Empoleon
- Number
- 29/108
- Rarity
- Holo Rare
- Released
- May 9, 2012
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $5.93£4.46€5.22
- Today
- $7.99£6.01€7.04
- Change
- +$2.06+£1.55+€1.81 (+34.7%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | – | – | $7.99£6.01€7.04 | |
| PSA 4 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 8 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 8 | 15 | – | – | $17.25£12.98€15.19 | |
| PSA 9 | 28 | – | – | $46£34.62€40.51 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5modelled | – | – | – | $51£38.38€44.91 | |
| PSA 10modelled | 5 | – | – | $124.10£93.40€109.29 | |
About these prices
8.6% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 144 completed sales, updated Sep 12, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
144 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics CollectPokemon - Empoleon 29/108 - BW Dark Explorers - Laser HOLO RARE - 2012 - VLP 29/108$4.99£3.76€4.39Pokemon TCG Empoleon Dark Explorers 29/108 Deck Exclusive Non-Holo Rare NM/M 29/108$3.59£2.70€3.16Empoleon 29/108 Holo Rare Dark Explorers Pokemon Holo Near Mint 29/108$5.99£4.51€5.28Show 132 more
Pokemon TCG Empoleon Dark Explorers 29/108 Deck Exclusive Non-Holo Rare NM 29/108$2.05£1.54€1.81
Empoleon 29/108 Holo Rare Dark Explorers Pokemon Holo Near Mint 29/108$3.45£2.60€3.04Empoleon 29/108 Dark Explorers Holo Rare 2012 Pokemon TCG English 140 HP Stage 2 29/108$4.49£3.38€3.95102012 POKEMON BLACK & WHITE DARK EXPLORERS #29 EMPOLEON-HOLO PSA 10 #29$1,626£1,224€1,432Pokemon TCG Empoleon Dark Explorers 29/108 Deck Exclusive Non-Holo Rare NM 29/108$1.80£1.35€1.59Pokémon Empoleon Holo Rare Dark Explorers 29/108 Stage 2 140HP English 29/108$2.20£1.66€1.94Empoleon 29/108 Non Holo | BW Dark Explorers | 2012 Pokemon TCG Card | LP 29/108$1.64£1.23€1.44Pokemon TCG Empoleon Dark Explorers 29/108 Deck Exclusive Non-Holo Rare NM 29/108$2.99£2.25€2.6382012 Pokemon Black and White Dark Explorers 29/108 Empoleon Holo PSA 8 NM Rare #011$10.50£7.90€9.259PSA 9 MINT Empoleon Holo 29/108 Black & White Dark Explorers Rare Pokemon Card 29/108$59.95£45.12€52.8092012 POKEMON B&W DARK EXPLORERS SHADOWS THEME DECK #29 EMPOLEON PSA 9 #29$20£15.05€17.618PSA 8 Empoleon Holo 29/108 Black & White Dark Explorers Rare Pokemon Card 29/108$26.66£20.07€23.489PSA 9 MINT Empoleon Holo 29/108 Black & White Dark Explorers Rare Pokemon Card 29/108$37.92£28.54€33.39
7Pokemon Black & White Dark Explorers Holo Rare Empoleon 29/108 PSA 7 Near Mint 29/108$7£5.27€6.167Cert 80443977Auction$9.50£7.15€8.377Pokemon PSA 7 NM Dark Explorers Holo Empoleon 29/108 (MD) 29/108$9.50£7.15€8.379PSA 9 MINT Black and White Dark Explorers Empoleon Holo #29 Pokemon Card$52.01£39.15€45.808PSA 8 NM-MT Empoleon Black & White Dark Explorers Pokemon Card 29/108$37.99£28.59€33.469Pokemon PSA 9 Mint Empoleon Dark Explorers 29/108 Holo Rare$27.99£21.07€24.658Pokemon PSA 8 NM-Mint Empoleon Dark Explorers 29/108 Holo Rare$19.99£15.05€17.608Pokemon - Empoleon Dark Explorers 29/108 Holo Rare PSA 8 NM-Mint$19.99£15.05€17.608EMPOLEON 2012 POKEMON B&W DARK EXPLORERS HOLO #29 PSA 8$20.50£15.43€18.057Pokemon - Empoleon Dark Explorers 29/108 Holo Rare PSA 7$5.50£4.14€4.848Pokemon - Empoleon Dark Explorers 29/108 Holo Rare PSA 8$15.51£11.67€13.66More from Dark Explorers
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PSA has graded 58 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 8.6% 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 $37.64£28.33€33.15 on average against $107.98£81.27€95.09 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $70.34£52.94€61.94, 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
- 29/108
- Rarity
- Holo Rare
- Set released
- May 9, 2012
- PSA population, all printings
- 58
- Printings priced
- 2
Dark Explorers111 cards- Set value
- $4.8k£3.6k€4.3k
- 7 day move
- -1.0%
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The same card in other sets
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Diamond and Pearl4/130$20.93£15.75€18.43
Majestic Dawn17/100$18£13.55€15.85
Stormfront2/100$16.86£12.69€14.85
Platinum26/127$10.82£8.14€9.53
Black and White PromosBW56$9.27£6.98€8.16
Legendary Treasures35/113$8.39£6.31€7.39
World Championship Decks4/130$5.45£4.10€4.80What moves the price of this card
The Empoleon on this page is the Reverse Holofoil printing from Dark Explorers, and it trades at $9.86£7.42€8.68 in near mint condition. The other 1 printing of the same card sits lower, which is normal: the scarcer print run always carries the premium.
Graded, it runs PSA 8 $17.25£12.98€15.19, PSA 9 $46£34.62€40.51, CGC/BGS 9.5 $51£38.38€44.91, PSA 10 $124.10£93.40€109.29. PSA has graded 58 copies of it. 144 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Empoleon worth?
A PSA 10 Empoleon from Dark Explorers sells for $124.10. 8.6% 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 Dark Explorers worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $37.64 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $7.99 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $70.34.
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 $124.10£93.40€109.29. 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.