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3 other Cynthia's Ambition printings exist — is this your card? Brilliant Stars 169/172 ↓
Cynthia's Ambition — Brilliant Stars #169

Rare UltraBrilliant Stars169/1722022Illustrated by Megumi Mizutani

Cynthia's Ambition 169/172 · Brilliant Stars price & value

Raw · near mint

$13.10

Updated

GradedFull ladder ↓

  • BGS 10$1108.4×
  • TAG 10$856.5×
  • PSA 10$705.3×
Sales recorded
102
every grade, since 2026
Last 90 days
38 raw · 62 all
19 in the last 30, every grade
Confidence
High
38 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.
Latest sale
6d ago
raw
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Sold prices, not asking. Near Mint estimate from 64 completed sales of this exact card, each adjusted for the condition it sold in. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →

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The headline above is Near Mint. Most copies that actually change hands are not — pick the holder and condition you actually have. How the grades are judged → How we price played copies →

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And here is what an ungraded copy has actually done. The line ends on the Near Mint price above — the same number, not a second one.

Raw · latest

$13▼ 61%over 5 years

2022-02-01 → 2026-09-22

$5
$10
$20
Feb 20222023202420252026Sept 20262022-02-01 · $342022-03-01 · $112022-04-01 · $112022-05-01 · $122022-06-01 · $72022-07-01 · $92022-08-01 · $82022-09-01 · $92022-10-01 · $82022-11-01 · $92022-12-01 · $82023-01-01 · $62023-02-01 · $52023-03-01 · $72023-04-01 · $92023-05-01 · $62023-06-01 · $52023-07-01 · $92023-08-01 · $92023-09-01 · $92023-10-01 · $72023-11-01 · $72023-12-01 · $52024-01-01 · $62024-02-01 · $52024-03-01 · $42024-04-01 · $52024-05-01 · $62024-06-01 · $52024-07-01 · $52024-08-01 · $62024-09-01 · $52024-10-01 · $52024-11-01 · $62024-12-01 · $52025-01-01 · $72025-02-01 · $82025-03-01 · $132025-04-01 · $122025-05-01 · $112025-06-01 · $112025-07-01 · $112025-08-01 · $112025-09-01 · $102025-10-01 · $112025-11-01 · $92025-12-01 · $102026-01-01 · $112026-02-01 · $112026-03-01 · $112026-04-01 · $132026-05-01 · $142026-06-01 · $132026-07-01 · $132026-07-14 · $132026-07-22 · $132026-07-23 · $132026-07-24 · $132026-07-25 · $132026-07-26 · $132026-07-27 · $132026-07-28 · $132026-07-29 · $132026-07-30 · $132026-07-31 · $132026-08-01 · $132026-08-02 · $132026-08-03 · $132026-08-04 · $122026-08-05 · $122026-08-06 · $122026-08-07 · $122026-08-08 · $122026-08-09 · $122026-08-10 · $122026-08-11 · $122026-08-12 · $122026-08-13 · $122026-08-14 · $122026-08-15 · $122026-08-16 · $122026-08-17 · $122026-08-18 · $122026-08-19 · $122026-08-20 · $122026-08-21 · $122026-08-22 · $122026-08-23 · $132026-08-25 · $132026-08-26 · $132026-08-27 · $132026-08-29 · $132026-08-30 · $132026-08-31 · $142026-09-01 · $142026-09-02 · $142026-09-03 · $142026-09-04 · $152026-09-05 · $152026-09-06 · $152026-09-07 · $142026-09-08 · $142026-09-09 · $142026-09-10 · $142026-09-11 · $142026-09-12 · $142026-09-13 · $152026-09-14 · $142026-09-15 · $142026-09-16 · $142026-09-17 · $142026-09-18 · $142026-09-19 · $132026-09-20 · $132026-09-21 · $132026-09-22 · $13
Ratio (log) price axis — this series spans 8×, and a linear axis would flatten its first years into the floor. Our recorded ungraded price for this card. The line closes on the Near Mint figure shown above — the chart and the headline are the same number by construction, never two.

