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Combusken Ruby & Sapphire #28 Pokémon card
Uncommon

Combusken Ruby & Sapphire #28

Card #28 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
80 HPFirePokémonStage 1
Ungraded · blended
$20.99
Range $14 → $21
3 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →
Raw$20.99
PSA 92.8× raw$59
See live listings on TCGplayer →

Combusken is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Ruby & Sapphire (#28), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Torchic, weak to Water ×2. Its current blended market value is $20.99 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

3.6%
Played in 3.6% of competitive decks — 113 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.
Raw price by condition
Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$20.99
LPLightly Played$12.51
MPModerately Played$6.53
HPHeavily Played$6.75
DMGDamaged$1.96
7-dayflat
30-dayflat
90-dayflat
All-time high$21
All-time low$10
Other printingsNormal · $2.74

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$21
Normal$3

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

Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$20.99
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 9$59$18$59
PSA 8$54$16$55
PSA 7$13$13$13
“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
$2.99
Period high
$3.84
Period low
$1.60
Change
19.1%

Recent sold prices

Last sold price
$86
CGC 10 · 29 Jun 2026
Typical CGC 10
$86
Sales · last 90 days
4
Liquidity
Moderate
2 in last 30 days

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

PSA61 gradedPSA 10 · 0 · 0% gem rate
927
822
76
64
51
21
CGC228 gradedCGC 10 · 74 · 32% gem rate
1074
9.56
938
8.538
814
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Combusken 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

$33
Raw $20.99 → graded PSA 9$58.68
after ~$70.58 grading fee → 2.8× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 9$58.68$70.58$332.8×
PSA 8$54.37$70.53$372.6×

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

Available to buy nowLive on eBay
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Cross-market prices

53% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$14
TCGplayer · dearest$21

Currently 53% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. 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 disagree 53% gap

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

Card text

Evolves from Torchic.

Natural Cure · Poké-Body
When you attach a Fire Energy card from your hand to Combusken, remove all Special Conditions from Combusken.
Lunge50
Colorless · Colorless
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
Weakness Water ×2Retreat 1

About the Pokémon

Young Fowl PokémonGEN IIITorchicCombuskenBlaziken

COMBUSKEN toughens up its legs and thighs by running through fields and mountains. This POKéMON’s legs possess both speed and power, enabling it to dole out ten kicks in one second.

Card details

Number#28
RarityUncommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 1
TypeFire
HP80
Evolves fromTorchic
WeaknessWater ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#256
Card IDex1-28
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Combusken cards

There are 9 different Combusken printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Ruby & Sapphire #28 (Uncommon).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Combusken (Ruby & Sapphire #28) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Combusken from Ruby & Sapphire is worth approximately $20.99 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Combusken rare?

Combusken is a Uncommon card from Ruby & Sapphire (card #28), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Its current blended market value is $20.99 ungraded.