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Check your printing2 different Shaymin VSTAR printings exist — is this your card? Brilliant Stars #173
Shaymin VSTAR Brilliant Stars #173 Pokémon card
Rare Rainbow

Shaymin VSTAR

Brilliant Stars · 173/172 · Illustrated by 5ban Graphics
250 HPGrassPokémonVSTAR

Market value · ungraded

$6.45 2.4% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$6$7
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. 3 sources agree within 23%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$6.45

What this price is based on

High confidence

44 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Median · Raw$6.9947 sales
Trimmed mean$7.26outliers removed
Range$1.25$13.49lowest to highest sale
Sales rate9.8/mo59 recorded

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — Shaymin VSTAR 173/172 Rainbow Rare Brilliant Stars Pokemon Holo Lightly PlayedLP$6.17
  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — SHAYMIN VSTAR 173/172 RAINBOW RARE BRILLIANT STARS POKEMON Holo NMNM$7.07
  • Aug 10, 2026eBay — Shaymin VSTAR 173/172 Brilliant Stars - Pokemon TCG - NMNM$7.99
  • Aug 7, 2026eBay — 2022 Pokemon Brilliant Stars Shaymin VSTAR 173/172 Rainbow Secret NMNM$5.50
  • Aug 7, 2026eBay — Shaymin VSTAR 173/172 Rainbow Rare Brilliant Stars Pokemon Holo Near MintNM$8.82
  • Aug 4, 2026eBay — Shaymin VSTAR 173/172 Brilliant Stars Rainbow Holo Ultra Rare English 2022$4.99
  • Aug 3, 2026eBay — Holofoil - Shaymin VSTAR (Secret) - 173/172 - SWSH09: Brilliant Stars - NMNM$7.10
  • Aug 3, 2026eBay — Shaymin VSTAR 173/172 - Rainbow Rare Brilliant Stars Pokemon NMNM$9.99

By grade

  • Raw$6.9947 sales
  • CGC 10$21.605 sales
  • CGC 9$9.603 sales
  • TAG 9$21.991 sale
  • PSA 9$23.991 sale
  • PSA 8$7.501 sale
  • CGC 9.6$15.001 sale

From 59 completed sales recorded between Mar 9, 2026 and Aug 16, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 12 graded sales and 4,410,446 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Shaymin VSTAR is a Rare Rainbow Pokémon card from Brilliant Stars (#173), illustrated by 5ban Graphics. It's a VSTAR Grass-type Pokémon with 250 HP, evolving from Shaymin V, weak to Fire ×2. Its current blended market value is $6.45 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $70 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 11× 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
$6.45
Period high
$7.40
Period low
$4.17
Change
19.7%
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Recent sold prices

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Should you grade it?

$32

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 54.5% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $7); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)54.5%
Expected return$32
PSA 10 best case$7
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Shaymin VSTAR 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)54.5%485 of 890
PSA 934%303 of 890
PSA graded so far890
Gem Mint 10485
Total graded890

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$70.00$71$710.9×
PSA 9$19.50$70$573.0×
PSA 8$15.00$70$622.3×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 890 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1054.5%$70.00
PSA 934%$20.00
PSA ≤811.5%$6.00

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 54% of 890 PSA-graded Shaymin VSTAR copies are a gem-mint 10 (485 of 890) — the rest grade lower.

PSA890 gradedPSA 10 · 485 · 54% gem
10485
9303
875
712
63
53
43
21
CGC3,036 gradedCGC 10 · 1,410 · 46% gem
101,410
9.5144
91,146
8.5174
890

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Shaymin VSTAR 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)$6.45
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 485$70$60$81
PSA 9pop 303$20$17$22
PSA 8pop 75$15$13$17
PSA 7pop 12$6$6$6
“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$6.45
MPModerately Played$5.44
HPHeavily Played$3.33
7-day 0.6%
30-day 10.3%
90-day 2.3%
All-time high$8
All-time low$5
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

23% spread
Cardmarket · cheapest$6
TCGplayer$6
PriceCharting · dearest$7

Currently 23% cheaper on Cardmarket than PriceCharting. 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 · 30dFlat +2%
Cross-marketSome gap 23% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

10% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$6

🔥 Trending in the community

#74 on the radar
Mentions this week6

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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Evolves from Shaymin V.

Star BloomAbility

During your turn, you may heal 120 damage from each of your Benched Grass Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.)

Revenge Blast120+
Grass · Colorless

This attack does 40 more damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken.

Weakness Fire ×2Retreat 1

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

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Gratitude PokémonGEN IVMythical

It lives in flower patches and avoids detection by curling up to look like a flowering plant.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#173
RarityRare Rainbow
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesVSTAR
TypeGrass
HP250
Evolves fromShaymin V
WeaknessFire ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#492
Card IDswsh9-173
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Shaymin VSTAR cards

There are 2 different Shaymin VSTAR printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Brilliant Stars #173 (Rare Rainbow).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Shaymin VSTAR (Brilliant Stars #173) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Shaymin VSTAR from Brilliant Stars is worth approximately $6.45 ungraded (near-mint), and around $70 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 Shaymin VSTAR?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Shaymin VSTAR from Brilliant Stars is worth around $70 — roughly 11× the raw ungraded value of $6.45.

Should I grade my Shaymin VSTAR?

A PSA 10 sells for about $70 versus $6.45 raw — roughly a 11× 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 Shaymin VSTAR rare?

Shaymin VSTAR is a Rare Rainbow card from Brilliant Stars (card #173), illustrated by 5ban Graphics. Its current blended market value is $6.45 ungraded.

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