Copies for sale right now

Asking prices, not sales — the headline above is what copies actually sold for. Stock as of 2026-09-20T07:17:30.908Z.

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Cheapest raw copy $12 — 9% below our near-mint estimate of $13 · 1 copy whose seller declares wear left out of that comparison

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What the sales actually show

The counts are in the hero; this is how the card trades — the range, the pace, where, and what each grade has actually fetched. Figures that name a grade cover that grade alone; the rest count every grade.

Range

$2 – $70

Raw — lowest to highest sale

Sales rate

16.7/mo

every grade, whole record

Momentum

-4%

Raw — 30d vs 90d median

Where it sells

100% eBay

Raw — last 90 days

Demand

70/100

Very liquid — sales rate, trend & buzz

What each grade sold for

  • Raw$1266 sales · 38 in 90d, sells often
  • PSA 10$7612 sales · 9 in 90d, sells regularly
  • CGC 10$349 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 9$286 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 8$184 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA/DNA 8$741 sale
  • PSA 6$111 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
  • CGC 9.5$141 sale · 1 in 90d, rare

Medians of completed sales at that grade — not the ladder above, which prices every grade including the ones that have never traded here. Where the two differ, this one is what changed hands and the ladder is what it is worth.

Every sale we can show you

Completed sales from our own sold ledger, PSA’s certified-sale feed and the eBay comps, in one list, newest first — Fanatics, Goldin and eBay between them. Filter by grade: a raw copy and a graded slab are different objects, and averaging them is how a raw market comes to look wild. We hold 102 sales for this card going back to 2026; the ledger names its most recent eight per grade, which is what the table below can link to.

Item soldGradeVenueDateCertificatePrice
2022 Pokémon Brilliant Stars Cynthia's Ambition 169/172 · PSA 10PSA 10eBayFixedPrice2026-09-1872217644$70.00
2022 Pokemon SWSH09: Brilliant Stars Cynthia's Ambition #169/172 Ultra RareRaweBay2026-09-17—$6.79
2022 Pokémon Brilliant Stars Cynthia's Ambition 169/172 · PSA 9PSA 9eBayAuction2026-09-15168695994$24.40
2022 Pokemon SWSH Brilliant Stars Cynthia's Ambition Ultra Rare #169/172RaweBay2026-09-14—$9.69
2022 Pokemon SWSH Brilliant Stars Cynthia's Ambition Ultra Rare #169/172RaweBay2026-09-14—$10.50
5994 Cynthia's Ambition 2022 Pokemon SWSH Brilliant Stars #169/172 PSA 9PSA 9eBay2026-09-14—$24.40
2022 Pokémon Brilliant Stars Cynthia's Ambition 169/172 · PSA 9PSA 9eBayAuction2026-09-13170466489$20.51
Cynthia's Ambition 169/172 Ultra Rare Brilliant Stars Pokemon Holo Near MintRaweBay2026-09-13—$12.35

1–8 of 56 sales · 25 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

Every grade, priced

Each row is a blended value for that slab, from real completed sales where we have them.

  • BGS 10modelled$1108.4× raw
  • TAG 10pop 23 sold$856.5× raw
  • PSA 10pop 1,271✓ 168 cert-verified$705.3× raw
  • CGC 10pop 305$403.1× raw
  • SGC 10modelled$292.2× raw
  • PSA 9pop 978✓ 84 cert-verified$241.8× raw
  • PSA 8pop 303✓ 25 cert-verified$221.7× raw
  • PSA 7pop 56✓ 7 cert-verified$211.6× raw
  • AGS 9modelled$201.5× raw
  • CGC 9pop 205modelled$161.3× raw
  • TAG 9pop 2modelled$141.1× raw
  • BGS 9modelled$14
  • BGS 8.5modelled$14
  • BGS 8modelled$13
  • Ungraded$13
  • SGC 9.5modelled$13
  • CGC 8.5pop 43modelled$12
  • TAG 8.5pop 3modelled$11
  • SGC 8modelled$8
  • CGC 8pop 15modelled$6
  • PSA 6pop 16modelled$4

A badge says what is behind the number. cert-verified means PSA sales each tied to a specific slab you can check by serial; sold means completed eBay or Fanatics listings; modelled means no verified graded sale exists and the figure is derived from the raw price and reference guides — a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. reviewed was set by hand after reading the sales record.

