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Check your printing3 different Dragonite VSTAR printings exist — is this your card? SWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH236
Dragonite VSTAR SWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH236 Pokémon card
Promo

Dragonite VSTARPR-SW SWSH236 · SWSH Black Star Promos Price & Value

2019 · Illustrated by PLANETA Mochizuki
280 HPDragonPokémonVSTAR

Market value · Near Mint

$5.04
  • PSA 8$14pop 102
  • PSA 9$25pop 385
  • PSA 10$903 sold · 90d · pop 632
LiquiditySells regularly
Confidence16 · low3 raw sales in 90 days, prices vary widely, last sale 18 days ago.
Sales · 90 days12
Range$5$6
No completed sales recorded yet. This is a marketplace asking price, which usually sits above what copies actually sell for. It becomes a sold-based price as soon as this card starts trading. eBay + TCGplayer. Updated 10 September 2026. 2 sources agree within 12%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Every price on this page is for SWSH Black Star Promos #PR-SW SWSH236, 2019. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.

Holofoilpriced on this page
The illustration window

The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.

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Dragonite VSTAR is a Promo Pokémon card from SWSH Black Star Promos (#SWSH236, released 2019), illustrated by PLANETA Mochizuki. It's a VSTAR Dragon-type Pokémon with 280 HP, evolving from Dragonite V. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 10 September 2026.

Dragonite VSTAR price history & recent sales

Price history · Raw

1 Oct 202310 Sept 2026
Latest
$5.04
Period high
$5.25
Period low
$2.96
Change
70.3% · 3Y
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Verified sales history

Medium confidence

3 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee. · ModerateOccasional sales

Range$4.25$35.00Rawlowest to highest sale
Sales1 / 12last 30d / 90d, every grade
Sales rate2.2/mo13 recorded, every grade
Latest sale18d agoRaw3 in 90 days
Demand53/100sales rate, trend & buzz
Last sold
$20
Raw · 24 Aug 2026
Typical Raw
$14
Sales · last 90 days
12
How often it sells
Occasional sales
every 3 days · 1 in last 30 days

Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.

Recent Raw sales

From 13 completed sales recorded between May 20, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.

By grade

  • Raw$13.564 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
  • CGC 10$32.734 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 10$1033 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
  • TAG 8.5$15.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
  • ACE 9$21.091 sale · 1 in 90d, rare

Is Dragonite VSTAR worth grading?

Not worth grading

Most copies come back PSA 10worth $90 against the $76 you put in. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $25$90. Averaged over every outcome that is $17 a card.

You put in$76card + fees
Most likelyPSA 10$90 (+$14)
Break even atPSA 10or better
Best case1 in 2PSA 10 · $90
Average per card$17across every grade

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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.
Trader plan and above

The odds

Dragonite VSTAR is a Commoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.

PSA 10 (gem mint)54%632 of 1,171
PSA 932.9%385 of 1,171
PSA graded so far1,171
Gem Mint 10632
Total graded1,171

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$90.00$71+$1417.9×
PSA 9$25.00$70$505.0×
PSA 8$13.75$70$612.7×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 1,171 PSA-graded copies:

OutcomeChanceValue
PSA 10typical54%$90.00
PSA 932.9%$25.00
PSA 88.7%$13.75
PSA 71.7%$12.00 †
PSA 61.5%$8.00
PSA 50.8%$5.04
PSA 40.3%$5.04
PSA 20.1%$5.04
Other (half grades, authentic)0.1%$5.04

Priced from PriceCharting's graded ladder — we hold no completed sale of our own at that grade. Every other row is our own sold data.

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

632 of the 1,171 PSA-graded Dragonite VSTAR copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 54%. The rest graded lower.

PSA1,171 gradedPSA 10 · 632 · 54% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1,171.

1063254%
938533%
81028.7%
7201.7%
6171.5%
590.77%
440.34%
210.09%
TAG24 gradedTAG 10 · 10 · 42% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 24.

101042%
9729%
8.5313%
714.2%
6.514.2%
5.514.2%
214.2%

Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Dragonite VSTAR 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
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$5.04
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 632$90$77$103
PSA 9pop 385$25$21$29
PSA 8pop 102$14$12$16
PSA 6pop 17modelled$8$8$8
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). “Modelled” = no verified graded sale behind the figure; it is derived from the raw price and reference guides, so treat it as a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. 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 · how we price played copies
NMNear Mint$5.04
LPLightly Played$4.76
MPModerately Played$2.89
HPHeavily Played$2.80
DMGDamaged$1.49
7-day 1.0%
30-day 2.5%
90-day 8.0%
All-time high$6
All-time low$2
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

12% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$5
PriceCharting · dearest$6

Currently 12% 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

Cross-marketSome gap 12% gap

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

🔥 Trending in the community

#31 on the radar
Mentions this week4

Dragonite is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →

What people are saying: First time opening ascended heroes. · 252↑

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Evolves from Dragonite V.

Giga Impact250
Water · Lightning · Colorless · Colorless

During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.

Draconic Star
Colorless

Look at the top 12 cards of your deck and attach any number of Water or Lightning Energy cards you find there to your Pokémon in any way you like. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck. (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.)

Retreat 2

VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Dragon PokémonGEN IDratiniDragonairDragonite

An extremely rarely seen marine POKéMON. Its intelligence is said to match that of humans.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#SWSH236
RarityPromo
Released2019
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesVSTAR
TypeDragon
HP280
Evolves fromDragonite V
Retreat cost2
National Pokédex#149
Card IDswshp-SWSH236
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Dragonite VSTAR (SWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH236) worth?

As of 10 September 2026, Dragonite VSTAR from SWSH Black Star Promos is worth approximately $5.04 ungraded (near-mint), and around $90 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 Dragonite VSTAR?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Dragonite VSTAR from SWSH Black Star Promos is worth around $90 — roughly 18× the raw ungraded value of $5.04.

Should I grade my Dragonite VSTAR?

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 Dragonite VSTAR rare?

Dragonite VSTAR is a Promo card from SWSH Black Star Promos (card #SWSH236).

How do I know if my Dragonite VSTAR 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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