RioluPR-BLW BW33 · BW Black Star Promos Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Holofoil
Why prices differ
TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →
What's your copy worth?
Estimated. This card has enough sales to price the top 15% but not the top 5%, so pack-fresh is projected from the gap we measure between those two tiers on cards that do — about 1.4x on vintage, 1.2x on modern. $150. That's about +387% over a typical Near Mint copy.
ⓘ How do we work this out?
We take every real sale of this exact card over the last 12 months (6 sales), sort them by price, and read off the top 15% and top 5%. No multipliers, no guesses — the prices cleaner copies actually fetched.
Why cleaner copies cost more: buyers can see condition in the photos and pay for it. Listings sellers describe as pack fresh or gem mint land in this top band 1.7× more often than ordinary ones — the premium follows the card, not the hype.
Copies in this band are also the ones collectors send to grading: far more likely than a typical binder copy to be submitted at all — and to come back with the strong grade that carries the PSA prices shown on this page. That prospect is part of what buyers are paying for here.
These are read straight off this card's own completed sales — sort them by price and take the top 15% and top 5%. Whether your copy qualifies is a judgment made by looking at the card.
What this price is based on
Medium confidence22 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
Recent Raw sales
- Aug 8, 2026eBay — Pokémon Riolu - BW33 - Black and White Promos Non-Holo (English) NMNM$20.00
- Aug 3, 2026eBay — Riolu BW33 Black & White Promo 2012 MPMP$19.99
- Jul 29, 2026eBay — Riolu BW33 Promo Black And White Promo Pokemon Near MintNM$15.00
- Jul 27, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Riolu Black White BW33 Holo Promo Cosmos Holo Rare Promo$121
- Jul 26, 2026eBay — Riolu BW33 Promo Black And White Promo Pokemon Lightly PlayedLP$31.99
- Jul 19, 2026eBay — Riolu BW33 Promo Black And White Promo Pokemon Moderately PlayedMP$13.99
- Jul 14, 2026eBay — NM / LP Riolu COSMOS HOLO BW33 Pokémon TCG Black White Promo Rare Promo CardLP$80.78
- Jul 10, 2026eBay — Riolu BW33 Black & White Regular$20.00
By grade
- Raw$25.0034 sales
- PSA 9$5132 sales
- PSA 10$4212 sales
- PSA 7$1501 sale
From 39 completed sales recorded between Dec 15, 2024 and Aug 8, 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.
Grade it or not
CLOSE CALLBased on 5 graded sales and 1,305,862 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.
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✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Riolu is a Promo Pokémon card from BW Black Star Promos (#BW33, released 2011), illustrated by sui. It's a Basic Fighting-type Pokémon with 60 HP, weak to Psychic ×2. Its current blended market value is $30.79 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $304 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 10× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 4 September 2026.
Riolu price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
Earlier history is excluded — it tracked a different printing and misstates this card.
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Verified sales history25 in 90 days✓ real completed listings
Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.
Demand & liquidity
Last sold $20 · Raw · 8 Aug 2026
How often each grade sells · last 90 days, all marketplaces
Is Riolu worth grading?
Raw $30.79 → graded PSA 10 ≈ $304.00, after ~$73.03 grading fee → 9.9× the raw value.
The odds
Riolu is a Commoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.
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 | $304.00 | $73 | +$200 | 9.9× |
| PSA 9 | $65.00 | $71 | −$36 | 2.1× |
| PSA 8 | $53.99 | $71 | −$47 | 1.8× |
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. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
Only 9% of 11 PSA-graded Riolu copies are a gem-mint 10 (1 of 11) — the rest grade lower.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Riolu 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon Card Riolu BW33 Promo NON HOLO Black & White Black & White BlackStarRaw · eBay$10.68
MP - Riolu PR - BW33 Black and White PromosRaw · eBay$20.05
Pokemon / Riolu / Black & White / Black Star Promo Non-Holo / LP / BW33Raw · eBay$23.95
Pokemon Riolu Promo BW33 HP DMGRaw · eBay$25.00
RIOLU BW33 PROMO BLACK AND WHITE PROMO POKEMON LPRaw · eBay$33.08
POKEMON RIOLU BW33 BLACK & WHITE BLACK STAR PROMORaw · eBay$34.99Cheapest raw copy $10.68 — 65% below our estimate of $31
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 1 | $304$304–$304 | |
| PSA 9pop 4 | $65$65–$65 | |
| PSA 8pop 4 | 2 sold$54$46–$62 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
A typical Near Mint copy sells for $20.40. Grading-candidate copies — the cleanest 15% of sales — typically fetch $111 (+444%). Pack-fresh examples — the top 5% — go for about $150.
From 6 sales in the last 12 months. These describe the market — whether a specific copy is a grading candidate is a judgment made by looking at it.
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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Frequently asked questions
How much is Riolu (BW Black Star Promos #BW33) worth?
As of 4 September 2026, Riolu from BW Black Star Promos is worth approximately $30.79 ungraded (near-mint), and around $304 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 Riolu?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Riolu from BW Black Star Promos is worth around $304 — roughly 10× the raw ungraded value of $30.79.
Should I grade my Riolu?
A PSA 10 sells for about $304 versus $30.79 raw — roughly a 10× 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 Riolu rare?
Riolu is a Promo card from BW Black Star Promos (card #BW33), illustrated by sui. Its current blended market value is $30.79 ungraded.
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