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Cynthia's Ambition — Brilliant Stars #178, PSA 9

Rare RainbowBrilliant Stars178/1722022PSA 9

Cynthia's Ambition 178/172 · Brilliant Stars PSA 9 price

PSA 9 · mint slab

$25

Fair buy $22 · sell $293.5× rawUpdated

Grade vs rawFull ladder →

  • Raw NM$7
  • PSA 9this page$253.5×
  • PSA 10$658.9×
PSA 9 sales
6
in our ledger
Last 90 days
2
rare
Confidence
Low
Only 2 sales in the last 90 days.
Latest sale
27d ago
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PSA 9 price history

PSA 9 · index · latest

$25▼ 2%over 4 years

2022-05-01 → 2026-09-21

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The recorded PSA 9 price index, closing on the figure above.

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 6 PSA 9 sales with a median of $25; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to. Fanatics alone: 2 PSA 9 sales, 0 in the last 90 days.

Item soldGradeVenueDateCertificatePrice
PSA 9 POKEMON BRILLIANT STARS CYNTHIA'S AMBOTION FULL ART SECRET RARE 178/172PSA 9eBay2026-08-26—$20.00
CYNTHIA'S AMBITION 2022 POKEMON BRILLIANT STARS SECRET RARE #178 PSA 9 Q3963PSA 9eBay2026-07-06—$30.95
2022 Pokemon Sword & Shield Brilliant Stars Rainbow Rare Cynthia's Ambition #178PSA 9Fanatics2026-05-12—$30.00
2022 Pokemon SWSH Brilliant Stars Rainbow Rare Cynthia's Ambition #178 PSA 9 MINPSA 9Fanatics2026-04-20—$16.80
2022 Pokemon Sword & Shield Brilliant Stars Rainbow Rare Cynthia's Ambition #178PSA 9Fanatics2026-04-20—$18.00

1–5 of 5 sales · 0 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

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

515

35.4% of 1,455 graded

Graded higher

734

PSA 10s above this grade

Total PSA graded

1,455

every grade, all time

Other graders at a 9: CGC 170 of 553 · TAG 12 of 37. A CGC or BGS 9 is its own market and is not in the price above.

Is Cynthia's Ambition 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

Not worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$-34

after fees, all grades

Comes back PSA 9

3510%

of submissions, by the census

PSA 9 outcome

$-52

PSA 9 net of raw and fee

Grading cost

$70

tier fee + shipping

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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 30 graded sales and a population of 4,410,985 · fees as of 2026-09-21.

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Cynthia's Ambition (Brilliant Stars #178) — PSA 9 market value USD $25. Source: CardTrack, https://cardtrack.com/pokemon/card/brilliant-stars/cynthia-s-ambition-178/psa-9

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Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 9 Cynthia's Ambition (Brilliant Stars #178) worth?

As of 21 September 2026, a PSA 9 mint Cynthia's Ambition from Brilliant Stars is worth approximately $25, with a fair range of $22 to $29 — about 3.5× the $7 raw near-mint price.

How many PSA 9 Cynthia's Ambition exist?

PSA has graded 515 copies of Cynthia's Ambition (Brilliant Stars #178) a 9, out of 1,455 submitted — 35.4% of the population, with 734 graded higher. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Should I grade my Cynthia's Ambition hoping for a PSA 9?

Probably not. Weighting every grade by how often this card earns it, expected value after the $70 grading fee is about $-34; this card comes back a PSA 9 about 3510% of the time.

Is a PSA 9 Cynthia's Ambition a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 9 Cynthia's Ambition has 6 recorded sales, 2 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.