Team Magma's Houndoom

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,847, raw the card sits at £241.76 — 11,8× as much. Of 734 copies already graded, 7 % received a 10 and 28 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £676.92 on average, before fees and shipping. Rule of thumb: submit when the value at a realistic grade is at least double the raw value — which is the case here. Centering decides it: an off-centre card will not get a 10. The grade distribution comes from the PSA Population Report; people pre-sort before submitting, so your own hit rate may differ.

Across 28 auctions the median was £86.39, across 55 fixed-price sales £105.13. Fixed price therefore fetched about 22 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £55.12 and £102.10, with a median of £75.46. Selling fast lands you nearer the lower end; with patience, good photos and a complete title the upper end is achievable.

The cheapest genuine sales were around £44.75. Offers well below £26.85 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

lastsold uses only real sales — eBay plus auction houses like Goldin & Fanatics — recent sales count more (recency weighting), outliers and fakes are removed. It's not an estimate but actual sold prices, separated by condition, language and grading.