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Check your printing5 different Iron Hands ex printings exist — is this your card? Paradox Rift #248
Iron Hands ex Paradox Rift #248 Pokémon card
Special Illustration Rare

Iron Hands ex

Paradox Rift · 248/182 · Illustrated by Toshinao Aoki
230 HPLightningPokémonBasicexFuture

Market value · ungraded

$12.05 0.1% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$12$16
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 21 August 2026. 3 sources agree within 30%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$12.05

What this price is based on

Medium confidence

3 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee.

Median · PSA 10$73.506 sales
Trimmed mean$91.00outliers removed
Range$67.20$99.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate1.7/mo10 recorded

Recent PSA 10 sales

By grade

  • PSA 10$73.506 sales
  • CGC 8.5$13.802 sales
  • CGC 9.6$23.001 sale
  • CGC 9$26.001 sale

From 10 completed sales recorded between Apr 13, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 10 graded sales and 5,112,709 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Iron Hands ex is a Special Illustration Rare Pokémon card from Paradox Rift (#248), illustrated by Toshinao Aoki. It's a Basic ex Future Lightning-type Pokémon with 230 HP, weak to Fighting ×2. Its current blended market value is $12.05 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $105 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 9× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 21 August 2026.

The receipts

Price history · Raw

1 Nov 202321 Aug 2026
Latest
$12.05
Period high
$32.12
Period low
$11.44
Change
51.3%
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Verified sales history10 in 90 daysreal completed listings

DateGradePriceCert
4 Aug 2026PSA 9$19.99#123962596
4 Aug 2026PSA 10$107.50#111771472
27 Jul 2026PSA 9$26.00#91293848
24 Jul 2026PSA 10$110.00#93855237
16 Jul 2026PSA 9$16.18#111175336
16 Jul 2026PSA 8$16.00#119666350
14 Jul 2026PSA 10$125.00#85684568
10 Jul 2026PSA 8$16.19#157139869
8 Jul 2026PSA 10$110.00#93669867
4 Jul 2026PSA 9$20.00#110112202

Should you grade it?

$36

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 32.8% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$22); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)32.8%
Expected return$36
PSA 10 best case+$22
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Iron Hands ex is a Secret / Rainbow in Paradox Rift — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 22 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 884 packs.

Secret / Rainbow2.5%22 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)32.8%634 of 1,932
PSA 952.8%1,020 of 1,932
PSA graded so far1,932
Gem Mint 10634
Total graded1,932

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$105.00$71+$228.7×
PSA 9$20.00$70$621.7×
PSA 8$18.75$70$631.6×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 1,932 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1032.8%$105.00
PSA 952.8%$20.00
PSA ≤814.4%$12.00

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 33% of 1,932 PSA-graded Iron Hands ex copies are a gem-mint 10 (634 of 1,932) — the rest grade lower.

PSA1,932 gradedPSA 10 · 634 · 33% gem
10634
91,020
8.54
8239
724
66
54
41
CGC674 gradedCGC 10 · 310 · 46% gem
10310
9.5118
9164
8.554
84

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Iron Hands ex 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)$12.01
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 634✓ 13 cert-verified$105$64$105
PSA 9pop 1,020✓ 8 cert-verified$20$20$29
PSA 8pop 239$19$16$22
PSA 7pop 24$9$9$9
“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$12.05
LPLightly Played$11.08
MPModerately Played$10.01
DMGDamaged$4.92
7-day 7.6%
30-day 0.3%
90-day 13.5%
All-time high$15
All-time low$10
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

30% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$12
PriceCharting$14
Cardmarket · dearest$16

Currently 30% 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 · 30dFlat +0%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 30% 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$16
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Arm Press160
Lightning · Lightning · Colorless
Amp You Very Much120
Lightning · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

If your opponent's Pokémon is Knocked Out by damage from this attack, take 1 more Prize card.

Weakness Fighting ×2Retreat 4

Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#248
RaritySpecial Illustration Rare
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic, ex, Future
TypeLightning
HP230
WeaknessFighting ×2
Retreat cost4
National Pokédex#992
Card IDsv4-248
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Iron Hands ex cards

There are 5 different Iron Hands ex printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Paradox Rift #248 (Special Illustration Rare).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Iron Hands ex (Paradox Rift #248) worth?

As of 21 August 2026, Iron Hands ex from Paradox Rift is worth approximately $12.05 ungraded (near-mint), and around $105 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 Iron Hands ex?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Iron Hands ex from Paradox Rift is worth around $105 — roughly 9× the raw ungraded value of $12.05.

Should I grade my Iron Hands ex?

A PSA 10 sells for about $105 versus $12.05 raw — roughly a 9× 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 Iron Hands ex rare?

Iron Hands ex is a Special Illustration Rare card from Paradox Rift (card #248), illustrated by Toshinao Aoki. Its current blended market value is $12.05 ungraded.

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