Professor Elm's Lecture188a/214 · Lost Thunder Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$47pop 15
- PSA 10$3501 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 6
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Professor Elm's Lecture is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Lost Thunder (#188a, released 2018), illustrated by nagimiso. It's a Supporter Trainer card. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 9 September 2026.
Professor Elm's Lecture price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence11 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
5 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 42 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$35.0017 sales · 11 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 8$38.342 sales
- PSA 9$51.001 sale
- PSA 10$4201 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Professor Elm's Lecture worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 8 — worth $47 against the $114 you put in, a $67 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $140–$350. Averaged over every outcome that is +$13 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
Professor Elm's Lecture is a Uncommoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.
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 | $350.00 | $73 | +$233 | 8.1× |
| PSA 8 | $47.18 | $70 | −$67 | 1.1× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 90 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 17.8% | $350.00 |
| PSA 9 | 30% | $140.00 |
| PSA 8 — typical | 10% | $47.18 |
| PSA 7 | 2.2% | $43.39 |
| PSA 5 | 1.1% | $43.39 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 38.9% | $43.39 |
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
6 of the 82 PSA-graded Professor Elm's Lecture copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 7.3%. 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 82.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 90.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Professor Elm's Lecture 10 is harder to pull.
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 6 | modelled$350$350–$350 | |
| PSA 8pop 15 | 3 sold$47$40–$54 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $25 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
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Other Professor Elm's Lecture cards
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Professor Elm's Lecture (Lost Thunder #188a) worth?
As of 9 September 2026, Professor Elm's Lecture from Lost Thunder is worth approximately $43.39 ungraded (near-mint), and around $350 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 Professor Elm's Lecture?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Professor Elm's Lecture from Lost Thunder is worth around $350 — roughly 8× the raw ungraded value of $43.39.
Should I grade my Professor Elm's Lecture?
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 Professor Elm's Lecture rare?
Professor Elm's Lecture is a Uncommon card from Lost Thunder (card #188a).
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