AbsolPR-XY XY178 · XY Black Star Promos Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 9$2161 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 4
- PSA 10$344asking · pop 1
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for XY Black Star Promos #PR-XY XY178, 2013. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Absol is a Promo Pokémon card from XY Black Star Promos (#XY178, released 2013), illustrated by Hasuno. It's a Basic Darkness-type Pokémon with 100 HP, weak to Fighting ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 8 September 2026.
Absol price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence61 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
5 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 32 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$59.5080 sales · 61 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 6$1983 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 9$1,1932 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Absol worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 7 — worth $83 against the $154 you put in, a $71 loss. The money is in the 1 in 10 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $216–$344. Averaged over every outcome that is −$47 a card.
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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.
The odds
Absol is a Commoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.
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 grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $344.00 | $73 | +$188 | 4.2× |
| PSA 9 | $216.26 | $72 | +$61 | 2.6× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 51 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 2% | $344.00 |
| PSA 9 | 7.8% | $216.26 |
| PSA 8 | 27.5% | $115.00 † |
| PSA 7 — typical | 13.7% | $82.62 |
| PSA 6 | 19.6% | $82.62 |
| PSA 5 | 9.8% | $82.62 |
| PSA 4 | 5.9% | $82.62 |
| PSA 3 | 9.8% | $82.62 |
| PSA 1 | 2% | $82.62 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 2% | $82.62 |
† 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
1 of the 62 PSA-graded Absol copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 1.6%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 62.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Absol 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Absol XY178 Holo Promo XY Promo Pokemon DamagedRaw · eBay$22.32
The Pokémon Company Absol XY178 XY Promo Holo 100 HP Basic ENRaw · eBay$32.67
Absol XY178 Black Star Cosmos Holo XY Promo Pokémon Card TCG DMGRaw · eBay$34.99
Absol XY178 Promo Holo - MPRaw · eBay$39.99
The Pokémon Company Absol XY178 XY Holo Promo English Basic 100 HPRaw · eBay$42.00
Absol XY178 Pokemon TCG PR: XY Promos Holo Promo LP+Raw · eBay$47.00Cheapest raw copy $32.67 — 60% below our near-mint estimate of $83
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 1 | asking$344$275–$413 | |
| PSA 9pop 4 | modelled$216$216–$216 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 6 slab of this card sells for about $198 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
15% spreadCurrently 15% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.
Market signal
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
🔥 Trending in the community
#29 on the radarAbsol is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
What people are saying: “World Championship 2026 - Meta Report” · 111↑
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
If this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if this Pokémon is Knocked Out), discard a random card from your opponent's hand.
The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn.
“It appears when it senses an impending natural disaster. As a result, it was mistaken as a doom bringer.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Every time ABSOL appears before people, it is followed by a disaster such as an earthquake or a tidal wave. As a result, it came to be known as the disaster POKéMON.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Absol cards
There are 20 different Absol printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is XY Black Star Promos #XY178 (Promo). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Absol (XY Black Star Promos #XY178) worth?
As of 8 September 2026, Absol from XY Black Star Promos is worth approximately $82.62 ungraded (near-mint), and around $344 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 Absol?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Absol from XY Black Star Promos is worth around $344 — roughly 4× the raw ungraded value of $82.62.
Should I grade my Absol?
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 Absol rare?
Absol is a Promo card from XY Black Star Promos (card #XY178).
How do I know if my Absol 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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