Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$101 sold · 90d · pop 274
- PSA 9$111 sold · 90d · pop 586
- PSA 10$523 sold · 90d · pop 270
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Obsidian Flames #230/197, 2023. 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.
Basic Fire Energy is a Hyper Rare Pokémon card from Obsidian Flames (#230, released 2023). It's a Basic Energy card. It's listed among our gold secret rares. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Basic Fire Energy price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence49 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
5 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 10 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$4.5050 sales · 49 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$10.767 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$10.005 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$52.003 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 10$9.503 sales
- CGC 8.5$7.102 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$8.901 sale
Is Basic Fire Energy worth grading?
Raw $3.68 → graded PSA 10 ≈ $52.00, after ~$70.51 grading fee → 14.1× 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
Basic Fire Energy is a Secret / Rainbow in Obsidian Flames — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 9 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 362 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 | $52.00 | $71 | −$22 | 14.1× |
| PSA 9 | $11.00 | $70 | −$63 | 3.0× |
| PSA 8 | $9.99 | $70 | −$64 | 2.7× |
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
270 of the 1,198 PSA-graded Basic Fire Energy copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 23%. 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 1,198.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 27.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Basic Fire Energy 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Basic Fire Energy 230/197 Sv03: Obsidian Flames HoloRaw · eBay$3.00
Basic Fire Energy Obsidian Flames #230/197 SV03 Hyper Rare Near MintRaw · eBay$3.59
Basic Fire Energy Holo Hyper Rare SV03: Obsidian Flames 230/197 NMRaw · eBay$3.86
Basic Fire Energy 230/197 SV03: Obsidian Flames HoloRaw · eBay$3.89
Basic Fire Energy 230/197 Hyper Rare Obsidian Flames Pokemon Holo Near MintRaw · eBay$3.92
SV03: Obsidian Flames #230/197 Basic Fire EnergyRaw · eBay$3.99Cheapest raw copy $3.00 — 18% below our near-mint estimate of $4
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 270 | $52$44–$60 | |
| PSA 9pop 586 | ✓ 8 cert-verified$11$11–$18 | |
| PSA 8pop 274 | $10$8–$11 | |
| PSA 7pop 57 | modelled$7$7–$8 |
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 $50 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
15% spreadCurrently 15% 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 detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Basic Fire Energy cards
There are 5 different Basic Fire Energy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Obsidian Flames #230 (Hyper Rare).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Basic Fire Energy (Obsidian Flames #230) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Basic Fire Energy from Obsidian Flames is worth approximately $3.68 ungraded (near-mint), and around $52 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 Basic Fire Energy?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Basic Fire Energy from Obsidian Flames is worth around $52 — roughly 14× the raw ungraded value of $3.68.
Should I grade my Basic Fire 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 Basic Fire Energy rare?
Basic Fire Energy is a Hyper Rare card from Obsidian Flames (card #230).
How do I know if my Basic Fire Energy 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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