Butterfree VMAX190/189 · Darkness Ablaze Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 9$232 sold · 90d · pop 290
- PSA 10$8018 sold · 90d · pop 1,835
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Darkness Ablaze #190/189, 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.
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An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Butterfree VMAX is a Rare Rainbow Pokémon card from Darkness Ablaze (#190, released 2020), illustrated by aky CG Works. It's a VMAX Grass-type Pokémon with 300 HP, evolving from Butterfree V, weak to Fire ×2. It's listed among our rainbow rares and VMAX cards. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 15 September 2026.
Butterfree VMAX price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence23 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 4 auctions, 5 accepted offers, 1 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 3 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$18.5934 sales · 23 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 10$83.0022 sales · 18 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 10$20.4510 sales · 7 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$11.509 sales · 8 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$24.252 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- SGC 10$22.801 sale
- CGC 9.6$40.001 sale
Is Butterfree VMAX worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 10 — worth $83 against the $91 you put in, a $8 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $23–$83. Averaged over every outcome that is −$17 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
Butterfree VMAX is a Secret / Rainbow in Darkness Ablaze — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 12 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 482 packs.
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 | $80.00 | $71 | −$10 | 4.1× |
| PSA 9 | $23.00 | $70 | −$67 | 1.2× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 2,155 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 — typical | 83.6% | $83.00 |
| PSA 9 | 13.2% | $23.00 |
| PSA 8 | 1.9% | $22.61 † |
| PSA 7 | 0.4% | $15.99 † |
| PSA 6 | 0.5% | $17.99 |
| PSA 5 | 0.3% | $15.99 |
| PSA 4 | 0% | $15.99 |
| PSA 3 | 0% | $15.99 |
† Priced from PriceCharting's graded ladder — we hold no completed sale of our own at that grade. Every other row is our own sold data.
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
1,835 of the 2,197 PSA-graded Butterfree VMAX copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 84%. 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 2,197.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 737.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Butterfree VMAX 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon TCG Butterfree VMAX 190/189 Darkness Ablaze Full Art HoloRaw · eBay$4.35
Pokémon TCG Butterfree VMAX Darkness Ablaze Holo Secret Rare with Top Loader Raw · eBay$7.50
Darkness Ablaze Butterfree VMAXRaw · eBay$9.00
Pokémon Butterfree VMAX 190/189 Darkness Ablaze Secret Full Art HoloRaw · eBay$14.99
Butterfree VMAX (Secret) SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze Holofoil - 190/189 NMRaw · eBay$15.00
Butterfree VMAX (Secret) 190/189 Swsh03: Darkness Ablaze Holo (NM)Raw · eBay$15.00Cheapest raw copy $4.35 — 78% below our near-mint estimate of $20
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 1,835 | $80$68–$92 | |
| PSA 9pop 290 | ✓ 22 cert-verified$23$19–$26 | |
| PSA 6pop 11 | modelled$18$18–$18 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $19 (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
1% spreadCurrently 1% 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
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 Butterfree V.
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused and Poisoned.
VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Butterfree VMAX cards
There are 2 different Butterfree VMAX printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Darkness Ablaze #190 (Rare Rainbow).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Butterfree VMAX (Darkness Ablaze #190) worth?
As of 15 September 2026, Butterfree VMAX from Darkness Ablaze is worth approximately $19.60 ungraded (near-mint), and around $80 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 VMAX?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Butterfree VMAX from Darkness Ablaze is worth around $80 — roughly 4× the raw ungraded value of $19.60.
Should I grade my Butterfree VMAX?
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 Butterfree VMAX rare?
Butterfree VMAX is a Rare Rainbow card from Darkness Ablaze (card #190).
How do I know if my Butterfree VMAX 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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