Archaludon ex — Surging Sparks #241, PSA 9

Special Illustration RareSurging Sparks241/1912024PSA 9

Archaludon ex 241/191 · Surging Sparks PSA 9 price

PSA 9 · mint slab

$18

Fair buy $17 · sell $231.5× rawUpdated today

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Raw NM$12
PSA 9this page$181.5×
PSA 10$655.4×

PSA 9 sales: 8; 6 cert-verified
Last 90 days: 6; occasional
Confidence: Medium; 6 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee.
Latest sale: 26d ago; one every ~6d

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PSA 9 slabs for sale right now

Live asks for a PSA 9 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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Why $18? Cert-verified PSA 9 sales

Each sale is tied by PSA to a specific graded slab — click the cert to check the exact card, grade and serial on psacard.com. Outliers against the grade’s own median are dropped; qualified slabs are listed separately beneath.

Date	Sold via	Cert	Price
2026-09-13	eBay · auction	listing #143651292	$18
2026-09-01	eBay · auction	listing #159648060	$21
2026-09-01	eBay · auction	listing #159648059	$21
2026-08-26	eBay · bestoffer	listing #105932769	$13
2026-08-18	eBay · fixedprice	listing #137895437	$20
2026-08-16	eBay · fixedprice	listing #102663795	$17

3 of 6 were competitive auctions; 1 best offers and 2 fixed-price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 6 days, the median gap between cert-verified sales.

PSA 9 price history

Monthly medians of cert-verified PSA 9 sales — 12 sales across 4 months, Jun 2026 to Sep 2026.

PSA 9 · index · latest

$18▼ 10%over 366 days

2025-10-06 → 2026-10-07

The recorded PSA 9 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.

Latest $21 (Sep 2026, 3 sales) · ▲ 0% since Jun 2026

Every PSA 9 sale we can show you

Cert-verified sales, the eBay comps, our own ledger and Fanatics, in one list newest first. We hold 8 PSA 9 sales with a median of $20; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to.

GraderGradeCert-verified only 6

	Grade	Venue	Date	Certificate	Price
2024 Pokémon Surging Sparks Archaludon ex 241/191 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-09-13	143651292	$17.61
2024 POKEMON SURGING SPARKS SPECIAL ILLUSTRATION RARE #241 ARCHALUDON EX PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-12	—	$17.61
2024 Pokémon Surging Sparks Archaludon ex 241/191 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-09-01	159648059	$20.60
2024 Pokémon Surging Sparks Archaludon ex 241/191 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-09-01	159648060	$20.60
2024 Pokemon Surging Sparks Archaludon Ex #241/191 PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-08-31	—	$20.60
2024 Pokémon Surging Sparks Archaludon ex 241/191 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-08-26	105932769	$13.00
2024 Pokémon Surging Sparks Archaludon ex 241/191 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayFixedPrice	2026-08-18	137895437	$19.99
Pokemon TCG Archaludon ex 241/191 Special Illustration Rare PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-08-17	—	$19.99
2024 Pokémon Surging Sparks Archaludon ex 241/191 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayFixedPrice	2026-08-16	102663795	$17.00
2024 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Surging Sparks SIR Archaludon ex #241 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	Fanatics	2026-07-10	—	$25.00
2024 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Surging Sparks SIR Archaludon ex #241 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	Fanatics	2026-05-26	—	$20.00
2024 Pokemon Surging Sparks #241/191 Archaludon Ex PSA 9	PSA 9	Fanatics	2026-02-10	—	$20.00

1–8 of 12 sales · 6 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

How many PSA 9 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 9 population

896

46.9% of 1,909 graded

Graded higher

814

PSA 10s above this grade

Total PSA graded

1,909

every grade, all time

Other graders at a 9: TAG 22 of 60. A CGC or BGS 9 is its own market and is not in the price above.

Is Archaludon ex worth grading?

Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — the PSA 9 outcome is one leg, not the whole answer.

Verdict

Not worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$-55

after fees, all grades

Comes back PSA 9

4750%

of submissions, by the census

PSA 9 outcome

$-74

PSA 9 net of raw and fee

Grading cost

$80

tier fee + shipping

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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.

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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 52 graded sales and a population of 5,112,709 · fees as of 2026-10-03.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 9 Archaludon ex (Surging Sparks #241) worth?

As of 7 October 2026, a PSA 9 mint Archaludon ex from Surging Sparks is worth approximately $18, with a fair range of $17 to $23 — about 1.5× the $12 raw near-mint price.

Where does the PSA 9 price come from?

From 6 cert-verified PSA 9 sales, each tied by PSA to a specific slab with a public cert number — 3 at auction, 1 by best offer and 2 at a fixed price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 6 days.

How many PSA 9 Archaludon ex exist?

PSA has graded 896 copies of Archaludon ex (Surging Sparks #241) a 9, out of 1,909 submitted — 46.9% of the population, with 814 graded higher. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Should I grade my Archaludon ex hoping for a PSA 9?

Probably not. Weighting every grade by how often this card earns it, expected value after the $80 grading fee is about $-55; this card comes back a PSA 9 about 4750% of the time.

Is a PSA 9 Archaludon ex a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 9 Archaludon ex has 8 recorded sales, 6 of them in the last 90 days, and the slab-history table above shows what happened to copies that sold twice. Read those before you read anyone's forecast.