Arven249/198 · Scarlet & Violet Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$7modelled · pop 162
- PSA 9$172 sold · 90d · pop 487
- PSA 10$483 sold · 90d · pop 300
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Scarlet & Violet #249/198, 2023. 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.
Arven is a Special Illustration Rare Pokémon card from Scarlet & Violet (#249, released 2023), illustrated by kantaro. It's a Supporter Trainer card. It's listed among our Special Illustration Rares, from the Scarlet & Violet (2023–) era. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Arven price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence49 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
5 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 5 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$6.0066 sales · 49 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 10$50.007 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$20.003 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$20.993 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$19.382 sales
- CGC 9.6$27.001 sale
- CGC 1$24.951 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Arven worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $17 against the $76 you put in, a $59 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $17–$50. Averaged over every outcome that is −$52 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
Arven is a Secret / Rainbow in Scarlet & Violet — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 16 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 643 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 | $47.98 | $70 | −$29 | 7.7× |
| PSA 9 | $17.01 | $70 | −$59 | 2.7× |
| PSA 8 | $7.21 | $70 | −$69 | 1.2× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 992 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 30% | $50.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 48.5% | $17.01 |
| PSA 8 | 16% | $7.21 |
| PSA 7 | 3.5% | $7.21 † |
| PSA 6 | 0.5% | $6.22 |
| PSA 5 | 0.3% | $6.22 |
| PSA 2 | 0.1% | $6.22 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 1% | $6.22 |
† 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
300 of the 994 PSA-graded Arven copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 30%. 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 994.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 21.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Arven 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Arven 249/198 Scarlet & Violet NM/MRaw · eBay$5.13
Pokemon | Arven 249/198 | Scarlet & Violet | Holo | NM/MRaw · eBay$5.99
Arven 249/198 Special Illustration Rare Scarlet & Violet Pokemon Holo MPRaw · eBay$6.00
Arven Special Illustration Rare 249/198 Scarlet & Violet Special Illustration...Raw · eBay$6.24
Arven 249/198 Special Illustration Rare Scarlet & Violet Pokemon Holo Near MintRaw · eBay$6.50
Pokémon Arven Trainer SV01 Scarlet & Violet 249/198 SIR Full Art Holo Eng 2023Raw · eBay$6.50Cheapest raw copy $5.13 — 18% below our near-mint estimate of $6
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 300 | $48$41–$55 | |
| PSA 9pop 487 | $17$14–$20 | |
| PSA 8pop 162 | modelled$7$7–$8 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
5% spreadCurrently 5% cheaper on TCGplayer 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
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Arven (Scarlet & Violet #249) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Arven from Scarlet & Violet is worth approximately $6.22 ungraded (near-mint), and around $48 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 Arven?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Arven from Scarlet & Violet is worth around $48 — roughly 8× the raw ungraded value of $6.22.
Should I grade my Arven?
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 Arven rare?
Arven is a Special Illustration Rare card from Scarlet & Violet (card #249).
How do I know if my Arven 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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