The middle of TCGplayer's reported asking prices for this printing. Less sensitive to one extreme high ask than min/max; still sensitive to a thin market and the mix of conditions.
Lowest reported ask
$0.98
Across conditions, before shipping; not a verified offer.
TCGplayer Direct Low
$1.98
The Direct programme's lowest reported ask, before shipping.
USD · across conditions · before shipping. Asking prices are not completed sales; listing and seller counts are not supplied.
Asking prices over the past 90 days
Listed medianMarket price
Daily summaries, not individual listings. Gaps mark missing or rejected readings; lines also break when checks are more than three days apart.
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Before you buy
Near its 12-month low
It is expensive for its set.
Price
Near its 12-month low
$1.8212-month range$19.37
Compared with the other cards in its set.
Versus the market
Not enough trading to say
It is outside the cards we analyse (usually because it is too cheap or too new), so it is not compared with the market.
The next 60 days
No forecast for this card
The forecast layer only scores cards with enough trading history to model. This one does not have it yet.
Buying and selling
Unknown
Not enough price checks to judge.
Scarcity
Expensive for its set
#28of 194 in its set by price
Illustration Rare, a scarcer rarity: 517 of the cards we track (1%).
Grading
Fee exceeds raw price
>100% the grading fee, as a share of its price
A roughly $22 fee against $1.98 raw. Profitability depends on condition and graded sale prices; we track neither.
Compare this card's TCGplayer market price, listing prices, historical range and model outlook before you buy. Research for collectors; not personal investment advice.
Price history
No forecast for this card
The forecast layer only scores cards with enough trading history to model. This one does not have it yet.
Price
Why it has no score
This card sits below the $2.00 floor the analysis uses. That cut-off exists because percentage moves on near-worthless cards are mostly rounding, and admitting them measurably degrades the ranking for every other card — it is not a judgement on this one.
The full read
Every question we ask of a card, and every number behind the answers.
No forecastSet: just released
Price history, listings and card analysis
Fomantis 085/084 Pitch Black (Holofoil). TCGplayer market price: $1.98 as of Oct 1, 2026. Recorded price history: 84 daily market-price observations, Jul 10, 2026 to Oct 1, 2026. 12-month recorded market-price range: $1.82 – $19.37. TCGplayer lowest listed ask: $0.98 as of Oct 1, 2026, across conditions, before shipping. TCGplayer listed median: $2.81 as of Oct 1, 2026.
Beating the market, or just riding it?
Not enough trading to say
It is outside the cards we analyse (usually because it is too cheap or too new), so it is not compared with the market.
Describes the last 2 months, not what happens next. Not investment advice.
Is this card interesting right now?
Not analysed
This card sits below the $2.00 floor the analysis uses. That cut-off exists because percentage moves on near-worthless cards are mostly rounding, and admitting them measurably degrades the ranking for every other card — it is not a judgement on this one. Its recorded price history is shown above; only the scoring is absent.
Why is it interesting?
No score to explain
It has no interest score, so there is no ranking to break down.
Is it becoming more popular?
Not enough history
We do not have enough price observations for this card to compare it with the market.
Is it expensive or cheap?
$1.98 - expensive for its set
At $1.98 it is expensive for its set - number 28 of 194 by price. It costs more than 5% of other Illustration Rare cards we track.
What makes this card unusual?
Illustration Rare - a scarcer rarity
517 tracked cards share this rarity (1% of all cards we track). This is the Holofoil printing, which is priced as a completely separate market from the other printings of the same artwork. The set is brand new - prices this early are driven by hype and packs still being opened, and usually settle downward.
Could you actually buy or sell it?
Unknown
Not enough observations to judge.
How does the grading fee compare?
Fee exceeds raw price
A roughly $22.00 grading fee is 1111% of the $1.98 raw price. Raw price plus fee comes to about $23.98, 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.
Price by month
TCGplayer market price on the last day we have for each month; the current month so far.
Month
Price
Change
Oct 2026
$1.98
-10.4%
Sep 2026
$2.21
-24.1%
Aug 2026
$2.91
-17.1%
Jul 2026
$3.51
Every number behind this page
Market price
$1.98
What copies have recently sold for
Cheapest listing
$0.98
The lowest price anyone is currently asking
Middle of listings
$2.81
The midpoint of what sellers are asking
Price checks on record
-
Observations in the past year
Times the price changed
-
How many of those were real moves
Actively traded
Yes
Whether there is enough activity for the trend figures to mean anything
