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Check your printing5 different Escape Rope printings exist — is this your card? Burning Shadows #163
Escape Rope Burning Shadows #163 Pokémon card
Rare Secret

Escape Rope

Burning Shadows · 163/147 · Illustrated by Toyste Beach
TrainerItem

Market value · ungraded

$16.52 3.1% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$15$17
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer. Updated 20 August 2026. 2 sources agree within 10%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$16.52

What this price is based on

High confidence

12 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Median · Raw$13.0716 sales
Trimmed mean$14.49outliers removed
Range$8.47$30.48lowest to highest sale
Sales rate2.7/mo17 recorded

What each version actually sells for

PrintingNear MintLightly PlayedModerately Played
Common$13.58 10 sales$11.99 5 sales

Every figure is the median of real completed sales whose listing claimed that printing and condition — not a percentage of the headline price. A dash means we haven't seen enough sales of that exact version to publish one.

Recent Raw sales

  • Jul 23, 2026eBay — Escape Rope 163/147 Pokemon TCG SM: Burning Shadows VLP$30.48
  • Jul 23, 2026eBay — Escape Rope (Secret) 163/147 Sm-Burning Shadows Holo$12.00
  • Jul 20, 2026eBay — Escape Rope 163/147 - Sun & Moon: Burning Shadows - Gold Foil Pokemon TCG LPLP$8.47
  • Jul 10, 2026eBay — Escape Rope (Secret) Holo SM - Burning Shadows 163/147 MP Pokémon TCGMP$19.69
  • Jun 25, 2026eBay — Escape Rope (Secret) 163/147 Sm-Burning Shadows Holo$12.91
  • Jun 24, 2026eBay — Escape Rope (Secret) 163/147 Sm-Burning Shadows Holo$14.99
  • Jun 20, 2026eBay — Escape Rope (Secret) 163/147 Sm-Burning Shadows Holo$11.75
  • Jun 12, 2026eBay — Pokemon SM - Burning Shadows #163/147 Escape Rope (Secret) LP TrainerLP$10.99

By grade

  • Raw$13.0716 sales
  • CGC 8$13.201 sale

From 17 completed sales recorded between Jan 26, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 1 graded sales and 4,409,817 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Escape Rope is a Rare Secret Pokémon card from Burning Shadows (#163), illustrated by Toyste Beach. It's a Item Trainer card. Its current blended market value is $16.52 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $85 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 5× 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

23 May 202620 Aug 2026
Latest
$16.52
Period high
$16.55
Period low
$15.37
Change
6.7%
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Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Should you grade it?

$50

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 18.7% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $2); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)18.7%
Expected return$50
PSA 10 best case$2
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Escape Rope is a Secret / Rainbow in Burning Shadows — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 22 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 884 packs.

Secret / Rainbow2.5%22 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)18.7%48 of 257
PSA 949%126 of 257
PSA graded so far257
Gem Mint 1048
Total graded257

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$84.97$71$25.1×
PSA 9$33.46$70$532.0×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 257 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1018.7%$85.00
PSA 949%$33.00
PSA ≤832.3%$17.00

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 19% of 257 PSA-graded Escape Rope copies are a gem-mint 10 (48 of 257) — the rest grade lower.

PSA257 gradedPSA 10 · 48 · 19% gem
1048
9126
842
729
610
51
CGC300 gradedCGC 10 · 5 · 2% gem
105
9.510
965
8.5130
845

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Escape Rope 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)$16.02
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 48$85$80$85
PSA 9pop 126$33$28$38
PSA 7pop 29$20$20$20
“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$16.52
MPModerately Played$14.90
DMGDamaged$7.73
7-day 2.8%
30-day 4.0%
90-day 9.3%
All-time high$27
All-time low$15
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

10% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$15
TCGplayer · dearest$16

Currently 10% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. 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 · 30dRising +3%
Volatility · 90dStable ±3%
Cross-marketMarkets agree 10% gap
90d low $15near its high$17 high

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

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Each player switches their Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon. Your opponent switches first. (If a player does not have a Benched Pokémon, that player doesn't switch Pokémon.)

You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#163
RarityRare Secret
SupertypeTrainer
SubtypesItem
Card IDsm3-163
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Escape Rope cards

There are 5 different Escape Rope printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Burning Shadows #163 (Rare Secret).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Escape Rope (Burning Shadows #163) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Escape Rope from Burning Shadows is worth approximately $16.52 ungraded (near-mint), and around $85 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 Escape Rope?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Escape Rope from Burning Shadows is worth around $85 — roughly 5× the raw ungraded value of $16.52.

Should I grade my Escape Rope?

A PSA 10 sells for about $85 versus $16.52 raw — roughly a 5× 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 Escape Rope rare?

Escape Rope is a Rare Secret card from Burning Shadows (card #163), illustrated by Toyste Beach. Its current blended market value is $16.52 ungraded.

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