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Zekrom ex PSA 9Black Bolt 172/86 · PSA 9 price, sales & population
PSA 9 value
$492down −1.6%
Typical range $319 to $602
- 49 qualifying sales behind this price
- 94 in the last 90 days
- Typical sales within ±29% of the figure
- Last sale Oct 14, 2026
Last PSA 9 sale $480 on Oct 14, 2026
- PSA 9s graded
- 5,489
- +228 since Aug 31, 2026
- Share of PSA graded
- 43%
- came back a 9
- Against a PSA 10
- 39%
- PSA 10 $1,250
- Against ungraded
- 88%
- Ungraded $557
PSA 9 against the grades around it
| Slab | Price | PSA graded at it | PSA 9 costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $557 | – | 88% of it |
| PSA 8 | $510 | 629 | 96% of it |
| PSA 9this page | $492 | 5,489 | – |
| PSA 10 | $1,250 | 6,467 | 39% of it |
A Zekrom ex PSA 9 sells for 88% of a raw copy's price, 96% of a PSA 8's price, 39% of a PSA 10's price.
Every grader's 9
PSA 9 against the other graders' 9s
| Slab | Price | Graded at it | PSA 9 costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 9this page | $492 | 5,489 | – |
| BGS 9 | $432 | – | 1.1× as much |
| TAG 9 | $590 | – | 83% of it |
TAG 9 sells above a PSA 9. The cheapest is a BGS 9 at $432: a PSA 9 costs 1.1× as much.
Copies: each grader's own count. Prices are each slab's own sales.
Population
How rare is a Zekrom ex PSA 9?
PSA 9s PSA has graded
5,489
of 12,733 copies graded, count of Sep 28, 2026
Came back a 9
43%
Of every copy PSA has graded, not the odds yours does
Added in about four weeks
+228
PSA 9s, PSA's report of Aug 31, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026
PSA has graded 12,733 copies of Zekrom ex and 5,489 came back a 9: about 1 in 2. There are 0.8 PSA 9s for every PSA 10. These are PSA's counts of the copies sent in, not every copy that exists, and not the odds a copy you send grades the same.
PSA population
- PSA graded
- 12,419
- +503 in 4 weeks
- PSA 10
- 6,307
- +243 in 4 weeks
- PSA 9
- 5,356
- +228 in 4 weeks
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 51%
- PSA 10s of all graded
Every PSA grade (9)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 6,467 | 51% |
| 9 | 5,489 | 43% |
| 8.5 | 1 | 0.01% |
| 8 | 629 | 4.9% |
| 7 | 75 | 0.59% |
| 6 | 44 | 0.35% |
| 5 | 22 | 0.17% |
| 4 | 3 | 0.02% |
| 1 | 1 | 0.01% |
PSA’s count of Sep 28, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.
PSA’s population report of Sep 28, 2026; changes are since Aug 31, 2026. PSA counts the cards it has graded, not every copy that exists. Compare with the low pop cards and the hardest PSA 10s.
PSA 10 price against PSA’s population
The same 11 weeks, Jul 24, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026: the price on the day of each weekly PSA report, and the report’s counts. Side by side, not cause and effect.
Left: PSA 10 price, US$. Right: PSA graded copies.
Zekrom ex PSA 9 price history
The PSA 9 value day by day, from the same sales as the figure above.
- Now
- $492
- 4 weeks
- −1.6%
- 90 days
- –
- 1 year
- –
- Highest
- $521
- Lowest
- $305
Recorded history starts July 2025. Earlier history is monthly averages; from July 22, 2026 the line is a smoothed 7-day average of daily prices, so single-day swings don’t show. Between recorded prices, the line and its daily values are estimated from the prices either side.
