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Counter Gain Surging Sparks #169 Pokémon card
Uncommon

Counter Gain Surging Sparks #169

Card #169 · Illustrated by Toyste Beach
TrainerPokémon Tool
Ungraded · blended
$0.29
Range $0 → $0
1 grading company tracked
Confidence high · How we price →
Raw$0.29
PSA 951.6× raw$15
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Counter Gain is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Surging Sparks (#169), illustrated by Toyste Beach. It's a Pokémon Tool Trainer card. Its current blended market value is $0.29 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

1%
Played in 1% of competitive decks — 32 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.
Raw price by condition
Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$0.27
LPLightly Played$0.24
MPModerately Played$0.23
7-day 10.0%
30-day 3.6%
90-day 8.0%
All-time high$0
All-time low$0
Other printingsNormal · $0.14

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$0
Normal$0

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

Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$0.27
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 9$15$15$15
“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 20251 Jul 2026
Current
$0.10
Period high
$1.65
Period low
$0.10
Change
93.9%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

PSA3 gradedPSA 10 · 0 · 0% gem rate
91
82
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Counter Gain 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

$55
Raw $0.29 → graded PSA 9$14.95
after ~$70.14 grading fee → 51.6× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 9$14.95$70.14$5551.6×

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

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Cross-market prices

21% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$0
PriceCharting · dearest$0

Currently 21% 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-marketSome gap 21% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

69% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$0

Card text

If you have more Prize cards remaining than your opponent, attacks used by the Pokémon this card is attached to cost Colorless less.

You may attach any number of Pokémon Tools to your Pokémon during your turn. You may attach only 1 Pokémon Tool to each Pokémon, and it stays attached.

Attach a Pokémon Tool to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached.

Card details

Number#169
RarityUncommon
SupertypeTrainer
SubtypesPokémon Tool
Card IDsv8-169
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Counter Gain cards

There are 6 different Counter Gain printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Surging Sparks #169 (Uncommon).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Counter Gain (Surging Sparks #169) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Counter Gain from Surging Sparks is worth approximately $0.29 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Counter Gain rare?

Counter Gain is a Uncommon card from Surging Sparks (card #169), illustrated by Toyste Beach. Its current blended market value is $0.29 ungraded.