Rayquaza3/17 · POP Series 1 Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Holofoil
- PSA 8$50320 sold · 90d · pop 39
- PSA 9$2,25013 sold · 90d · pop 56
One recent PSA 10 sale at $84,000 (10 Aug 2026, Fanatics) — we're waiting for more sales before this moves our estimate. See the lot →
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 POP Series 1 #3/17, 2004. 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.
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.
Rayquaza is a Rare Pokémon card from POP Series 1 (#3, released 2004), illustrated by Katsura Tabata. It's a Basic Colorless-type Pokémon with 80 HP, weak to Colorless ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 9 September 2026.
Rayquaza price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence249 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · 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$50.00277 sales · 249 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 8$50025 sales · 20 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 1$11419 sales · 19 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 7$32016 sales · 13 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 9$2,25015 sales · 13 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 6$12511 sales · 9 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 8.5$2916 sales
- PSA 4$47.004 sales
Is Rayquaza worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 7 — worth $420 against the $179 you put in. The money is in the 1 in 8 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $2,250–$2,250. Averaged over every outcome that is +$323 a card.
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These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
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
Rayquaza is a Rare in POP Series 1 — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 100% of the time, split across 7 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 7 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 9 | $2,250.00 | $192 | +$1,967 | 24.5× |
| PSA 8 | $502.50 | $105 | +$306 | 5.5× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 82 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 0% | $8,644.50 |
| PSA 9 | 12.2% | $2,250.00 |
| PSA 8 | 19.5% | $502.50 |
| PSA 7 — typical | 24.4% | $420.00 |
| PSA 6 | 17.1% | $77.83 |
| PSA 5 | 12.2% | $70.59 |
| PSA 4 | 3.7% | $70.59 |
| PSA 3 | 2.4% | $19.40 |
| PSA 2 | 1.2% | $19.40 |
| PSA 1 | 7.3% | $19.40 |
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
15 of the 144 PSA-graded Rayquaza copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 10%. 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 144.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 529.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 15.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Rayquaza 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Rayquaza 003/017 POP Series 1 Holo DMGRaw · eBay$24.95
Rayquaza 003/017 POP Series 1 HoloRaw · eBay$29.99
Rayquaza 3/17 Pokemon TCG POP Series 1 HPRaw · eBay$30.00
Rayquaza Rare POP Series 1 003/017 HPRaw · eBay$33.00
Pokemon TCG Rayquaza 003/017 POP Series 1 Holo Rare EN 80 HPRaw · eBay$33.99
Rayquaza 3/17 Rare POP Series 1 Pokemon Holo Heavily PlayedRaw · eBay$39.99Cheapest raw copy $29.99 — 67% below our near-mint estimate of $92
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 9pop 56 | $2,250$1,913–$2,588 | |
| PSA 8pop 39 | $503$427–$578 | |
| PSA 7pop 21 | $420$357–$483 | |
| PSA 6pop 5 | 5 sold$78$66–$90 | |
| PSA 5pop 4 | 3 sold$71$60–$81 | |
| PSA 3pop 1 | modelled$19$19–$19 |
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
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to Rayquaza during your opponent's next turn.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
RAYQUAZA lived for hundreds of millions of years in the earth’s ozone layer, never descending to the ground. This POKéMON appears to feed on water and particles in the atmosphere.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Rayquaza cards
There are 16 different Rayquaza printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is POP Series 1 #3 (Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
More from POP Series 1
Frequently asked questions
How much is Rayquaza (POP Series 1 #3) worth?
As of 9 September 2026, Rayquaza from POP Series 1 is worth approximately $91.65 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.
Is Rayquaza rare?
Rayquaza is a Rare card from POP Series 1 (card #3).
How do I know if my Rayquaza 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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