Altaria2/97 · Dragon Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Holofoil
- PSA 8$893 sold · 90d · pop 105
- PSA 9$1432 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 146
- PSA 10$1,7402 sold · 90d · pop 42
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Dragon #2/97, 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.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 2/97.
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.
Altaria is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Dragon (#2, released 2003), illustrated by Atsuko Nishida. It's a Stage 1 Colorless-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Swablu, weak to Colorless ×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 11 September 2026.
Altaria price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence34 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 2 auctions, 4 accepted offers, 4 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 7 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$50.0055 sales · 34 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$1744 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$1393 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$1,8753 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8$65.003 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8.5$73.802 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$2402 sales
- PSA 1$74.991 sale
Is Altaria worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $143 against the $154 you put in, a $12 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $143–$1,740. Averaged over every outcome that is +$135 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
Altaria 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 | $1,740.00 | $186 | +$1,484 | 24.8× |
| PSA 9 | $142.50 | $71 | +$1 | 2.0× |
| PSA 8 | $89.00 | $71 | −$52 | 1.3× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 356 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 11.5% | $1,740.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 39.9% | $142.50 |
| PSA 8 | 28.1% | $89.00 |
| PSA 7 | 9.8% | $35.00 |
| PSA 6 | 5.9% | $35.00 |
| PSA 5 | 2.5% | $35.00 |
| PSA 4 | 0.8% | $35.00 |
| PSA 3 | 0.3% | $35.00 |
| PSA 2 | 0.3% | $35.00 |
| PSA 1 | 0.8% | $35.00 |
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
42 of the 372 PSA-graded Altaria copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 11%. 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 372.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 129.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 23.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 5.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Altaria 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Altaria Holo Rare Dragon 2/97 Colorless Holo Pokemon CardRaw · eBay$52.24
Altaria 2/97 EX Dragon 2003 Rare Holo e-Series Pokémon Card!Raw · eBay$65.29
Altaria 2004 EX Dragon Holo Rare #2/97Raw · eBay$69.00
Altaria 2/97 EX Dragon 2003 Rare Holo e-Series Pokémon Card!Raw · eBay$71.82
Altaria Holo Rare Dragon 2/97 Colorless Holo Pokemon CardRaw · eBay$94.99Cheapest raw copy $52.24 — 25% below our near-mint estimate of $70
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 42 | ✓ 10 cert-verified$1,740$1,740–$2,631 | |
| PSA 9pop 146 | modelled$143$143–$143 | |
| PSA 8pop 105 | ✓ 14 cert-verified$89$89–$128 | |
| PSA 7pop 36 | modelled$35$30–$40 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 1 slab of this card sells for about $60 (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
Cross-market prices
22% spreadCurrently 22% 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.
🔥 Trending in the community
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Swablu.
During your next turn, if any of your current Active Pokémon does damage to any Defending Pokémon, this attack does 40 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Each Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Altaria cards
There are 25 different Altaria printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Dragon #2 (Rare Holo). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Altaria (Dragon #2) worth?
As of 11 September 2026, Altaria from Dragon is worth approximately $70.04 ungraded (near-mint), and around $1,740 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 Altaria?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Altaria from Dragon is worth around $1,740 — roughly 25× the raw ungraded value of $70.04.
Should I grade my Altaria?
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 Altaria rare?
Altaria is a Rare Holo card from Dragon (card #2).
How do I know if my Altaria 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 Altaria 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.
How do I tell this Altaria apart from the Power Keepers 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 2/97 (Dragon, 2003) and the other is 2/108 (Power Keepers, 2007).
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