Salamence Spirit LinkPR-XY XY172 · XY Black Star Promos Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
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Every price on this page is for XY Black Star Promos #PR-XY XY172, 2013. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
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Salamence Spirit Link is a Promo Pokémon card from XY Black Star Promos (#XY172, released 2013), illustrated by 5ban Graphics. It's a Pokémon Tool Trainer card. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Salamence Spirit Link price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence9 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.
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.
Is Salamence Spirit Link worth grading?
Raw $9.58 → graded PSA 10 ≈ $97.17, after ~$70.96 grading fee → 10.1× 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.
The odds
Salamence Spirit Link 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 | $97.17 | $71 | +$17 | 10.1× |
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
0 of the 2 PSA-graded Salamence Spirit Link copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 0%. 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 2.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Salamence Spirit Link 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
![Salamence Spirit Link - [PR - XY172] - MP - XY Promos - Pokemon](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Z8wAAeSwXm5qnefk/s-l225.jpg)
Salamence Spirit Link - [PR - XY172] - MP - XY Promos - PokemonRaw · eBay$8.99
SALAMENCE SPIRIT LINK XY172 PROMO XY PROMO POKEMON NMRaw · eBay$9.99Cheapest raw copy $9.99 — 4% above our near-mint estimate of $10
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | modelled$97$97–$97 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
9% spreadCurrently 9% 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.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Attach a Pokémon Tool to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Salamence-EX.
You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Salamence Spirit Link (XY Black Star Promos #XY172) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Salamence Spirit Link from XY Black Star Promos is worth approximately $9.58 ungraded (near-mint), and around $97 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 Salamence Spirit Link?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Salamence Spirit Link from XY Black Star Promos is worth around $97 — roughly 10× the raw ungraded value of $9.58.
Should I grade my Salamence Spirit Link?
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 Salamence Spirit Link rare?
Salamence Spirit Link is a Promo card from XY Black Star Promos (card #XY172).
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