Garchomp LV.X -P

What moves the price of this card

The Garchomp LV.X -P on this page is the only printing from Japanese DP-P Promotional cards, 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 8 $172.86£129.54€150.84, PSA 9 $405£303.50€353.40, CGC/BGS 9.5 $446£334.23€389.18, PSA 10 $2,325£1,742€2,029. PSA has graded 349 copies of it. 224 completed sales are on file.

What is a PSA 10 Garchomp LV.X -P worth?

A PSA 10 Garchomp LV.X -P from Japanese DP-P Promotional cards sells for $2,325. 54.7% 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 Garchomp LV.X -P from Japanese DP-P Promotional cards worth grading?

On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $1,405 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $133.18 for a raw copy plus $169 to send it through PSA Express, so it clears $1,103.

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 $2,325£1,742€2,029. 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.