Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$91 sold · 90d · pop 32
- PSA 9$26pop 38
- PSA 10$70modelled · pop 13
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Dragon Vault #12/20, 2012. 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.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 12/20.
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.
Axew is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Dragon Vault (#12, released 2012), illustrated by Mizue. It's a Basic Dragon-type Pokémon with 40 HP, weak to Dragon ×2. It's listed among our holo rares. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 14 September 2026.
Axew price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence6 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee. · Liquid — Sells regularly
Sale mix: 4 auctions, 3 accepted offers, 3 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 4 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$2.957 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$26.003 sales
- CGC 8$10.803 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$15.002 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 7$11.252 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$94.222 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Axew worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $26 against the $72 you put in, a $46 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $26–$70. Averaged over every outcome that is −$49 a card.
That is the average submitted copy. Tell us about yours and the verdict re-prices — most cards stop being worth grading here. Not sure? Grade it from a photo →
These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
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
Axew is a Holo / V / ex in Dragon Vault — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 100% of the time, split across 18 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 18 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 | $70.00 | $71 | −$3 | 33.7× |
| PSA 9 | $26.00 | $70 | −$46 | 12.5× |
| PSA 8 | $9.00 | $70 | −$63 | 4.3× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 98 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 13.3% | $70.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 38.8% | $26.00 |
| PSA 8 | 32.7% | $9.00 |
| PSA 7 | 9.2% | $9.00 † |
| PSA 6 | 4.1% | $2.08 |
| PSA 5 | 1% | $2.08 |
| PSA 1 | 1% | $2.08 |
† 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
13 of the 100 PSA-graded Axew copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 13%. 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 100.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 40.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Axew 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon AXEW 12/20 Dragon Vault HOLO - NEAR MINT/MINTRaw · eBay$0.99
Axew (12) Holo Rare Dragon Vault 12/20 LPRaw · eBay$1.00
Pokémon AXEW Card 12/20 Holo Rare Dragon Vault LP Unlimited Mp/Hp TCGRaw · eBay$1.20
Pokémon TCG Axew 12/20 Dragon Vault Holo Rare EN Basic 40 HP 2012Raw · eBay$1.50
Pokemon Axew 12/20 Dragon Vault Holo Light PlayedRaw · eBay$1.70
Axew - 12/20 (Lp) Dragon Vault - Dragon PokémonRaw · eBay$1.76Cheapest raw copy $0.99 — 52% below our near-mint estimate of $2
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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$70$70–$70 | |
| PSA 9pop 38 | $26$22–$30 | |
| PSA 8pop 32 | $9$8–$10 |
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 $15 (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
5% spreadCurrently 5% 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.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Axew (Dragon Vault #12) worth?
As of 14 September 2026, Axew from Dragon Vault is worth approximately $2.08 ungraded (near-mint), and around $70 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 Axew?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Axew from Dragon Vault is worth around $70 — roughly 34× the raw ungraded value of $2.08.
Should I grade my Axew?
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 Axew rare?
Axew is a Rare Holo card from Dragon Vault (card #12).
How do I know if my Axew is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
How do I tell this Axew apart from the McDonald's Collection 2012 one?
They share a name and a card number but come from different sets, and the number printed on the card tells them apart: this one is 12/20 (Dragon Vault, 2012) and the other is 12/12 (McDonald's Collection 2012, 2012).
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