Palafin200/197 · Obsidian Flames Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$14pop 462
- PSA 9$1810 sold · 90d · pop 1,350
- PSA 10$1004 sold · 90d · pop 535
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Obsidian Flames #200/197, 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.
Palafin is a Illustration Rare Pokémon card from Obsidian Flames (#200, released 2023), illustrated by Akira Komayama. It's a Stage 1 Water-type Pokémon with 150 HP, evolving from Finizen, weak to Lightning ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Palafin price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence123 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 2 auctions, 3 accepted offers, 5 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every day (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$5.53128 sales · 123 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$20.9510 sales · 10 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 9$10.208 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$1057 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 8.5$10.002 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 0.5$11.502 sales
- ACE 9$23.732 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- TAG 9$18.101 sale
Is Palafin worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $18 against the $76 you put in, a $58 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $18–$105. Averaged over every outcome that is −$40 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
Palafin is a Ultra Rare in Obsidian Flames — the pack's hit slot lands on Ultra Rare 10% of the time, split across 24 ultra rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 241 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 | $100.00 | $71 | +$23 | 16.1× |
| PSA 9 | $18.00 | $70 | −$58 | 2.9× |
| PSA 8 | $14.40 | $70 | −$62 | 2.3× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 2,381 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 22.2% | $105.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 55.3% | $18.00 |
| PSA 8 | 18.9% | $14.40 |
| PSA 7 | 2.5% | $10.95 † |
| PSA 6 | 0.7% | $6.00 |
| PSA 5 | 0.1% | $6.00 |
| PSA 2 | 0% | $6.00 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.2% | $6.22 |
† Priced from PriceCharting's graded ladder — we hold no completed sale of our own at that grade. Every other row is our own sold data.
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
535 of the 2,434 PSA-graded Palafin copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 22%. 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 2,434.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 86.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Palafin 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon Palafin 200/197 SV03 Obsidian Flames Illustration Rare Holo 150HPRaw · eBay$4.99
Palafin 200/197 SV03: Obsidian Flames HoloRaw · eBay$4.99
Palafin 200/197 SV03: Obsidian Flames HoloRaw · eBay$4.99
Palafin 200/197 SV03: Obsidian Flames Illustration Rare Holo 150 HP Jet PunchRaw · eBay$4.99
Palafin 200/197 SV03: Obsidian Flames HoloRaw · eBay$5.00
Palafin 200/197 Illustration Rare Obsidian Flames Pokemon Holo NM/M PWERaw · eBay$5.00Cheapest raw copy $4.99 — 20% below our near-mint estimate of $6
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 535 | $100$85–$115 | |
| PSA 9pop 1,350 | ✓ 15 cert-verified$18$17–$23 | |
| PSA 8pop 462 | $14$12–$17 | |
| PSA 7.5pop 2 | modelled$7$7–$7 | |
| PSA 6pop 17 | modelled$6$6–$6 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
1% spreadCurrently 1% 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.
🔥 Trending in the community
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Finizen.
This attack also does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
If this Pokémon didn't move from the Bench to the Active Spot this turn, this attack does nothing.
“This Pokémon's ancient genes have awakened. It is now so extraordinarily strong that it can easily lift a cruise ship with one fin.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Palafin cards
There are 8 different Palafin printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Obsidian Flames #200 (Illustration Rare).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Palafin (Obsidian Flames #200) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Palafin from Obsidian Flames is worth approximately $6.22 ungraded (near-mint), and around $100 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 Palafin?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Palafin from Obsidian Flames is worth around $100 — roughly 16× the raw ungraded value of $6.22.
Should I grade my Palafin?
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 Palafin rare?
Palafin is a Illustration Rare card from Obsidian Flames (card #200).
How do I know if my Palafin 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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