Swampert ex — Crystal Guardians #98, PSA 9

Rare Holo EXCrystal Guardians98/1002006PSA 9

Swampert ex 98/100 · Crystal Guardians PSA 9 price

PSA 9 · mint slab

$900

Fair buy $610 · sell $9005.6× rawUpdated today

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Raw NM$161
PSA 9this page$9005.6×
PSA 10$11,50071×

PSA 9 sales: 14; 6 cert-verified
Last 90 days: 7; occasional
Confidence: Medium; 7 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee.
Latest sale: 8d ago; one every ~11d

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Our published graded price for this card, checked against every cert-verified sale below. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →

PSA’s own estimate for a PSA 9: $1,077 (range $867–$1,286, moderate confidence, from cert #53727414, checked Sept 2026). Our price sits inside PSA’s range. PSA builds it from the same auction records we track, so it is a cross-check, not a second source.

Checked against PSAInside PSA’s range

PSA $1,077

Ours $900

PSA low $867PSA high $1,286

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PSA 9 slabs for sale right now

Live asks for a PSA 9 of this exact card · stock as of today. A raw copy or a reverse holo is a different product and is not in this list.

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Why $900? Cert-verified PSA 9 sales

Each sale is tied by PSA to a specific graded slab — click the cert to check the exact card, grade and serial on psacard.com. Outliers against the grade’s own median are dropped; qualified slabs are listed separately beneath.

Date	Sold via	Cert	Price
2026-09-20	eBay · bestoffer	listing #28893279 sold before	$900
2026-08-14	eBay · bestoffer	listing #53727414 sold before	$1,000
2026-08-02	eBay · auction	listing #158880136	$935
2026-07-24	eBay · auction	listing #158128518	$805
2026-07-13	eBay · auction	listing #148637234	$1,006
2026-07-13	eBay · auction	listing #43587694 sold before	$735

4 of 6 were competitive auctions; 2 best offers and 0 fixed-price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 11 days, the median gap between cert-verified sales.

PSA 9 price history

Monthly medians of cert-verified PSA 9 sales — 82 sales across 38 months, Jan 2018 to Sep 2026.

PSA 9 · index · latest

$900▲ 167%over 366 days

2025-10-03 → 2026-10-04

The recorded PSA 9 price index, held at the last cert-verified sale where our record lagged it, closing on the figure above. The line is the running level, so a single unusually cheap or dear sale does not spike it. Hover any day for its price on the line.

Latest $900 (Sep 2026, 1 sale) · ▲ 3362% since Jan 2018

Slab history — PSA 9 copies that have sold more than once

12 slabs have sold more than once, across 15 resales — typically 888 days apart, with a median gross price change of +100.0%. That is 12 of the 69 distinct slabs behind 88 cert-linked sales at this grade — 17.4%. The rest we have seen sell once, which is not evidence they have not sold before.

Cert	Sales of this slab	Between	Gross change
#28893279	Feb 2021 $230→Jan 2023 $128→Mar 2026 $525→Sept 2026 $900	3–6 months	+291.3%
#53727414	Feb 2026 $500→Aug 2026 $1,000	3–6 months	+100.0%
#43587694	Aug 2019 $27→Jul 2026 $735	Over a year	+2613.2%
#41573565	Dec 2018 $26→Oct 2023 $144→Jul 2026 $870	Over a year	+3246.2%
#94113050	Feb 2025 $187→Jan 2026 $330	6–12 months	+76.0%
#71378890	Jul 2025 $325→Aug 2025 $263	Under 3 months	-19.2%
#48890347	Apr 2025 $210→Jul 2025 $308	3–6 months	+46.7%
#53349392	Jan 2022 $265→Mar 2025 $213	Over a year	-19.8%
#28385842	Jan 2019 $18→Dec 2023 $132	Over a year	+654.3%
#64622941	Mar 2023 $125→Sept 2023 $120	6–12 months	-4.3%

Showing the 10 most recent of 12 slabs with a history. A cert reappearing shows the same physical slab sold again — it identifies no buyer or seller. Gross change is price to price; fees, shipping and the grading cost are not in it.

Every PSA 9 sale we can show you

Cert-verified sales, the eBay comps, our own ledger and Fanatics, in one list newest first. We hold 14 PSA 9 sales with a median of $821; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to.

