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Check your printing4 different Empoleon V printings exist — is this your card? Battle Styles #40
Empoleon V Battle Styles #40 Pokémon card
Rare Holo V

Empoleon V

Battle Styles · 40/163 · Illustrated by Ayaka Yoshida
210 HPWaterPokémonBasicVRapid Strike

Market value · ungraded

$0.76 15.6% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. Updated 20 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$0.76

What this price is based on

Low confidence

Only 0 sales in the last 90 days.

Median · PSA 9$15.601 sale
Trimmed meanoutliers removed
Range$15.60$15.60lowest to highest sale
Sales rate0.3/mo2 recorded

Recent PSA 9 sales

By grade

  • PSA 9$15.601 sale
  • CGC 9$6.001 sale

From 2 completed sales recorded between May 4, 2026 and Jul 20, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 2 graded sales and 4,409,561 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Empoleon V is a Rare Holo V Pokémon card from Battle Styles (#40), illustrated by Ayaka Yoshida. It's a Basic V Rapid Strike Water-type Pokémon with 210 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $0.76 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $30 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 39× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 20 August 2026.

The receipts

Price history · Raw

14 Jul 202620 Aug 2026
Latest
$0.76
Period high
$0.90
Period low
$0.76
Change
15.6%
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Verified sales history10 in 90 daysreal completed listings

DateGradePriceCert
23 Jul 2026PSA 10$57.60#149328340
20 Jul 2026PSA 9$12.50#132495169
14 Jul 2026PSA 10$32.00#132495170
24 Jun 2026PSA 9$18.00#155855445
8 May 2026PSA 10$24.40#140119220
4 May 2026PSA 9$15.60#137591168
27 Apr 2026PSA 10$30.00#143235944
16 Apr 2026PSA 9$10.01#84527020
26 Mar 2026PSA 9$19.39#145909853
23 Mar 2026PSA 10$50.00#143235944

Should you grade it?

$55

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 29% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $41); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)29%
Expected return$55
PSA 10 best case$41
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Empoleon V is a Holo / V / ex in Battle Styles — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 27.9% of the time, split across 34 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 122 packs.

Holo / V / ex27.9%34 cards

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$30.00$70$4139.5×
PSA 9$16.00$70$5521.1×
PSA 8$15.00$70$5619.7×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 2,526 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1029%$30.00
PSA 943.5%$16.00
PSA ≤827.6%$1.00

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 29% of 2,526 CGC-graded Empoleon V copies are a gem-mint 10 (732 of 2,526) — the rest grade lower.

CGC2,526 gradedCGC 10 · 732 · 29% gem
10732
9.5102
91,098
8.5408
878

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Empoleon V 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)$0.76
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10$30$26$35
PSA 9✓ 10 cert-verified$16$15$20
PSA 8$15$15$15
“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$0.76
LPLightly Played$0.68
MPModerately Played$0.52
7-dayflat
30-dayflat
90-day 1.3%
All-time high$1
All-time low$0
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Market signal

Momentum · 30dFalling -16%

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
Emperor's EyesAbility

As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, your opponent's Basic Pokémon in play have no Abilities, except for Pokémon with a Rule Box (Pokémon V, Pokémon-GX, etc. have Rule Boxes).

Swirling Slice130
Water · Colorless · Colorless

Move an Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

Weakness Lightning ×2Retreat 2

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

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Emperor PokémonGEN IVPiplupPrinplupEmpoleon

The three horns that extend from its beak attest to its power. The leader has the biggest horns.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#40
RarityRare Holo V
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic, V, Rapid Strike
TypeWater
HP210
WeaknessLightning ×2
Retreat cost2
National Pokédex#395
Card IDswsh5-40
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Empoleon V cards

There are 4 different Empoleon V printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Battle Styles #40 (Rare Holo V).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Empoleon V (Battle Styles #40) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Empoleon V from Battle Styles is worth approximately $0.76 ungraded (near-mint), and around $30 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 Empoleon V?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Empoleon V from Battle Styles is worth around $30 — roughly 39× the raw ungraded value of $0.76.

Should I grade my Empoleon V?

A PSA 10 sells for about $30 versus $0.76 raw — roughly a 39× 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 Empoleon V rare?

Empoleon V is a Rare Holo V card from Battle Styles (card #40), illustrated by Ayaka Yoshida. Its current blended market value is $0.76 ungraded.

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