Malamar SM Black Star Promos #SM117

Card #SM117 · Illustrated by Shin Nagasawa

90 HPPsychicPokémonStage 1

Market value · ungraded

$5.15

▲ 28.7% · 30d

Blended across TCGplayer + Cardmarket
Sold prices, not asking · Updated 5 July 2026
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Estimated value · Near Mint

$5.15

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9 different Malamar printings exist — is this your card? SM Black Star Promos #SM117

Malamar is a Promo Pokémon card from SM Black Star Promos (#SM117), illustrated by Shin Nagasawa. It's a Stage 1 Psychic-type Pokémon with 90 HP, evolving from Inkay, weak to Psychic ×2. Its current blended market value is $5.15 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 5 July 2026.

#3 most valuable Malamar of 21 #159 most valuable in SM Black Star Promos of 251

Competitive play · Limitless

Played in 0% of competitive decks — 1 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

Raw price by condition

Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$44.87

LPLightly Played$33.49

MPModerately Played$9.21

HPHeavily Played$0.30

7-day▲ 28.7%

30-day▲ 28.7%

90-day▲ 40.3%

All-time high$45

All-time low$24

Graded prices

No graded sales tracked for this card yet — see the raw estimate above.

Price history · Raw

6 Apr 20265 Jul 2026

Latest

$50.80

Period high

$50.80

Period low

$31.98

Change

▲ 58.8%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

Only 17% of 54 PSA-graded Malamar copies are a gem-mint 10 (9 of 54) — the rest grade lower.

PSA54 gradedPSA 10 · 9 · 17% gem rate

Full grade breakdown (7 grades)

109

924

8.51

813

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

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Cross-market prices

44% spread

TCGplayer · cheapest$5

PriceCharting$6

Cardmarket · dearest$7

Currently 44% cheaper on TCGplayer than Cardmarket. 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 +29%

Volatility · 90dModerate ±14%

Cross-marketMarkets disagree 44% gap

90d low $32near its high$51 high

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$7

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Card text

Evolves from Inkay.

Psychic Recharge · Ability

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Psychic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

Psychic Sphere60

Psychic · Psychic · Colorless

Weakness Psychic ×2Retreat 2

“It lures prey close with hypnotic motions, then wraps its tentacles around it before finishing it off with digestive fluids.”

About the Pokémon

Overturning PokémonGEN VIInkay → Malamar

It wields the most compelling hypnotic powers of any Pokémon, and it forces others to do whatever it wants.

Card details

SetSM Black Star Promos →

Number#SM117

RarityPromo

PokémonAll Malamar cards →

GenerationGen VI · Kalos →

ArtistShin Nagasawa →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesStage 1

TypePsychic

HP90

Evolves fromInkay

WeaknessPsychic ×2

Retreat cost2

National Pokédex#687

Card IDsmp-SM117

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Malamar cards

There are 9 different Malamar printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is SM Black Star Promos #SM117 (Promo).