Empoleon
- Number
- BW56
- Rarity
- Promo
- Released
- Apr 25, 2011
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $4.80£3.61€4.23
- Today
- $5.24£3.94€4.61
- Change
- +$0.44+£0.33+€0.39 (+9.2%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 16 | $7£5.27€6.16 | $5.24£3.94€4.61 | |
| PSA 3 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 5 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 8 | 14 | – | – | $15.50£11.67€13.65 | |
| PSA 9modelled | 13 | – | – | $40.57£30.53€35.73 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5modelled | – | – | – | $45£33.87€39.63 | |
| PSA 10modelled | 1 | – | – | $103.35£77.79€91.02 | |
About these prices
2.6% 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 91 completed sales, updated Sep 15, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
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Pokémon Empoleon BW56 Black & White Promo Holo Stage 2 140 HP Card English #BW56$10£7.53€8.81Pokemon Empoleon Card BW56 Holo Rare Black Star Promo Unlimited Black & White HP #BW56$4£3.01€3.52💥 Pokemon EMPOLEON BW56 Holo Rare Black Star Promo Unlimited Black & White #BW56$3.25£2.45€2.863Cert 79076738Auction$2.25£1.69€1.989Cert 68757868Auction$5.50£4.14€4.84More from Black and White Promos
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PSA has graded 38 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 2.6% 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 $23.41£17.62€20.62 on average against $105.23£79.20€92.67 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $81.82£61.58€72.05, so a copy is worth more raw.
3 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
- BW56
- Rarity
- Promo
- Set released
- Apr 25, 2011
- PSA population, all printings
- 38
- Printings priced
- 1
Black and White Promos148 cards- Set value
- $8.7k£6.5k€7.6k
- 7 day move
- -1.7%
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The same card in other sets
What moves the price of this card
The Empoleon on this page is the Holofoil printing from Black and White Promos, and it trades at $9.27£6.98€8.16 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 $15.50£11.67€13.65, PSA 9 $40.57£30.53€35.73, CGC/BGS 9.5 $45£33.87€39.63, PSA 10 $103.35£77.79€91.02. PSA has graded 38 copies of it. 91 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Empoleon worth?
A PSA 10 Empoleon from Black and White Promos sells for $103.35. 2.6% 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 Empoleon from Black and White Promos worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $23.41 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $5.24 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $81.82.
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 $103.35£77.79€91.02. 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.