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Steven's Metagross ex Ascended Heroes #289 Pokémon card
Special Illustration Rare

Steven's Metagross ex

Ascended Heroes · #289 · Illustrated by chibi
340 HPMetalPokémonStage 2ex

Market value · ungraded

$105.15 1.9% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Sales · 90 days32
Last sale$97 Raw · 27 Jun 2026
Range$94$105
Sold prices, not asking. eBay + Fanatics + TCGplayer. Updated 7 August 2026. 2 sources agree within 2%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$105

What this price is based on

High confidence

100 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Median · Raw$98.00101 sales
Trimmed mean$97.11outliers removed
Range$73.00$550lowest to highest sale
Sales rate30/mo180 recorded

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 3, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Steven’s Metagross ex SIR - ME: Ascended Heroes 289/217$89.99
  • Aug 2, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Steven’s Metagross Ex, SIR, 289/217, Ascended Heroes, NM Fast ShipNM$93.00
  • Aug 2, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Steven’s Metagross Ex, SIR, 289/217, Ascended Heroes, NM Fast ShipNM$89.00
  • Aug 1, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes Steven's Metagross EX 289/217 SIR NMNM$94.99
  • Jul 31, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Steven’s Metagross Ex, SIR, 289/217, Ascended Heroes, NM Fast ShipNM$93.00
  • Jul 31, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Steven’s Metagross ex 289/217 Ascended Heroes SIR$78.00
  • Jul 31, 2026eBay — Steven's Metagross ex 289/217 Ascended Heroes Pokemon Holo$90.00
  • Jul 30, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Steven's Metagross ex 289/217 Ascended Heroes SIR NM 🔥NM$90.00

By grade

  • Raw$98.00101 sales
  • PSA 10$50028 sales
  • CGC 10$18523 sales
  • PSA 9$14511 sales
  • TAG 10$3807 sales
  • TAG 9$1392 sales
  • BGS 9.5$2162 sales
  • ACE 10$1532 sales

From 180 completed sales recorded between May 3, 2026 and Aug 3, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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Steven's Metagross ex is a Special Illustration Rare Pokémon card from Ascended Heroes (#289), illustrated by chibi. It's a Stage 2 ex Metal-type Pokémon with 340 HP, evolving from Steven's Metang, weak to Fire ×2. Its current blended market value is $105.15 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $542 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 5× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 7 August 2026.

0.5%
Played in 0.5% of competitive decks — 15 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

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Price history · Raw

10 May 20267 Aug 2026
Latest
$105.15
Period high
$107.07
Period low
$94.01
Change
6.4%
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Verified sales history32 in 90 daysreal completed listings

Last sold
$100
Raw · 27 Jun 2026
Typical Raw
$100
Sales · last 90 days
12
How often it sells
Rarely sells
daily · 0 in last 30 days

Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.

Last sold price
$300
CGC 10 · 3 Aug 2026
Typical PSA 10
$300
Sales · last 90 days
20
How often it sells
Sells often
8 in last 30 days
CGC 102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes SIR Steven's Metagross EX #289 CGC 10 PRISTINEWeekly Sunday Auction #237 · 3 Aug 2026$300PSA 102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes SIR Steven's Metagross ex #289 PSA 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #237 · 3 Aug 2026$300PSA 102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes SIR Steven's Metagross ex #289 PSA 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #236 · 27 Jul 2026$276PSA 102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes SIR Steven's Metagross EX #289 PSA 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #235 · 20 Jul 2026$336CGC 102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes SIR Steven's Metagross EX #289 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #235 · 20 Jul 2026$120CGC 102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes SIR Steven's Metagross EX #289 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #235 · 20 Jul 2026$126CGC 92026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes SIR Steven's Metagross EX #289 CGC 9 MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #235 · 20 Jul 2026$54CGC 102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes SIR Steven's Metagross EX #289 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #234 · 13 Jul 2026$132BGS 9.52026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes SIR Steven's Metagross ex #289 BGS 9.5 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #233 · 6 Jul 2026$162CGC 102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes SIR Steven's Metagross EX #289 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #233 · 6 Jul 2026$113CGC 102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes SIR Steven's Metagross ex #289 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #232 · 29 Jun 2026$144CGC 102026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes SIR Steven's Metagross EX #289 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #231 · 22 Jun 2026$192

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.

Demand & liquidity

Thin · Rarely sellsDemand 30/100
Sales · 30d0
Sales · 90d12
Price momentum+2%
Raw
$100
RawNM
$100

Last sold $100 · Raw · 27 Jun 2026

Should you grade it?

+$197

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 61.7% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$351); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)61.7%
Expected return+$197
PSA 10 best case+$351
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictWorth grading

The odds

Steven's Metagross ex is a Secret / Rainbow in Ascended Heroes — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 24 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 965 packs.

Secret / Rainbow2.5%24 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)61.7%521 of 844
PSA 932%270 of 844
PSA graded so far844
Gem Mint 10521
Total graded844

Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.

Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$541.50$85+$3515.1×
PSA 9$145.00$71$321.4×
PSA 8$100.00$71$761.0×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 844 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1061.7%$542.00
PSA 932%$145.00
PSA ≤86.3%$105.00

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. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.

Population across gradersPSA, CGC & BGS — every grade, with gem rates

Only 62% of 844 PSA-graded Steven's Metagross ex copies are a gem-mint 10 (521 of 844) — the rest grade lower.

PSA844 gradedPSA 10 · 521 · 62% gem
10521
9270
846
74
62
41

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Steven's Metagross ex 10 is harder to pull.

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$105.15
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 521$542$460$623
PSA 9pop 270$145$123$167
PSA 8pop 46$100$100$100
“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.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$105.15
LPLightly Played$91.05
MPModerately Played$90.11
DMGDamaged$40.05
7-day 0.9%
30-day 1.8%
90-day 28.3%
All-time high$126
All-time low$78
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

2% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$94
PriceCharting · dearest$96

Currently 2% 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 +2%
Volatility · 90dStable ±3%
Cross-marketMarkets agree 2% gap
90d low $94near its low$107 high

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

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Evolves from Steven's Metang.

X-BootAbility

Once during your turn, you may search your deck for a Basic Psychic Energy card, a Basic Metal Energy card, or 1 of each and attach them to your Psychic Pokémon and Metal Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.

Metal Stomp200
Metal · Colorless · Colorless
Weakness Fire ×2Resistance Grass -30Retreat 3

Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#289
RaritySpecial Illustration Rare
Artistchibi
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 2, ex
TypeMetal
HP340
Evolves fromSteven's Metang
WeaknessFire ×2
ResistanceGrass -30
Retreat cost3
National Pokédex#376
Card IDme2pt5-289
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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There are 2 different Steven's Metagross ex printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Ascended Heroes #289 (Special Illustration Rare).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Steven's Metagross ex (Ascended Heroes #289) worth?

As of 7 August 2026, Steven's Metagross ex from Ascended Heroes is worth approximately $105.15 ungraded (near-mint), and around $542 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 Steven's Metagross ex?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Steven's Metagross ex from Ascended Heroes is worth around $542 — roughly 5× the raw ungraded value of $105.15.

Should I grade my Steven's Metagross ex?

A PSA 10 sells for about $542 versus $105.15 raw — roughly a 5× 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 Steven's Metagross ex rare?

Steven's Metagross ex is a Special Illustration Rare card from Ascended Heroes (card #289), illustrated by chibi. Its current blended market value is $105.15 ungraded.

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