$46
Raw $1.91 → graded PSA 9$26.00
after ~$70.25 grading fee → 13.6× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 9$26.00$70.25$4613.6×

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. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Where to buy

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Market signal

Momentum · 30dRising +20%

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

58% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$1

Card text

Attach Buffer Piece to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. If that Pokémon is Knocked Out, discard this card.

Damage done to the Pokémon Buffer Piece is attached to by an opponent's attack is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). At the end of your opponent's turn after you played Buffer Piece, discard Buffer Piece.

Card details

Number#83
RarityUncommon
SupertypeTrainer
SubtypesPokémon Tool
Card IDex3-83
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Buffer Piece cards

There are 3 different Buffer Piece printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Dragon #83 (Uncommon).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Buffer Piece (Dragon #83) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Buffer Piece from Dragon is worth approximately $1.91 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Buffer Piece rare?

Buffer Piece is a Uncommon card from Dragon (card #83), illustrated by Katsura Tabata. Its current blended market value is $1.91 ungraded.