Genesect XY Black Star Promos #XY196

Card #XY196 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori

110 HPMetalPokémonBasic

Ungraded · blended

$2.54

▲ 8.1% · 30d

Range $2 → $3
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

Raw$2.54

PSA 97.2× raw$18

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Genesect is a Promo Pokémon card from XY Black Star Promos (#XY196), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Basic Metal-type Pokémon with 110 HP, weak to Fire ×2. Its current blended market value is $2.54 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#15 most valuable Genesect of 25 #196 most valuable in XY Black Star Promos of 216

Competitive play · Limitless

5.7%

Played in 5.7% of competitive decks — 180 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

Raw price by condition

Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$2.54

LPLightly Played$1.46

MPModerately Played$1.03

HPHeavily Played$0.74

DMGDamaged$0.55

7-dayflat

30-day▲ 8.1%

90-day▲ 18.1%

All-time high$3

All-time low$1

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$2.54

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9		$18$18–$18

“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

$3.10

Period high

$3.10

Period low

$1.65

Change

▲ 46.2%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

PSA80 gradedPSA 10 · 11 · 14% gem rate

1011

926

823

710

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

Should you grade it?

−$54

Raw $2.54 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $18.34
after ~$70.17 grading fee → 7.2× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$18.34	$70.17	−$54	7.2×

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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Check recent sold prices

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Cross-market prices

57% spread

Cardmarket · cheapest$2

TCGplayer$3

PriceCharting · dearest$3

Currently 57% cheaper on Cardmarket 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 · 30dRising +8%

Cross-marketMarkets disagree 57% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

22% cheaper than the US

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$2

Buy on CardmarketEU

Card text

Linear Attack

Metal · Colorless

This attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Destructor Beam90

Metal · Metal · Metal

Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon.

Weakness Fire ×2Resistance Psychic -20Retreat 2

“This Pokémon existed 300 million years ago. Team Plasma altered it and attached a cannon to its back.”

About the Pokémon

Paleozoic PokémonGEN VMythical

Over 300 million years ago, it was feared as the strongest of hunters. It has been modified by Team Plasma.

Card details

SetXY Black Star Promos →

Number#XY196

RarityPromo

PokémonAll Genesect cards →

GenerationGen V · Unova →

ArtistKen Sugimori →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesBasic

TypeMetal

HP110

WeaknessFire ×2

ResistancePsychic -20

Retreat cost2

National Pokédex#649

Card IDxyp-XY196

SourceAggregated marketplaces

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