Tapu Bulu-GX149/147 · Burning Shadows Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$112 sold · 90d · pop 65
- PSA 9$262 sold · 90d · pop 131
- PSA 10$456pop 66
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Burning Shadows #149/147, 2017. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Tapu Bulu-GX is a Rare Rainbow Pokémon card from Burning Shadows (#149, released 2017), illustrated by 5ban Graphics. It's a Basic GX Grass-type Pokémon with 180 HP. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Tapu Bulu-GX price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence13 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Liquid — Sells regularly
5 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 6 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$8.7513 sales · 13 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 9$26.005 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$5654 sales
- PSA 8$15.752 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8.5$11.002 sales
- PSA 7$13.201 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8$13.201 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Tapu Bulu-GX worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $26 against the $81 you put in, a $55 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $26–$456. Averaged over every outcome that is +$34 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
Tapu Bulu-GX 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.
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 | $456.00 | $75 | +$371 | 45.4× |
| PSA 9 | $26.00 | $70 | −$54 | 2.6× |
| PSA 8 | $10.52 | $70 | −$70 | 1.0× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 300 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 22% | $456.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 43.7% | $26.00 |
| PSA 8 | 21.7% | $10.52 |
| PSA 7 | 7.7% | $10.52 † |
| PSA 6 | 2.7% | $10.00 |
| PSA 5 | 1.3% | $10.00 |
| PSA 4 | 0.7% | $10.00 |
| PSA 3 | 0.3% | $10.00 |
† Priced from PriceCharting's graded ladder — we hold no completed sale of our own at that grade. Every other row is our own sold data.
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
66 of the 302 PSA-graded Tapu Bulu-GX copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 22%. 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 302.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 73.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Tapu Bulu-GX 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
The Pokémon Company Tapu Bulu GX 149/147 Guardians Rising Full Art ENRaw · eBay$4.25
Pokemon TCG Tapu Bulu GX 149/147 SM Burning Shadows Holo Full Art Secret ENGRaw · eBay$6.00
The Pokémon Company Tapu Bulu GX 149/147 SM Burning Shadows Rainbow Holo 180HPRaw · eBay$6.50
Pokémon Burning Shadows Secret Rare Full Art Rainbow Tapu Bulu GX 149/147Raw · eBay$6.50
Pokemon TCG Tapu Bulu GX 149/147 Secret Rainbow Rare Burning Shadows CardRaw · eBay$7.00
Pokemon TCG Tapu Bulu GX 149/147 Secret Rare SM-Burning Shadows (EN)Raw · eBay$7.87Cheapest raw copy $4.25 — 58% below our near-mint estimate of $10
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 66 | ✓ 13 cert-verified$456$456–$725 | |
| PSA 9pop 131 | ✓ 7 cert-verified$26$26–$40 | |
| PSA 8pop 65 | $11$9–$12 | |
| PSA 6pop 8 | modelled$10$10–$10 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $16 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
6% spreadCurrently 6% 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
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
You may discard all Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 60 more damage.
Heal all damage from this Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Tapu Bulu-GX cards
There are 4 different Tapu Bulu-GX printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Burning Shadows #149 (Rare Rainbow).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Tapu Bulu-GX (Burning Shadows #149) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Tapu Bulu-GX from Burning Shadows is worth approximately $10.05 ungraded (near-mint), and around $456 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 Tapu Bulu-GX?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Tapu Bulu-GX from Burning Shadows is worth around $456 — roughly 45× the raw ungraded value of $10.05.
Should I grade my Tapu Bulu-GX?
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 Tapu Bulu-GX rare?
Tapu Bulu-GX is a Rare Rainbow card from Burning Shadows (card #149).
How do I know if my Tapu Bulu-GX is Holofoil?
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