How many exist, and at what grade

PSA's cumulative census for this card — the same population behind the ladder above and the grading verdict below.

PSA 10 · gem mint

48.3%

1,271 of 2,633

PSA 9

37.1%

978 of 2,633

Total PSA graded

2,633

every grade, all time

  • PSA 2,633 graded
  • CGC 630 graded
  • TAG 7 graded

The census is cumulative and counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the gem rate a first submission should expect. Treat it as the ceiling.

The odds of pulling one

Cynthia's Ambition is a Ultra Rare in Brilliant Stars— the pack’s hit slot lands on ultra rare 10% of the time, split across 21 of them in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 211 packs.

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Is Cynthia's Ambition worth grading?

Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — not the PSA 10 outcome alone.

Verdict

Not worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$-38

after fees, all grades

Best case

$-14

PSA 10 only

Grading cost

$70

tier fee + shipping

Best case is the PSA 10 outcome and the number to trust least — it assumes the gem rate the census above shows, which the census itself overstates. Expected net is the honest one.

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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.

Trader plan and above →
  • 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 35 graded sales and a population of 4,412,124 · fees as of 2026-09-21.

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Prices are raw near mint; PSA 10 shown where we have one.

Make sure you have the right card

Every price on this page is for Brilliant Stars #169/172, 2022. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.

Holofoilpriced on this page
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The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.

Market data

Where else this card trades, where the markets disagree, and what the price series says about the last 90 days.

Across the markets

7% apart
  • TCGplayer$12
  • Our raw sold median$12
  • PriceCharting$12

Vendor prices for the same printing beside our own raw sold median — the same figure as the Raw row in the by-grade table. A wide gap is usually thin data on one side rather than an arbitrage; the headline is blended from sales, not from the cheapest of these.

What the series says

Volatility

volatile

90-day band

$4 – $34

Today’s price sits 30% of the way up that band. These are readings of the raw price series above — not separate measurements, and not a forecast.

About Cynthia's Ambition

Which card this is — then the attacks and stats as printed, and the species behind them.

Cynthia's Ambition is a Rare Ultra Pokémon card from Brilliant Stars (#169, released 2022), illustrated by Megumi Mizutani. It’s a Supporter Trainer card. It’s listed among our full-art cards.

#2 most valuable Ambition of 4#13 most valuable in Brilliant Stars of 186

Card text

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Card details

Set
Brilliant Stars
Number
#169
Rarity
Rare Ultra
Released
2022
Artist
Megumi Mizutani
Supertype
Trainer
Subtypes
Supporter
Card ID
swsh9-169
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Frequently asked questions

How much is Cynthia's Ambition (Brilliant Stars #169) worth?

As of 22 September 2026, Cynthia's Ambition from Brilliant Stars is worth approximately $13 ungraded in near-mint condition, and around $70 in PSA 10 gem mint. Blended from real completed sales and live market prices, updated daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Cynthia's Ambition?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Cynthia's Ambition from Brilliant Stars is worth around $70 — roughly 5× the raw ungraded value of $13.

Should I grade my Cynthia's Ambition?

Probably not. Weighted across the grades this card actually earns, expected value after the $70 grading fee is about $-38 — grading it is likely to cost more than it adds.

How often does Cynthia's Ambition sell?

CardTrack recorded 62 completed sales of Cynthia's Ambition (Brilliant Stars #169) across every grade in the last 90 days, 38 of them raw, the most recent on 2026-09-17. The headline price is a blend of those sales rather than an asking price.

Is Cynthia's Ambition rare?

Cynthia's Ambition is a Rare Ultra card from Brilliant Stars (card #169), released in 2022.