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Melmetal (Prerelease) [Staff]

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Melmetal (Prerelease) [Staff] SM181 from SM Promos
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Number
SM181
Rarity
Promo
Released
Dec 14, 2016
Sold price movement
Where the price has been
12 months ago
$25.71£19.35€22.64
Today
$85.97£64.71€75.71
Change
+$60.26+£45.35+€53.07 (+234%)
Ungraded sold price, the raw line on the chart below · 19 sales in the last year
PSA gradedCGC and BGS graded
Raw market value
$101.49.
NM raw · TCGplayer market
Market activity
7 day – · 30 day -3.8%
2 ungraded copies sold in 90 days
7 on record, $6.57 to $86.31

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Melmetal (Prerelease) [Staff] SM181 from SM Promos: price by grade, PSA population and sales in the last 90 days
Price typePop sharePopulationPopSold 90dMedianPrice
Raw–2–$85.97£64.71€75.71
PSA 62–––
PSA 771––
PSA 813––$49.03£36.90€43.18
PSA 931––$64.96£48.89€57.21
CGC/BGS 9.5modelled–––$71£53.44€62.53
PSA 101–––
About these prices

1.9% 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 39 completed sales, updated Sep 12, 2026.

Price history

$85.97Raw · monthly median sold price
$18$32$56SEP '22JAN '24MAY '25SEP '26
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Recent sales

39 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics Collect
Grade
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Where
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SoldGradeListingPrice
Sep 10, 2026RawTCGplayerMelmetal - SM181 (Prerelease) [Staff] #SM181 Near Mint English Prerelease Staff$84.99£63.97€74.85
Sep 2, 2026RaweBayUngraded copyBuy it now$86.31£64.96€76.01
Aug 16, 2026RawTCGplayerMelmetal - SM181 (Prerelease) [Staff] #SM181 Near Mint English Prerelease Staff$85.97£64.71€75.71
Aug 9, 2026PSA7eBayCert 158362926Auction$42£31.61€36.99
Jul 11, 2026RaweBayUngraded copyBest offer$56.54£42.55€49.79
Jun 26, 2026RaweBayUngraded copyBest offer$6.57£4.94€5.79
May 29, 2026RaweBayMelmetal SM181 - Unbroken Bonds - STAFF Stamped Prerelease Pokemon Card #SM181$40.27£30.31€35.46
May 4, 2026PSA9eBayCert 70125049Auction$148.50£111.77€130.78
Apr 16, 2026RawTCGplayerMelmetal - SM181 (Prerelease) [Staff] #SM181 Near Mint English Prerelease Staff$124.99£94.07€110.07
Apr 13, 2026PSA7eBayCert 136052306Auction$41£30.86€36.11
Mar 31, 2026RaweBayUngraded copyBuy it now$39.85£29.99€35.09
Mar 21, 2026RaweBayUngraded copyBest offer$15£11.29€13.21
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Mar 8, 2026RaweBayUngraded copyBest offer$40£30.11€35.23
Mar 8, 2026RaweBayUngraded copyBuy it now$39.95£30.07€35.18
Mar 8, 2026RaweBayMELMETAL SM181 STAFF PRERELEASE PROMO POKEMON TCG NM-LP$39.95£30.07€35.18
Mar 1, 2026PSA8eBayMelmetal SM181 PSA 8 NM-MINT Prerelease STAFF Black Star Promo Pokemon Card$51£38.38€44.91
Feb 3, 2026PSA7eBayCert 139672775Best offer$25£18.82€22.02
Jan 4, 2026PSA8eBayCert 98643464Best offer$46.74£35.18€41.16
Dec 13, 2025PSA8eBayCert 58495811Buy it now$40.12£30.20€35.33
Sep 8, 2025PSA9Fanatics CollectCert 62242672Auction$58.80£44.26€51.78
Jun 16, 2025PSA9Fanatics CollectCert 98643465Auction$44.40£33.42€39.10
Apr 21, 2025PSA8eBayPokemon Melmetal SM181 STAFF PreRelease HOLO PROMO Pokemon Card 698 CGC 8.5 #698$41.50£31.23€36.55
Apr 17, 2025RaweBayMelmetal - SM181 - Pokemon Sun & Moon Promo STAFF Prerelease Holo Rare Card NM$33.89£25.51€29.85
Mar 22, 2025RaweBayMelmetal - SM181 - Pokemon Sun & Moon Promo STAFF Prerelease Holo Rare Card$13.98£10.52€12.31
Mar 17, 2025PSA8Fanatics CollectCert 98643464Auction$21.60£16.26€19.02
Feb 11, 2025RaweBay1x Melmetal - SM181 - STAFF Prerelease Promo Lightly Played Pokemon SM Black Sta$21.81£16.42€19.21
Jan 27, 2025PSA9eBayMelmetal - SM181 - Staff Prerelease Promo - SM Black Star Promo PSA 9 Pokemon$64.95£48.88€57.20
Jan 27, 2025PSA9eBayCert 59094708Best offer$47.50£35.75€41.83
Nov 19, 2024RaweBayMelmetal SM181 Holo Promo Prerelease Staff Stamped Pokemon TCG$29.60£22.28€26.07
Aug 29, 2024PSA9eBayPSA 9 MINT Melmetal SM181 STAFF PreRelease HOLO PROMO Pokemon Card 698$69.99£52.68€61.64
May 16, 2024PSA9eBay2019 Pokemon Melmetal Holo Prerelease Staff Blackstar Promo SM181 PSA 9 #SM181$60£45.16€52.84
Mar 27, 2023PSA9eBayMelmetal - SM181 - Staff Prerelease Promo - SM Black Star Promo PSA 9 Pokemon$13.50£10.16€11.89
Mar 27, 2023PSA9eBayCert 47228831Auction$13.50£10.16€11.89
Jun 22, 2022RaweBayMelmetal SM181 STAFF Sun & Moon Unbroken Bonds Black star Promo Pokemon NM/M$54.78£41.23€48.24
Aug 24, 2021PSA9eBayCert 50173130Auction$78£58.71€68.69
Oct 28, 2019PSA9eBayCert 43925987Auction$10.08£7.59€8.88
Oct 10, 2019PSA8eBayCert 43925988Auction$15£11.29€13.21
Oct 3, 2019PSA9eBayCert 43925987Auction$9.50£7.15€8.37
Jun 22, 2019PSA9eBayCert 43425186Auction$12.50£9.41€11.01

