Zapdos — SM Black Star Promos #SM159, PSA 10

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Zapdos PR-SM SM159 · SM Black Star Promos PSA 10 price

PSA 10 · gem mint slab

$500

Fair buy $425 · sell $57527× rawUpdated today

Grade vs rawFull ladder →

Raw NM$18
PSA 9$542.9×
PSA 10this page$50027×

PSA 10 sales: 5; in our ledger
Last 90 days: 0; rare
Confidence: Low; Only 0 sales in the last 90 days.
Latest sale: 140d ago; psa 10

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PSA 10 slabs for sale right now

Live asks for a PSA 10 of this exact card · stock as of today. A raw copy or a reverse holo is a different product and is not in this list.

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PSA 10 · buy now

2019 POKEMON SM BLACK STAR PROMO TEAM UP PRERELEASE #SM159 ZAPDOS-HOLO PSA 10PSA 10eBay$8,888

Cheapest ask $8,888 — 1678% above our PSA 10 estimate of $500

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PSA 10 price history

PSA 10 · index · latest

$500▲ 395%over 366 days

2025-10-03 → 2026-10-04

The recorded PSA 10 price index, closing on the figure above. The line is the running level, so a single unusually cheap or dear sale does not spike it. Hover any day for its price on the line.

Every PSA 10 sale we can show you

Cert-verified sales, the eBay comps, our own ledger and Fanatics, in one list newest first. We hold 5 PSA 10 sales with a median of $500; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to.

GraderGradeCert-verified only 0

	Grade	Venue	Date	Certificate	Price
2019 Pokemon Sun & Moon Promo Team Up Prerelease Staff Holo Zapdos #SM159 PSA 10	PSA 10	Fanatics	2026-05-18	—	$1,680
2019 POKEMON SM BLACK STAR PROMO TEAM UP PRERELEASE #SM159 ZAPDOS-HOLO PSA 10	PSA 10	eBay	2026-05-17	—	$384
2019 Pokemon SM Black Star Promos Zapdos Prerelease Team Up Holo #SM159 PSA 10	PSA 10	eBay	2026-04-14	—	$500
2019 POKEMON SM BLACK STAR PROMO TEAM UP PRERELEASE #SM159 ZAPDOS-HOLO PSA 10	PSA 10	eBay	2026-03-30	—	$500
2019 Pokemon Sm Black Star Promo Team Up Prerelease Zapdos-Holo #SM159 PSA 10	PSA 10	eBay	2024-09-07	—	$165

1–5 of 5 sales · 0 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

How many PSA 10 copies exist

PSA’s cumulative census for this card. It counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the rate a fresh submission should expect.

PSA 10 population

14.4% of 277 graded

Share of every submission

14.4%

the census gem rate — a ceiling

Total PSA graded

277

every grade, all time

Is Zapdos worth grading?

Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — the PSA 10 outcome is one leg, not the whole answer.

Verdict

Worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$13

after fees, all grades

Comes back PSA 10

1480%

of submissions, by the census

Best case

$397

PSA 10 net of raw and fee

Grading cost

$81

tier fee + shipping

Trader

Compare graders, and the live market

The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population, the ROI table and the ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.

Trader plan and above →

PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and fees, Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market 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.

Built on 17 graded sales and a population of 4,409,831 · fees as of 2026-10-03.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 10 Zapdos (SM Black Star Promos #SM159) worth?

As of 4 October 2026, a PSA 10 gem mint Zapdos from SM Black Star Promos is worth approximately $500, with a fair range of $425 to $575 — about 27× the $18 raw near-mint price.

How many PSA 10 Zapdos exist?

PSA has graded 40 copies of Zapdos (SM Black Star Promos #SM159) a 10, out of 277 submitted — 14.4% of the population. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Should I grade my Zapdos hoping for a PSA 10?

Probably yes. Weighting every grade by how often this card earns it, expected value after the $81 grading fee is about $13; this card comes back a PSA 10 about 1480% of the time.

Is a PSA 10 Zapdos a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 10 Zapdos has 5 recorded sales, and the slab-history table above shows what happened to copies that sold twice. Read those before you read anyone's forecast.