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Articuno-EX — Plasma Storm #25, PSA 9

Rare Holo EXPlasma Storm25/1352013PSA 9

Articuno-EX 25/135 · Plasma Storm PSA 9 price

PSA 9 · mint slab

$145

Fair buy $131 · sell $145 (±10%)8.9× rawUpdated

Grade vs rawFull ladder →

  • Raw NM$16
  • PSA 9this page$1458.9×
  • PSA 10$1,25077×
PSA 9 sales
4
6 cert-verified
Last 90 days
2
rare
Confidence
Low
Only 2 sales in the last 90 days.
Latest sale
54d ago
one every ~5d

Our published graded price for this card, checked against every cert-verified sale below. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →

PSA’s own estimate for a PSA 9: $136 (range $94$191, moderate confidence, from cert #145834194, checked ). Our price sits inside PSA’s range. PSA builds it from the same auction records we track, so it is a cross-check, not a second source.

Checked against PSAInside PSA’s range
PSA $136
Ours $145
PSA low $94PSA high $191
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PSA 9 slabs for sale right now

Live asks for a PSA 9 of this exact card · stock as of . A raw copy or a reverse holo is a different product and is not in this list.

No live listings in our latest snapshot for this grade — the marketplaces above search it directly.

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Why $145? Cert-verified PSA 9 sales

Each sale is tied by PSA to a specific graded slab — click the cert to check the exact card, grade and serial on psacard.com. Outliers against the grade’s own median are dropped; qualified slabs are listed separately beneath.

DateSold viaCertPrice
2026-08-29eBay · fixedpricelisting#145834194$145
2026-08-24eBay · auctionlisting#68418697sold before$164
2026-08-19eBay · auctionlisting#60935229sold before$117
2026-08-01eBay · fixedpricelisting#76077888sold before$140
2026-07-31eBay · fixedpricelisting#113942378$120
2026-07-31eBay · bestofferlisting#60935229sold before$75

2 of 6 were competitive auctions; 1 best offers and 3 fixed-price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 5 days, the median gap between cert-verified sales.

PSA 9 price history

Monthly medians of cert-verified PSA 9 sales — 44 sales across 29 months, Apr 2021 to Aug 2026.

PSA 9 · index · latest

$145 120%over 6 years

2021-03-01 → 2026-09-23

$50
$100
$150
Mar 202120222023202420252026Sept 2026Raw NM2021-03-01 · $662021-04-01 · $512021-05-01 · $532021-06-01 · $532021-07-01 · $532021-08-01 · $532021-09-01 · $562021-10-01 · $562021-11-01 · $562021-12-01 · $562022-01-01 · $562022-02-01 · $562022-03-01 · $562022-04-01 · $512022-05-01 · $522022-06-01 · $422022-07-01 · $412022-08-01 · $472022-09-01 · $442022-10-01 · $492022-11-01 · $512022-12-01 · $492023-01-01 · $412023-02-01 · $492023-03-01 · $472023-04-01 · $402023-05-01 · $402023-06-01 · $302023-07-01 · $302023-08-01 · $302023-09-01 · $332023-10-01 · $322023-11-01 · $292023-12-01 · $272024-01-01 · $242024-02-01 · $242024-03-01 · $242024-04-01 · $222024-05-01 · $312024-06-01 · $342024-07-01 · $302024-08-01 · $302024-09-01 · $282024-10-01 · $232024-11-01 · $232024-12-01 · $232025-01-01 · $232025-02-01 · $372025-03-01 · $342025-04-01 · $322025-05-01 · $352025-06-01 · $352025-07-01 · $342025-08-01 · $342025-09-01 · $342025-10-01 · $522025-11-01 · $622025-12-01 · $552026-01-01 · $642026-02-01 · $612026-03-01 · $642026-04-01 · $732026-05-01 · $722026-07-01 · $692026-07-14 · $812026-07-22 · $812026-07-23 · $812026-07-24 · $812026-07-25 · $702026-07-26 · $812026-07-27 · $812026-07-28 · $812026-07-29 · $812026-07-30 · $812026-07-31 · $812026-08-01 · $1402026-08-02 · $1402026-08-03 · $1402026-08-04 · $1402026-08-05 · $1402026-08-06 · $1402026-08-07 · $1402026-08-08 · $1402026-08-09 · $1402026-08-10 · $1402026-08-11 · $1402026-08-12 · $1402026-08-13 · $1402026-08-14 · $1402026-08-15 · $1402026-08-16 · $1402026-08-17 · $1402026-08-18 · $1402026-08-19 · $1172026-08-20 · $1172026-08-21 · $1172026-08-22 · $1172026-08-23 · $1172026-08-25 · $1172026-08-26 · $1172026-08-27 · $1172026-08-29 · $1452026-08-30 · $1452026-08-31 · $1452026-09-01 · $1452026-09-02 · $1452026-09-03 · $1452026-09-04 · $1452026-09-05 · $1452026-09-06 · $1452026-09-07 · $1452026-09-08 · $1452026-09-09 · $1452026-09-10 · $1452026-09-11 · $1452026-09-12 · $1452026-09-13 · $1452026-09-14 · $1452026-09-15 · $1452026-09-16 · $1452026-09-17 · $1452026-09-18 · $1452026-09-19 · $1452026-09-20 · $1452026-09-21 · $1452026-09-22 · $1452026-09-23 · $145
The recorded PSA 9 price index, held at the last cert-verified sale where our record lagged it, closing on the figure above.

