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Metal Energy Emerald #88 Pokémon card
Rare

Metal Energy Emerald #88

Card #88 · Illustrated by Milky Isobe
EnergySpecial
Ungraded · blended
$10.95
5.5% · 30d
Range $4 → $12
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence medium · How we price →
Raw$10.95
PSA 95.1× raw$56
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Metal Energy is a Rare Pokémon card from Emerald (#88), illustrated by Milky Isobe. It's a Special Energy card. Its current blended market value is $10.95 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

Competitive play · Limitless

6.2%
Played in 6.2% of competitive decks — 198 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.
Raw price by condition
Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$10.95
LPLightly Played$5.53
HPHeavily Played$5.00
7-day 1.0%
30-day 4.5%
90-day 11.5%
All-time high$11
All-time low$8
Other printingsNormal · $1.22

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$12
Normal$1

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

Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$11.06
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 9$56$56$56
PSA 8$44$29$45
PSA 7$6$6$6
“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
$4.12
Period high
$7.99
Period low
$1.83
Change
36.0%

Recent sold prices

Last hammer price
$84
CGC 10 · 22 Jun 2026
Typical CGC 10
$69
Auction lots · last 90 days
4
Liquidity
Moderate
2 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

PSA35 gradedPSA 10 · 0 · 0% gem rate
914
813
73
64
51
CGC82 gradedCGC 10 · 30 · 37% gem rate
1030
9.54
914
8.512
86
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Metal Energy 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

$26
Raw $10.95 → graded PSA 9$56.00
after ~$70.55 grading fee → 5.1× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 9$56.00$70.55$265.1×
PSA 8$44.31$70.43$374.0×

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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Market signal

Momentum · 30dRising +6%

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

Card text

Damage done by attacks to the Pokémon that Metal Energy is attached to is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Ignore this effect if the Pokémon that Metal Energy is attached to isn't Metal. Metal Energy provides Metal Energy. (Doesn't count as a Basic card.)

Card details

Number#88
RarityRare
SupertypeEnergy
SubtypesSpecial
Card IDex9-88
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Metal Energy cards

There are 9 different Metal Energy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Emerald #88 (Rare).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Metal Energy (Emerald #88) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Metal Energy from Emerald is worth approximately $10.95 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Metal Energy rare?

Metal Energy is a Rare card from Emerald (card #88), illustrated by Milky Isobe. Its current blended market value is $10.95 ungraded.