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Check your printing9 different Shelgon printings exist — is this your card? Dragon #42
Shelgon Dragon #42 Pokémon card
Uncommon

Shelgon

Dragon · 42/97 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
70 HPColorlessPokémonStage 1

Market value · ungraded

$1.86 1.6% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$2$2
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer. Updated 20 August 2026. 2 sources agree within 8%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$1.86

What this price is based on

Medium confidence

16 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.

Median · Raw$2.4918 sales
Trimmed mean$3.10outliers removed
Range$0.99$12.82lowest to highest sale
Sales rate4.2/mo26 recorded

Recent Raw sales

  • Jul 21, 2026eBay — Shelgon 42/97 Uncommon Dragon Pokemon Moderately PlayedMP$4.29
  • Jul 17, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Shelgon Uncommon Dragon 42/97$2.50
  • Jul 16, 2026eBay — Shelgon 41/97 42/97 20/97 Bagon 50/97 Pokemon Card Ex Dragon 5x$12.82
  • Jul 9, 2026eBay — Shelgon 42/97 Uncommon Regular Dragon Pokemon NMNM$2.00
  • Jul 7, 2026eBay — Shelgon 42/97 Uncommon Dragon Pokemon DamagedDM$0.99
  • Jul 7, 2026eBay — Shelgon - Ex Dragon 42/97 2003 - E Reader - Pokémon TCG - LPLP$1.64
  • Jul 7, 2026eBay — Normal Shelgon 42/97 Dragon$2.49
  • Jul 6, 2026eBay — Shelgon 42/97 EX Dragon E-reader Pokemon Card NMNM$3.23

By grade

  • Raw$2.4918 sales
  • CGC 9$8.005 sales
  • CGC 10$34.202 sales
  • PSA 9$16.801 sale

From 26 completed sales recorded between Dec 31, 2025 and Jul 21, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.

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Shelgon is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Dragon (#42), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Stage 1 Colorless-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Bagon. Its current blended market value is $1.86 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 20 August 2026.

The receipts

Price history · Raw

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$1.86
Period high
$3.30
Period low
$1.72
Change
38.0%
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Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Should you grade it?

$55

Raw $1.86 → graded PSA 9$16.80, after ~$70.16 grading fee → 9.0× the raw value.

The odds

Shelgon is a Uncommoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.

PSA 10 (gem mint)41.2%7 of 17
PSA 941.2%7 of 17
PSA graded so far17
Gem Mint 107
Total graded17

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 gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 9$16.80$70$559.0×

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

Population across gradersPSA, CGC & BGS — every grade, with gem rates

Only 41% of 17 PSA-graded Shelgon copies are a gem-mint 10 (7 of 17) — the rest grade lower.

PSA17 gradedPSA 10 · 7 · 41% gem
107
97
73
CGC184 gradedCGC 10 · 54 · 29% gem
1054
9.58
940
8.528
816

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Shelgon 10 is harder to pull.

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$1.83
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 9pop 71 sold$17$14$19
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$1.86
LPLightly Played$1.01
MPModerately Played$0.95
HPHeavily Played$0.54
DMGDamaged$0.37
7-dayflat
30-day 0.7%
90-day 34.9%
All-time high$2
All-time low$1
Other printingsNormal · $1.74
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

8% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$2
PriceCharting · dearest$2

Currently 8% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dFlat +2%
Cross-marketMarkets agree 8% gap

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

Evolves from Bagon.

Granite Head20
Water · Colorless

Damage done to Shelgon by an opponent's attack is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance) during your opponent's next turn.

Flare40
Fire · Colorless · Colorless
Retreat 2
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Endurance PokémonGEN IIIBagonShelgonSalamence

Inside SHELGON’s armor-like shell, cells are in the midst of transformation to create an entirely new body. This POKéMON’s shell is extremely heavy, making its movements sluggish.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#42
RarityUncommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 1
TypeColorless
HP70
Evolves fromBagon
Retreat cost2
National Pokédex#372
Card IDex3-42
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Shelgon (Dragon #42) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Shelgon from Dragon is worth approximately $1.86 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Shelgon rare?

Shelgon is a Uncommon card from Dragon (card #42), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Its current blended market value is $1.86 ungraded.

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