Lairon Ruby & Sapphire #37

Card #37 · Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita

80 HPMetalPokémonStage 1

Ungraded · blended

$5.33

Range $5 → $5
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

Raw$5.33

PSA 93.0× raw$16

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Lairon is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Ruby & Sapphire (#37), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's a Stage 1 Metal-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Aron, weak to Fire ×2. Its current blended market value is $5.33 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#12 most valuable Lairon of 23 #95 most valuable in Ruby & Sapphire of 109

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$6.00

LPLightly Played$5.24

MPModerately Played$2.54

DMGDamaged$2.20

7-day—

30-dayflat

90-day▲ 11.1%

All-time high$6

All-time low$4

Other printingsNormal · $2.21

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$5

Normal$2

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

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$6.00

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9		$16$16–$16
PSA 7		$5$5–$5

“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

$2.05

Period high

$3.13

Period low

$1.34

Change

▲ 2.5%

Recent sold prices

Last hammer price

$48

PSA 10 · 23 Mar 2026

Typical PSA 10

$48

Auction lots · last 90 days

Liquidity

Thin

0 in last 30 days

PSA 102003 Pokemon EX Ruby & Sapphire Lairon #37 PSA 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #218 · 23 Mar 2026$48

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

Population across graders

PSA46 gradedPSA 10 · 1 · 2% gem rate

101

915

821

CGC158 gradedCGC 10 · 54 · 34% gem rate

1054

9.56

928

8.528

816

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

Should you grade it?

−$59

Raw $5.33 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $16.00
after ~$70.15 grading fee → 3.0× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$16.00	$70.15	−$59	3.0×

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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Cross-market prices

11% spread

PriceCharting · cheapest$5

TCGplayer · dearest$5

Currently 11% 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-marketSome gap 11% gap

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

Card text

Evolves from Aron.

Magnitude20

Metal

Does 10 damage to each Benched Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's). (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

One-Two Strike30+

Colorless · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each heads.

Weakness Fire ×2Resistance Grass -30Retreat 2

About the Pokémon

Iron Armor PokémonGEN IIIAron → Lairon → Aggron

LAIRON tempers its steel body by drinking highly nutritious mineral springwater until it is bloated. This POKéMON makes its nest close to springs of delicious water.

Card details

SetRuby & Sapphire →

Number#37

RarityUncommon

PokémonAll Lairon cards →

GenerationGen III · Hoenn →

ArtistMitsuhiro Arita →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesStage 1

TypeMetal

HP80

Evolves fromAron

WeaknessFire ×2

ResistanceGrass -30

Retreat cost2

National Pokédex#305

Card IDex1-37

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Lairon cards

There are 9 different Lairon printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Ruby & Sapphire #37 (Uncommon).