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Check your printing2 different Butterfree V printings exist — is this your card? Darkness Ablaze #1
Butterfree V Darkness Ablaze #1 Pokémon card
Rare Holo V

Butterfree V

Darkness Ablaze · 1/189 · Illustrated by Saki Hayashiro
190 HPGrassPokémonBasicV

Market value · ungraded

$1.57 4.7% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$2$2
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. 3 sources agree within 20%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$1.57

What this price is based on

Low confidence

Only 0 sales in the last 90 days.

Median · PSA 10$30.602 sales
Trimmed meanoutliers removed
Range$25.20$36.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate0.5/mo3 recorded

Recent PSA 10 sales

By grade

  • PSA 10$30.602 sales
  • CGC 10$20.401 sale

From 3 completed sales recorded between Feb 9, 2026 and Jul 20, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 3 graded sales and 4,410,281 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Butterfree V is a Rare Holo V Pokémon card from Darkness Ablaze (#1), illustrated by Saki Hayashiro. It's a Basic V Grass-type Pokémon with 190 HP, weak to Fire ×2. Its current blended market value is $1.57 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $50 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 32× 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

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$1.57
Period high
$2.42
Period low
$1.25
Change
0.6%
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Verified sales history10 in 90 daysreal completed listings

DateGradePriceCert
12 Aug 2026PSA 10$55.00#54408345
31 Jul 2026PSA 8$25.00#132350831
15 Jun 2026PSA 10$54.99#144119473
10 Jun 2026PSA 9$33.48#54430250
6 Jun 2026PSA 9$25.00#142122372
3 Jun 2026PSA 10$44.00#53444293
26 May 2026PSA 9$25.00#123584921
30 Apr 2026PSA 10$49.95#59558207
9 Apr 2026PSA 10$35.00#54742737
4 Apr 2026PSA 10$49.50#58776911

Should you grade it?

$32

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 65% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $22); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)65%
Expected return$32
PSA 10 best case$22
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Butterfree V is a Holo / V / ex in Darkness Ablaze — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 27.9% of the time, split across 39 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 140 packs.

Holo / V / ex27.9%39 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)65%469 of 721
PSA 928%202 of 721
PSA graded so far721
Gem Mint 10469
Total graded721

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$50.00$70$2231.8×
PSA 9$25.00$70$4715.9×
PSA 8$8.00$70$645.1×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 721 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1065%$50.00
PSA 928%$25.00
PSA ≤86.9%$2.00

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 65% of 721 PSA-graded Butterfree V copies are a gem-mint 10 (469 of 721) — the rest grade lower.

PSA721 gradedPSA 10 · 469 · 65% gem
10469
9202
832
79
65
53
CGC2,784 gradedCGC 10 · 720 · 26% gem
10720
9.5120
91,212
8.5582
872

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Butterfree V 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)$1.57
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 469✓ 15 cert-verified$50$38$52
PSA 9pop 202$25$21$29
PSA 8pop 32$8$8$8
PSA 7pop 9$6$6$6
“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$1.57
MPModerately Played$0.93
HPHeavily Played$0.73
7-day 15.7%
30-day 7.6%
90-day 2.2%
All-time high$2
All-time low$1
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

20% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$2
Cardmarket$2
PriceCharting · dearest$2

Currently 20% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. 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 +5%
Cross-marketSome gap 20% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$2
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Dizzying Poison
Grass

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused and Poisoned.

Blasting Wind130
Grass · Grass · Colorless
Weakness Fire ×2Retreat 1

V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Butterfly PokémonGEN ICaterpieMetapodButterfree

In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#1
RarityRare Holo V
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic, V
TypeGrass
HP190
WeaknessFire ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#12
Card IDswsh3-1
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Butterfree V cards

There are 2 different Butterfree V printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Darkness Ablaze #1 (Rare Holo V).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Butterfree V (Darkness Ablaze #1) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Butterfree V from Darkness Ablaze is worth approximately $1.57 ungraded (near-mint), and around $50 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 Butterfree V?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Butterfree V from Darkness Ablaze is worth around $50 — roughly 32× the raw ungraded value of $1.57.

Should I grade my Butterfree V?

A PSA 10 sells for about $50 versus $1.57 raw — roughly a 32× 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 Butterfree V rare?

Butterfree V is a Rare Holo V card from Darkness Ablaze (card #1), illustrated by Saki Hayashiro. Its current blended market value is $1.57 ungraded.

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