Lucario53/127 · Platinum Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$2362 sold · 90d · pop 5
- PSA 10$1,440pop 1
Why prices differ
TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Platinum #53/127, 2009. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
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.
Lucario is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Platinum (#53, released 2009), illustrated by Kouki Saitou. It's a Stage 1 Metal-type Pokémon with 90 HP, evolving from Riolu, weak to Fire +20. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 15 September 2026.
Lucario price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence36 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.
By grade
- Raw$4.9547 sales · 36 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 8$2252 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$1,4401 sale
- Lot$15.601 sale
Is Lucario worth grading?
Raw $6.98 → graded PSA 10 ≈ $1,440.00, after ~$114.39 grading fee → 206.3× the raw value.
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
Lucario is a Uncommoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.
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 | $1,440.00 | $114 | +$1,319 | 206.3× |
| PSA 8 | $236.42 | $72 | +$157 | 33.9× |
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. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
1 of the 28 PSA-graded Lucario copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 3.6%. 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 28.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 112.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 2.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Lucario 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Lucario 53/127 Uncommon Platinum Pokemon Heavily PlayedRaw · eBay$1.59
Lucario Uncommon Platinum 53/127 LPRaw · eBay$2.00
Platinum Lucario 53/127 MPRaw · eBay$2.71
LUCARIO - 53/127 - Platinum - - LPRaw · eBay$2.99
Lucario Uncommon Platinum 53/127 HPRaw · eBay$2.99
Lucario 53/127 Uncommon Platinum Pokemon Moderately PlayedRaw · eBay$2.99Cheapest raw copy $2.99 — 57% below our near-mint estimate of $7
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 1 | 1 sold$1,440$1,224–$1,656 | |
| PSA 8pop 5 | 4 sold$236$201–$272 | |
| PSA 7pop 6 | 4 sold$71$61–$82 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
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
#9 on the radarLucario 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
Evolves from Riolu.
Does 10 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each of your Benched Pokémon.
“A well-trained one can sense auras to identify and take in the feelings of creatures over half a mile away.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Lucario cards
There are 28 different Lucario printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Platinum #53 (Uncommon). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Lucario (Platinum #53) worth?
As of 15 September 2026, Lucario from Platinum is worth approximately $6.98 ungraded (near-mint), and around $1,440 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 Lucario?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Lucario from Platinum is worth around $1,440 — roughly 206× the raw ungraded value of $6.98.
Should I grade my Lucario?
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 Lucario rare?
Lucario is a Uncommon card from Platinum (card #53).
How do I know if my Lucario is Reverse Holo?
The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
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