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Skarmory Great Encounters #53 Pokémon card
Uncommon

Skarmory Great Encounters #53

Card #53 · Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita
70 HPMetalPokémonBasic
Ungraded · blended
$3.82
0.3% · 30d
Range $4 → $4
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →
Raw$3.82
PSA 92.4× raw$9
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Skarmory is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Great Encounters (#53), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's a Basic Metal-type Pokémon with 70 HP, weak to Fire +20. Its current blended market value is $3.82 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$3.75
LPLightly Played$2.35
MPModerately Played$0.95
HPHeavily Played$0.68
DMGDamaged$0.42
7-dayflat
30-day 0.3%
90-day 3.6%
All-time high$4
All-time low$1
Other printingsNormal · $0.50

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$4
Normal$0

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

Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$3.75
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 9$9$9$9
“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
$1.78
Period high
$1.78
Period low
$0.43
Change
79.8%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

CGC192 gradedCGC 10 · 90 · 47% gem rate
1090
9.516
932
8.520
86
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Skarmory 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

$65
Raw $3.82 → graded PSA 9$9.05
after ~$70.08 grading fee → 2.4× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 9$9.05$70.08$652.4×

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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Cross-market prices

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

Currently 5% 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 +0%
Cross-marketMarkets agree 5% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

90% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$0

Card text

Air Crash20
Metal
Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.
Steel Wing40
Metal · Colorless · Colorless
During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Skarmory by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Weakness Fire +20Resistance Psychic -20Retreat 1

Despite being clad entirely in iron-hard armor, it flies at speeds over 180 mph.

About the Pokémon

Armor Bird PokémonGEN II

Its sturdy wings look heavy, but they are actually hollow and light, allowing it to fly freely in the sky.

Card details

Number#53
RarityUncommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeMetal
HP70
WeaknessFire +20
ResistancePsychic -20
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#227
Card IDdp4-53
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Skarmory cards

There are 9 different Skarmory printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Great Encounters #53 (Uncommon).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Skarmory (Great Encounters #53) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Skarmory from Great Encounters is worth approximately $3.82 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Skarmory rare?

Skarmory is a Uncommon card from Great Encounters (card #53), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. Its current blended market value is $3.82 ungraded.