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Check your printing3 different Sidney printings exist — is this your card? Fusion Strike #279
Sidney Fusion Strike #279 Pokémon card
Rare Rainbow

Sidney

Fusion Strike · 279/264 · Illustrated by Hideki Ishikawa
TrainerSupporter

Market value · ungraded

$3.73 5.6% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$4$6
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$3.73

What this price is based on

Low confidence

Only 0 sales in the last 90 days.

Median · CGC 10$10.801 sale
Trimmed meanoutliers removed
Range$10.80$10.80lowest to highest sale
Sales rate0.2/mo1 recorded

Recent CGC 10 sales

From 1 completed sales recorded between Apr 27, 2026 and Apr 27, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 1 graded sales and 4,409,561 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Sidney is a Rare Rainbow Pokémon card from Fusion Strike (#279), illustrated by Hideki Ishikawa. It's a Supporter Trainer card. Its current blended market value is $3.73 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $38 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 10× the raw value. 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
$3.73
Period high
$5.73
Period low
$3.27
Change
25.3%
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Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Should you grade it?

$51

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 48.8% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $37); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)48.8%
Expected return$51
PSA 10 best case$37
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Sidney is a Secret / Rainbow in Fusion Strike — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 20 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 804 packs.

Secret / Rainbow2.5%20 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)48.8%79 of 162
PSA 940.7%66 of 162
PSA graded so far162
Gem Mint 1079
Total graded162

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 10$37.56$70$3710.1×
PSA 9$11.74$70$623.1×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 162 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1048.8%$38.00
PSA 940.7%$12.00
PSA ≤810.5%$4.00

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. 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 — every grade, with gem rates

Only 49% of 162 PSA-graded Sidney copies are a gem-mint 10 (79 of 162) — the rest grade lower.

PSA162 gradedPSA 10 · 79 · 49% gem
1079
966
811
73
51
41
CGC792 gradedCGC 10 · 366 · 46% gem
10366
9.536
9252
8.584
812

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Sidney 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)$3.73
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 79$38$21$40
PSA 9pop 66$12$6$20
“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
Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$3.73
LPLightly Played$3.14
MPModerately Played$3.14
HPHeavily Played$0.92
7-day 1.7%
30-day 0.3%
90-day 1.7%
All-time high$4
All-time low$3
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

50% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$4
PriceCharting$4
Cardmarket · dearest$6

Currently 50% cheaper on TCGplayer than Cardmarket. 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 · 30dFalling -6%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 50% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$6
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Your opponent reveals their hand. Discard up to 2 in any combination of Pokémon Tool cards, Special Energy cards, and Stadium cards from it.

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#279
RarityRare Rainbow
SupertypeTrainer
SubtypesSupporter
Card IDswsh8-279
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Sidney cards

There are 3 different Sidney printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Fusion Strike #279 (Rare Rainbow).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Sidney (Fusion Strike #279) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Sidney from Fusion Strike is worth approximately $3.73 ungraded (near-mint), and around $38 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 Sidney?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Sidney from Fusion Strike is worth around $38 — roughly 10× the raw ungraded value of $3.73.

Should I grade my Sidney?

A PSA 10 sells for about $38 versus $3.73 raw — roughly a 10× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Sidney rare?

Sidney is a Rare Rainbow card from Fusion Strike (card #279), illustrated by Hideki Ishikawa. Its current blended market value is $3.73 ungraded.

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