How often does Moltres 21/172 sell?

Moltres 21/172 Brilliant Stars recorded 22 sales across every grade in the last 90 days (7 in the last 30), most recently on Nov 7, 2026. The highest recent sale was $1,000 for a PSA 10 copy on Sep 28, 2026.

What is the most valuable card in Brilliant Stars?

The most valuable card in Brilliant Stars is Charizard V 154/172, at about $263 ungraded. Moltres 21/172 ranks 66th of 186.

What set is Moltres 21/172 from?

Moltres 21/172 is from the English Pokémon TCG set Brilliant Stars, released Feb 25, 2022, in the Sword & Shield era. Its rarity is Rare Holo.

What is Moltres 21/172 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?

As of Nov 12, 2026, Moltres 21/172 is about $0.36 ungraded near mint (18 sales in 90 days); PSA 9: too few sales to price; PSA 10: too few sales to price.

Which printing of Moltres 21/172 is this, and why do two copies differ in price?

Moltres 21/172 comes in 3 printings: Holo $0.36 ungraded, Reverse Holo $0.40 ungraded, Non-Holo $0.30 ungraded. Holo or reverse holo: on the holo the picture shines and the border is flat; on the reverse holo the border shines and the picture is flat.

Rare Holo2022Sword & Shield era

MoltresBrilliant Stars 21/172 price & value

Name: Moltres 21/172 Brilliant Stars
Brand: Pokémon
SKU: swsh9-21

Japanese prints: 30 Japanese Moltres cards are listed, $0.14 to $505 ungraded.

Moltres 21/172, Brilliant Stars Pokémon card — Press the card to zoom in

UltraBall Market ValueUngraded

$0.36

up +7.5%4 weeks · Steady

Low confidence

How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.

18 ungraded in the last 90 days, all conditions
16 sales on record listed as near mint
Last sale Nov 7, 2026

How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value →

High liquidity74/100

High liquidity

Trades often, at prices that agree. It counts sales, not how long a listing takes to sell.

About 6 ungraded copies sell a month across all conditions, the pace of the last 90 days.

How we measure liquidity →

Near mint · UltraBall Market Value · 18 ungraded sales in the last 90 days, all conditions · as of Nov 12, 2026

Graded: CGC 10 $22.20CGC 9 $12.00

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Prices updated Nov 12, 2026 · How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value

People ask about this card

What is Moltres 21/172 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?: As of Nov 12, 2026, Moltres 21/172 is about $0.36 ungraded near mint (18 sales in 90 days); PSA 9: too few sales to price; PSA 10: too few sales to price. Every grade’s price.
Which printing of Moltres 21/172 is this, and why do two copies differ in price?: Moltres 21/172 comes in 3 printings: Holo $0.36 ungraded, Reverse Holo $0.40 ungraded, Non-Holo $0.30 ungraded. Holo or reverse holo: on the holo the picture shines and the border is flat; on the reverse holo the border shines and the picture is flat. Printings compared.

Price history

Moltres 21/172 price over time

Nov 11Feb 11May 13Aug 13Nov 12

Recorded prices, joined day to day

Ungraded, 1 year: $0.25 on Nov 11, 2025, $0.36 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $0.24, highest $0.76.

Now: $0.36
4 weeks: +7.5%
90 days: −13%
1 year: +39%
Highest, 1Y: $0.76
Lowest, 1Y: $0.24

Recorded history starts February 2022. Earlier history is monthly averages; from August 29, 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.

Moltres 21/172 price by month

Ungraded, at the end of each month, newest first: the line above read off at each month’s last day. The latest month ends on today’s UltraBall Market Value.

Month	Ungraded	Change on month
November 2026to Nov 12, 2026	$0.36	up +13%
October 2026	$0.32	0.0%
September 2026	$0.32	down −18%
August 2026	$0.39	–
July 2026	$0.33	up +6.5%
June 2026	$0.31	down −59%
May 2026	$0.76	up +130%
April 2026	$0.33	up +38%
March 2026	$0.24	down −20%
February 2026	$0.30	up +20%
January 2026	$0.25	up +4.2%
December 2025	$0.24	down −4.0%

Matched to this exact card

Recent verified sales

Latest 20

RawPokemon TCG Moltres 021/172 Swsh09: Brilliant Stars Cosmos Holo Mint CardLikely best offer · asking price shownNov 7, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · Asking price, up to $2.99asking
RawMoltres (Cosmos Holo) 021/172 - Pokemon Card - NMUnusual priceNov 5, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Best offer accepted (asked $3.42) · View listing · $3.00
RawPokemon TCG Moltres 021/172 Swsh09: Brilliant Stars Cosmos Holo Mint CardNov 2, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · $0.71
RawMoltres (Cosmos Holo) 021/172 - P MCAP - Pokemon NMLikely best offer · asking price shownNov 1, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · Asking price, up to $2.33asking
RawMoltres 021/172 Cosmos Holo NMLikely best offer · asking price shownOct 26, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · Asking price, up to $1.60asking
RawMoltres (Cosmos Holo) Holofoil 021/172 NM Toshinao Aoki Pokemon ENLikely best offer · asking price shownOct 21, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · Asking price, up to $2.08asking
RawPokémon TCG Moltres 021/172 Cosmos Holo RareOffers taken · asking price shownOct 19, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken · View listing · Asking price, up to $3.69asking
RawMoltres 021/172 2022 Pokemon Sword & Shield Brilliant Stars Cosmos Holo RareLikely best offer · asking price shownOct 17, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Buy It Now · View listing · Asking price, up to $2.78asking
CGC 82022 Pokemon Sword & Shield Brilliant Stars Holo Moltres #21 CGC 8 NM-MTOct 12, 2026 · Fanatics Collect · View listing · $7.20
CGC 102022 Pokemon Sword & Shield Brilliant Stars Holo Moltres #21 CGC 10 GEM MINTOct 12, 2026 · Fanatics Collect · View listing · $18.00
PSA 10Pokemon TCG Moltres Cosmos Holo 021/172 PSA 10 GEM MT EnglishSep 28, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted (asked $2,000) · View listing · $1,000
CGC 92022 Pokemon Sword & Shield Brilliant Stars Holo Moltres #21 CGC 9 MINTSep 21, 2026 · Fanatics Collect · View listing · $8.40
CGC 92022 Pokemon Sword & Shield Brilliant Stars Holo Moltres #21 CGC 9 MINTAug 21, 2026 · Fanatics Collect · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $16.00asking

