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8 other Swablu printings exist — is this your card? Platinum SH5/SH127 ↓
Swablu — Platinum #SH5

RarePlatinumSH5/SH1272009Illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno

Swablu SH5/SH127 · Platinum price & value

Raw · near mint

$86.90

Updated

GradedFull ladder ↓

  • PSA 10$1,90422×
  • PSA 9$1,29915×
  • PSA 8$2392.8×
Sales recorded
63
every grade, since 2026
Last 90 days
30 raw · 41 all
9 in the last 30, every grade
Confidence
High
30 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.
Latest sale
3d ago
raw
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Sold prices, not asking. Near Mint estimate from 44 completed sales of this exact card, each adjusted for the condition it sold in. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →

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The headline above is Near Mint. Most copies that actually change hands are not — pick the holder and condition you actually have. How the grades are judged → How we price played copies →

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And here is what an ungraded copy has actually done. The line ends on the Near Mint price above — the same number, not a second one.

Raw · latest

$87▲ 217%over 6 years

2021-01-01 → 2026-09-21

$10
$20
$50
$100
Jan 202120222023202420252026Sept 20262021-01-01 · $272021-02-01 · $312021-03-01 · $342021-04-01 · $122021-05-01 · $132021-06-01 · $162021-07-01 · $152021-08-01 · $152021-09-01 · $152021-10-01 · $152021-11-01 · $172021-12-01 · $172022-01-01 · $132022-02-01 · $122022-03-01 · $122022-04-01 · $122022-05-01 · $122022-06-01 · $122022-07-01 · $242022-08-01 · $212022-09-01 · $202022-10-01 · $242022-11-01 · $252022-12-01 · $252023-01-01 · $262023-02-01 · $262023-03-01 · $232023-04-01 · $202023-05-01 · $182023-06-01 · $212023-07-01 · $182023-08-01 · $192023-09-01 · $202023-10-01 · $172023-11-01 · $162023-12-01 · $162024-01-01 · $162024-02-01 · $162024-03-01 · $162024-04-01 · $162024-05-01 · $162024-06-01 · $162024-07-01 · $162024-08-01 · $142024-09-01 · $152024-10-01 · $182024-11-01 · $202024-12-01 · $202025-01-01 · $182025-02-01 · $192025-03-01 · $242025-04-01 · $212025-05-01 · $182025-06-01 · $222025-07-01 · $252025-08-01 · $252025-09-01 · $352025-10-01 · $302025-11-01 · $352025-12-01 · $282026-01-01 · $292026-02-01 · $322026-03-01 · $472026-04-01 · $462026-05-01 · $452026-07-01 · $562026-07-14 · $772026-07-22 · $772026-07-23 · $772026-07-24 · $772026-07-25 · $772026-07-26 · $772026-07-27 · $772026-07-28 · $772026-07-29 · $772026-07-30 · $772026-07-31 · $772026-08-01 · $772026-08-02 · $772026-08-03 · $772026-08-04 · $772026-08-05 · $772026-08-06 · $772026-08-07 · $772026-08-08 · $772026-08-09 · $772026-08-10 · $772026-08-11 · $772026-08-12 · $772026-08-13 · $772026-08-14 · $772026-08-15 · $772026-08-16 · $772026-08-17 · $772026-08-18 · $772026-08-19 · $772026-08-20 · $772026-08-21 · $772026-08-22 · $772026-08-23 · $772026-08-25 · $952026-08-26 · $772026-08-27 · $952026-08-29 · $952026-08-30 · $952026-08-31 · $882026-09-01 · $882026-09-02 · $872026-09-03 · $872026-09-04 · $882026-09-05 · $832026-09-06 · $832026-09-07 · $842026-09-08 · $772026-09-09 · $772026-09-10 · $772026-09-11 · $772026-09-12 · $772026-09-13 · $772026-09-14 · $772026-09-15 · $762026-09-16 · $882026-09-17 · $882026-09-18 · $872026-09-19 · $872026-09-20 · $872026-09-21 · $87
Ratio (log) price axis — this series spans 8×, and a linear axis would flatten its first years into the floor. Our recorded ungraded price for this card. The line closes on the Near Mint figure shown above — the chart and the headline are the same number by construction, never two.