GraderGradeCert-verified only 6

	Grade	Venue	Date	Certificate	Price
Pokemon Swampert ex Holo EX Crystal Guardians 98/100 PSA 9 Mint	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-27	—	$2,550
PSA 9: 2006 swampert ex crystal guardians #98 Holo Rare Pokemon TCG VINTAGE	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-20	—	$1,100
2006 Pokémon Crystal Guardians Swampert ex 98/100 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-20	28893279	$900
2006 Pokémon Crystal Guardians Swampert ex 98/100 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-08-14	53727414	$1,000
2006 Pokémon Crystal Guardians Swampert ex 98/100 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-08-02	158880136	$935
2006 Pokémon Crystal Guardians Swampert ex 98/100 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-07-24	158128518	$805
2006 POKEMON EX CRYSTAL GUARDIANS SWAMPERT EX #98/100 ULTRA RARE HOLO PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-07-23	—	$805
2006 Pokémon Crystal Guardians Swampert ex 98/100 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-07-13	43587694	$735
2006 Pokémon Crystal Guardians Swampert ex 98/100 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-07-13	148637234	$1,006
Pokemon Swampert ex Holo EX Crystal Guardians 98/100 PSA 9 Mint	PSA 9	eBay	2026-07-12	—	$735
PSA 9 NEW CERT Swampert ex Holo 98/100 Crystal Guardians 2006 Pokémon EX Mint	PSA 9	eBay	2026-07-07	—	$845
Pokemon Swampert EX Holo Crystal Guardians 98/100 PSA 9 Mint	PSA 9	eBay	2026-07-06	—	$1,025
Swampert EX Holo 98/100 PSA 9 EX Crystal Guardians Pokemon CC02	PSA 9	eBay	2026-06-08	—	$875

1–8 of 13 sales · 6 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

How many PSA 9 copies exist

PSA’s cumulative census for this card. It counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the rate a fresh submission should expect.

PSA 9 population

282

26.2% of 1,075 graded

Graded higher

PSA 10s above this grade

Total PSA graded

1,075

every grade, all time

Other graders at a 9: CGC 24 of 207 · TAG 3 of 15. A CGC or BGS 9 is its own market and is not in the price above.

Is Swampert ex worth grading?

Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — the PSA 9 outcome is one leg, not the whole answer.

Verdict

Worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$978

after fees, all grades

Comes back PSA 9

2770%

of submissions, by the census

PSA 9 outcome

$576

PSA 9 net of raw and fee

Grading cost

$163

tier fee + shipping

Trader

Compare graders, and the live market

The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population, the ROI table and the ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.

Trader plan and above →

PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and fees, Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market 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.

Built on 70 graded sales and a population of 1,306,856 · fees as of 2026-10-03.

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Prices are raw near mint; PSA 10 shown where we have one.

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Swampert ex (Crystal Guardians #98) — PSA 9 market value USD $900, from 6 cert-verified sales. Source: CardTrack, https://cardtrack.com/pokemon/card/crystal-guardians/swampert-ex-98/psa-9

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Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 9 Swampert ex (Crystal Guardians #98) worth?

As of 4 October 2026, a PSA 9 mint Swampert ex from Crystal Guardians is worth approximately $900, with a fair range of $610 to $900 — about 5.6× the $161 raw near-mint price.

Where does the PSA 9 price come from?

From 6 cert-verified PSA 9 sales, each tied by PSA to a specific slab with a public cert number — 4 at auction, 2 by best offer and 0 at a fixed price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 11 days.

How many PSA 9 Swampert ex exist?

PSA has graded 282 copies of Swampert ex (Crystal Guardians #98) a 9, out of 1,075 submitted — 26.2% of the population, with 74 graded higher. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Should I grade my Swampert ex hoping for a PSA 9?

Probably yes. Weighting every grade by how often this card earns it, expected value after the $163 grading fee is about $978; this card comes back a PSA 9 about 2770% of the time.

Is a PSA 9 Swampert ex a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 9 Swampert ex has 14 recorded sales, 7 of them in the last 90 days, and the slab-history table above shows what happened to copies that sold twice. Read those before you read anyone's forecast.