Lucario2/17 · POP Series 8 Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$141 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 30
- PSA 9$51modelled · pop 18
- PSA 10$250modelled · pop 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 POP Series 8 #2/17, 2008. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 2/17.
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 Rare Pokémon card from POP Series 8 (#2, released 2008), illustrated by Kent Kanetsuna. It's a Stage 1 Fighting-type Pokémon with 90 HP, evolving from Riolu, weak to Psychic +20. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 11 September 2026.
Lucario price history & recent sales
Graded a PSA 9? See its cert-verified sales and price history → — individual sales PSA tied to a specific slab, each with a cert number you can check.
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence11 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Liquid — Sells regularly
Sale mix: 4 auctions, 1 accepted offer, 5 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 20 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$9.2412 sales · 11 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 9$50.751 sale
- PSA 8$50.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 6$29.991 sale
- CGC 9.5$22.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$18.001 sale
- CGC 7$35.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Lucario worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 8 — worth $14 against the $89 you put in, a $75 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $51–$250. Averaged over every outcome that is −$9 a card.
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.
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 Rare in POP Series 8 — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 100% of the time, split across 5 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 5 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 | $250.00 | $72 | +$160 | 14.3× |
| PSA 9 | $50.75 | $71 | −$37 | 2.9× |
| PSA 8 | $13.50 | $70 | −$74 | 0.8× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 24 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 25% | $250.00 |
| PSA 9 | 20.8% | $50.75 |
| PSA 8 — typical | 33.3% | $13.50 |
| PSA 7 | 12.5% | $13.00 |
| PSA 6 | 8.3% | $6.00 |
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
1 of the 97 PSA-graded Lucario copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 1.0%. 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 97.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 187.
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 Holo Rare POP Series 8 002/017 MPRaw · eBay$4.00![Pokémon TCG - Lucario - 2/17 - Holo - Rare - POP Series 8 [Heavily Played]](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8TIAAeSwiCJqiKSo/s-l225.jpg)
Pokémon TCG - Lucario - 2/17 - Holo - Rare - POP Series 8 [Heavily Played]Raw · eBay$4.49
2008 Pokemon POP SERIES 8 LUCARIO HOLO 2/17 RARE! HP DMGRaw · eBay$4.99
Lucario 2/17 POP Series 8 Holo MP/PRaw · eBay$5.79
The Pokémon Company Lucario Holo Rare 002/017 Pop Series 8 English 90 HPRaw · eBay$7.00
Pokémon TCG Lucario Holo Rare Card 2/17 Pop Series 8 (2008)Raw · eBay$7.00Cheapest raw copy $7.00 — 60% below our near-mint estimate of $18
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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 | modelled$250$250–$250 | |
| PSA 9pop 18 | modelled$51$51–$51 | |
| PSA 8pop 30 | modelled$14$14–$14 | |
| PSA 7pop 19 | modelled$13$13–$13 | |
| PSA 6pop 17 | modelled$6$6–$6 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 4 slab of this card sells for about $21 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
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
Cross-market prices
44% spreadCurrently 44% 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.
🔥 Trending in the community
#12 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.
During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Lucario by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon
“By catching the aura emanating from others, it can read their thoughts and movements.”
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 POP Series 8 #2 (Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
More from POP Series 8
Frequently asked questions
How much is Lucario (POP Series 8 #2) worth?
As of 11 September 2026, Lucario from POP Series 8 is worth approximately $17.50 ungraded (near-mint), and around $250 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 POP Series 8 is worth around $250 — roughly 14× the raw ungraded value of $17.50.
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 Rare card from POP Series 8 (card #2).
How do I know if my Lucario is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
How do I tell this Lucario apart from the POP Series 6 one?
They share a name and a card number but come from different sets, and the number printed on the card tells them apart: this one is 2/17 (POP Series 8, 2008) and the other is 2/17 (POP Series 6, 2007).
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