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Check your printing4 different Surfer printings exist — is this your card? Surging Sparks #235
Surfer Surging Sparks #235 Pokémon card
Ultra Rare

Surfer

Surging Sparks · 235/191 · Illustrated by Sanosuke Sakuma
TrainerSupporter

Market value · ungraded

$1.21
Confidencehigh
Range$1$1
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. 3 sources agree within 21%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$1.21

What this price is based on

Low confidence

Only 1 sale in the last 90 days.

Median · CGC 10$13.203 sales
Trimmed mean$12.00outliers removed
Range$12.00$16.80lowest to highest sale
Sales rate1.2/mo7 recorded

Recent CGC 10 sales

By grade

  • CGC 10$13.203 sales
  • PSA 10$29.402 sales
  • CGC 9$9.002 sales

From 7 completed sales recorded between Mar 2, 2026 and Jul 14, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 7 graded sales and 5,111,084 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Surfer is a Ultra Rare Pokémon card from Surging Sparks (#235), illustrated by Sanosuke Sakuma. It's a Supporter Trainer card. Its current blended market value is $1.21 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $46 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 38× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 20 August 2026.

4.6%
Played in 4.6% of competitive decks — 147 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

The receipts

Price history · Raw

22 May 202620 Aug 2026
Latest
$1.21
Period high
$1.57
Period low
$0.98
Change
11.0%
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Verified sales history10 in 90 daysreal completed listings

DateGradePriceCert
5 Aug 2026PSA 9$5.33#102493912
25 Jul 2026PSA 7$8.52#140294824
23 Jul 2026PSA 10$64.00#157052415
22 May 2026PSA 9$15.00#133061143
30 Apr 2026PSA 9$19.99#138609054
29 Apr 2026PSA 9$10.00#113811140
27 Apr 2026PSA 10$50.00#101384815
26 Apr 2026PSA 9$27.00#147265164
25 Apr 2026PSA 10$45.60#142760609
24 Apr 2026PSA 9$13.00#102144112

Should you grade it?

$56

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 21.2% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $26); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)21.2%
Expected return$56
PSA 10 best case$26
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Surfer is a Ultra Rare in Surging Sparks — the pack's hit slot lands on Ultra Rare 10% of the time, split across 44 ultra rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 442 packs.

Ultra Rare10%44 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)21.2%65 of 307
PSA 959.3%182 of 307
PSA graded so far307
Gem Mint 1065
Total graded307

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$45.60$70$2637.7×
PSA 9$10.00$70$618.3×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 307 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1021.2%$46.00
PSA 959.3%$10.00
PSA ≤819.5%$1.00

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 21% of 307 PSA-graded Surfer copies are a gem-mint 10 (65 of 307) — the rest grade lower.

PSA307 gradedPSA 10 · 65 · 21% gem
1065
9182
8.51
847
710
61
11
CGC354 gradedCGC 10 · 178 · 50% gem
10178
9.532
9100
8.522
812

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Surfer 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)$1.21
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 65$46$39$52
PSA 9pop 182✓ 9 cert-verified$10$10$19
“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
Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$1.21
MPModerately Played$0.87
7-day 12.7%
30-day 35.2%
90-day 12.7%
All-time high$2
All-time low$1
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

21% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$1
Cardmarket$1
PriceCharting · dearest$1

Currently 21% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. 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 0%
Volatility · 90dModerate ±11%
Cross-marketSome gap 21% gap
90d low $1mid-range$2 high

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$1
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Switch your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. If you do, draw cards until you have 5 cards in your hand.

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Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#235
RarityUltra Rare
SupertypeTrainer
SubtypesSupporter
Card IDsv8-235
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Surfer cards

There are 4 different Surfer printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Surging Sparks #235 (Ultra Rare).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Surfer (Surging Sparks #235) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Surfer from Surging Sparks is worth approximately $1.21 ungraded (near-mint), and around $46 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 Surfer?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Surfer from Surging Sparks is worth around $46 — roughly 38× the raw ungraded value of $1.21.

Should I grade my Surfer?

A PSA 10 sells for about $46 versus $1.21 raw — roughly a 38× 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 Surfer rare?

Surfer is a Ultra Rare card from Surging Sparks (card #235), illustrated by Sanosuke Sakuma. Its current blended market value is $1.21 ungraded.

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