Illumise
- Set
- EX Sandstorm
- Number
- 38/100
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Kyoko Umemoto
- Released
- Sep 18, 2003
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $6.12£4.61€5.39
- Today
- $8.66£6.52€7.63
- Change
- +$2.54+£1.91+€2.24 (+41.5%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | – | – | $8.66£6.52€7.63 | |
| PSA 4 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 4 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 8 | – | – | $12.09£9.10€10.65 | |
| PSA 8 | 10 | – | – | $18.25£13.74€16.07 | |
| PSA 9 | 21 | – | – | $56.64£42.63€49.88 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $80£60.21€70.45 | |
| PSA 10 | 4 | – | – | $366.30£275.69€322.59 | |
About these prices
8.2% 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 170 completed sales, updated Sep 13, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
170 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics Collect, Goldin Auctions
ILLUMISE - 38/100 - EX Sandstorm - Uncommon - Pokemon Card - NM -j 38/100$2.99£2.25€2.63Show 158 more
Illumise 38/100 Non-Holo EX Sandstorm 2003 Vintage Pokemon Card -731 84/147$3.25£2.45€2.86Illumise 38/100 Uncommon Sandstorm LP Pokemon E-Reader Card -Free Shipping!🚚- 38/100$2.99£2.25€2.63Illumise 38/100 Pokemon TCG Sandstorm Regular e-Reader Card (Light Play) LP 1 38/100$5.98£4.50€5.27102003 Pokemon EX Sandstorm #38 Illumise PSA 10 Card GEM MINT! Low Pop! Free Ship! #38$47.77£35.95€42.0710
2003 Pokemon EX Sandstorm Reverse Holo Illumise #38 CGC 10 GEM MINTBuy it now$49£36.88€43.158Cert 73765854Auction$21.20£15.96€18.678Cert 72609145Goldin Auctions · Auction$18£13.55€15.858Cert 69001792Auction$23.03£17.33€20.2892003 Pokemon EX Sandstorm Illumise Reverse Foil 38/100 PSA 9 Mint$64.99£48.91€57.2310Cert 27835843Auction$6.01£4.52€5.29More from EX Sandstorm
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CGC has graded 127 copies. Where they landed:
These are CGC grades. The prices above are for PSA slabs, and a CGC 10 is not the same grade as a PSA 10, so read the two as separate markets rather than one.
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 24.4% 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 $115.20£86.70€101.45 on average against $108.65£81.78€95.68 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That clears $6.55£4.93€5.77, so grading a clean copy is worth the wait.
Card facts
- Card number
- 38/100
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Illustrator
- Kyoko Umemoto
- Set released
- Sep 18, 2003
- PSA population, all printings
- 78
- Printings priced
- 2
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The same card in other sets
What moves the price of this card
The Illumise on this page is the Reverse Holofoil printing from EX Sandstorm, and it trades at $6.78£5.10€5.97 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 7 $12.09£9.10€10.65, PSA 8 $18.25£13.74€16.07, PSA 9 $56.64£42.63€49.88, CGC/BGS 9.5 $80£60.21€70.45, PSA 10 $366.30£275.69€322.59. PSA has graded 78 copies of it. 170 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Illumise worth?
A PSA 10 Illumise from EX Sandstorm sells for $366.30. 8.2% 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 Illumise from EX Sandstorm worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $60.94 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $8.66 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $47.71.
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 $366.30£275.69€322.59. 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.
What Illumise does
Basic · 60 HP · retreat 1
As long as Volbeat is in play, any damage done to Illumise by attacks from Fire Pokémon and Dark Pokémon is reduced by 30. You can't reduce more than 30 damage even if there is more than 1 Volbeat in play.
Chaotic NoiseFlip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Pester20+If the Defending Pokémon is affected by a Special Condition, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage.
Weak to Fire ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.