M Charizard EX (Y) (Secret)

What moves the price of this card

The M Charizard EX (Y) (Secret) on this page is the Holofoil printing from XY - Flashfire, and it trades at $310.78£234.97€281.20 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 1 $135£102.07€122.15, PSA 5 $98.75£74.66€89.35, PSA 6 $106.60£80.60€96.45, PSA 7 $200£151.21€180.96, PSA 8 $249.80£188.86€226.02, PSA 9 $807.77£610.72€730.88, CGC/BGS 9.5 $889£672.13€804.38, PSA 10 $21,742£16,438€19,672. PSA has graded 1,728 copies of it. 1,301 completed sales are on file.

What is a PSA 10 M Charizard EX (Y) (Secret) worth?

A PSA 10 M Charizard EX (Y) (Secret) from XY - Flashfire sells for $21,742. 4.9% 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 M Charizard EX (Y) (Secret) from XY - Flashfire worth grading?

On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $1,434 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $129.05 for a raw copy plus $1,019 to send it through PSA Premium 1, so it clears $286.25.

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 $21,742£16,438€19,672. 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.