Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$42
- PSA 10$93modelled · pop 4
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Emerald #88/106, 2005. 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 88/106.
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.
Metal Energy is a Rare Pokémon card from Emerald (#88, released 2005), illustrated by Milky Isobe. It's a Special Energy card. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 10 September 2026.
Metal Energy price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Low confidenceOnly 1 sale in the last 90 days.
Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.
Is Metal Energy worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $37 against the $72 you put in, a $35 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $37–$93. Averaged over every outcome that is −$20 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
Metal Energy is a Rare in Emerald — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 14 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 21 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 | $92.82 | $71 | +$21 | 73.1× |
| PSA 8 | $42.49 | $70 | −$29 | 33.5× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 15 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 46.7% | $92.82 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 13.3% | $37.00 |
| PSA 8 | 6.7% | $42.49 |
| PSA 6 | 6.7% | $1.27 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 26.7% | $1.27 |
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
4 of the 8 PSA-graded Metal Energy copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 50%. 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 8.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 15.
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 Metal Energy 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon METAL ENERGY 88/106 Emerald - - MINTRaw · eBay$0.99![Metal Energy (Special) [Normal LP - Emerald 88/106]](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/To0AAeSwPAdqTzdP/s-l225.jpg)
Metal Energy (Special) [Normal LP - Emerald 88/106]Raw · eBay$0.99
Metal Energy (Special) Rare Emerald 88/106 NMRaw · eBay$1.00
Metal Energy (Special) Rare Emerald 88/106 NMRaw · eBay$1.20
Metal Energy (Special) Rare Emerald 88/106 MPRaw · eBay$1.60
Pokemon METAL ENERGY 88/106 Emerald 2005 World Championships - Lightly PlayedRaw · eBay$1.75Cheapest raw copy $0.99 — 22% below our near-mint estimate of $1
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 4 | modelled$93$93–$93 | |
| PSA 8 | $42$36–$49 |
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
43% spreadCurrently 43% 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
Damage done by attacks to the Pokémon that Metal Energy is attached to is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Ignore this effect if the Pokémon that Metal Energy is attached to isn't Metal. Metal Energy provides Metal Energy. (Doesn't count as a Basic card.)
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Metal Energy cards
There are 26 different Metal Energy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Emerald #88 (Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Metal Energy (Emerald #88) worth?
As of 10 September 2026, Metal Energy from Emerald is worth approximately $1.27 ungraded (near-mint), and around $93 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 Metal Energy?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Metal Energy from Emerald is worth around $93 — roughly 73× the raw ungraded value of $1.27.
Should I grade my Metal Energy?
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 Metal Energy rare?
Metal Energy is a Rare card from Emerald (card #88).
How do I know if my Metal Energy 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 Metal Energy 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 88/106 (Emerald, 2005) and the other is 88/108 (Power Keepers, 2007).
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