Absol1/97 · Dragon Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Holofoil
- PSA 8$1905 sold · 90d · pop 150
- PSA 9$3554 sold · 90d · pop 176
- PSA 10$1,9822 sold · 90d · pop 51
Why prices differ
TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Dragon #1/97, 2003. 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.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
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.
Absol is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Dragon (#1, released 2003), illustrated by Naoyo Kimura. It's a Basic Darkness-type Pokémon with 70 HP, weak to Fighting ×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 12 September 2026.
Absol price history & recent sales
Graded a PSA 10? See its cert-verified sales and price history → — individual sales PSA tied to a specific slab, each with a cert number you can check.
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence32 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
6 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 2 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$90.0052 sales · 32 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 8$2807 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$3555 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$2,3394 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 6$1033 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 10$3243 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 7$2052 sales
- CGC 8.5$1992 sales
Is Absol worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 8 — worth $190 against the $207 you put in, a $17 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $355–$1,982. Averaged over every outcome that is +$178 a card.
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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.
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
Absol is a Holo / V / ex in Dragon — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 33% of the time, split across 21 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 64 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 | $1,982.00 | $189 | +$1,669 | 16.0× |
| PSA 9 | $355.00 | $74 | +$157 | 2.9× |
| PSA 8 | $190.00 | $72 | −$6 | 1.5× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 518 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 9.7% | $1,982.00 |
| PSA 9 | 32.8% | $355.00 |
| PSA 8 — typical | 26.8% | $190.00 |
| PSA 7 | 13.7% | $90.00 |
| PSA 6 | 9.5% | $85.73 |
| PSA 5 | 4.4% | $85.73 |
| PSA 4 | 1.2% | $85.73 |
| PSA 3 | 0.4% | $85.73 |
| PSA 2 | 0.6% | $44.78 |
| PSA 1 | 1% | $31.00 |
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
51 of the 552 PSA-graded Absol copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 9.2%. 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 552.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 128.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 33.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 11.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Absol 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Absol 1/97 EX Dragon Holo Rare e-reader Pokemon TCG Nintendo MPRaw · eBay$84.99
Absol 1/97 Dragon HoloRaw · eBay$120.00
Absol 1/97 EX Dragon Holo LPRaw · eBay$140.00
Absol 1/97 Dragon Holo Raw · eBay$320.00
Pokemon Absol 1/97 Holofoil MP Dragon Holo RareRaw · eBay$324.30Cheapest raw copy $120.00 — 3% below our near-mint estimate of $124
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 51 | ✓ 13 cert-verified$1,982$1,887–$2,553 | |
| PSA 9pop 176 | ✓ 20 cert-verified$355$204–$395 | |
| PSA 8pop 150 | ✓ 22 cert-verified$190$129–$190 | |
| PSA 7pop 72 | ✓ 10 cert-verified$90 | |
| PSA 6pop 61 | modelled$86$45–$86 | |
| PSA 2pop 3 | modelled$45$12–$45 | |
| PSA 1pop 6 | modelled$31$31–$31 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 6 slab of this card sells for about $105 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
Priced per printing — some from our own completed sales, the rest from TCGplayer's market price. Reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
🔥 Trending in the community
#143 on the radarAbsol is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
What people are saying: “[US,US] [H] ex era Absol secret rare, Neo, ex era, SwSh Alts/Promo, SV [W] PP” · 3↑
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
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About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Every time ABSOL appears before people, it is followed by a disaster such as an earthquake or a tidal wave. As a result, it came to be known as the disaster POKéMON.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Absol cards
There are 20 different Absol printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Dragon #1 (Rare Holo). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Absol (Dragon #1) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Absol from Dragon is worth approximately $124.00 ungraded (near-mint), and around $1,982 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 Absol?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Absol from Dragon is worth around $1,982 — roughly 16× the raw ungraded value of $124.00.
Should I grade my Absol?
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 Absol rare?
Absol is a Rare Holo card from Dragon (card #1).
How do I know if my Absol is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
How do I know if my Absol 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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