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Butterfree VMAX (Secret)

SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze · Secret Rare · Holofoil

Forecast: in line · 47%HolofoilSettled and climbing
Price
$18.06
Interest score
35/100 — Ordinary
Pricing
Reliable pricing

Pricier than 100% of the cards we track in this set · in the middle of its 12-month range ($10.97–$24.22)

Butterfree VMAX (Secret) — price history
$5.00$10.00$15.00$20.00$25.00 2024-022024-072024-122025-052025-112026-042026-09

Why it scores where it does

What's driving the score
2-month trend: -0.1662-month trend-0.166Price steadiness: +0.093Price steadiness+0.093Unusual move: -0.088Unusual move-0.0881-month trend: -0.0771-month trend-0.077Near its high: -0.061Near its high-0.0614-month trend: -0.0464-month trend-0.046Listing tightness: +0.041Listing tightness+0.041Seller confidence: +0.015Seller confidence+0.015

Its interest score of 35 out of 100 is driven most by 2-month trend — sliding for 2 months. Blue bars pushed the score up, red bars pulled it down. The ingredients are weighted by how well each one has actually predicted price moves in this market, measured on your own price history rather than assumed.

What the numbers say

Is this card interesting right now?

Ordinary - 35 out of 100

It ranks above 36% of the cards we track. The score describes the conditions around the card today - how sellers are pricing it, how it is trending, how steadily it trades. It is not a prediction, and it says nothing about whether you will enjoy owning the card.

Why is it interesting?

Sliding for 2 months and very steady price

It has trailed the market over the past two months. The price moves in small, calm steps rather than lurching around.

Is it becoming more popular?

No - losing ground

Compared with the Pokemon market as a whole, so a rising tide does not count as popularity. In this market these trends have tended to keep going rather than reverse.

Past month-1.9%
Past 2 months-13.6%
Past 4 months-29.3%

Is it expensive or cheap?

$18.06 - expensive for its set

At $18.06 it is one of the priciest cards in its set - number 2 of 356 by price. Against other Secret Rare cards it sits at the 53th percentile. It is 34% below its 12-month high. Worth knowing: in this market cards near their highs have gone on to do better than deeply discounted ones, so a big discount is not automatically a bargain.

What makes this card unusual?

Secret Rare - uncommon tier, #2 most valuable in its set

623 tracked cards share this rarity (1% of the catalogue). Only 1 card(s) in this set are worth more. This is the Holofoil printing, which is priced as a completely separate market from the other printings of the same artwork.

Could you actually buy or sell it?

Easily - it trades often

The price changed in 64% of our checks over the past year across 365 observations. TCGplayer's market price only updates when a copy sells, so a low figure means the price shown may be stale and any trend reading is built on very few real sales.

Is grading worth considering?

Probably not

At $18.06 raw, a graded copy would need to fetch about $40.06 just to cover the roughly $22.00 fee - and that assumes a high grade. The maths only works on cards that grade well and carry a real premium for it. This is a rule of thumb from the card's raw price, age and price stability. We track raw ungraded prices only - no graded sales and no population data - so this cannot tell you what a PSA 10 of this card is worth. Check a graded price guide before spending money.

What happens next (60 days)

Roughly in line with the market

An estimated 47% chance of beating the typical tracked card over the next 60 days, by around +2.8% on a middling outcome.

Chance of beating market
47%
50% would be average
Expected vs market
+2.8%
the part actually predicted
Forecast confidence
90
higher = tighter, better-grounded

$17.14 – $23.17 — 80% likely. The middle half lands between $18.18 and $20.80. Today it is $18.06.

Assumes the market as a whole drifts +4.0% over 60 days, its recent average. That part is an assumption carried forward, not a prediction — the 'vs market' figure above does not depend on it.

Prices here are TCGplayer's market price, which is an average of recent sales and lags a real move by a few weeks. Part of any short-term forecast is that lag catching up — visible in the chart, but not something you can buy at.

Every number behind this page

Market price$18.06What copies have recently sold for
Cheapest listing$14.50The lowest price anyone is currently asking
Middle of listings$19.69The midpoint of what sellers are asking
Seller confidence+9.0%Asking prices are above recent sales — sellers are in no hurry
1-month trend vs market-1.9%Falling behind the market
2-month trend vs market-13.6%Falling behind the market
4-month trend vs market-29.3%Falling behind the market
Versus same-set, same-rarity cards-19.4%Shown for interest only — this one is not part of the score
Unusual move-0.1Within its normal range of movement
Below its 12-month high-25.4%Well off its high
Day-to-day price movement0.0099Calm and steady
How often it trades64%Trades readily
Price checks on record365Observations in the past year
Times the price changed233How many of those were real moves
Actively tradedYesWhether there is enough activity for the trend figures to mean anything
Set age6.1 yearsSettled and climbing
Interest score36 / 100Ranks above 36% of tracked cards
TCGplayer product ID219,312For looking it up elsewhere

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