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Check your printing2 different Magma Basin printings exist — is this your card? Brilliant Stars #185
Magma Basin Brilliant Stars #185 Pokémon card
Rare Secret

Magma Basin

Brilliant Stars · 185/172 · Illustrated by ORBITALLINK Inc.
TrainerStadium

Market value · ungraded

$2.38 7.4% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$2$5
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$2.38

What this price is based on

Low confidence

Only 0 sales in the last 90 days.

Median · PSA 9$18.001 sale
Trimmed meanoutliers removed
Range$18.00$18.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate0.3/mo3 recorded

Recent PSA 9 sales

By grade

  • PSA 9$18.001 sale
  • CGC 9$10.801 sale
  • CGC 10$33.001 sale

From 3 completed sales recorded between Jan 14, 2026 and Jun 8, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 3 graded sales and 4,409,857 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Magma Basin is a Rare Secret Pokémon card from Brilliant Stars (#185), illustrated by ORBITALLINK Inc.. It's a Stadium Trainer card. Its current blended market value is $2.38 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $38 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 16× 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

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$2.38
Period high
$7.88
Period low
$2.38
Change
61.8%
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Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Should you grade it?

$52

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 42.4% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $35); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)42.4%
Expected return$52
PSA 10 best case$35
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Magma Basin is a Secret / Rainbow in Brilliant Stars — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 18 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 724 packs.

Secret / Rainbow2.5%18 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)42.4%126 of 297
PSA 941.8%124 of 297
PSA graded so far297
Gem Mint 10126
Total graded297

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$37.89$70$3515.9×
PSA 9$10.50$70$624.4×
PSA 8$8.97$70$633.8×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 297 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1042.4%$38.00
PSA 941.8%$11.00
PSA ≤815.8%$2.00

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 42% of 297 PSA-graded Magma Basin copies are a gem-mint 10 (126 of 297) — the rest grade lower.

PSA297 gradedPSA 10 · 126 · 42% gem
10126
9124
837
75
62
51
41
CGC1,230 gradedCGC 10 · 612 · 50% gem
10612
9.554
9378
8.578
836

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Magma Basin 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)$2.38
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 126$38$32$44
PSA 9pop 124$11$9$12
PSA 8pop 37$9$6$9
“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$2.38
LPLightly Played$2.00
MPModerately Played$1.70
DMGDamaged$1.38
7-day 2.1%
30-day 1.8%
90-day 43.2%
All-time high$3
All-time low$2
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

92% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$2
PriceCharting$3
Cardmarket · dearest$5

Currently 92% cheaper on TCGplayer than Cardmarket. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dFalling -7%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 92% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$5
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Once during each player's turn, that player may attach a Fire Energy card from their discard pile to 1 of their Benched Fire Pokémon. If a player attached Energy to a Pokémon in this way, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#185
RarityRare Secret
SupertypeTrainer
SubtypesStadium
Card IDswsh9-185
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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There are 2 different Magma Basin printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Brilliant Stars #185 (Rare Secret).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Magma Basin (Brilliant Stars #185) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Magma Basin from Brilliant Stars is worth approximately $2.38 ungraded (near-mint), and around $38 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 Magma Basin?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Magma Basin from Brilliant Stars is worth around $38 — roughly 16× the raw ungraded value of $2.38.

Should I grade my Magma Basin?

A PSA 10 sells for about $38 versus $2.38 raw — roughly a 16× 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 Magma Basin rare?

Magma Basin is a Rare Secret card from Brilliant Stars (card #185), illustrated by ORBITALLINK Inc.. Its current blended market value is $2.38 ungraded.

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