Melmetal VMAX80/78 · Pokémon GO Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$14modelled · pop 71
- PSA 9$261 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 88
- PSA 10$606 sold · 90d · pop 341
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Pokémon GO #80/78, 2022. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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.
Melmetal VMAX is a Rare Rainbow Pokémon card from Pokémon GO (#80, released 2022), illustrated by PLANETA Tsuji. It's a VMAX Metal-type Pokémon with 330 HP, evolving from Melmetal V, weak to Fire ×2. It's listed among our rainbow rares and VMAX cards. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 10 September 2026.
Melmetal VMAX price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence29 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$11.1840 sales · 29 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 10$49.959 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$11.452 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$27.602 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 9$20.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 0.5$5.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Melmetal VMAX worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 10 — worth $50 against the $82 you put in, a $32 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $26–$50. Averaged over every outcome that is −$44 a card.
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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
Melmetal VMAX is a Secret / Rainbow in Pokémon GO — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 12 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 482 packs.
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 | $59.99 | $71 | −$23 | 4.8× |
| PSA 9 | $26.06 | $70 | −$57 | 2.1× |
| PSA 8 | $13.94 | $70 | −$69 | 1.1× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 516 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 — typical | 65.5% | $49.95 |
| PSA 9 | 16.5% | $26.06 |
| PSA 8 | 13.8% | $13.94 |
| PSA 7 | 1.9% | $5.50 † |
| PSA 6 | 1.7% | $5.50 |
| PSA 5 | 0.4% | $5.50 |
| PSA 2 | 0.2% | $5.50 |
† Priced from PriceCharting's graded ladder — we hold no completed sale of our own at that grade. Every other row is our own sold data.
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. 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 & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
341 of the 522 PSA-graded Melmetal VMAX copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 65%. 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 522.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 246.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Melmetal VMAX 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Melmetal VMAX - Pokemon GO (PGO)Raw · eBay$2.99
Melmetal VMAX (Secret) 080/078 Pokémon GO HoloRaw · eBay$9.99
Melmetal VMAX (Secret) 080/078 Pokémon GO HoloRaw · eBay$10.00
Pokemon Company Melmetal VMAX 080/078 Pokemon GO EN Secret Rare Holo HP330Raw · eBay$11.00
Melmetal VMAX Secret Rare Full Art Holo Pokémon GO 080/078Raw · eBay$11.24
Melmetal VMAX 080/078 Holo - Pokémon GO NMRaw · eBay$11.99Cheapest raw copy $2.99 — 76% below our near-mint estimate of $12
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 341 | $60$51–$69 | |
| PSA 9pop 88 | modelled$26$15–$35 | |
| PSA 8pop 71 | modelled$14$10–$14 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
6% spreadCurrently 6% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.
Market signal
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Melmetal V.
This attack does 60 more damage for each extra Metal Energy attached to this Pokémon (in addition to this attack's cost). You can't add more than 120 damage in this way.
VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Revered long ago for its capacity to create iron from nothing, for some reason it has come back to life after 3,000 years.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Melmetal VMAX cards
There are 2 different Melmetal VMAX printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Pokémon GO #80 (Rare Rainbow).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Melmetal VMAX (Pokémon GO #80) worth?
As of 10 September 2026, Melmetal VMAX from Pokémon GO is worth approximately $12.41 ungraded (near-mint), and around $60 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 Melmetal VMAX?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Melmetal VMAX from Pokémon GO is worth around $60 — roughly 5× the raw ungraded value of $12.41.
Should I grade my Melmetal VMAX?
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 Melmetal VMAX rare?
Melmetal VMAX is a Rare Rainbow card from Pokémon GO (card #80).
How do I know if my Melmetal VMAX is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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