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Grading odds

PSA has graded 54 copies. Where they landed:

PSA 1011.9%
PSA 93157.4%
PSA 81324.1%
PSA 7713.0%
PSA 623.7%

Why the verdict weights the odds

Only 1.9% 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 $52.28£39.35€46.04 on average against $185.96£139.96€163.77 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $133.68£100.61€117.73, so a copy is worth more raw.

1 of the 3 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
SM181
Rarity
Promo
Set released
Dec 14, 2016
PSA population, all printings
54
Printings priced
1
From the same setSM Promos333 cards
Set value
$12k£8.9k€10k
7 day move
-0.5%
Open set value list →

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The same card in other sets

Miscellaneous Cards & Products129/214$7.85£5.91€6.91SM PromosSM181$5.15£3.88€4.54Blister Exclusives129/214$1.19£0.90€1.05Miscellaneous Cards & Products104/142$0.83£0.62€0.73SM - Unbroken Bonds129/214$0.57£0.43€0.50Darkness Ablaze130/189$0.40£0.30€0.35Pokemon GO046/078$0.37£0.28€0.33Temporal Forces117/162$0.27£0.20€0.24

What moves the price of this card

The Melmetal (Prerelease) [Staff] on this page is the Holofoil printing from SM Promos, and it trades at $101.49£76.39€89.38 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 $49.03£36.90€43.18, PSA 9 $64.96£48.89€57.21, CGC/BGS 9.5 $71£53.44€62.53. PSA has graded 54 copies of it. 39 completed sales are on file.

Is Melmetal (Prerelease) [Staff] from SM Promos worth grading?

On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $52.28 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $85.97 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $133.68.

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. 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.