VolcaronaPR-BLW BW40 · BW Black Star Promos Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$30modelled · pop 22
- PSA 9$107modelled · pop 12
- PSA 10$351modelled · pop 1
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for BW Black Star Promos #PR-BLW BW40, 2011. 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.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Volcarona is a Promo Pokémon card from BW Black Star Promos (#BW40, released 2011), illustrated by Shin Nagasawa. It's a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 110 HP, evolving from Larvesta, weak to Water ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Volcarona price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence3 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee. · Moderate — Occasional sales
3 of 5 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 199 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$29.555 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$21.502 sales
- CGC 8$85.202 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 9$2161 sale
Is Volcarona worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 8 — worth $30 against the $98 you put in, a $69 loss. The money is in the 1 in 4 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $107–$107. Averaged over every outcome that is −$52 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
Volcarona 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 | $351.44 | $74 | +$249 | 12.4× |
| PSA 9 | $107.00 | $71 | +$7 | 3.8× |
| PSA 8 | $29.89 | $70 | −$69 | 1.1× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 31 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 0% | $351.44 |
| PSA 9 | 22.6% | $107.00 |
| PSA 8 — typical | 45.2% | $29.89 |
| PSA 7 | 12.9% | $28.45 |
| PSA 6 | 16.1% | $28.45 |
| PSA 5 | 3.2% | $28.45 |
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
1 of the 56 PSA-graded Volcarona copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 1.8%. 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 56.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Volcarona 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon TCG Black and White Promo BW40 Volcarona Stamped MPRaw · eBay$35.09
Pokemon TCG Black and White Promo BW40 Volcarona Stamped VLPRaw · eBay$44.99
Pokémon Volcarona BW40 Black Star Promo Dark Explorers Holo Rare NM EnglishRaw · eBay$49.99
Volcarona - BW40 - Stamped Black Star Promo - Dark Explorers - Pokemon - NM/MRaw · eBay$57.74Cheapest raw copy $44.99 — 58% above our near-mint estimate of $28
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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 | modelled$351$351–$351 | |
| PSA 9pop 12 | modelled$107$107–$107 | |
| PSA 8pop 22 | modelled$30$13–$30 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 6 slab of this card sells for about $20 (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
5% spreadCurrently 5% 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
Evolves from Larvesta.
Put 4 damage counters instead of 2 on your opponent's Burned Pokémon between turns.
You may discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. If you do, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned.
“A sea of fire engulfs the surroundings of their battles, since they use their six wings to scatter their ember scales.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Volcarona cards
There are 16 different Volcarona printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is BW Black Star Promos #BW40 (Promo). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Volcarona (BW Black Star Promos #BW40) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Volcarona from BW Black Star Promos is worth approximately $28.45 ungraded (near-mint), and around $351 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 Volcarona?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Volcarona from BW Black Star Promos is worth around $351 — roughly 12× the raw ungraded value of $28.45.
Should I grade my Volcarona?
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 Volcarona rare?
Volcarona is a Promo card from BW Black Star Promos (card #BW40).
How do I know if my Volcarona is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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