Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$27pop 17
- PSA 9$302 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 43
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Dragon #21/97, 2003. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 21/97.
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.
Skarmory is a Rare Pokémon card from Dragon (#21, released 2003), illustrated by Hisao Nakamura. It's a Basic Metal-type Pokémon with 70 HP, weak to Fire ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Skarmory price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence20 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.
By grade
- Raw$2.9920 sales · 20 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 8$27.073 sales
- PSA 9$37.462 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 7$13.652 sales
- CGC 9.5$16.752 sales
- CGC 9$18.682 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 6$8.501 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$2331 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Skarmory worth grading?
Raw $2.50 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $30.00, after ~$70.29 grading fee → 12.0× the raw value.
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
Skarmory is a Rare in Dragon — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 10 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 15 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 9 | $30.00 | $70 | −$43 | 12.0× |
| PSA 8 | $27.07 | $70 | −$46 | 10.8× |
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. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
25 of the 97 PSA-graded Skarmory copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 26%. 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 97.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 233.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 7.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 2.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Skarmory 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
![Skarmory [Normal DM - Dragon 21/97]](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/XGkAAeSwoSFqTYuA/s-l225.jpg)
Skarmory [Normal DM - Dragon 21/97]Raw · eBay$1.08
Pokémon TCG Skarmory EX Dragon Regular Rare Card 21/97Raw · eBay$1.50
Skarmory 21/97 Dragon RegularRaw · eBay$2.50
Pokémon TCG Skarmory EX Dragon Regular Rare Card 21/97Raw · eBay$2.50
Skarmory 21/97 Ex Dragon Regular CardRaw · eBay$2.75
Skarmory 21/97 Dragon RegularRaw · eBay$2.99Cheapest raw copy $1.08 — 57% below our near-mint estimate of $3
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 9pop 43 | modelled$30$26–$35 | |
| PSA 8pop 17 | $27$23–$31 | |
| PSA 7pop 6 | modelled$17$14–$19 |
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
TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
20% spreadCurrently 20% 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
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
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About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Its sturdy wings look heavy, but they are actually hollow and light, allowing it to fly freely in the sky.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Skarmory cards
There are 27 different Skarmory printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Dragon #21 (Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Skarmory (Dragon #21) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Skarmory from Dragon is worth approximately $2.50 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.
Is Skarmory rare?
Skarmory is a Rare card from Dragon (card #21).
How do I know if my Skarmory 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 Skarmory apart from the HS—Undaunted 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 21/97 (Dragon, 2003) and the other is 21/90 (HS—Undaunted, 2010).
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