Illustration RareSurging Sparks196/1912024PSA 10

Larvesta 196/191 · Surging Sparks PSA 10 price

PSA 10 · gem mint slab

$44

Fair buy $38 · sell $5116× rawUpdated today

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Raw NM$3
PSA 9$165.7×
PSA 10this page$4416×

PSA 10 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: 12d ago; one every ~21d

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Our published graded price for this card, checked against every cert-verified sale below. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →

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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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Why $44? Cert-verified PSA 10 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
2026-09-24	eBay · bestoffer	listing #112311709	$45
2026-09-17	eBay · bestoffer	listing #116611985	$40
2026-08-27	eBay · bestoffer	listing #102010425	$45
2026-08-03	eBay · fixedprice	listing #156451513	$40
2026-08-03	eBay · fixedprice	listing #110999946	$50
2026-07-11	eBay · bestoffer	listing #109640828	$63

0 of 6 were competitive auctions; 4 best offers and 2 fixed-price. A PSA 10 copy trades roughly every 21 days, the median gap between cert-verified sales.

PSA 10 price history

Monthly medians of cert-verified PSA 10 sales — 17 sales across 4 months, Jun 2026 to Sep 2026.

PSA 10 · index · latest

$44▲ 14%over 366 days

2025-10-05 → 2026-10-06

The recorded PSA 10 price index, held at the last cert-verified sale where our record lagged it, 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 $43 (Sep 2026, 2 sales) · ▼ 4% since Jun 2026

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 8 PSA 10 sales with a median of $50; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to. Fanatics alone: 1 PSA 10 sales, 0 in the last 90 days.

GraderGradeCert-verified only 6

	Grade	Venue	Date	Certificate	Price
2024 Pokemon Larvesta Surging Sparks 196/191 Illustration Rare PSA 10 GEM MT	PSA 10	eBay	2026-09-24	—	$50.00
2024 Pokémon Surging Sparks Larvesta 196/191 · PSA 10	PSA 10	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-24	112311709	$45.00
2024 Pokémon Surging Sparks Larvesta 196/191 · PSA 10	PSA 10	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-17	116611985	$40.00
2024 Pokemon SSP en Larvesta Holo PSA 10 Gem Mint 196/191 Sv08: Surging Sparks	PSA 10	eBay	2026-09-16	—	$40.00
[PSA 10] Larvesta 196/191 Illustration Rare SSP Surging Sparks Pokémon Card	PSA 10	eBay	2026-08-27	—	$79.99
2024 Pokémon Surging Sparks Larvesta 196/191 · PSA 10	PSA 10	eBayBestOffer	2026-08-27	102010425	$45.00
2024 Pokémon Surging Sparks Larvesta 196/191 · PSA 10	PSA 10	eBayFixedPrice	2026-08-03	110999946	$50.00
2024 Pokémon Surging Sparks Larvesta 196/191 · PSA 10	PSA 10	eBayFixedPrice	2026-08-03	156451513	$39.95
PSA 10 Larvesta Illustration Rare 196 2024 Pokemon Surging Sparks Mint 196/191	PSA 10	eBay	2026-07-11	—	$57.50
PSA 10 GEM MINT Larvesta Surging Sparks 196/191 Pokemon TCG Illustration Rare	PSA 10	eBay	2026-07-11	—	$71.99
2024 Pokémon Surging Sparks Larvesta 196/191 · PSA 10	PSA 10	eBayBestOffer	2026-07-11	109640828	$63.00
2024 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Surging Sparks IR Larvesta #196 PSA 10 GEM MINT	PSA 10	Fanatics	2026-06-22	—	$44.40

1–8 of 12 sales · 6 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

328

24.8% of 1,325 graded

Share of every submission

24.8%

the census gem rate — a ceiling

Total PSA graded

1,325

every grade, all time

Other graders at a 10: TAG 11 of 54. A CGC or BGS 10 is its own market and is not in the price above.

Is Larvesta 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

Not worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$-61

after fees, all grades

Comes back PSA 10

2500%

of submissions, by the census

Best case

$-39

PSA 10 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.

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 36 graded sales and a population of 5,112,175 · fees as of 2026-10-03.

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Larvesta (Surging Sparks #196) — PSA 10 market value USD $44, from 6 cert-verified sales. Source: CardTrack, https://cardtrack.com/pokemon/card/surging-sparks/larvesta-196/psa-10

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Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 10 Larvesta (Surging Sparks #196) worth?

As of 6 October 2026, a PSA 10 gem mint Larvesta from Surging Sparks is worth approximately $44, with a fair range of $38 to $51 — about 16× the $3 raw near-mint price.

Where does the PSA 10 price come from?

From 6 cert-verified PSA 10 sales, each tied by PSA to a specific slab with a public cert number — 0 at auction, 4 by best offer and 2 at a fixed price. A PSA 10 copy trades roughly every 21 days.

How many PSA 10 Larvesta exist?

PSA has graded 328 copies of Larvesta (Surging Sparks #196) a 10, out of 1,325 submitted — 24.8% of the population. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Should I grade my Larvesta hoping for a PSA 10?

Probably not. Weighting every grade by how often this card earns it, expected value after the $80 grading fee is about $-61; this card comes back a PSA 10 about 2500% of the time.

Is a PSA 10 Larvesta a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 10 Larvesta 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.