Larvitar86/189 · Darkness Ablaze Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 9$11modelled · pop 1
- PSA 10$35modelled · pop 13
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Darkness Ablaze #86/189, 2020. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
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.
Larvitar is a Common Pokémon card from Darkness Ablaze (#86, released 2020), illustrated by Sanosuke Sakuma. It's a Basic Fighting-type Pokémon with 70 HP, weak to Grass ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 14 September 2026.
Larvitar price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Low confidenceOnly 1 sale in the last 90 days.
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By grade
- Raw$0.991 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$35.001 sale
Is Larvitar worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 10 — worth $35 against the $70 you put in, a $35 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $35–$35. Averaged over every outcome that is −$38 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
Larvitar 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 | $35.00 | $70 | −$35 | 500.0× |
| PSA 9 | $10.97 | $70 | −$59 | 156.7× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 14 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 — typical | 92.9% | $35.00 |
| PSA 9 | 0% | $10.97 |
| PSA 6 | 7.1% | $0.07 |
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
13 of the 15 PSA-graded Larvitar copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 87%. 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 15.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 25.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Larvitar 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 13 | modelled$35$35–$35 | |
| PSA 9pop 1 | modelled$11$11–$11 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
40% spreadCurrently 40% 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
“Born deep underground, it comes aboveground and becomes a pupa once it has finished eating the surrounding soil.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Larvitar cards
There are 27 different Larvitar printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Darkness Ablaze #86 (Common). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Larvitar (Darkness Ablaze #86) worth?
As of 14 September 2026, Larvitar from Darkness Ablaze is worth approximately $0.07 ungraded (near-mint), and around $35 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 Larvitar?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Larvitar from Darkness Ablaze is worth around $35 — roughly 500× the raw ungraded value of $0.07.
Should I grade my Larvitar?
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 Larvitar rare?
Larvitar is a Common card from Darkness Ablaze (card #86).
How do I know if my Larvitar is Reverse Holo?
The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
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