Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$16pop 85
- PSA 9$22pop 250
- PSA 10$71pop 126
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Sun & Moon #163/149, 2017. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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.
Metal Energy is a Rare Secret Pokémon card from Sun & Moon (#163, released 2017). It's a Basic Energy card. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Metal Energy price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence3 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee. · Moderate — Occasional sales
Sale mix: 3 auctions, 2 accepted offers, 5 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 9 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- PSA 10$63.926 sales
- PSA 9$17.004 sales
- Raw$13.003 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$18.003 sales
Is Metal Energy worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $22 against the $84 you put in, a $62 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $22–$64. Averaged over every outcome that is −$50 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
Metal Energy is a Secret / Rainbow in Sun & Moon — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 14 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 563 packs.
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 | $70.52 | $71 | −$14 | 5.2× |
| PSA 9 | $22.00 | $70 | −$62 | 1.6× |
| PSA 8 | $15.72 | $70 | −$68 | 1.2× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 33 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 33.3% | $63.93 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 39.4% | $22.00 |
| PSA 8 | 18.2% | $15.72 |
| PSA 6 | 3% | $11.00 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 6.1% | $13.58 |
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
126 of the 486 PSA-graded Metal Energy copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 26%. 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 486.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 142.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 2.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Metal Energy 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 126 | $71$60–$81 | |
| PSA 9pop 250 | ✓ 10 cert-verified$22$14–$22 | |
| PSA 8pop 85 | 2 sold$16$13–$18 | |
| PSA 6pop 9 | modelled$11$11–$11 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
7% spreadCurrently 7% 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 detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Metal Energy cards
There are 26 different Metal Energy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Sun & Moon #163 (Rare Secret). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Metal Energy (Sun & Moon #163) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Metal Energy from Sun & Moon is worth approximately $13.58 ungraded (near-mint), and around $71 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 Metal Energy?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Metal Energy from Sun & Moon is worth around $71 — roughly 5× the raw ungraded value of $13.58.
Should I grade my Metal 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 Metal Energy rare?
Metal Energy is a Rare Secret card from Sun & Moon (card #163).
How do I know if my Metal Energy is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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