Riolu173/91 · Paldean Fates Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$161 sold · 90d · pop 39
- PSA 9$253 sold · 90d · pop 165
- PSA 10$1234 sold · 90d · pop 180
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Paldean Fates #173/91, 2024. 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.
Riolu is a Shiny Rare Pokémon card from Paldean Fates (#173, released 2024), illustrated by sowsow. It's a Basic Fighting-type Pokémon with 70 HP, weak to Psychic ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 14 September 2026.
Riolu price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence39 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 3 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$13.7440 sales · 39 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 10$1326 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$28.005 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 10$78.192 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$16.011 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8.5$10.001 sale
Is Riolu worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $25 against the $86 you put in, a $61 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $25–$132. Averaged over every outcome that is −$9 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
Riolu is a Rare in Paldean Fates — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 59.7% of the time, split across 136 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 228 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 | $123.00 | $71 | +$37 | 8.2× |
| PSA 9 | $25.00 | $70 | −$60 | 1.7× |
| PSA 8 | $16.01 | $70 | −$69 | 1.1× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 356 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 49.4% | $131.89 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 40.4% | $25.00 |
| PSA 8 | 9.6% | $16.01 |
| PSA 7 | 0.3% | $15.01 |
| PSA 6 | 0.3% | $15.01 |
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
180 of the 386 PSA-graded Riolu copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 47%. 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 386.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 121.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 12.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Riolu 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon TCG Riolu Illustration Rare Holo 173/091 SV Paldean Fates EN 2024Raw · eBay$11.39
Riolu 173/091 SV: Paldean Fates Holo Shiny Rare Pokemon TCG sowsow LPRaw · eBay$11.99
Pokémon TCG: Paldean Fates Riolu #173 PAF Shiny Rare EN CRaw · eBay$11.99
SV: Paldean Fates #173/091 RioluRaw · eBay$12.85
Riolu 173/091 SV Paldean Fates Shiny Rare Holo Basic HP 70 EnglishRaw · eBay$12.99
Riolu 173/091 SV: Paldean Fates HoloRaw · eBay$12.99Cheapest raw copy $11.39 — 24% below our near-mint estimate of $15
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 180 | ✓ 38 cert-verified$123$116–$158 | |
| PSA 9pop 165 | ✓ 21 cert-verified$25$22–$30 | |
| PSA 8pop 39 | $16$14–$18 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
2% spreadCurrently 2% 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.
🔥 Trending in the community
#169 on the radarRiolu is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
This Pokémon also does 20 damage to itself.
“They communicate with one another using their auras. They are able to run all through the night.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Riolu cards
There are 33 different Riolu printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Paldean Fates #173 (Shiny Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Riolu (Paldean Fates #173) worth?
As of 14 September 2026, Riolu from Paldean Fates is worth approximately $15.01 ungraded (near-mint), and around $123 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 Riolu?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Riolu from Paldean Fates is worth around $123 — roughly 8× the raw ungraded value of $15.01.
Should I grade my Riolu?
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 Riolu rare?
Riolu is a Shiny Rare card from Paldean Fates (card #173).
How do I know if my Riolu 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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