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Check your printing4 different Professor Sada's Vitality printings exist — is this your card? Paradox Rift #256
Professor Sada's Vitality Paradox Rift #256 Pokémon card
Special Illustration Rare

Professor Sada's Vitality

Paradox Rift · 256/182 · Illustrated by Ryota Murayama
TrainerSupporterAncient

Market value · ungraded

$7.94 6.7% · 30d
Confidencemedium
Range$8$12
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 21 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$7.94

What this price is based on

High confidence

55 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Median · Raw$9.9965 sales
Trimmed mean$10.33outliers removed
Range$6.59$17.54lowest to highest sale
Sales rate12.3/mo74 recorded

What each version actually sells for

PrintingNear MintLightly PlayedModerately Played
Common$9.99 59 sales$7.85 6 sales

Every figure is the median of real completed sales whose listing claimed that printing and condition — not a percentage of the headline price. A dash means we haven't seen enough sales of that exact version to publish one.

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — Professor Sada's Vitality - 256/182 - Pokemon Paradox Rift Illustration NMNM$11.71
  • Aug 14, 2026eBay — Professor Sada's Vitality - 256/182 Holo SV04: Paradox Rift LP Pokémon TCGLP$6.59
  • Aug 13, 2026eBay — Professor Sada's Vitality - 256/182 - Pokemon Paradox Rift Illustration NMNM$13.63
  • Aug 9, 2026eBay — Professor Sada's Vitality 256/182 Holo SV04: Paradox Rift LP Pokémon TCGLP$8.19
  • Aug 9, 2026eBay — 2023 Pokemon TCG Professor Sada's Vitality Paradox Rift 256/182 SIR NMNM$8.44
  • Aug 5, 2026eBay — Professor Sada's Vitality 256/182 Paradox Rift Holo POKEMON$9.76
  • Aug 4, 2026eBay — Professor Sada's Vitality #256/182 Sv04 Paradox Rift Sir Pokemon TCG NMNM$10.95
  • Aug 3, 2026eBay — Professor Sada's Vitality 256/182 Pokemon Paradox Rift Illustration NMNM$10.66

By grade

  • Raw$9.9965 sales
  • PSA 10$80.005 sales
  • CGC 10$43.742 sales
  • PSA 9$14.621 sale
  • CGC 8.5$10.801 sale

From 74 completed sales recorded between Mar 16, 2026 and Aug 16, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 9 graded sales and 5,111,708 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Professor Sada's Vitality is a Special Illustration Rare Pokémon card from Paradox Rift (#256), illustrated by Ryota Murayama. It's a Supporter Ancient Trainer card. Its current blended market value is $7.94 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $80 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 10× 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
$7.94
Period high
$19.01
Period low
$7.51
Change
54.6%
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Verified sales history10 in 90 daysreal completed listings

DateGradePriceCert
27 Jul 2026PSA 9$20.00#119933777
21 Jul 2026PSA 10$80.00#105648131
13 Jul 2026PSA 10$62.96#132678238
10 Jul 2026PSA 9$15.84#157139877
5 Jul 2026PSA 9$14.44#84441140
4 Jul 2026PSA 9$17.00#150392642
28 Jun 2026PSA 10$87.00#119682467
23 Jun 2026PSA 10$109.99#149225147
17 Jun 2026PSA 8$5.50#130477093
15 Jun 2026PSA 10$69.60#86645599

Should you grade it?

$42

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 32.6% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$1); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)32.6%
Expected return$42
PSA 10 best case+$1
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Professor Sada's Vitality 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)32.6%304 of 932
PSA 953.5%499 of 932
PSA graded so far932
Gem Mint 10304
Total graded932

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$80.00$71+$110.1×
PSA 9$17.00$70$612.1×
PSA 8$7.25$70$710.9×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

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

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1032.6%$80.00
PSA 953.5%$17.00
PSA ≤813.8%$8.00

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 932 PSA-graded Professor Sada's Vitality copies are a gem-mint 10 (304 of 932) — the rest grade lower.

PSA932 gradedPSA 10 · 304 · 33% gem
10304
9499
8.51
8114
79
63
51
CGC448 gradedCGC 10 · 224 · 50% gem
10224
9.570
9104
8.530
812

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Professor Sada's Vitality 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)$7.94
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 304✓ 9 cert-verified$80$59$80
PSA 9pop 499✓ 13 cert-verified$17$17$23
PSA 8pop 114$7$6$8
PSA 7pop 9$4$4$4
“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$7.94
LPLightly Played$7.17
MPModerately Played$6.49
HPHeavily Played$6.39
DMGDamaged$5.03
7-day 0.9%
30-day 8.5%
90-day 25.1%
All-time high$10
All-time low$6
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

44% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$8
PriceCharting$9
Cardmarket · dearest$12

Currently 44% 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 · 30dFalling -7%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 44% 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$12
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Choose up to 2 of your Ancient Pokémon and attach a Basic Energy card from your discard pile to each of them. If you attached any Energy in this way, draw 3 cards.

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#256
RaritySpecial Illustration Rare
SupertypeTrainer
SubtypesSupporter, Ancient
Card IDsv4-256
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Professor Sada's Vitality cards

There are 4 different Professor Sada's Vitality printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Paradox Rift #256 (Special Illustration Rare).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Professor Sada's Vitality (Paradox Rift #256) worth?

As of 21 August 2026, Professor Sada's Vitality from Paradox Rift is worth approximately $7.94 ungraded (near-mint), and around $80 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 Sada's Vitality?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Professor Sada's Vitality from Paradox Rift is worth around $80 — roughly 10× the raw ungraded value of $7.94.

Should I grade my Professor Sada's Vitality?

A PSA 10 sells for about $80 versus $7.94 raw — roughly a 10× 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 Professor Sada's Vitality rare?

Professor Sada's Vitality is a Special Illustration Rare card from Paradox Rift (card #256), illustrated by Ryota Murayama. Its current blended market value is $7.94 ungraded.

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