Copies for sale right now

Asking prices, not sales — the headline above is what copies actually sold for. Stock as of 2026-09-19T08:48:47.570Z.

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Cheapest raw copy $136 — 56% above our near-mint estimate of $87

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What the sales actually show

The counts are in the hero; this is how the card trades — the range, the pace, where, and what each grade has actually fetched. Figures that name a grade cover that grade alone; the rest count every grade.

Range

$25 – $110

Raw — lowest to highest sale

Sales rate

10/mo

every grade, whole record

Momentum

-5%

Raw — 30d vs 90d median

Where it sells

100% eBay

Raw — last 90 days

Demand

70/100

Very liquid — sales rate, trend & buzz

What each grade sold for

  • Raw$5044 sales · 30 in 90d, sells often
  • PSA 9$1,2504 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 8$2503 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 7$993 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
  • CGC 8.5$1253 sales
  • PSA 6$1182 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
  • CGC 9$1991 sale
  • CGC 8$1091 sale

Medians of completed sales at that grade — not the ladder above, which prices every grade including the ones that have never traded here. Where the two differ, this one is what changed hands and the ladder is what it is worth.

Every sale we can show you

Completed sales from our own sold ledger, PSA’s certified-sale feed and the eBay comps, in one list, newest first — Fanatics, Goldin and eBay between them. Filter by grade: a raw copy and a graded slab are different objects, and averaging them is how a raw market comes to look wild. We hold 63 sales for this card going back to 2026; the ledger names its most recent eight per grade, which is what the table below can link to.

Item soldGradeVenueDateCertificatePrice
Pokemon Swablu Platinum Shiny Reverse Holo Rare #SH5 Graded 8.5...EGC..RaweBay2026-09-19—$99.99
Pokemon Platinum Reverse Holo Shiny Swablu SH5 - Heavily Played (HP)RaweBay2026-09-16—$48.00
2009 Pokémon Platinum Swablu SH5/SH127 · PSA 8PSA 8eBayBestOffer2026-09-1354430744$325
Pokemon Platinum Reverse Holo Shiny Swablu SH5 - Moderately Played (MP)RaweBay2026-09-13—$46.00
2009 Pokemon Swablu Platinum Shiny Reverse Holo Rare #SH5 PSA 8PSA 8eBay2026-09-13—$416
2009 Pokémon Platinum Swablu SH5/SH127 · PSA 6PSA 6eBayFixedPrice2026-09-07100004516$170
Pokemon Swablu Shiny SH5 Platinum Reverse Holo LPRaweBay2026-09-06—$47.00
2009 Pokémon Platinum Swablu SH5/SH127 · PSA 7PSA 7eBayBestOffer2026-09-0485250053$110

1–8 of 53 sales · 32 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

Every grade, priced

Each row is a blended value for that slab, from real completed sales where we have them.

  • PSA 10pop 5modelled$1,90422× raw
  • PSA 9pop 65✓ 7 cert-verified$1,29915× raw
  • PSA 8pop 83✓ 13 cert-verified$2392.8× raw
  • CGC 9pop 82 sold$1992.3× raw
  • CGC 8.5pop 274 sold$1651.9× raw
  • CGC 8pop 223 sold$1311.5× raw
  • PSA 7pop 79✓ 7 cert-verified$1101.3× raw
  • Ungraded$87
  • PSA 6pop 49✓ 8 cert-verified$85

A badge says what is behind the number. cert-verified means PSA sales each tied to a specific slab you can check by serial; sold means completed eBay or Fanatics listings; modelled means no verified graded sale exists and the figure is derived from the raw price and reference guides — a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. reviewed was set by hand after reading the sales record.

How many exist, and at what grade

PSA's cumulative census for this card — the same population behind the ladder above and the grading verdict below.

