Pokespective

Malamar EX

XY - Phantom Forces · Ultra Rare · Holofoil

Forecast: in line · 46%HolofoilVintage
Price
$2.79
Interest score
43/100 — Ordinary
Pricing
Rarely trades

Pricier than 82% of the cards we track in this set · near the top of its 12-month range ($2.26–$2.90)

Malamar EX — price history
$1.30$1.40$1.50$1.60$1.70$1.80$1.90$2.00$2.10$2.20$2.30$2.40 2024-022024-072024-122025-052025-112026-042026-09

Why it scores where it does

What's driving the score
2-month trend: -0.1082-month trend-0.108Price steadiness: +0.058Price steadiness+0.0581-month trend: -0.0461-month trend-0.046Unusual move: -0.043Unusual move-0.043Seller confidence: -0.030Seller confidence-0.0304-month trend: -0.0184-month trend-0.018Near its high: -0.011Near its high-0.011Listing tightness: +0.010Listing tightness+0.010

Its interest score of 43 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 - 43 out of 100

It ranks above 43% 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-0.9%
Past 2 months-8.0%
Past 4 months-11.2%

Is it expensive or cheap?

$2.79 - expensive for its set

At $2.79 it is expensive for its set - number 41 of 224 by price. Against other Ultra Rare cards it sits at the 28th percentile. It is at or near its highest price of the past year.

What makes this card unusual?

An ordinary Ultra Rare from a 12-year-old set

Ultra Rare is a common tier - 2,592 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. The set is about 12 years old, so surviving copies in good condition get scarcer over time.

Could you actually buy or sell it?

Slowly - it rarely trades

The price changed in 18% 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?

No

At $2.79 raw, grading costs roughly $22.00 - more than the card itself. Only worth it for sentimental reasons. This is a vintage set, where condition varies far more between copies and grading matters correspondingly more. 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 46% chance of beating the typical tracked card over the next 60 days, by around +1.4% on a middling outcome.

Chance of beating market
46%
50% would be average
Expected vs market
+1.4%
the part actually predicted
Forecast confidence
76
higher = tighter, better-grounded

$2.60 – $3.57 — 80% likely. The middle half lands between $2.76 and $3.19. Today it is $2.79.

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$2.79What copies have recently sold for
Cheapest listing$1.88The lowest price anyone is currently asking
Middle of listings$2.96The midpoint of what sellers are asking
Seller confidence+6.1%Asking prices are above recent sales — sellers are in no hurry
1-month trend vs market-0.9%Falling behind the market
2-month trend vs market-8.0%Falling behind the market
4-month trend vs market-11.2%Falling behind the market
Versus same-set, same-rarity cards-1.1%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-3.8%At or near its high
Day-to-day price movement0.0118Calm and steady
How often it trades18%Rarely trades — the price shown may be stale
Price checks on record365Observations in the past year
Times the price changed66How many of those were real moves
Actively tradedYesWhether there is enough activity for the trend figures to mean anything
Set age11.9 yearsVintage
Interest score43 / 100Ranks above 43% of tracked cards
TCGplayer product ID94,626For looking it up elsewhere

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