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Empoleon BREAK XY Black Star Promos #XY134 Pokémon card
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Empoleon BREAKPR-XY XY134 · XY Black Star Promos Price & Value

2013 · Illustrated by 5ban Graphics
170 HPWaterPokémonBREAK

Market value · Near Mint

$16.77
  • PSA 9$1033 sold · 90d · pop 26
  • PSA 10$659modelled · pop 15
LiquiditySells regularly
Confidence74 · medium15 raw sales in 90 days, closely clustered, last sale 2 month ago.
Sales · 90 days23
Range$13$19
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. Near Mint estimate from 18 completed sales of this exact card, each adjusted for the condition it sold in. A typical copy fetches about $11 because most that trade are played, not mint. Updated 14 September 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

Why prices differ

TCGplayer market asking prices$19.16+14%
Recent sold median 15 completed sales$10.60−37%

TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →

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Every price on this page is for XY Black Star Promos #PR-XY XY134, 2013. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.

Holofoilpriced on this page
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The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.

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Empoleon BREAK is a Promo Pokémon card from XY Black Star Promos (#XY134, released 2013), illustrated by 5ban Graphics. It's a BREAK Water-type Pokémon with 170 HP, evolving from Empoleon. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 14 September 2026.

Empoleon BREAK price history & recent sales

Graded a PSA 10? 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

17 Jun 202614 Sept 2026
Latest
$16.77
Period high
$19.50
Period low
$16.77
Change
9.2% · 90d
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Verified sales history

High confidence

15 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · ModerateOccasional sales

Range$3.50$49.99Rawlowest to highest sale
Sales2 / 22last 30d / 90d, every grade
Sales rate4.2/mo29 recorded, every grade
Latest sale45d agoRaw15 in 90 days
Where it sells100% eBayRawlast 90 days
Demand43/100sales rate, trend & buzz
DateSold viaGradeCertPrice
2026-08-22eBay · offerPSA 9#131414557$56.85
2026-08-16eBay · auctionPSA 9#137535859$102.50
2026-08-02eBay · auctionPSA 9#137535859$100.00
2026-07-25eBay · offerPSA 9#131414557$150.00
2026-07-17eBay · offerPSA 9#137535859$78.46
2026-06-23eBay · auctionPSA 8#140462920$31.00
2026-02-03eBay · auctionPSA 10#121030313$659.00
2026-01-15eBayPSA 9#82879110$50.23
2025-07-31eBay · offerPSA 10#67247530$250.00
2025-05-31eBayPSA 10#86164661$279.99

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Sale mix: 4 auctions, 4 accepted offers, 2 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 19 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).

Last sold
$12
Raw · 31 Jul 2026
Typical Raw
$11
Sales · last 90 days
22
How often it sells
Occasional sales
every 6 days · 2 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 29 completed sales recorded between Dec 7, 2024 and Aug 30, 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$10.6018 sales · 15 in 90d, sells regularly
  • PSA 9$1005 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
  • CGC 8.5$15.492 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
  • PSA 8$31.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
  • PSA 10$6591 sale
  • CGC 9$10.501 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
  • CGC 8$5.501 sale · 1 in 90d, rare

Is Empoleon BREAK worth grading?

+$536

Raw $16.77 → graded PSA 10$659.00, after ~$106.58 grading fee → 39.3× the raw value.

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

Empoleon BREAK 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)23.8%15 of 63
PSA 941.3%26 of 63
PSA graded so far63
Gem Mint 1015
Total graded63

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$659.00$107+$53639.3×
PSA 9$102.50$71+$156.1×

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. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates

15 of the 63 PSA-graded Empoleon BREAK copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 24%. The rest graded lower.

PSA63 gradedPSA 10 · 15 · 24% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 63.

101524%
92641%
8914%
757.9%
646.3%
511.6%
423.2%
311.6%

Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Empoleon BREAK 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)$16.77
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 15modelled$659$659$659
PSA 9pop 26$103$87$118
“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 · NM = our estimate, lower conditions use TCGplayer condition ratios · how we price played copies
NMNear Mint$16.77
LPLightly Played$14.04
MPModerately Played$7.68
HPHeavily Played$4.81
DMGDamaged$3.07
7-day 1.4%
30-day 0.7%
90-day 5.2%
All-time high$17
All-time low$9
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

47% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$13
TCGplayer · dearest$19

Currently 47% 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

Volatility · 90dStable ±2%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 47% gap
90d low $18near its high$20 high

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

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Evolves from Empoleon.

Emperor's Command30×
Water · Colorless

This attack does 30 damage times the number of Pokémon your opponent has in play.

BREAK Evolution Rule: Empoleon BREAK retains the attacks, Abilities, Weakness, Resistance, and Retreat Cost of its previous Evolution.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Emperor PokémonGEN IVPiplupPrinplupEmpoleon

The three horns that extend from its beak attest to its power. The leader has the biggest horns.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#XY134
RarityPromo
Released2013
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBREAK
TypeWater
HP170
Evolves fromEmpoleon
National Pokédex#395
Card IDxyp-XY134
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Empoleon BREAK (XY Black Star Promos #XY134) worth?

As of 14 September 2026, Empoleon BREAK from XY Black Star Promos is worth approximately $16.77 ungraded (near-mint), and around $659 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 Empoleon BREAK?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Empoleon BREAK from XY Black Star Promos is worth around $659 — roughly 39× the raw ungraded value of $16.77.

Should I grade my Empoleon BREAK?

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 Empoleon BREAK rare?

Empoleon BREAK is a Promo card from XY Black Star Promos (card #XY134).

How do I know if my Empoleon BREAK 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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