Volbeat
- Set
- EX Sandstorm
- Number
- 53/100
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Kyoko Umemoto
- Released
- Sep 18, 2003
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $8.17£6.15€7.20
- Today
- $10.25£7.71€9.03
- Change
- +$2.08+£1.57+€1.83 (+25.5%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | – | – | $10.25£7.71€9.03 | |
| PSA 5 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 4 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 5 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 8 | 10 | – | – | $34.71£26.12€30.57 | |
| PSA 9 | 12 | – | – | $42.49£31.98€37.42 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $47£35.37€41.39 | |
| PSA 10 | 3 | – | – | $270£203.21€237.78 | |
About these prices
8.3% 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 136 completed sales, updated Sep 12, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
136 completed listings on eBay
9Pokémon Volbeat #53 CGC Mint 9 from the 2003 EX Sandstorm collection 🔥🔥 #53$16.99£12.79€14.96Show 124 more
Volbeat 53/100 Sandstorm Regular Pokemon TCG Vintage Near Mint -j 53/100$1.99£1.50€1.75Volbeat 53/100 Non Holo EX Sandstorm Pokemon Card Vintage 2003 NM 53/100$3.04£2.29€2.689Pokémon Volbeat #53 CGC Mint 9 from the 2003 EX Sandstorm collection 🔥🔥 #53$14.99£11.28€13.20Volbeat 53/100 EX Sandstorm Pokemon Card TCG Nintendo e-Series Near Mint (NM) 53/100$4.54£3.42€4Volbeat 53/100 EX Sandstorm Regular Uncommon Pokemon Card English 2003 Near Mint 53/100$2.56£1.93€2.2510Cert 58302998Auction$640£481.69€563.6310Cert 27737264Auction$28.77£21.65€25.347Cert 40910982Auction$0.99£0.75€0.8710Cert 28596236Buy it now$9.99£7.52€8.80More from EX Sandstorm
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UmbreonGrading odds
CGC has graded 125 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 24.2% 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 $87.34£65.74€76.92 on average against $110.24£82.97€97.08 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $22.90£17.24€20.17, so a copy is worth more raw.
Card facts
- Card number
- 53/100
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Illustrator
- Kyoko Umemoto
- Set released
- Sep 18, 2003
- PSA population, all printings
- 62
- Printings priced
- 2
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The same card in other sets
What moves the price of this card
The Volbeat on this page is the Reverse Holofoil printing from EX Sandstorm, and it trades at $21£15.81€18.49 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 8 $34.71£26.12€30.57, PSA 9 $42.49£31.98€37.42, CGC/BGS 9.5 $47£35.37€41.39, PSA 10 $270£203.21€237.78. PSA has graded 62 copies of it. 136 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Volbeat worth?
A PSA 10 Volbeat from EX Sandstorm sells for $270. 8.3% 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 Volbeat from EX Sandstorm worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $48.01 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $10.25 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $62.23.
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 $270£203.21€237.78. 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 Volbeat does
Basic · 60 HP · retreat 1
As long as Illumise is in play, Volbeat's Retreat Cost is 0.
20Weak to Fire ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.