M Rayquaza EX (105 Full Art) 105/108 · Roaring Skies

Beating the market, or just riding it?

Not enough trading to say

It trades too rarely, or has too little recent price history, for a 2-month comparison with the market to mean anything.

Describes the last 2 months, not what happens next. Not investment advice.

Is this card interesting right now?

Notable - 86 out of 100

It ranks above 86% 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?

Firmer recent move than most and climbing for 2 months

The recent move is within this card's normal range, but stronger than most cards' moves this month. It has done better than the market over two months, which is long enough to be a trend rather than a blip. Working against it: asking prices are more spread out than on most cards, so what you pay depends on which listing you pick.

Is it becoming more popular?

Yes - consistently

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.

Is it expensive or cheap?

$527.73 - expensive for its set

At $527.73 it is one of the priciest cards in its set - number 1 of 196 by price. It costs more than 98% of other Ultra Rare cards we track. It is at or near its highest price of the past year.

What makes this card unusual?

The most valuable card in its set

Ultra Rare is a widely printed rarity - 2,593 tracked cards share it. It is the single most expensive card of the 196 we track in this set. 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 11 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 20% 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?

Small fee versus raw price

A roughly $22.00 grading fee is 4% of the $527.73 raw price. Raw price plus fee comes to about $549.73, 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.