Lucario79/172 · Brilliant Stars Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Holofoil
- PSA 8$11modelled · pop 29
- PSA 9$173 sold · 90d · pop 89
- PSA 10$1303 sold · 90d · pop 43
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Brilliant Stars #79/172, 2022. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
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.
Lucario is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Brilliant Stars (#79, released 2022), illustrated by GIDORA. It's a Stage 1 Fighting-type Pokémon with 120 HP, evolving from Riolu, weak to Psychic ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Lucario price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Low confidenceOnly 0 sales in the last 90 days.
7 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 9 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- PSA 9$16.505 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$1904 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- Raw$22.752 sales
- Lot$4.002 sales
- CGC 8.5$9.002 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$18.602 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8$11.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- AGS 9.5$5.501 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Lucario worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $17 against the $70 you put in, a $53 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $17–$130. Averaged over every outcome that is −$27 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
Lucario is a Holo / V / ex in Brilliant Stars — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 27.9% of the time, split across 33 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 118 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 | $130.00 | $71 | +$58 | 333.3× |
| PSA 9 | $17.00 | $70 | −$54 | 43.6× |
| PSA 8 | $10.50 | $70 | −$60 | 26.9× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 165 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 25.5% | $130.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 50.9% | $17.00 |
| PSA 8 | 17% | $10.50 |
| PSA 7 | 4.2% | $0.39 |
| PSA 4 | 1.8% | $0.39 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.6% | $0.39 |
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
43 of the 172 PSA-graded Lucario copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 25%. 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 172.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 270.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 5.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Lucario 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 43 | ✓ 7 cert-verified$130$130–$230 | |
| PSA 9pop 89 | ✓ 14 cert-verified$17$8–$30 | |
| PSA 8pop 29 | modelled$11$11–$11 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Riolu.
Once during your turn, you may put 2 damage counters on this Pokémon. If you do, search your deck for a Fighting Energy card and attach it to this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.
Discard all Fighting Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 60 more damage for each card you discarded in this way.
“It controls waves known as auras, which are powerful enough to pulverize huge rocks. It uses these waves to take down its prey.”
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Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Lucario cards
There are 28 different Lucario printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Brilliant Stars #79 (Rare Holo). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Lucario (Brilliant Stars #79) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Lucario from Brilliant Stars is worth approximately $0.39 ungraded (near-mint), and around $130 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 Lucario?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Lucario from Brilliant Stars is worth around $130 — roughly 333× the raw ungraded value of $0.39.
Should I grade my Lucario?
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 Lucario rare?
Lucario is a Rare Holo card from Brilliant Stars (card #79).
How do I know if my Lucario is Reverse Holo?
The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
How do I know if my Lucario 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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