Rayquaza VMAX217/203 · Evolving Skies Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$100pop 249
- PSA 9$1205 sold · 90d · pop 1,140
- PSA 10$36041 sold · 90d · pop 4,646
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Evolving Skies #217/203, 2021. 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.
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.
Rayquaza VMAX is a Rare Rainbow Pokémon card from Evolving Skies (#217, released 2021), illustrated by PLANETA Mochizuki. It's a VMAX Rapid Strike Dragon-type Pokémon with 320 HP, evolving from Rayquaza V. It's listed among our rainbow rares and VMAX cards. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 15 September 2026.
Rayquaza VMAX price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence27 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 3 auctions, 6 accepted offers, 1 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every day (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- PSA 10$35061 sales · 41 in 90d, sells often
- Raw$11040 sales · 27 in 90d, sells often
- CGC 10$12513 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$1109 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$83.085 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- ACE 10$2193 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$1092 sales
- TAG 9$1151 sale
Is Rayquaza VMAX worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 10 — worth $350 against the $194 you put in. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $120–$350. Averaged over every outcome that is +$94 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
Rayquaza VMAX is a Secret / Rainbow in Evolving Skies — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 34 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 1,367 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 | $359.97 | $74 | +$166 | 3.0× |
| PSA 9 | $119.99 | $71 | −$72 | 1.0× |
| PSA 8 | $100.00 | $71 | −$92 | 0.8× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 5,916 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 — typical | 74.5% | $350.00 |
| PSA 9 | 18.4% | $119.99 |
| PSA 8 | 4% | $100.00 |
| PSA 7 | 1.3% | $33.02 |
| PSA 6 | 1% | $24.00 |
| PSA 5 | 0.3% | $24.00 |
| PSA 4 | 0.2% | $24.00 |
| PSA 3 | 0.1% | $24.00 |
| PSA 2 | 0.1% | $24.00 |
| PSA 1 | 0% | $24.00 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.2% | $120.69 |
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
4,646 of the 6,223 PSA-graded Rayquaza VMAX copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 75%. 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 6,223.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 847.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Rayquaza VMAX 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
The Pokémon Company Rayquaza VMAX Secret Rare 217/203 Evolving Skies HoloRaw · eBay$30.00
Rayquaza VMAX (Secret) 217/203 SWSH07: Evolving Skies Holo oversized Raw · eBay$55.00
Rayquaza VMAX Secret Rare 217/203 Evolving Skies SWSH07 Holo EnglishRaw · eBay$55.00
The Pokémon Company Rayquaza VMAX Secret Rare 217/203 Evolving Skies Holo FARaw · eBay$80.00
Rayquaza VMax Secret Rare - Pokemon Evolving Skies 2021 217/203 RainbowRaw · eBay$80.00
Rayquaza VMAX (Secret) 217/203 SWSH07: Evolving Skies HoloRaw · eBay$88.50Cheapest raw copy $30.00 — 75% below our near-mint estimate of $121
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 4,646 | $360$306–$414 | |
| PSA 8pop 249 | $100$85–$115 | |
| PSA 7pop 83 | modelled$33$33–$36 | |
| PSA 6pop 62 | modelled$24$11–$31 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
10% spreadCurrently 10% 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.
🇪🇺 Europe price · eBay sold
7% cheaper than the US🔥 Trending in the community
#11 on the radarRayquaza is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
What people are saying: “Accidentally found the perfect layout” · 2023↑
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Rayquaza V.
Once during your turn, you may discard your hand and draw 3 cards.
You may discard any amount of basic Fire Energy or any amount of basic Lightning Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 80 more damage for each card you discarded in this way.
VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
RAYQUAZA lived for hundreds of millions of years in the earth’s ozone layer, never descending to the ground. This POKéMON appears to feed on water and particles in the atmosphere.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Rayquaza VMAX cards
There are 7 different Rayquaza VMAX printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Evolving Skies #217 (Rare Rainbow).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Rayquaza VMAX (Evolving Skies #217) worth?
As of 15 September 2026, Rayquaza VMAX from Evolving Skies is worth approximately $120.69 ungraded (near-mint), and around $360 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 Rayquaza VMAX?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Rayquaza VMAX from Evolving Skies is worth around $360 — roughly 3.0× the raw ungraded value of $120.69.
Should I grade my Rayquaza VMAX?
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 Rayquaza VMAX rare?
Rayquaza VMAX is a Rare Rainbow card from Evolving Skies (card #217).
How do I know if my Rayquaza VMAX is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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