Shelgon Dragon #42

Card #42 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori

70 HPColorlessPokémonStage 1

Ungraded · blended

$7.16

▲ 0.7% · 30d

Range $7 → $7
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

Raw$7.16

PSA 94.3× raw$31

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Shelgon is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Dragon (#42), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Stage 1 Colorless-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Bagon. Its current blended market value is $7.16 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#9 most valuable Shelgon of 18 #83 most valuable in Dragon of 100

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$7.38

LPLightly Played$4.00

MPModerately Played$3.75

HPHeavily Played$2.16

DMGDamaged$1.46

7-dayflat

30-day▲ 0.7%

90-day▲ 34.9%

All-time high$8

All-time low$4

Other printingsNormal · $1.74

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$7

Normal$2

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

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$7.38

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9		$31$20–$39
PSA 8		$8$4–$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

$2.19

Period high

$3.30

Period low

$1.72

Change

▼ 27.0%

Recent sold prices

Last hammer price

$19

CGC 10 · 1 Jun 2026

Typical CGC 10

$34

Auction lots · last 90 days

Liquidity

Thin

0 in last 30 days

CGC 102003 Pokemon EX Dragon Shelgon #42 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #228 · 1 Jun 2026$19 CGC 92003 Pokemon Ex Dragon Shelgon #42 CGC 9 MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #225 · 11 May 2026$7 CGC 92003 Pokemon EX Dragon Reverse Holo Shelgon #42 CGC 9 MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #222 · 20 Apr 2026$25 CGC 102003 Pokemon EX Dragon Reverse Holo Shelgon #42 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #221 · 13 Apr 2026$49

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

Population across graders

PSA49 gradedPSA 10 · 2 · 4% gem rate

102

919

816

CGC178 gradedCGC 10 · 52 · 29% gem rate

1052

9.58

936

8.528

816

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Shelgon 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

−$46

Raw $7.16 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $31.13
after ~$70.3 grading fee → 4.3× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$31.13	$70.3	−$46	4.3×
PSA 8	$8.28	$70.07	−$69	1.2×

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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Check recent sold prices

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Cross-market prices

1% spread

TCGplayer · cheapest$7

PriceCharting · dearest$7

Currently 1% cheaper on TCGplayer 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 +1%

Cross-marketMarkets agree 1% gap

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

Card text

Evolves from Bagon.

Granite Head20

Water · Colorless

Damage done to Shelgon by an opponent's attack is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance) during your opponent's next turn.

Flare40

Fire · Colorless · Colorless

Retreat 2

About the Pokémon

Endurance PokémonGEN IIIBagon → Shelgon → Salamence

Inside SHELGON’s armor-like shell, cells are in the midst of transformation to create an entirely new body. This POKéMON’s shell is extremely heavy, making its movements sluggish.

Card details

SetDragon →

Number#42

RarityUncommon

PokémonAll Shelgon cards →

GenerationGen III · Hoenn →

ArtistKen Sugimori →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesStage 1

TypeColorless

HP70

Evolves fromBagon

Retreat cost2

National Pokédex#372

Card IDex3-42

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Shelgon cards

There are 9 different Shelgon printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Dragon #42 (Uncommon).