ShayminPR-XY XY188 · XY Black Star Promos Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 9$921 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 26
- PSA 10$154modelled · pop 2
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for XY Black Star Promos #PR-XY XY188, 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.
Shaymin is a Promo Pokémon card from XY Black Star Promos (#XY188, released 2013), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Basic Grass-type Pokémon with 70 HP, weak to Fire ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Shaymin price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence20 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.
7 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 35 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$10.0024 sales · 20 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 9$1592 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$58.292 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$40.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Shaymin worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 8 — worth $16 against the $83 you put in, a $67 loss. The money is in the 1 in 3 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $92–$154. Averaged over every outcome that is −$39 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
Shaymin 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 | $154.32 | $72 | +$70 | 12.1× |
| PSA 9 | $92.02 | $71 | +$8 | 7.2× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 73 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 2.7% | $154.32 |
| PSA 9 | 35.6% | $92.02 |
| PSA 8 — typical | 38.4% | $16.00 † |
| PSA 7 | 17.8% | $3.25 † |
| PSA 6 | 2.7% | $3.25 |
| PSA 5 | 2.7% | $3.25 |
† 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
2 of the 73 PSA-graded Shaymin copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 2.7%. 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 73.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Shaymin 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokémon TCG Shaymin Black Star Promos Holo Card XY188Raw · eBay$7.50
Shaymin XY188 XY HoloRaw · eBay$8.00![Shaymin (XY188) [XY: Black Star Promos]](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Gv8AAeSwjU9qkYa0/s-l225.jpg)
Shaymin (XY188) [XY: Black Star Promos]Raw · eBay$9.74
Shaymin XY188 PROMO DAMAGEDRaw · eBay$12.00
Pokémon - Shaymin XY188 - XY Black Star Promo - MPRaw · eBay$13.05
Shaymin XY188 LP -Holo Rare Pokemon Card- Black Star Promo (3k)Raw · eBay$13.95Cheapest raw copy $7.50 — 41% below our near-mint estimate of $13
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 2 | modelled$154$154–$154 | |
| PSA 9pop 26 | modelled$92$92–$92 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $11 (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
104% spreadCurrently 104% 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
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Heal 30 damage from each of your Pokémon.
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage and heal 20 damage from this Pokémon.
“The blooming of Gracidea flowers confers the power of flight upon it. Feelings of gratitude are the message it delivers.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
It lives in flower patches and avoids detection by curling up to look like a flowering plant.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Shaymin cards
There are 20 different Shaymin printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is XY Black Star Promos #XY188 (Promo). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Shaymin (XY Black Star Promos #XY188) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Shaymin from XY Black Star Promos is worth approximately $12.80 ungraded (near-mint), and around $154 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 Shaymin?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Shaymin from XY Black Star Promos is worth around $154 — roughly 12× the raw ungraded value of $12.80.
Should I grade my Shaymin?
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 Shaymin rare?
Shaymin is a Promo card from XY Black Star Promos (card #XY188).
How do I know if my Shaymin 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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