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Check your printing9 different Arceus printings exist — is this your card? XY Black Star Promos #XY197
Arceus XY Black Star Promos #XY197 Pokémon card
Promo

Arceus

XY Black Star Promos · PR-XY XY197 · Illustrated by kirisAki
130 HPColorlessPokémonBasic

Market value · ungraded

$16.85 15.5% · 30d
Confidencemedium
Range$10$17
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$16.85

What this price is based on

High confidence

59 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Median · Raw$14.7769 sales
Trimmed mean$15.51outliers removed
Range$4.80$187lowest to highest sale
Sales rate12.2/mo73 recorded

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 13, 2026eBay — Arceus COSMOS HOLO Black Star PROMO card XY197 XY Legendary Pokemon TCG 2017$29.88
  • Aug 10, 2026eBay — Arceus Cosmos Holo XY197 XY Black Star Promos Pokemon Card$13.00
  • Aug 7, 2026eBay — The Pokémon Company Pokémon TCG Arceus XY197 XY Promo Holo$15.00
  • Aug 5, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG: ARCEUS XY197 Black Star Promo Holo XY, 3 Promos - LP/NMLP$41.00
  • Aug 2, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Arceus XY Black Star Promos Holo Card XY197$11.25
  • Aug 1, 2026eBay — Pokemon Company Arceus XY197 XY Promos Promo Holo ENG 130 HP - LPLP$11.50
  • Jul 31, 2026eBay — Arceus XY197 Cosmos Holo Promo XY Promo Pokemon NM/MNM$20.00
  • Jul 29, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG ARCEUS XY197 Black Star Promo Holo XY Promos - LPLP$13.49

By grade

  • Raw$14.7769 sales
  • PSA 9$3142 sales
  • PSA 7$25.991 sale
  • CGC 8.5$40.001 sale

From 73 completed sales recorded between May 14, 2026 and Aug 13, 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.

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Based on 4 graded sales and 1,306,086 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Arceus is a Promo Pokémon card from XY Black Star Promos (#XY197), illustrated by kirisAki. It's a Basic Colorless-type Pokémon with 130 HP, weak to Fighting ×2. Its current blended market value is $16.85 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $247 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 15× 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.

The receipts

Graded a PSA 9? See its cert-verified sales and price history — individual sales PSA tied to a specific slab, each with a cert number you can check.

Price history · Raw

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$16.85
Period high
$16.85
Period low
$4.66
Change
118.0%
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Verified sales history10 in 90 daysreal completed listings

DateGradePriceCert
27 Jul 2026PSA 5$39.99#150106669
13 Jul 2026PSA 6$25.99#150579906
5 Jul 2026PSA 9$127.53#75262703
26 Jun 2026PSA 6$30.00#150106666
4 Jun 2026PSA 9$225.00#123877503
9 May 2026PSA 8$88.88#130416570
2 May 2026PSA 9$221.02#97843490
2 May 2026PSA 9$199.99#79538795
20 Apr 2026PSA 9$200.00#72854853
18 Apr 2026PSA 8$51.00#120530983

Should you grade it?

$18

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 2.2% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$157); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)2.2%
Expected return$18
PSA 10 best case+$157
Break-evenPSA 9+
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Arceus 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)2.2%5 of 224
PSA 937.1%83 of 224
PSA graded so far224
Gem Mint 105
Total graded224

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$246.57$72+$15714.6×
PSA 9$150.00$71+$628.9×
PSA 8$51.00$71$363.0×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 224 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 102.2%$247.00
PSA 937.1%$150.00
PSA ≤860.7%$17.00

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 2% of 224 PSA-graded Arceus copies are a gem-mint 10 (5 of 224) — the rest grade lower.

PSA224 gradedPSA 10 · 5 · 2% gem
105
983
8.51
866
732
621
512
43
11

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Arceus 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)$16.85
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 5$247$247$247
PSA 9pop 83✓ 18 cert-verified$150$128$201
PSA 8pop 66✓ 9 cert-verified$51$20$70
PSA 7pop 322 sold$29$25$34
“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$16.85
LPLightly Played$15.59
MPModerately Played$9.79
HPHeavily Played$7.52
7-day 0.6%
30-day 4.9%
90-day 12.5%
All-time high$17
All-time low$9
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

For context: a graded PSA 6 slab of this card sells for about $26 (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

77% spread
Cardmarket · cheapest$10
TCGplayer$17
PriceCharting · dearest$17

Currently 77% cheaper on Cardmarket 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 · 30dRising +16%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 77% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

43% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$10

🔥 Trending in the community

#85 on the radar
Mentions this week2

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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Type Switch
Colorless

Choose Grass, Fire, Water, Lightning, Psychic, Fighting, Darkness, Metal, Fairy, or Dragon type. Until the end of your next turn, this Pokémon is that type.

Power Blast120
Colorless · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.

Weakness Fighting ×2Retreat 2

It is told in mythology that this Pokémon was born before the universe even existed.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Alpha PokémonGEN IVMythical

It is said to have emerged from an egg in a place where there was nothing, then shaped the world.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#XY197
RarityPromo
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeColorless
HP130
WeaknessFighting ×2
Retreat cost2
National Pokédex#493
Card IDxyp-XY197
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Arceus (XY Black Star Promos #XY197) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Arceus from XY Black Star Promos is worth approximately $16.85 ungraded (near-mint), and around $247 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 Arceus?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Arceus from XY Black Star Promos is worth around $247 — roughly 15× the raw ungraded value of $16.85.

Should I grade my Arceus?

A PSA 10 sells for about $247 versus $16.85 raw — roughly a 15× 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 Arceus rare?

Arceus is a Promo card from XY Black Star Promos (card #XY197), illustrated by kirisAki. Its current blended market value is $16.85 ungraded.

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