Price history, listings and card analysis
Surfer 293/217 Ascended Heroes (Holofoil). TCGplayer market price: $20.06 as of Oct 1, 2026. Recorded price history: 245 daily market-price observations, Jan 30, 2026 to Oct 1, 2026. 12-month recorded market-price range: $19.15 – $155.00. Performance versus the market: Over the last 2 months this card fell 15.1%, while the typical card we track rose 4.6%: it has fallen behind the market by 18.9%. TCGplayer lowest listed ask: $14.25 as of Oct 1, 2026, across conditions, before shipping. TCGplayer listed median: $22.07 as of Oct 1, 2026. Pokespective interest score: 47 out of 100 (Ordinary); It ranks above 48% of the cards we track. 60-day price forecast: An estimated 38% chance of beating the typical tracked card over 60 days; in a typical outcome it would end about 3.6% behind. Four times in five the price lands between $17.55 and $24.77. 60-day forecast: Likely range: $17.55 – $24.77; 8 in 10 outcomes. 60-day forecast: Middle half: $18.80 – $21.92; half of outcomes land here. 60-day forecast: Typical outcome: $20.11; -3.6% versus the market. 60-day forecast: Confidence: 73 / 100; a narrow range, not a better outcome.
Beating the market, or just riding it?
Falling behind the market
Over the last 2 months this card fell 15.1%, while the typical card we track rose 4.6%: it has fallen behind the market by 18.9%.
Describes the last 2 months, not what happens next. Not investment advice.
Is this card interesting right now?
Ordinary - 47 out of 100
It ranks above 48% 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?
Sliding for 2 months and below its 12-month high
It has fallen behind the market over the past two months. It is below its best price of the past year; the distance from that high is shown in the price figures.
Is it becoming more popular?
Mixed
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+3.4%
Past 2 months-18.9%
Past 4 months-43.8%
Is it expensive or cheap?
$20.06 - expensive for its set
At $20.06 it is one of the priciest cards in its set - number 27 of 628 by price. It costs more than 29% of other Special Illustration Rare cards we track. It is 87% 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?
Special Illustration Rare - genuinely scarce
Only 232 of the cards we track are Special Illustration Rare - under 0.5% of them. 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 97% of our checks over the past year across 244 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 110% of the $20.06 raw price. Raw price plus fee comes to about $42.06, 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.