PSA 10 · gem mint

1.6%

5 of 314

PSA 9

20.7%

65 of 314

Total PSA graded

314

every grade, all time

  • PSA 314 graded
  • CGC 89 graded
  • TAG 2 graded

The census is cumulative and counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the gem rate a first submission should expect. Treat it as the ceiling.

The odds of pulling one

Swablu is a Rare in Platinum— the pack’s hit slot lands on rare 67% of the time, split across 26 of them in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 39 packs.

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Is Swablu worth grading?

Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — not the PSA 10 outcome alone.

Verdict

Worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$253

after fees, all grades

Best case

$1,629

PSA 10 only

Grading cost

$82

tier fee + shipping

Best case is the PSA 10 outcome and the number to trust least — it assumes the gem rate the census above shows, which the census itself overstates. Expected net is the honest one.

That is the average submitted copy. Tell us about yours and the verdict re-prices — most cards stop being worth grading here. Not sure? Grade it from a photo →

These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.

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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 side — each on its own population and fees, Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market 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.

Built on 19 graded sales and a population of 1,306,160 · fees as of 2026-09-21.

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

Make sure you have the right card

Every price on this page is for Platinum #SH5/SH127, 2009. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.

Reverse Holopriced on this page
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.

Market data

Where else this card trades, where the markets disagree, and what the price series says about the last 90 days.

🇪🇺 Europe price · eBay sold

$78

Median of 10 raw sales, last 90 days (10 UK)

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Across the markets

63% apart
  • Our raw sold median$50
  • PriceCharting$59
  • TCGplayer$82

Vendor prices for the same printing beside our own raw sold median — the same figure as the Raw row in the by-grade table. A wide gap is usually thin data on one side rather than an arbitrage; the headline is blended from sales, not from the cheapest of these.

What the series says

Volatility

volatile

90-day band

$12 – $95

Today’s price sits 91% of the way up that band. These are readings of the raw price series above — not separate measurements, and not a forecast.

About Swablu

Which card this is — then the attacks and stats as printed, and the species behind them.

Swablu is a Rare Pokémon card from Platinum (#SH5, released 2009), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. It’s a Basic Colorless-type Pokémon with 50 HP, weak to Lightning +10.

#1 most valuable Swablu of 27#5 most valuable in Platinum of 133

Card text

Roost

Remove 4 damage counters from Swablu. Swablu can't retreat during your next turn.

Mirror Move

Colorless

If Swablu was damaged by an attack during your opponent's last turn, this attack does the same amount of damage done to Swablu to the Defending Pokémon.

Fury Attack10×

Colorless

Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.

Weakness Lightning +10Resistance Fighting -20Retreat 1

The Pokémon

Cotton Bird PokémonGEN III

Swablu → Altaria

SWABLU has light and fluffy wings that are like cottony clouds. This POKéMON is not frightened of people. It lands on the heads of people and sits there like a cotton-fluff hat.

Card details

Set
Platinum
Number
#SH5
Rarity
Rare
Released
2009
Pokémon
All Swablu cards
Generation
Gen III · Hoenn
Artist
Kagemaru Himeno
Supertype
Pokémon
Subtypes
Basic
Type
Colorless
HP
50
National Pokédex
#333
Card ID
pl1-SH5
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Frequently asked questions

How much is Swablu (Platinum #SH5) worth?

As of 21 September 2026, Swablu from Platinum is worth approximately $87 ungraded in near-mint condition, and around $1,904 in PSA 10 gem mint. Blended from real completed sales and live market prices, updated daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Swablu?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Swablu from Platinum is worth around $1,904 — roughly 22× the raw ungraded value of $87.

Should I grade my Swablu?

Probably yes. Weighting every grade by how often this card actually earns it, the expected value after the $82 grading fee is about $253 — and a PSA 10 would net roughly $1,629. That assumes a copy clean enough to have a real shot at a high grade.

How often does Swablu sell?

CardTrack recorded 41 completed sales of Swablu (Platinum #SH5) across every grade in the last 90 days, 30 of them raw, the most recent on 2026-09-19. The headline price is a blend of those sales rather than an asking price.

Is Swablu rare?

Swablu is a Rare card from Platinum (card #SH5), released in 2009.