Articuno — Wizards Black Star Promos #48, PSA 9

PromoWizards Black Star PromosPR 481999PSA 9

Articuno PR 48 · Wizards Black Star Promos PSA 9 price

PSA 9 · mint slab

$153

Fair buy $130 · sell $1751.4× rawUpdated today

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Raw NM$110
PSA 9this page$1531.4×
PSA 10$7006.4×

PSA 9 sales: 12; 6 cert-verified
Last 90 days: 8; occasional
Confidence: High; 8 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.
Latest sale: 6d ago; one every ~4d

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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 $153? 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
2026-09-23	eBay · auction	listing #75157379	$146
2026-09-17	eBay · fixedprice	listing #66677638 sold before	$167
2026-09-17	eBay · bestoffer	listing #68230744	$175
2026-09-17	eBay · auction	listing #159821883	$148
2026-09-13	eBay · auction	listing #159821890	$189
2026-07-29	eBay · fixedprice	listing #59149003	$160

3 of 6 were competitive auctions; 1 best offers and 2 fixed-price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 4 days, the median gap between cert-verified sales.

PSA 9 price history

Monthly medians of cert-verified PSA 9 sales — 59 sales across 11 months, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.

PSA 9 · index · latest

$153▲ 205%over 366 days

2025-10-03 → 2026-10-04

The recorded PSA 9 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 $167 (Sep 2026, 5 sales) · ▲ 204% since Oct 2025

Slab history — PSA 9 copies that have sold more than once

1 slab has sold more than once, across 1 resale. That is 1 of the 57 distinct slabs behind 59 cert-linked sales at this grade — 1.8%. The rest we have seen sell once, which is not evidence they have not sold before.

Cert	Sales of this slab	Between	Gross change
#66677638	Jan 2026 $90→Sept 2026 $167	6–12 months	+85.0%

A cert reappearing shows the same physical slab sold again — it identifies no buyer or seller. Gross change is price to price; fees, shipping and the grading cost are not in it.

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 12 PSA 9 sales with a median of $153; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to.

GraderGradeCert-verified only 6

	Grade	Venue	Date	Certificate	Price
Pokémon WOTC Black Star Promo 48 Articuno PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-29	—	$195
1999 Pokémon Wizards Black Star Promos Articuno PR 48 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-09-23	75157379	$146
Pokemon Articuno League Promo Black Star 48 PSA 9 Mint	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-20	—	$132
Articuno 48 - PSA 9 (Promo - Black Star WOTC)	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-17	—	$225
1999 Pokémon Wizards Black Star Promos Articuno PR 48 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-09-17	159821883	$148
1999 Pokémon Wizards Black Star Promos Articuno PR 48 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-17	68230744	$175
1999 Pokémon Wizards Black Star Promos Articuno PR 48 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayFixedPrice	2026-09-17	66677638	$167
2002 POKEMON LEAGUE PROMO BLACK STAR #48 ARTICUNO PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-16	—	$148
1999 Pokémon Wizards Black Star Promos Articuno PR 48 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-09-13	159821890	$189
2002 POKEMON LEAGUE PROMO BLACK STAR #48 ARTICUNO PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-12	—	$189
1999 Pokémon Wizards Black Star Promos Articuno PR 48 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayFixedPrice	2026-07-29	59149003	$160
Articuno 48 - PSA 9 (Promo - Black Star WOTC)	PSA 9	eBay	2026-07-28	—	$159

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

553

42% of 1,316 graded

Graded higher

280

PSA 10s above this grade

Total PSA graded

1,316

every grade, all time

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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 42 graded sales and a population of 1,889,841 · fees as of 2026-10-03.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 9 Articuno (Wizards Black Star Promos #48) worth?

As of 4 October 2026, a PSA 9 mint Articuno from Wizards Black Star Promos is worth approximately $153, with a fair range of $130 to $175 — about 1.4× the $110 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 4 days.

How many PSA 9 Articuno exist?

PSA has graded 553 copies of Articuno (Wizards Black Star Promos #48) a 9, out of 1,316 submitted — 42% of the population, with 280 graded higher. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Is a PSA 9 Articuno a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 9 Articuno has 12 recorded sales, 8 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.