Dragonite ex (Delta Species)

What moves the price of this card

The Dragonite ex (Delta Species) on this page is the only printing from Japanese Offense and Defense of the Furthest Ends, and it trades at no recorded price 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 7 $43.48£32.58€37.94, PSA 8 $386.71£289.80€337.44, PSA 9 $1,000£749.39€872.60, CGC/BGS 9.5 $1,100£824.33€959.86, PSA 10 $8,250£6,182€7,199. PSA has graded 511 copies of it. 250 completed sales are on file.

What is a PSA 10 Dragonite ex (Delta Species) worth?

A PSA 10 Dragonite ex (Delta Species) from Japanese Offense and Defense of the Furthest Ends sells for $8,250. 11.2% 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 Dragonite ex (Delta Species) from Japanese Offense and Defense of the Furthest Ends worth grading?

On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $1,419 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $123.63 for a raw copy plus $619 to send it through PSA Walk-Through, so it clears $675.99.

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 $8,250£6,182€7,199. 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.