Steven's Metagross ex — Ascended Heroes #289, PSA 9

Special Illustration RareAscended Heroes289/2172026PSA 9

Steven's Metagross ex 289/217 · Ascended Heroes PSA 9 price

PSA 9 · mint slab

$138

Fair buy $117 · sell $1591.8× rawUpdated today

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Raw NM$75
PSA 9this page$1381.8×
PSA 10$2763.7×

PSA 9 sales: 51; in our ledger
Last 90 days: 39; sells often
Confidence: High; 39 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.
Latest sale: 2d ago; psa 9

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PSA 9 slabs for sale right now

Live asks for a PSA 9 of this exact card · stock as of yesterday. A raw copy or a reverse holo is a different product and is not in this list.

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PSA 9 price history

PSA 9 · index · latest

$138▲ 5%over 246 days

2026-02-01 → 2026-10-05

The recorded PSA 9 price index, closing on the figure above. The line is the running level, so a single unusually cheap or dear sale does not spike it. Hover any day for its price on the line.

Every PSA 9 sale we can show you

Cert-verified sales, the eBay comps, our own ledger and Fanatics, in one list newest first. We hold 51 PSA 9 sales with a median of $70; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to. Fanatics alone: 1 PSA 9 sales, 0 in the last 90 days.

GraderGradeCert-verified only 0

	Grade	Venue	Date	Certificate	Price
Steven’s Metagross ex #289 Ascended Heroes Special Illustration Rare PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	eBay	2026-10-03	—	$56.14
2026 POKEMON ASC SPECIAL ILLUSTRATION RARE #289 STEVEN'S METAGROSS EX PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-10-03	—	$57.00
POKEMON STEVEN'S METAGROSS EX #289 PSA 9 ASC EN-ASCENDED HEROES 2026	PSA 9	eBay	2026-10-01	—	$84.99
PSA 9- Steven's Metagross ex 289/217 Me: Ascended Heroes Holo (With Guard)	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-30	—	$65.00
Pokemon 2026 Steven's Metagross ex SIR 289 Ascended Heroes PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-28	—	$70.00
Pokemon Steven's Metagross EX Ascended Heroes 289 SIR PSA 9 Mint	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-27	—	$53.00
2026 Steven's Metagross Ex #289/217 Pokémon Ascended Heroes SIR PSA 9 Mint Card	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-27	—	$71.00
2026 Pokemon Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes SIR Steven's Metagross ex #289 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-06-22	—	$138

1–8 of 8 sales · 0 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

The ledger’s PSA 9 median ($70) sits below the published price above. The median is every recorded sale weighted equally; the price is the cert-verified market with outliers and qualified slabs removed, and is what the latest sales support.

How many PSA 9 copies exist

PSA’s cumulative census for this card. It counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the rate a fresh submission should expect.

PSA 9 population

1,279

31.7% of 4,038 graded

Graded higher

2,555

PSA 10s above this grade

Total PSA graded

4,038

every grade, all time

Other graders at a 9: TAG 80 of 229. A CGC or BGS 9 is its own market and is not in the price above.

Is Steven's Metagross ex worth grading?

Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — the PSA 9 outcome is one leg, not the whole answer.

Verdict

Worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$62

after fees, all grades

Comes back PSA 9

3200%

of submissions, by the census

PSA 9 outcome

$-19

PSA 9 net of raw and fee

Grading cost

$82

tier fee + shipping

Trader

Compare graders, and the live market

The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population, the ROI table and the ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.

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PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and fees, Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market pays for.
Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.

Built on 263 graded sales and a population of 5,111,730 · fees as of 2026-10-03.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 9 Steven's Metagross ex (Ascended Heroes #289) worth?

As of 5 October 2026, a PSA 9 mint Steven's Metagross ex from Ascended Heroes is worth approximately $138, with a fair range of $117 to $159 — about 1.8× the $75 raw near-mint price.

How many PSA 9 Steven's Metagross ex exist?

PSA has graded 1,279 copies of Steven's Metagross ex (Ascended Heroes #289) a 9, out of 4,038 submitted — 31.7% of the population, with 2,555 graded higher. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Should I grade my Steven's Metagross ex hoping for a PSA 9?

Probably yes. Weighting every grade by how often this card earns it, expected value after the $82 grading fee is about $62; this card comes back a PSA 9 about 3200% of the time.

Is a PSA 9 Steven's Metagross ex a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 9 Steven's Metagross ex has 51 recorded sales, 39 of them in the last 90 days, and the slab-history table above shows what happened to copies that sold twice. Read those before you read anyone's forecast.