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Check your printing3 different Sceptile-EX printings exist — is this your card? XY Black Star Promos #XY53
Sceptile-EX XY Black Star Promos #XY53 Pokémon card
Promo

Sceptile-EX

XY Black Star Promos · PR-XY XY53 · Illustrated by Eske Yoshinob
170 HPGrassPokémonBasicEX

Market value · ungraded

$5.09 41.2% · 30d
Confidencelimited market data
Range$5$11
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$5.09

What this price is based on

High confidence

67 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Median · Raw$5.0077 sales
Trimmed mean$5.26outliers removed
Range$0.99$11.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate14/mo84 recorded

What each version actually sells for

PrintingNear MintLightly PlayedModerately Played
Common$5.00 49 sales$4.71 8 sales

Every figure is the median of real completed sales whose listing claimed that printing and condition — not a percentage of the headline price. A dash means we haven't seen enough sales of that exact version to publish one.

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 13, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Sceptile EX XY53 Promo Holo 2015 English 170 HP EX$4.49
  • Aug 13, 2026eBay — Pokemon Sceptile EX XY53 Ultra Rare XY Black Star Promos LPLP$7.20
  • Aug 10, 2026eBay — Sceptile EX Promo XY Promos XY53 NMNM$11.00
  • Aug 5, 2026eBay — Sceptile EX XY53 Holo Promo XY Promo Pokemon Holo NM/LPLP$8.44
  • Aug 1, 2026eBay — Sceptile EX XY53 Black Star Promo Pokemon Card 2015 Holo Ultra Rare HPHP$3.49
  • Jul 29, 2026eBay — Sceptile EX XY53 Holo Promo XY Promo Pokemon Heavily PlayedHP$3.00
  • Jul 28, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Pokemon Sceptile EX Holo Promo XY53 XY 170 HP Age 6+ EN$5.00
  • Jul 26, 2026eBay — Pokémon Sceptile EX TCG Black Star Promo Holo Rare Card XY53$5.99

By grade

  • Raw$5.0077 sales
  • PSA 8$39.993 sales
  • PSA 7$17.911 sale
  • PSA 10$7051 sale
  • PSA 1$39.001 sale
  • Lot$8.401 sale

From 84 completed sales recorded between May 8, 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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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 6 graded sales and 1,305,862 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Sceptile-EX is a Promo Pokémon card from XY Black Star Promos (#XY53), illustrated by Eske Yoshinob. It's a Basic EX Grass-type Pokémon with 170 HP, weak to Fire ×2. Its current blended market value is $5.09 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $86 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 17× 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

Price history · Raw

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$5.09
Period high
$9.28
Period low
$2.69
Change
70.2%
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Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Should you grade it?

$60

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 6% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$10); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)6%
Expected return$60
PSA 10 best case+$10
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Sceptile-EX 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)6%5 of 84
PSA 920.2%17 of 84
PSA graded so far84
Gem Mint 105
Total graded84

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$85.82$71+$1016.9×
PSA 8$40.00$70$357.9×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 84 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 106%$86.00
PSA 920.2%$34.00
PSA ≤873.8%$5.00

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 6% of 84 PSA-graded Sceptile-EX copies are a gem-mint 10 (5 of 84) — the rest grade lower.

PSA84 gradedPSA 10 · 5 · 6% gem
105
917
820
715
613
510
41
12

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Sceptile-EX 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)$5.09
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 5$86$86$86
PSA 8pop 20$40$34$46
PSA 7pop 15$10$10$11
“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$5.09
LPLightly Played$2.31
MPModerately Played$2.16
HPHeavily Played$1.76
DMGDamaged$1.36
7-dayflat
30-day 16.2%
90-day 44.9%
All-time high$5
All-time low$3
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

114% spread
Cardmarket · cheapest$5
PriceCharting$7
TCGplayer · dearest$11

Currently 114% cheaper on Cardmarket 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

Momentum · 30dFalling -41%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 114% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

53% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$5
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Agility20
Grass

Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokémon during your opponent's next turn.

Strong Slash130
Grass · Grass · Grass

This Pokémon can't use Strong Slash during your next turn.

Weakness Fire ×2Retreat 1

Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#XY53
RarityPromo
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic, EX
TypeGrass
HP170
WeaknessFire ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#254
Card IDxyp-XY53
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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There are 3 different Sceptile-EX printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is XY Black Star Promos #XY53 (Promo).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Sceptile-EX (XY Black Star Promos #XY53) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Sceptile-EX from XY Black Star Promos is worth approximately $5.09 ungraded (near-mint), and around $86 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 Sceptile-EX?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Sceptile-EX from XY Black Star Promos is worth around $86 — roughly 17× the raw ungraded value of $5.09.

Should I grade my Sceptile-EX?

A PSA 10 sells for about $86 versus $5.09 raw — roughly a 17× 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 Sceptile-EX rare?

Sceptile-EX is a Promo card from XY Black Star Promos (card #XY53), illustrated by Eske Yoshinob. Its current blended market value is $5.09 ungraded.

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