Darkrai VSTAR99/189 · Astral Radiance Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$13modelled · pop 91
- PSA 9$183 sold · 90d · pop 241
- PSA 10$584 sold · 90d · pop 250
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Astral Radiance #99/189, 2022. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Darkrai VSTAR is a Rare Holo VSTAR Pokémon card from Astral Radiance (#99, released 2022), illustrated by 5ban Graphics. It's a VSTAR Darkness-type Pokémon with 270 HP, evolving from Darkrai V, weak to Grass ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 15 September 2026.
Darkrai VSTAR price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence8 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 3 auctions, 5 accepted offers, 2 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 3 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- CGC 9$12.0015 sales · 12 in 90d, sells regularly
- Raw$2.4510 sales · 8 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 10$19.5710 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9.5$13.007 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$54.506 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$19.803 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 8.5$9.603 sales
- BGS 9$13.102 sales
Is Darkrai VSTAR worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $18 against the $72 you put in, a $54 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $18–$55. Averaged over every outcome that is −$54 a card.
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Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually 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.
The odds
Darkrai VSTAR is a Secret / Rainbow in Astral Radiance — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 34 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 1,367 packs.
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 grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $58.49 | $71 | −$14 | 24.8× |
| PSA 9 | $18.00 | $70 | −$55 | 7.6× |
| PSA 8 | $12.98 | $70 | −$60 | 5.5× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 10,355 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 14.4% | $54.50 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 47.2% | $18.00 |
| PSA 8 | 8.6% | $12.98 |
| PSA 7 | 0.1% | $2.36 |
| PSA 6 | 0% | $8.50 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 29.7% | $2.36 |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; 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 & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
250 of the 610 PSA-graded Darkrai VSTAR copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 41%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 610.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 10,355.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 6.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Darkrai VSTAR 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon TCG Darkrai VSTAR Astral Radiance 099/189 Ultra Rare Holo ENG 270 HPRaw · eBay$1.00
Darkrai VSTAR Holo Ultra Rare SWSH10: Astral Radiance 099/189Raw · eBay$1.50
Pokémon TCG Darkrai VSTAR Astral Radiance 099/189 Holo Ultra RareRaw · eBay$1.98
Darkrai VSTAR 099/189 Swsh10: Astral Radiance HoloRaw · eBay$1.99
Darkrai VSTAR Holo Ultra Rare SWSH10: Astral Radiance 099/189 LPRaw · eBay$1.99
Pokémon TCG Darkrai VSTAR Holo Ultra Rare Card 099/189 Astral RadianceRaw · eBay$1.99Cheapest raw copy $1.00 — 58% below our near-mint estimate of $2
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 250 | $58$50–$67 | |
| PSA 9pop 241 | ✓ 8 cert-verified$18$11–$22 | |
| PSA 8pop 91 | modelled$13$12–$13 | |
| PSA 6pop 10 | modelled$9$9–$9 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Darkrai V.
During your turn, you may put up to 2 Item cards from your discard pile into your hand. (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.)
This attack does 30 more damage for each Darkness Energy attached to all of your Pokémon.
VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
It can lull people to sleep and make them dream. It is active during nights of the new moon.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Darkrai VSTAR cards
There are 2 different Darkrai VSTAR printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Astral Radiance #99 (Rare Holo VSTAR).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Darkrai VSTAR (Astral Radiance #99) worth?
As of 15 September 2026, Darkrai VSTAR from Astral Radiance is worth approximately $2.36 ungraded (near-mint), and around $58 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 Darkrai VSTAR?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Darkrai VSTAR from Astral Radiance is worth around $58 — roughly 25× the raw ungraded value of $2.36.
Should I grade my Darkrai VSTAR?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Darkrai VSTAR rare?
Darkrai VSTAR is a Rare Holo VSTAR card from Astral Radiance (card #99).
How do I know if my Darkrai VSTAR is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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