Empoleon

Dark Explorers · #29/108 · Rare Holo · 2012

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$6.18
Market price ▼ 5.1% (30d)
Prices as of Nov 4, 2026
HP 140WaterStage 2Art · Naoki Saito
70graded pop
13%gem rate
263.1×PSA 10 vs raw
-38%off ATH $10.00 · Jul 2026
+$256.73EV to grade — worth it
Market data

Printings & price history

Holofoil▲ 0.0% 7d$6.18
Low $4.30Mid $6.38

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Graded market

Graded values

PSA 10 report →updated 2026-11-04
Grade 6 est.$4.74
Grade 5 est.$3.99
Grade 4 est.$3.29
Grade 3 est.$2.74
Grade 2 est.$2.25
Grade 1 est.$1.90

Grades 1–6 are estimates modeled from the raw price — PSA/CGC/BGS 7–10 and Ungraded are live tracked market values.

PSA 10 price history$1,626.00

PSA 10 chart is building — graded values are tracked nightly, a new point appears each day.

Graded population census · updated 2026-09-17

PSA48 graded · 5 gem 10
CGC22 graded · 4 gem 10

Population data from PriceCharting, updated monthly.

Auction sale integrity

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Graded sales for this card from public auctions, each checked for shill/relist patterns and prices that don’t match the market. How this works →

Clean price · CGC 8.5
$9.60
Low confidence — a single sale, not yet corroborated
Recent sale price by grade · tracked by cert number
CGC 8.5
$8.00
last $8.00 · Aug 24, 2026 · 1 sale
CGC 8
$8.00
last $8.00 · Aug 24, 2026 · 1 sale
Unconfirmed
CGC 8.5 · 3 bids · Aug 24, 2026
$8.00
Unconfirmed
CGC 8 · 3 bids · Aug 24, 2026
$8.00
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Abilities

Diving Draw
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard 1 card from your hand. If you do, draw 2 cards.

Attacks

10×Attack Command
Does 10 damage times the number of Pokémon in play (both yours and your opponent's).

“If anyone were to hurt its pride, it would slash them with wings that can cleave through an ice floe.”

How much is Empoleon #29/108 worth?

Right now (November 4, 2026) the going rate for an ungraded Empoleon #29/108 from Dark Explorers is about $6.18. Across the 2 printings we track, copies run anywhere from $4.30 to $94.78 depending on the version you're holding.

Grading changes the math on this one: a PSA 10 is valued around $1,626.00, roughly 263.1x the raw price, while a PSA 9 sits near $90.49. 48 copies have been graded to date, and 10% of them came back a 10 — worth knowing before you pay grading fees.

Prices on this page refresh nightly from live TCGplayer market data and are cross-checked against actual sold prices, so a single inflated listing never becomes "the price". The chart above has the full history.

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