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Check your printing9 different Steelix printings exist — is this your card? Stormfront #28
Steelix Stormfront #28 Pokémon card
Rare

Steelix

Stormfront · 28/100 · Illustrated by Naoyo Kimura
130 HPMetalPokémonStage 1

Market value · ungraded

$3.85 0.5% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$3$4
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer. Updated 21 August 2026. 2 sources agree within 10%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$3.85

What this price is based on

Low confidence

Only 0 sales in the last 90 days.

Median · CGC 9$20.001 sale
Trimmed meanoutliers removed
Range$20.00$20.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate0.2/mo1 recorded

Recent CGC 9 sales

From 1 completed sales recorded between Apr 27, 2026 and Apr 27, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 1 graded sales and 1,305,862 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Steelix is a Rare Pokémon card from Stormfront (#28), illustrated by Naoyo Kimura. It's a Stage 1 Metal-type Pokémon with 130 HP, evolving from Onix, weak to Fire +30. Its current blended market value is $3.85 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $100 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 26× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 21 August 2026.

The receipts

Price history · Raw

1 Sept 202321 Aug 2026
Latest
$3.85
Period high
$4.19
Period low
$2.00
Change
63.1%
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Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Should you grade it?

$54

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 8.3% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$25); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)8.3%
Expected return$54
PSA 10 best case+$25
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Steelix is a Rare in Stormfront — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 23 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 34 packs.

Rare67%23 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)8.3%1 of 12
PSA 933.3%4 of 12
PSA graded so far12
Gem Mint 101
Total graded12

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 gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$99.67$71+$2525.9×
PSA 9$30.00$70$447.8×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 12 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 108.3%$100.00
PSA 933.3%$30.00
PSA ≤858.3%$4.00

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; 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 — every grade, with gem rates

Only 8% of 12 PSA-graded Steelix copies are a gem-mint 10 (1 of 12) — the rest grade lower.

PSA12 gradedPSA 10 · 1 · 8% gem
101
94
84
71
51
11
CGC46 gradedCGC 10 · 2 · 4% gem
102
914
8.512
88

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

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$3.87
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 1$100$100$100
PSA 9pop 4$30$30$30
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$3.85
LPLightly Played$1.95
HPHeavily Played$0.79
DMGDamaged$0.36
7-day 0.1%
30-dayflat
90-day 89.7%
All-time high$4
All-time low$2
Other printingsNormal · $3.68
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

10% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$3
TCGplayer · dearest$4

Currently 10% 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

Momentum · 30dFlat -1%
Cross-marketSome gap 10% gap

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

Evolves from Onix.

Outbreak Power
Colorless

Choose a number of your opponent's Pokémon up to the amount of Energy attached to Steelix. This attack does 20 damage to each of them. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Iron Tail100×
Metal · Metal · Colorless · Colorless

Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 100 damage times the number of heads.

Weakness Fire +30Resistance Psychic -20Retreat 4

Tempered underground under high pressure and heat, its body is harder than any metal.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Iron Snake PokémonGEN IIOnixSteelix

Its body has been compressed deep under the ground. As a result, it is even harder than a diamond.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#28
RarityRare
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 1
TypeMetal
HP130
Evolves fromOnix
WeaknessFire +30
ResistancePsychic -20
Retreat cost4
National Pokédex#208
Card IDdp7-28
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Steelix cards

There are 9 different Steelix printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Stormfront #28 (Rare).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Steelix (Stormfront #28) worth?

As of 21 August 2026, Steelix from Stormfront is worth approximately $3.85 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 Steelix?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Steelix from Stormfront is worth around $100 — roughly 26× the raw ungraded value of $3.85.

Should I grade my Steelix?

A PSA 10 sells for about $100 versus $3.85 raw — roughly a 26× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Steelix rare?

Steelix is a Rare card from Stormfront (card #28), illustrated by Naoyo Kimura. Its current blended market value is $3.85 ungraded.

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