Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$21modelled · pop 8
- PSA 9$281 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 29
- PSA 10$1251 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 27
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Skyridge #126/144, 2003. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
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.
Friend Ball is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Skyridge (#126, released 2003), illustrated by Katsura Tabata. It's a Trainer card. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Friend Ball price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence15 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Liquid — Sells regularly
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$10.0019 sales · 15 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 9$19.806 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$57.606 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$9.603 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$13.252 sales
- PSA 7$15.501 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9.5$25.001 sale
- CGC 8.5$8.001 sale
Is Friend Ball worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $28 against the $85 you put in, a $57 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $28–$58. Averaged over every outcome that is −$47 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
Friend Ball is a Uncommoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.
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 | $125.00 | $71 | +$39 | 8.5× |
| PSA 9 | $27.78 | $70 | −$57 | 1.9× |
| PSA 8 | $21.25 | $70 | −$64 | 1.4× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 64 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 40.6% | $57.60 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 43.8% | $27.78 |
| PSA 8 | 10.9% | $21.25 |
| PSA 7 | 1.6% | $14.69 |
| PSA 6 | 1.6% | $14.69 |
| PSA 5 | 1.6% | $14.69 |
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
27 of the 67 PSA-graded Friend Ball copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 40%. 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 67.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 71.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Friend Ball 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
FRIEND BALL TRAINER UNCOMMON SKYRIDGE 126/144 ENGLISH GOOD POKEMON WOTC 2003Raw · eBay$9.29
Pokemon - Skyridge - Friend Ball 126/144- Condition MP/HPRaw · eBay$10.88
Friend Ball 126/144 Skyridge Regular LPRaw · eBay$11.00
Friend Ball Skyridge 126/144 Uncommon RegularRaw · eBay$13.50
Pokémon Friend Ball Skyridge 126/144 Regular Uncommon 2003 EnglishRaw · eBay$14.99
Pokemon TCG Skyridge #126/144 Friend BallRaw · eBay$15.00Cheapest raw copy $9.29 — 37% below our near-mint estimate of $15
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 27 | modelled$125$125–$125 | |
| PSA 9pop 29 | modelled$28$28–$28 | |
| PSA 8pop 8 | modelled$21$18–$24 |
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
Cross-market prices
62% spreadCurrently 62% 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
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Other Friend Ball cards
There are 2 different Friend Ball printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Skyridge #126 (Uncommon).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Friend Ball (Skyridge #126) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Friend Ball from Skyridge is worth approximately $14.69 ungraded (near-mint), and around $125 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 Friend Ball?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Friend Ball from Skyridge is worth around $125 — roughly 9× the raw ungraded value of $14.69.
Should I grade my Friend Ball?
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 Friend Ball rare?
Friend Ball is a Uncommon card from Skyridge (card #126).
How do I know if my Friend Ball is Reverse Holo?
The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
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