Rare Holo VDarkness Ablaze1/1892020Illustrated by Saki Hayashiro
Butterfree V 1/189 · Darkness Ablaze price & value
Raw · near mint
$1.45
Updated
GradedFull ladder ↓
- PSA 10$5538×
- CGC 10$2014×
- CGC 9$139.0×
- Sales recorded
- 19
- every grade, since 2026
- Last 90 days
- 5 raw · 16 all
- 7 in the last 30, every grade
- Confidence
- Medium
- 5 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee.
- Latest sale
- 27d ago
- raw · any grade 13d ago
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What's your copy worth?
The headline above is Near Mint. Most copies that actually change hands are not — here is the same card at every condition it is realistically held in. How the grades are judged → How we price played copies →
NMheadline
Near Mint
$1.45
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LP
Lightly Played
$1.26
−13%
MP
Moderately Played
$1.07
−26%
HP
Heavily Played
$0.77
−47%
DM
Damaged
$0.77
−47%
Copies for sale right now
Asking prices, not sales — the headline above is what copies actually sold for. Stock as of 2026-09-12T07:27:24.230Z.
Raw / ungraded
cheapest 6 of 23
1x Pokemon Butterfree V - 001/189 - Ultra Rare Near Mint - Sword & Shield - DarkeBay$1.66
Butterfree V #1/189 (Holo) (LP) SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze Pokemon worneBay$1.80
2020 Pokemon, Darkness Ablaze, #1/189 Butterfree V, Holo Ultra RareeBay$1.99
POKÉMON Butterfree V 001/189 Darkness Ablaze Ultra Rare Holo HP 190eBay$1.99
Butterfree V 1/189 Ultra Rare Holo VLP | Pokemon Darkness AblazeeBay$2.34
Pokemon Butterfree V (1/242) Darkness Ablaze LP HOLOworneBay$2.45
Cheapest raw copy $2 — 14% above our near-mint estimate of $1 · 3 copies whose seller declares wear left out of that comparison
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What the sales actually show
The counts are in the hero; this is how the card trades — the range, the pace, where, and what each grade has actually fetched. Figures that name a grade cover that grade alone; the rest count every grade.
Range
$1 – $20
Raw — lowest to highest sale
Sales rate
3/mo
every grade, whole record
Where it sells
100% eBay
Raw — last 90 days
Demand
56/100
Liquid — sales rate, trend & buzz
What each grade sold for
- PSA 10$528 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- Raw$55 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 10$253 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$141 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$251 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$191 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Medians of completed sales at that grade — not the ladder above, which prices every grade including the ones that have never traded here. Where the two differ, this one is what changed hands and the ladder is what it is worth.
Every sale we can show you
Completed sales from our own sold ledger, PSA’s certified-sale feed and the eBay comps, in one list, newest first — Fanatics, Goldin and eBay between them. Filter by grade: a raw copy and a graded slab are different objects, and averaging them is how a raw market comes to look wild. We hold 19 sales for this card going back to 2026; the ledger names its most recent eight per grade, which is what the table below can link to.
1–8 of 29 sales · 14 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.
Every grade, priced
Each row is a blended value for that slab, from real completed sales where we have them.
- PSA 10pop 470✓ 19 cert-verified$5538× raw
- CGC 10pop 1341 sold$2014× raw
- CGC 9pop 211modelled$139.0× raw
- PSA 9pop 202✓ 8 cert-verified$117.6× raw
- SGC 9.5modelled$117.6× raw
- PSA 8pop 32modelled$85.5× raw
- PSA 7pop 9modelled$63.8× raw
- CGC 8.5pop 100modelled$32.1× raw
- Ungraded$2
A badge says what is behind the number. cert-verified means PSA sales each tied to a specific slab you can check by serial; sold means completed eBay or Fanatics listings; modelled means no verified graded sale exists and the figure is derived from the raw price and reference guides — a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. reviewed was set by hand after reading the sales record.
How many exist, and at what grade
PSA's cumulative census for this card — the same population behind the ladder above and the grading verdict below.
PSA 10 · gem mint
65.2%
470 of 721
PSA 9
28%
202 of 721
Total PSA graded
721
every grade, all time
- PSA 721 graded
- CGC 493 graded
- BGS 42 graded
- TAG 2 graded
The census is cumulative and counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the gem rate a first submission should expect. Treat it as the ceiling.
The odds of pulling one
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 of them in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 140 packs.
Is Butterfree V worth grading?
Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — not the PSA 10 outcome alone.
Verdict
Not worth it
every grade weighted by its census share
Expected net
$-33
after fees, all grades
Best case
$-17
PSA 10 only
Grading cost
$70
tier fee + shipping
Best case is the PSA 10 outcome and the number to trust least — it assumes the gem rate the census above shows, which the census itself overstates. Expected net is the honest one.