Latest $142 (Aug 2026, 4 sales) · 178% since Apr 2021

Slab history — PSA 9 copies that have sold more than once

9 slabs have sold more than once, across 10 resales — typically 110 days apart, with a median gross price change of +41.7%. That is 9 of the 31 distinct slabs behind 44 cert-linked sales at this grade — 29%. The rest we have seen sell once, which is not evidence they have not sold before.

CertSales of this slabBetweenGross change
#68418697Dec 2022 $28Aug 2026 $164Over a year+491.3%
#76077888Jun 2026 $103Aug 2026 $140Under 3 months+36.6%
#60935229Jan 2025 $101Jul 2026 $75Over a year-25.9%
#108572846Jun 2025 $32Mar 2026 $1006–12 months+212.5%
#66466640Mar 2023 $48Jan 2026 $68Over a year+41.7%
#108572847Jun 2025 $53Aug 2025 $21Under 3 months-61.3%
#56948539Mar 2025 $29May 2025 $47Under 3 months+62.1%
#66231720Jul 2024 $21Sept 2024 $33Dec 2024 $413–6 months+99.8%
#48022824Aug 2021 $53Dec 2021 $213–6 months-61.0%

A cert reappearing shows the same physical slab sold again — it identifies no buyer or seller. Gross change is price to price; fees, shipping and the grading cost are not in it.

Every PSA 9 sale we can show you

Cert-verified sales, the eBay comps, our own ledger and Fanatics, in one list newest first. We hold 4 PSA 9 sales with a median of $103; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to.

1–8 of 9 sales · 6 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

The ledger’s PSA 9 median ($103) sits below the published price above. The median is every recorded sale weighted equally; the price is the cert-verified market with outliers and qualified slabs removed, and is what the latest sales support.

How many PSA 9 copies exist

PSA’s cumulative census for this card. It counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the rate a fresh submission should expect.

PSA 9 population

138

24.4% of 565 graded

Graded higher

64

PSA 10s above this grade

Total PSA graded

565

every grade, all time

Other graders at a 9: CGC 26 of 244 · BGS 3 of 18. A CGC or BGS 9 is its own market and is not in the price above.

Is Articuno-EX worth grading?

Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — the PSA 9 outcome is one leg, not the whole answer.

Verdict

Not worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$-31

after fees, all grades

Comes back PSA 9

1070%

of submissions, by the census

PSA 9 outcome

$58

PSA 9 net of raw and fee

Grading cost

$71

tier fee + shipping

Trader

Compare graders, and the live market

The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population, the ROI table and the ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.

Trader plan and above →
  • PSA, CGC and Beckett side by sideeach on its own population and fees, Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market pays for.
  • Lightly and moderately playedthe same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
  • Ask vs soldwhat the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
  • Momentumthe 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
  • Where it sells higherthe Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
  • Population historythe weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.

Built on 25 graded sales and a population of 1,305,862 · fees as of 2026-09-23.

More Articuno-EX and more from Plasma Storm

Prices are raw near mint; PSA 10 shown where we have one.

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Articuno-EX (Plasma Storm #25) — PSA 9 market value USD $145, from 6 cert-verified sales. Source: CardTrack, https://cardtrack.com/pokemon/card/plasma-storm/articuno-ex-25/psa-9

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Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 9 Articuno-EX (Plasma Storm #25) worth?

As of 23 September 2026, a PSA 9 mint Articuno-EX from Plasma Storm is worth approximately $145, with a fair range of $131 to $145 — about 8.9× the $16 raw near-mint price.

Where does the PSA 9 price come from?

From 6 cert-verified PSA 9 sales, each tied by PSA to a specific slab with a public cert number — 2 at auction, 1 by best offer and 3 at a fixed price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 5 days.

How many PSA 9 Articuno-EX exist?

PSA has graded 138 copies of Articuno-EX (Plasma Storm #25) a 9, out of 565 submitted — 24.4% of the population, with 64 graded higher. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Should I grade my Articuno-EX hoping for a PSA 9?

Probably not. Weighting every grade by how often this card earns it, expected value after the $71 grading fee is about $-31; this card comes back a PSA 9 about 1070% of the time.

Is a PSA 9 Articuno-EX a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 9 Articuno-EX has 4 recorded sales, 2 of them in the last 90 days, and the slab-history table above shows what happened to copies that sold twice. Read those before you read anyone's forecast.