Plusle8/97 · Dragon Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Holofoil
- PSA 8$2132 sold · 90d · pop 111
- PSA 9$3757 sold · 90d · pop 117
- PSA 10$1,6841 sold · 90d · pop 47
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Dragon #8/97, 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.
Plusle is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Dragon (#8, released 2003), illustrated by Atsuko Nishida. It's a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 50 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 10 September 2026.
Plusle price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence30 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
5 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 7 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$89.0043 sales · 30 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$37810 sales · 7 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 10$4005 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$2214 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$1,7504 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8.5$1454 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- BGS 8.5$39.751 sale
- BGS 7$80.001 sale
Is Plusle worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 8 — worth $213 against the $190 you put in. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $375–$1,684. Averaged over every outcome that is +$247 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
Plusle 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 | $1,684.00 | $186 | +$1,396 | 16.5× |
| PSA 9 | $375.00 | $74 | +$199 | 3.7× |
| PSA 8 | $212.50 | $72 | +$38 | 2.1× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 327 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 14.1% | $1,684.00 |
| PSA 9 | 34.3% | $375.00 |
| PSA 8 — typical | 30.3% | $212.50 |
| PSA 7 | 8.6% | $34.75 |
| PSA 6 | 7.6% | $34.75 |
| PSA 5 | 2.8% | $34.75 |
| PSA 4 | 1.2% | $34.75 |
| PSA 3 | 0.3% | $34.75 |
| PSA 2 | 0.3% | $34.75 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.6% | $102.00 |
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
47 of the 350 PSA-graded Plusle 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 350.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 112.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 16.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 9.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Plusle 10 is harder to pull.
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 47 | ✓ 13 cert-verified$1,684$1,684–$2,703 | |
| PSA 9pop 117 | $375$319–$431 | |
| PSA 8pop 111 | $213$181–$244 | |
| PSA 7pop 30 | modelled$35$30–$40 |
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
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
0% spreadCurrently 0% 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
As long as Plusle is your Active Pokémon, whenever your other Active Pokémon, if any, attacks, you may use Cheer On after the first attack (you still need the necessary Energy to use Cheer On). You can't use Cheer On more than once in this way even if your other Active Pokémon has the Chain of Events Poké-Body.
Remove 1 damage counter from each of your Pokémon (including Plusle).
Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. If you choose Pokémon-ex, this attack does 40 damage instead. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
PLUSLE always acts as a cheerleader for its partners. Whenever a teammate puts out a good effort in battle, this POKéMON shorts out its body to create the crackling noises of sparks to show its joy.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Plusle cards
There are 20 different Plusle printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Dragon #8 (Rare Holo). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Plusle (Dragon #8) worth?
As of 10 September 2026, Plusle from Dragon is worth approximately $102.00 ungraded (near-mint), and around $1,684 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 Plusle?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Plusle from Dragon is worth around $1,684 — roughly 17× the raw ungraded value of $102.00.
Should I grade my Plusle?
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 Plusle rare?
Plusle is a Rare Holo card from Dragon (card #8).
How do I know if my Plusle 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 Plusle 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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