Giovanni
- Rarity
- Holo Rare
- Released
- Jun 25, 1998
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $7.68£5.73€6.87
- Today
- $11.46£8.55€10.25
- Change
- +$3.78+£2.82+€3.38 (+49.2%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 56 | $10.83£8.08€9.69 | $11.46£8.55€10.25 | |
| PSA 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 2 | 6 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 3 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 4 | 22 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 60 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 113 | 5 | $19£14.17€17 | $19£14.17€17 | |
| PSA 7 | 142 | 3 | – | $20.51£15.29€18.35 | |
| PSA 8 | 382 | 7 | $41.15£30.68€36.81 | $29.13£21.72€26.06 | |
| PSA 9 | 853 | 15 | $47.84£35.67€42.79 | $45£33.55€40.25 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $50£37.28€44.73 | |
| PSA 10 | 406 | 6 | $273.01£203.57€244.22 | $282.88£210.93€253.05 | |
About these prices
20.4% 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 847 completed sales, updated Oct 31, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
847 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics Collect1999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 Giovanni Trainer Holo Challenge From Darkness Rare Japanese$16.95£12.64€15.16Pokémon TCG Giovanni Gym 2 Challenge from the Darkness Holo Japanese MP Japanese$7£5.22€6.261999 Pokemon Japanese GIOVANNI HOLO Gym 2: Challenge from the Darkness NM Vintag Japanese$10£7.46€8.95Pokemon Giovanni Holo Rare Challenge from the Darkness NM Japanese WOTC Vintage Japanese$14£10.44€12.52Show 288 more, the newest 300 of 847
Giovanni - Holo - Japanese Challenge from the Darkness - Pokémon TCG - 1999 Japanese$9.99£7.45€8.9410Pokemon Giovanni Holo Gym 2 Trainer Japanese PSA 10 Gem Mint Japanese$270.01£201.34€241.539Pokemon JP Challenge from the Darkness Giovanni Trainer Holo PSA 9 #138536420 Japanese #138536420$40£29.83€35.78Pokemon Japanese Giovanni Gym Challenge Holo Gym 2 Challenge from the Darkness Japanese$17£12.68€15.21Giovanni Holo Japanese Pokemon Gym Expansion 2: Challenge from the Darkness 1999$2.25£1.68€2.011996 Pokemon HOLO Giovanni Trainer Japanese Gym 2 Pocket Monsters Japanese$11.50£8.58€10.29
The Pokémon Company Giovanni Challenge from the Darkness Holo Rare Japanese Japanese$8£5.97€7.16Giovanni Holo Rare Trainer - Vintage Pokemon TCG: Challenge from the Darkness LP Japanese$10£7.46€8.95Pokemon TCG Challenge from the Darkness Giovanni Holo Rare Japanese Japanese$9.25£6.90€8.27Japanese Pokemon Giovanni Trainer Holo Challenge From Darkness Vintage Mint NM Japanese$15£11.18€13.4281999 Pokemon Challenge from the Darkness Giovanni PSA 8 Japanese Holo Rare$41.13£30.67€36.79Giovanni - Pokemon Challenge from the Darkness - Trainer Holo Japanese Holo Rare Japanese$10£7.46€8.95Trainer Giovanni Holo Japanese Challenge from the Darkness Vintage Pokémon 1999 Japanese$4.45£3.32€3.98Pokemon Giovanni Gym Challenge from the Darkness Trainer Holo Japanese NM Japanese$12.99£9.69€11.62Japanese Pokemon Giovanni Trainer Holo Challenge From Darkness Vintage Mint NM Japanese$9£6.71€8.058Pokemon Japanese 1999 Challenge From The Darkness 129 Giovanni Magikarp Ace 8! Japanese$25.24£18.82€22.58Giovanni - Holo - Japanese Challenge from the Darkness - Pokémon TCG - 1999 Japanese$19.99£14.91€17.88Pokemon TCG Giovanni Holo Rare Trainer Holo Japanese Challenge from the Darkness Japanese$10£7.46€8.95Pokemon Giovanni Gym Challenge from the Darkness Trainer Holo Japanese MP Japanese$9.99£7.45€8.94Pokémon TCG Giovanni 53 Challenge from the Darkness Holo Ken Sugimori (JP) Japanese #53$11.50£8.58€10.29Giovanni Challenge from the Darkness Holo Rare NM Vintage Japanese Pokemon Card Japanese #097$11.49£8.57€10.28Pokemon TCG Giovanni Holo Rare Trainer Holo Japanese Challenge from the Darkness Japanese$10.50£7.83€9.398CGC 8 Giovanni Gym 2: Challenge From The Darkness Holo Japanese Pokemon Card Japanese$24.99£18.63€22.35Pokemon TCG Giovanni Trainer Challenge from the Darkness Holo Rare Japanese Japanese$2.24£1.67€2Giovanni Holo 1998 Gym Challenge from the Darkness Rare Japanese Pokemon Card LP Japanese #NA$9£6.71€8.0591999 Pokemon P.M. Japanese Gym 2 Challenge From The Darkness Giovanni Holo CGC 9 Japanese$21.99£16.40€19.67Giovanni Japanese Gym Challenge from the Darkness Trainer Holo NM Pokemon TCG Japanese$6.64£4.95€5.941999 Pokemon P.M. Japanese Gym 2 Challenge From The Darkness Giovanni Holo NM Japanese$14.50£10.81€12.9710Pokemon TCG Giovanni Holo Challenge from the Darkness JP 1999 PSA 10 Japanese$229.50£171.13€205.3091999 Pokemon GIOVANNI Challenge from the Darkness Holo Rare Trainer JPN PSA 9 #NNO$48£35.79€42.94Pokemon Giovanni Gym Challenge from the Darkness Trainer Holo Japanese Japanese$8£5.97€7.1691999 Pokemon Japanese Challenge from the Darkness Giovanni Holo PSA 9 Japanese$45£33.55€40.258PSA 8 1999 Pokémon TCG Japanese Challenge from the Darkness Giovanni Holo Rare Japanese$17.50£13.05€15.6591999 Pokemon GIOVANNI Challenge from the Darkness Holo Rare Trainer JPN PSA 9 #NNO$36£26.84€32.2081999 Pokemon Challenge from the Darkness Giovanni BGS 8 Japanese Holo Rare$23.99£17.89€21.4610Giovanni Pokemon 1999 Holo Gym Challenge Japanese TRAINER PSA 10 Japanese$319.99£238.61€286.247PSA 7 Giovanni Holo Trainer Japanese Gym Pokémon Gym 2 Vintage NM WOTC Japanese$28.99£21.62€25.9391999 Pokemon Giovanni Nidoking Holo CGC 9 Japanese Gym Challenge 2 Vintage Japanese #34$55£41.01€49.209TAG 9 - Giovanni Holo [Pokemon Gym 2: Challenge From The Darkness 1999] Japanese Japanese$33£24.61€29.529Giovanni Gym 2 Holo Pokemon (1999) Japanese - Old Blue Label CGC 9 Japanese$34.99£26.09€31.308Giovanni Pokemon TCG 1999 Holo Gym 2 Challenge Japanese TRAINER PSA 8 Japanese$50£37.28€44.738Pokemon PSA 8 NM-MINT 1999 Giovanni Japanese Gym Challenge Holo Card Japanese$49£36.54€43.8391999 POKEMON JAPANESE GYM 2: CHALLENGE FROM THE DARKNESS HOLO GIOVANNI CGC 9$23.50£17.52€21.0281999 POKEMON JAPANESE GYM 2: CHALLENGE FROM THE DARKNESS HOLO GIOVANNI CGC 8.5$22£16.40€19.68101999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 Giovanni Holo Trainer PSA 10 GEM MINT Japanese$369.99£275.89€330.97101999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 Giovanni Holo Trainer PSA 10 GEM MINT Japanese$207.50£154.73€185.6291999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 Giovanni's Machamp - Holo Trainer PSA 9 MINT Japanese$102.50£76.43€91.698Pokemon Giovanni 1999 Japanese Gym 2: Challenge From The Darkness Holo CGC 8 Japanese$12£8.95€10.738Pokemon Japanese 1999 Challenge From The Darkness Holo Giovanni Ace 8 Card Japanese$13.40£9.99€11.998Giovanni Pokemon 1999 Holo Gym 2 Challenge Japanese TRAINER PSA 8 Japanese$24.99£18.63€22.35More from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness
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PSA has graded 2,202 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 19.9% 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 $84.05£62.67€75.18 on average against $111.45£83.10€99.70 for the card plus $79.99£59.65€71.55 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $27.40£20.43€24.51, so a copy is worth more raw.
What CGC copies sold for
Sold prices from listings that named the grader and the grade, not asking prices, and not a PSA figure converted across. A CGC 9 runs about 0.44x the PSA 9 on the cards where we hold both, but the spread is wide enough that it is only worth quoting where copies actually traded, which is what these are. The count beside each price is how many.
CGC 9 and 9.5 are one row on purpose. A CGC 9.5 sells for 3% more than a 9 across the corpus and is the cheaper of the two on nearly half of cards, so the market is not pricing them apart and splitting them here would invent a distinction. BGS is left split because there the same test says a 9.5 really is worth about 30% more.
| Grade | Median sold | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| CGC 9 or 9.5 | $29.95£22.33€26.79 | 15 |
| CGC 8.5 | $24.99£18.63€22.35 | 5 |
| CGC 8 | $20.19£15.05€18.06 | 6 |
Card facts
- Card number
- –
- Rarity
- Holo Rare
- Set released
- Jun 25, 1998
- PSA population, all printings
- 2,202
- Printings priced
- 1
Challenge from the Darkness99 cards- Set value
- $2.1k£1.6k€1.9k
- 7 day move
- 0.0%
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What moves the price of this card
The Giovanni on this page is the Holofoil printing from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness, and it trades at $9.42£7.02€8.43 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 6 $19£14.17€17, PSA 7 $20.51£15.29€18.35, PSA 8 $29.13£21.72€26.06, PSA 9 $45£33.55€40.25, CGC/BGS 9.5 $50£37.28€44.73, PSA 10 $282.88£210.93€253.05. PSA has graded 2,202 copies of it. 847 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Giovanni worth?
A PSA 10 Giovanni from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness sells for $282.88. 20.4% 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 Giovanni from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $85.29 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $11.46 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $26.16.
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 $282.88£210.93€253.05. 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.