Price history, listings and card analysis
Salamence VMAX 144/189 Darkness Ablaze (Holofoil). TCGplayer market price: $3.66 as of Oct 1, 2026. Recorded price history: 967 daily market-price observations, Feb 8, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. 12-month recorded market-price range: $2.59 – $4.01. Performance versus the market: Over the last 2 months this card rose 23.2%, while the typical card we track rose 4.6%: it has beaten the market by 17.8%. TCGplayer lowest listed ask: $2.50 as of Oct 1, 2026, across conditions, before shipping. TCGplayer listed median: $3.84 as of Oct 1, 2026. Pokespective interest score: 55 out of 100 (Above average); It ranks above 56% of the cards we track. 60-day price forecast: An estimated 44% chance of beating the typical tracked card over 60 days; in a typical outcome it would end about 2.3% behind. Four times in five the price lands between $2.92 and $4.84. 60-day forecast: Likely range: $2.92 – $4.84; 8 in 10 outcomes. 60-day forecast: Middle half: $3.35 – $4.17; half of outcomes land here. 60-day forecast: Typical outcome: $3.72; -2.3% versus the market. 60-day forecast: Confidence: 55 / 100; a narrow range, not a better outcome.
Beating the market, or just riding it?
Beating the market
Over the last 2 months this card rose 23.2%, while the typical card we track rose 4.6%: it has beaten the market by 17.8%.
Describes the last 2 months, not what happens next. Not investment advice.
Is this card interesting right now?
Above average - 55 out of 100
It ranks above 56% 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. Its weights were tuned on how cards moved over the following 60 days, so a high score is a tendency across many cards, not a forecast for this one - and it says nothing about whether you will enjoy owning the card.
Why is it interesting?
Climbing for 2 months and jumpy price
It has done better than the market over two months, which is long enough to be a trend rather than a blip. The price lurches around, so what you pay depends heavily on timing.
Is it becoming more popular?
Mostly yes
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+1.2%
Past 2 months+17.8%
Past 4 months-15.8%
Is it expensive or cheap?
$3.66 - expensive for its set
At $3.66 it is one of the priciest cards in its set - number 19 of 356 by price. It costs more than 34% of other Ultra Rare cards we track. It is 9% 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?
An ordinary Ultra Rare from a 6-year-old set
Ultra Rare is a widely printed rarity - 2,593 tracked cards share it. 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 84% 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.
How does the grading fee compare?
Fee exceeds raw price
A roughly $22.00 grading fee is 601% of the $3.66 raw price. Raw price plus fee comes to about $25.66, before shipping, insurance or selling costs. That is a cost comparison, not an estimate of a graded copy's value. We track raw ungraded prices only - no graded sales and no population data. We cannot assess this copy's condition or tell you what a PSA 10 is worth. Check condition and comparable graded sales before deciding whether grading would pay off.
TCGplayer market price on the last day we have for each month; the current month so far.