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These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
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.
- 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 14 graded sales and a population of 4,410,281 · fees as of 2026-09-15.
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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.
More Butterfree V and more from Darkness Ablaze
Prices are raw near mint; PSA 10 shown where we have one.
Butterfree VDarkness Ablaze · #177 · 2020$6.01PSA 10 $65
Charizard VMAXDarkness Ablaze · #20 · 2020$42.61PSA 10 $150
Butterfree VMAXDarkness Ablaze · #190 · 2020$19.48PSA 10 $80
Salamence VMAXDarkness Ablaze · #194 · 2020$13.76PSA 10 $85
Scizor VMAXDarkness Ablaze · #193 · 2020$13.69PSA 10 $71
Eternatus VMAXDarkness Ablaze · #192 · 2020$12.81PSA 10 $51
Charizard VDarkness Ablaze · #19 · 2020$11.21PSA 10 $109
RillaboomDarkness Ablaze · #197 · 2020$7.37PSA 10 $53
Houndoom VDarkness Ablaze · #178 · 2020$7.33PSA 10 $90
Centiskorch VMAXDarkness Ablaze · #191 · 2020$7.21PSA 10 $42
Mew VDarkness Ablaze · #69 · 2020$6.56PSA 10 $118
CoalossalDarkness Ablaze · #198 · 2020$6.26PSA 10 $49
Butterfree VMAXDarkness Ablaze · #2 · 2020$6.10PSA 10 $63
HoopaDarkness Ablaze · #111 · 2020$6.09PSA 10 $55
Scizor VMAXDarkness Ablaze · #119 · 2020$4.49PSA 10 $60
Pokémon Breeder's NurturingDarkness Ablaze · #195 · 2020$4.48PSA 10 $35
Salamence VDarkness Ablaze · #185 · 2020$4.42PSA 10 $60
Scizor VDarkness Ablaze · #183 · 2020$4.09PSA 10 $60
Eternatus VMAXDarkness Ablaze · #117 · 2020$3.86PSA 10 $39
Salamence VMAXDarkness Ablaze · #144 · 2020$3.81PSA 10 $60
RoseDarkness Ablaze · #196 · 2020$3.35PSA 10 $31
Crobat VDarkness Ablaze · #182 · 2020$3.02PSA 10 $49
Pokémon Breeder's NurturingDarkness Ablaze · #188 · 2020$2.89PSA 10 $34
Capture EnergyDarkness Ablaze · #201 · 2020$2.61PSA 10 $42
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Darkness Ablaze #1/189, 2020. 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.
Market data
Where else this card trades, where the markets disagree, and what the price series says about the last 90 days.
Across the markets
22% apart- TCGplayer$1
- PriceCharting$2
Vendor prices for the same printing beside our own raw sold median — the same figure as the Raw row in the by-grade table. A wide gap is usually thin data on one side rather than an arbitrage; the headline is blended from sales, not from the cheapest of these.
About Butterfree V
Which card this is — then the attacks and stats as printed, and the species behind them.
Butterfree V is a Rare Holo V Pokémon card from Darkness Ablaze (#1, released 2020), illustrated by Saki Hayashiro. It’s a Basic V Grass-type Pokémon with 190 HP, weak to Fire ×2.
Card text
Grass
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused and Poisoned.
Grass · Grass · Colorless
V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
The Pokémon
Caterpie → Metapod → Butterfree
In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
Card details
- Number
- #1
- Rarity
- Rare Holo V
- Released
- 2020
- Pokémon
- All Butterfree cards
- Generation
- Gen I · Kanto
- Artist
- Saki Hayashiro
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic, V
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 190
- National Pokédex
- #12
- Card ID
- swsh3-1
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Butterfree V (Darkness Ablaze #1) worth?
As of 16 September 2026, Butterfree V from Darkness Ablaze is worth approximately $1 ungraded in near-mint condition, and around $55 in PSA 10 gem mint. Blended from real completed sales and live market prices, updated daily.
What is the PSA 10 price for Butterfree V?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Butterfree V from Darkness Ablaze is worth around $55 — roughly 38× the raw ungraded value of $1.
Should I grade my Butterfree V?
Probably not. Weighted across the grades this card actually earns, expected value after the $70 grading fee is about $-33 — grading it is likely to cost more than it adds.
How often does Butterfree V sell?
CardTrack recorded 16 completed sales of Butterfree V (Darkness Ablaze #1) across every grade in the last 90 days, 5 of them raw, the most recent on 2026-09-03. The headline price is a blend of those sales rather than an asking price.
Is Butterfree V rare?
Butterfree V is a Rare Holo V card from Darkness Ablaze (card #1), released in 2020.