Retro Energy144/144 · Skyridge Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$61 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 7
- PSA 9$21pop 41
- PSA 10$100modelled · pop 28
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Skyridge #144/144, 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.
Retro Energy is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Skyridge (#144, released 2003), illustrated by Shin-ichi Yoshikawa. It's a Special Energy card. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Retro Energy price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence17 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Liquid — Sells regularly
Sale mix: 4 auctions, 4 accepted offers, 2 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 56 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$7.8426 sales · 17 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 10$27.603 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 9$24.992 sales
- PSA 10$1502 sales
- CGC 8.5$8.002 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$14.501 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$10.801 sale
- CGC 7.5$7.201 sale
Is Retro Energy worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $21 against the $80 you put in, a $59 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $21–$100. Averaged over every outcome that is −$33 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
Retro Energy 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 | $99.99 | $71 | +$19 | 10.2× |
| PSA 9 | $21.00 | $70 | −$59 | 2.1× |
| PSA 8 | $5.50 | $70 | −$74 | 0.6× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 78 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 35.9% | $99.99 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 50% | $21.00 |
| PSA 8 | 7.7% | $5.50 |
| PSA 7 | 2.6% | $5.50 |
| PSA 6 | 2.6% | $5.50 |
| PSA 5 | 1.3% | $5.50 |
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
28 of the 81 PSA-graded Retro Energy copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 35%. 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 81.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 83.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Retro Energy 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokémon TCG Retro Energy Skyridge 144 Uncommon CardRaw · eBay$3.38
Retro Energy 144/144 LMP Pokemon CardRaw · eBay$4.39
SKYRIDGE RETRO ENERGY 144/144 Uncommon non-holoRaw · eBay$5.73
2003 Pokemon e-Series Skyridge 144/144 Retro Energy (Special)Raw · eBay$6.76
Retro Energy 144/144 Skyridge Vintage E-Reader 2003 HPRaw · eBay$7.95
Retro Energy 144/144 Skyridge Pokemon S411 LPRaw · eBay$8.00Cheapest raw copy $3.38 — 66% below our near-mint estimate of $10
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 28 | modelled$100$85–$115 | |
| PSA 9pop 41 | ✓ 5 cert-verified$21$21–$29 | |
| PSA 8pop 7 | modelled$6$5–$6 | |
| PSA 7pop 2 | modelled$6$5–$6 |
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
4% spreadCurrently 4% 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.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
This card provides Colorless Energy. When you play this card from your hand and attach it to 1 of your Evolved Pokémon, you may remove up to 2 damage counters from that Pokémon and discard the top card from it. (This counts as devolving it.)
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Retro Energy (Skyridge #144) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Retro Energy from Skyridge is worth approximately $9.80 ungraded (near-mint), and around $100 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 Retro Energy?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Retro Energy from Skyridge is worth around $100 — roughly 10× the raw ungraded value of $9.80.
Should I grade my Retro Energy?
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 Retro Energy rare?
Retro Energy is a Uncommon card from Skyridge (card #144).
How do I know if my Retro Energy 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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