Absol
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $14.85£11.18€13.08
- Today
- $46.26£34.82€40.74
- Change
- +$31.41+£23.64+€27.66 (+212%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 39 | $49.99£37.62€44.02 | $46.26£34.82€40.74 | |
| PSA 1 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 2 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 3 | 5 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 4 | 6 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 18 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 18 | 1 | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 8 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 8 | 16 | 1 | – | $115£86.55€101.28 | |
| PSA 9 | 4 | 2 | – | $1,800£1,355€1,585 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5modelled | – | – | – | $1,980£1,490€1,744 | |
| PSA 10modelled | 1 | – | – | $2,160£1,626€1,902 | |
About these prices
1.3% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. Sold and median are 90 days of PSA sales. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 157 completed sales, updated Sep 12, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
157 completed listings on eBay, eBay UKAbsol XY178 - Pokémon TCG XY Promo Holo Basic HP 100 English Mp-hp #XY178$45£33.87€39.63The Pokémon Company Absol XY178 XY Promo Holo EN 100 HP Basic 2016 #XY178$40£30.11€35.23The Pokémon Company Absol XY178 XY Promo Holo 100 HP Basic EN #XY178$20.67£15.56€18.20Show 146 more
Pokemon Company Absol XY178 XY Promo Holo English 2016 100 HP Basic #XY178$49£36.88€43.15Pokemon card - Absol XY178 Black Star Promo 2016- Cosmos Holo- Blood Moon #XY178$85£63.97€74.86Pokemon TCG Absol XY178 XY Promo Holo Basic 100 HP English 2016 #XY178$40£30.11€35.23The Pokémon Company Absol XY178 XY Promo Holo Eng 100 HP Basic #XY178$17.50£13.17€15.41Pokémon Absol XY178 Promo Holo Basic Shadow Cage Lamentation Card NM #XY178$230£173.11€202.55Absol Cosmos Holo XY178 2016 Black Star Promo Pokémon Card NM/M #XY178$100£75.26€88.07Pokemon TCG Absol XY178 Black Star Promo Holo Rare NM XY Promo #XY178$100£75.26€88.07Pokémon Absol XY178 Promo Holo Basic XY 100 HP Shadow Cage Lamentation #XY178$25£18.82€22.02
8Absol (XY178) - Holo - Black Star Promo - PSA 8 NM-MINT Pokemon TCG #XY178$115£86.55€101.28More from XY Promos
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PSA has graded 79 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 1.3% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around. Weighting each grade’s PSA price by these odds, a submission is worth $171.64£129.18€151.15 on average against $215.26£162.01€189.57 for the card plus $149£112.14€131.22 at Express, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $43.62£32.83€38.42, so a copy is worth more raw.
2 of the 4 grades priced above had no sales at that grade, so the figure is modelled from the grades that did rather than observed.
Card facts
- Card number
- XY178
- Rarity
- Promo
- Illustrator
- Hasuno
- Set released
- Dec 16, 2013
- PSA population, all printings
- 79
- Printings priced
- 1
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The same card in other sets
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EX Legend Maker15/92$120£90.32€105.68
EX Holon Phantoms18/110$77.31£58.19€68.08
Secret Wonders21/132$41.49£31.23€36.54
Plasma Freeze67/116$30.56£23€26.91
Deck Exclusives067/116$10.33£7.77€9.10What moves the price of this card
The Absol on this page is the Holofoil printing from XY Promos, and it trades at $56.93£42.85€50.14 in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.
Graded, it runs PSA 8 $115£86.55€101.28, PSA 9 $1,800£1,355€1,585, CGC/BGS 9.5 $1,980£1,490€1,744, PSA 10 $2,160£1,626€1,902. PSA has graded 79 copies of it. 157 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Absol worth?
A PSA 10 Absol from XY Promos sells for $2,160. 1.3% of the copies PSA has graded came back a 10, so that price is the best case rather than the one a submission should expect.
Is Absol from XY Promos worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $171.64 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $46.26 for a raw copy plus $169 to send it through PSA Express, so it loses $43.62.
Condition does most of the work below the surface. A copy with soft corners or a print line off centre trades well under the market price shown here, and a copy clean enough to grade trades well above it, which is why the PSA 10 sits at $2,160£1,626€1,902. Before you value your own copy, look at the corners under a light and check the centring on the back, where most cards give themselves away.
What Absol does
Basic · 100 HP · retreat 1
If this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if this Pokémon is Knocked Out), discard a random card from your opponent's hand.
Shadow Cage60The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn.
Weak to Fighting ×2. Tournament legal in expanded.