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Iron Thorns Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos #98 Pokémon card
Promo

Iron Thorns Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos #98

Card #98 · Illustrated by Tonji Matsuno
140 HPLightningPokémonBasicFuture
Ungraded · blended
$2.74
1.3% · 30d
PSA 10
$69
25× raw
Range $3 → $3
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →
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Iron Thorns is a Promo Pokémon card from Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos (#98), illustrated by Tonji Matsuno. It's a Basic Future Lightning-type Pokémon with 140 HP, weak to Fighting ×2. Its current blended market value is $2.74 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $69 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 25× the raw value. 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
Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$36.72
LPLightly Played$33.61
HPHeavily Played$22.79
7-day 0.1%
30-day 0.3%
90-day 2.3%
All-time high$45
All-time low$29
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$36.73
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 103 sold$69$58$79
PSA 93 sold$20$17$23
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

Not enough price history to chart yet.

Recent sold prices

Last sold price
$17
PSA 8 · 8 Jun 2026
Typical PSA 10
$312
Sales · last 90 days
2
Liquidity
Moderate
1 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.

Should you grade it?

$5
Raw $2.74 → graded PSA 10$68.69
after ~$70.68 grading fee → 25.1× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$68.69$70.68$525.1×
PSA 9$20.23$70.19$537.4×

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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Where to buy

Available to buy nowLive on eBay
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Market signal

Momentum · 30dFlat -1%

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$50

Card text

Destructo-Press70×
Lightning · Colorless
Reveal the top 5 cards of your deck. This attack does 70 damage for each Future card you find there. Then, discard those Future cards and shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Megaton Lariat140
Lightning · Lightning · Lightning · Colorless
Weakness Fighting ×2Retreat 3

Some of its notable features match those of an object named within a certain expedition journal as Iron Thorns.

Card details

Number#98
RarityPromo
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic, Future
TypeLightning
HP140
WeaknessFighting ×2
Retreat cost3
National Pokédex#995
Card IDsvp-98
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Iron Thorns cards

There are 2 different Iron Thorns printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos #98 (Promo).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Iron Thorns (Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos #98) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Iron Thorns from Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos is worth approximately $2.74 ungraded (near-mint), and around $69 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Iron Thorns?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Iron Thorns from Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos is worth around $69 — roughly 25× the raw ungraded value of $2.74.

Should I grade my Iron Thorns?

A PSA 10 sells for about $69 versus $2.74 raw — roughly a 25× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Iron Thorns rare?

Iron Thorns is a Promo card from Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos (card #98), illustrated by Tonji Matsuno. Its current blended market value is $2.74 ungraded.