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Check your printing9 different Combusken printings exist — is this your card? Ruby & Sapphire #28
Combusken Ruby & Sapphire #28 Pokémon card
Uncommon

Combusken

Ruby & Sapphire · 28/109 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
80 HPFirePokémonStage 1

Market value · ungraded · Normal

$2.95 3.9% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$3$3
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. 3 sources agree within 17%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$2.95

What this price is based on

Medium confidence

30 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.

Median · Raw$3.0033 sales
Trimmed mean$3.28outliers removed
Range$1.00$35.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate6.7/mo40 recorded

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 9, 2026eBay — Combusken - Ruby and Sapphire 28/109 MP/HPHP$2.24
  • Aug 9, 2026eBay — Combusken 28/109 Ruby and Sapphire Regular$1.50
  • Aug 6, 2026eBay — Pokemon Combusken 28/109 - NM - 2003 Ruby & Sapphire Non-Holo UncommonNM$3.99
  • Aug 2, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Combusken 28/109 Uncommon Ruby & Sapphire VLP$2.69
  • Jul 26, 2026eBay — Nintendo Combusken EX Ruby & Sapphire Uncommon Holo EN 80HP 28/109$2.00
  • Jul 26, 2026eBay — Combusken 28/109 Uncommon Ruby & Sapphire Pokemon Card$1.99
  • Jul 24, 2026eBay — Combusken 28/109 Uncommon Ruby & Sapphire Pokemon LPLP$3.15
  • Jul 9, 2026eBay — Combusken 28/109 (Chris Fulop Stamped) Ruby & Sapphire 2004 World Championship$2.99

By grade

  • Raw$3.0033 sales
  • CGC 10$74.403 sales
  • Lot$12.001 sale
  • CGC 9.5$18.001 sale
  • CGC 8.5$27.601 sale
  • CGC 8$7.201 sale

From 40 completed sales recorded between Apr 20, 2026 and Aug 9, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 6 graded sales and 1,889,841 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Combusken is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Ruby & Sapphire (#28), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Torchic, weak to Water ×2. Its current blended market value is $2.95 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $69 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 24× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 20 August 2026.

3.6%
Played in 3.6% of competitive decks — 113 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

The receipts

Price history · Raw

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$2.95
Period high
$3.84
Period low
$1.60
Change
9.3%
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Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Should you grade it?

$44

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 31% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $4); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)31%
Expected return$44
PSA 10 best case$4
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Combusken is a Uncommoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.

PSA 10 (gem mint)31%9 of 29
PSA 937.9%11 of 29
PSA graded so far29
Gem Mint 109
Total graded29

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 gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$69.49$71$423.6×
PSA 9$18.00$70$556.1×
PSA 8$16.67$70$565.7×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 29 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1031%$69.00
PSA 937.9%$18.00
PSA ≤831%$3.00

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; 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 — every grade, with gem rates

Only 31% of 29 PSA-graded Combusken copies are a gem-mint 10 (9 of 29) — the rest grade lower.

PSA29 gradedPSA 10 · 9 · 31% gem
109
911
83
73
62
51
CGC226 gradedCGC 10 · 72 · 32% gem
1072
9.56
938
8.538
814

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Combusken 10 is harder to pull.

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$2.84
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 9$69$59$80
PSA 9pop 11$18$15$21
PSA 8pop 3$17$14$19
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$2.95
LPLightly Played$1.76
MPModerately Played$0.92
HPHeavily Played$0.92
DMGDamaged$0.28
7-dayflat
30-dayflat
90-dayflat
All-time high$3
All-time low$1
Other printingsNormal · $2.74
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$27
Normal$3

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

17% spread
Cardmarket · cheapest$3
TCGplayer$3
PriceCharting · dearest$3

Currently 17% cheaper on Cardmarket than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dRising +4%
Cross-marketSome gap 17% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

13% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$3
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Evolves from Torchic.

Natural CurePoké-Body

When you attach a Fire Energy card from your hand to Combusken, remove all Special Conditions from Combusken.

Lunge50
Colorless · Colorless

Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.

Weakness Water ×2Retreat 1
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Young Fowl PokémonGEN IIITorchicCombuskenBlaziken

COMBUSKEN toughens up its legs and thighs by running through fields and mountains. This POKéMON’s legs possess both speed and power, enabling it to dole out ten kicks in one second.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#28
RarityUncommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 1
TypeFire
HP80
Evolves fromTorchic
WeaknessWater ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#256
Card IDex1-28
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Combusken cards

There are 9 different Combusken printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Ruby & Sapphire #28 (Uncommon).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Combusken (Ruby & Sapphire #28) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Combusken from Ruby & Sapphire is worth approximately $2.95 ungraded (near-mint), and around $69 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 Combusken?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Combusken from Ruby & Sapphire is worth around $69 — roughly 24× the raw ungraded value of $2.95.

Should I grade my Combusken?

A PSA 10 sells for about $69 versus $2.95 raw — roughly a 24× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Combusken rare?

Combusken is a Uncommon card from Ruby & Sapphire (card #28), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Its current blended market value is $2.95 ungraded.

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