Matched to this exact card
Recent Zekrom ex PSA 9 sales
PSA 9POKEMON ZEKROM ex 2025 BLK EN-BLACK BOLT #172 BLACK WHITE RARE PSA 9Oct 14, 2026 · 
eBay · Auction · View listing · $480
PSA 92025 POKEMON BLK EN-BLACK BOLT BLACK WHITE RARE #172 ZEKROM EX PSA 9Oct 13, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $510
PSA 9Pokemon Zekrom ex 172/086 Sv: Black Bolt Holo Black White Rare Eng PSA 9Oct 12, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $535
Sales by PSA certificate
Every Zekrom ex PSA 9 sale we hold
- PSA 9 sales on record
- 165
- In the last 90 days
- 131
- Different slabs
- 154
- Slabs sold more than once
- 2
Each sale is tied to one graded slab by its PSA certificate number, so it is this card at this grade and not a lookalike. The newest 30 of 165 are listed; click a certificate to check the slab on PSA's site.
| Date | Sold via | Certificate | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | eBay · auction | #157787614 | $488 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | eBay · fixed price | #134058338 | $515 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | eBay · auction | #171633471 | $485 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | eBay · auction | #169214032 | $490 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | eBay · fixed price | #160028698 | $460 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | eBay · auction | #157343024 | $495 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | eBay · auction | #164684350 | $426 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | eBay · best offer | #126219721 | $500 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | eBay · auction | #159817587 | $460 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | eBay · auction | #167013679 | $446 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | eBay · best offer | #156799109 | $550 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | eBay · fixed price | #163244276 | $500 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | eBay · best offer | #125575312 | $460 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | eBay · auction | #146243296 | $461 |
| Sep 26, 2026 |  Fanatics Collect · fixed price | #131610364 | $500 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | eBay · auction | #144904510 | $425 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | eBay · auction | #138631361 | $485 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | eBay · auction | #140772739 | $460 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | eBay · auction | #138965474 | $470 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | eBay · auction | #142958444 | $485 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | eBay · auction | #128876638 | $495 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | eBay · best offer | #160594734 | $501 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | eBay · fixed price | #151324397 | $500 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | eBay · best offer | #160594734 | $523 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | eBay · auction | #169815380 | $490 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | eBay · auction | #162212775 | $460 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | eBay · best offer | #124626101 | $520 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | eBay · fixed price | #159740482 | $503 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | eBay · best offer | #139633545 | $550 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | eBay · auction | #165097305 | $490 |
PSA 9 median by month
| Month | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $489 | 6 |
| September 2026 | $502 | 53 |
| August 2026 | $540 | 57 |
| July 2026 | $550 | 39 |
| June 2026 | $569 | 10 |
The same slab, sold again
| Certificate | Its sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| #151324397 | Jul 27, 2026 $528 → Sep 23, 2026 $500 | -5.3% |
| #125575312 | Jul 3, 2026 $600 → Sep 26, 2026 $460 | -23.3% |
The same certificate number selling again is the same physical slab changing hands. The change is price to price, before fees.
Grading a raw copy
What a PSA 9 Zekrom ex leaves you
A raw copy is worth
$557
Grading it costs about $105 with shipping ($84.99 if it comes back a 9)
If it comes back a 10
+$496
against selling it raw
If it comes back a 9
−$141
against selling it raw
Grading pays if at least 22% of the copies you send come back a 10 (the rest 9s). Across every copy PSA has graded, 43% came back a 10; the copies people choose to send are usually their best.
PSA's fee at the level each slab's value goes in at (a 10: Priority, $79.99; a 9: Standard, $59.99), $25 shipping both ways, and eBay's selling fees on both sales. Run it with your own numbers.
More on Zekrom ex
Common questions
How much is a Zekrom ex PSA 9 worth?
A Zekrom ex PSA 9 (Zekrom ex 172/86, Black Bolt) is worth about $492, with sales typically between $319 and $602. 94 sold in the last 90 days.
How many Zekrom ex PSA 9s are there?
PSA has graded 5,489 Zekrom ex cards a 9, out of 12,733 graded (count of Sep 28, 2026). 228 more were added between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 28, 2026.
How much more is a PSA 10 Zekrom ex than a PSA 9?
A PSA 9 costs about $492, against $1,250 for a PSA 10: a 10 is 2.5× the price.