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Ninetales Surging Sparks #17 Pokémon card
Uncommon

Ninetales Surging Sparks #17

Card #17 · Illustrated by Kamome Shirahama
120 HPFirePokémonStage 1
Market value · ungraded
$0.36
10.3% · 30d
PSA 10
$75
208× raw
2 sales · last 90 days · Fanatics + TCGplayer + Cardmarket
Sold prices, not asking · Updated 5 July 2026
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Estimated value · Near Mint
$0.36
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9 different Ninetales printings exist — is this your card? Surging Sparks #17

Ninetales is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Surging Sparks (#17), illustrated by Kamome Shirahama. It's a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 120 HP, evolving from Vulpix, weak to Water ×2. Its current blended market value is $0.36 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $75 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 208× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 5 July 2026.

Competitive play · Limitless

0%
Played in 0% of competitive decks — 1 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.
Raw price by condition
Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$0.31
LPLightly Played$0.25
MPModerately Played$0.26
7-day 11.4%
30-dayflat
90-day 8.8%
All-time high$0
All-time low$0
Other printingsNormal · $0.11

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$0
Normal$0

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$0.32
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 8$75$75$75
PSA 9pop 11$13$13$13
“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.

Price history · Raw

1 Aug 20251 Jul 2026
Latest
$0.82
Period high
$1.33
Period low
$0.21
Change
38.3%

Recent sold prices

Last sold price
$17
CGC 10 · 25 May 2026
Typical CGC 10
$13
Sales · last 90 days
2
How often it sells
Rarely sells
0 in last 30 days

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

Only 31% of 26 PSA-graded Ninetales copies are a gem-mint 10 (8 of 26) — the rest grade lower.

PSA26 gradedPSA 10 · 8 · 31% gem rate
Full grade breakdown (4 grades)
108
911
86
71
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Ninetales 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

$42
Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case.
Only 30.8% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$4); most land at PSA 9 or below.
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$75.00$70.74+$4208.3×
PSA 9$13.40$70.12$5737.2×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 26 PSA-graded copies:

Gem rate (est.)
30.8%
hit PSA 10
Expected return
$42
net, all grades
PSA 10 best case
+$4
Break-even
PSA 10+
Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1030.8%$75.00
PSA 942.3%$13.00
PSA ≤826.9%$0.00

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.

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Where to buy

Available to buy nowLive on eBay
PSA 10 slabs — buy nowLive on eBay
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Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Market signal

Momentum · 30dRising +10%

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

81% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$0

Card text

Evolves from Vulpix.

Fire Soul50
Fire
This attack also does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness Water ×2Retreat 1

About the Pokémon

Fox PokémonGEN IVulpixNinetales

Very smart and very vengeful. Grabbing one of its many tails could result in a 1000-year curse.

Card details

Number#17
RarityUncommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 1
TypeFire
HP120
Evolves fromVulpix
WeaknessWater ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#38
Card IDsv8-17
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Ninetales cards

There are 9 different Ninetales printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Surging Sparks #17 (Uncommon).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Ninetales (Surging Sparks #17) worth?

As of 5 July 2026, Ninetales from Surging Sparks is worth approximately $0.36 ungraded (near-mint), and around $75 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 Ninetales?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Ninetales from Surging Sparks is worth around $75 — roughly 208× the raw ungraded value of $0.36.

Should I grade my Ninetales?

A PSA 10 sells for about $75 versus $0.36 raw — roughly a 208× 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 Ninetales rare?

Ninetales is a Uncommon card from Surging Sparks (card #17), illustrated by Kamome Shirahama. Its current blended market value is $0.36 ungraded.