Every sale here was matched to this exact card: the right number, set, printing and language, one card per listing, raw kept apart from graded. Where a venue sells by card and gives no listing title to check, the row says the venue named the card. Listings we can’t be sure of are left out. A price marked ≤ is an asking price, not a confirmed sale. On an accepted best offer we show what the buyer paid, not the asking price; where that isn’t on record the asking price is shown as a ceiling and never counts towards the price. A sale marked unusual is far from that grade’s market price: it stays on the record, and is left out of this page’s latest-sale and comparison figures. Sales record updated Nov 11, 2026.

Graded values

Moltres 21/172 price by grade

Moltres 21/172: market price, 4-week change, sales pace and last sale by grade
Grade	Market value	4 wk	Sales/moSales a month	Last sale
UngradedLow. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.	$0.36Last $0.71 · Nov 2, 2026	up +7.5%	6High liquidity. High	$0.71Nov 2, 2026Low. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.
CGC 1061.7× rawMedium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.	$22.20Last $18.00 · Oct 12, 2026	–	0.3Low liquidity. Low	$18.00Oct 12, 2026Medium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.

Each graded row counts only that grade's sales; the ungraded row counts every condition. Sales a month is the 90-day pace. Last sale is the latest verified sale, never an asking price. How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value

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If it gets a CGC 10: −$26.15
If it gets a CGC 9: −$35.00
CGC fee for a CGC 10: $20.00 Economy

Against selling raw at $0.36, after the CGC fee for what the slab is worth (a 10 goes in at Economy, $20.00; a 9 at the same level), $25.00 shipping and insurance, and eBay US selling fees, as the selling calculator works them out, with its usual $5 postage and $1 packing on each sale: the same sum as the selling calculator.

Population report101 PSA graded · Grade breakdown and gem rate

Population

PSA graded: 101
PSA 10: 27
PSA 9: 58
Historical PSA 10 rate: 27%; PSA 10s of all graded

A higher historical PSA 10 rate than 7% of the Brilliant Stars cards PSA has graded enough of.

Grader	Graded	10s	9s	10s share
PSA	101	27	58	27%
CGC	211	82	88	39%
BGS	12	0	2	–
SGC	3	1	0	–

PSA graded: 101
10s: 27
10s share: 27%
Historical PSA 10 rate: 27%

Every PSA grade (6)

PSA population by grade
Grade	Copies	Share
10	27	27%
9	58	57%
8	13	13%
7	1	0.99%
6	1	0.99%
5	1	0.99%

PSA’s count of Oct 13, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.

CGC graded: 211
10s: 82
10s share: 39%
Historical CGC gem rate: 39%; Gem: 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s

Every CGC grade (9)

CGC population by grade
Grade	Copies	Share
10	82	39%
9.5	14	6.6%
9	88	42%
8.5	18	8.5%
8	4	1.9%
7.5	1	0.47%
7	1	0.47%
6.5	2	0.95%
5.5	1	0.47%

CGC’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; CGC’s own gem is 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s.

Beckett graded: 12
10s: 0
10s share: –
Historical Beckett gem rate: –; Gem: 9.5s, Pristine and Black Label 10s

Every Beckett grade (2)

Beckett population by grade
Grade	Copies	Share
9.5	10	83%
9	2	17%

Beckett’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; Beckett’s own gem is 9.5s, Pristine and Black Label 10s.

SGC graded: 3
10s: 1
10s share: –
Historical SGC gem rate: –; Gem: 10s and Pristine 10s

Every SGC grade (3)

SGC population by grade
Grade	Copies	Share
10	1	33%
9.5	1	33%
8	1	33%

SGC’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; SGC’s own gem is 10s and Pristine 10s.

PSA’s count of Oct 13, 2026. CGC, BGS and SGC as of Nov 10, 2026; their 10s include Pristine, Perfect and Black Label 10s. 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.

About

About this card

Moltres is card 21 of 172 in the Brilliant Stars price guide, a set released in February 2022 during the Sword & Shield era. Its rarity is Rare Holo. The artwork is by otumami. In the checklist it sits after Magmortar 20/172 and before Entei V 22/172.

It is the 66th most valuable of the 186 priced cards in Brilliant Stars, behind Charizard V 154/172 (see the most valuable Brilliant Stars cards).

It is one of 44 English Moltres cards, and ranks 43rd among them by ungraded value; the most valuable is Moltres from Skyridge. Compare them all in the most valuable Moltres cards.

What the data says

The ungraded value has held within 10% over four weeks (+7.5% on 7-day averages), on 18 ungraded sales in 90 days.

From prices of Nov 12, 2026 and sales to Nov 7, 2026. Observations, not advice or a forecast. How we read the market

Market snapshot

How each figure is worked out

4 weeks: +7.5%ungraded, between 7-day averages
90 days: −13%ungraded; before Aug 29, 2026 from monthly averages
1 year: +39%ungraded; before Aug 29, 2026 from monthly averages
Direction: Steadywithin 10% of four weeks ago, on 7-day averages
High since daily tracking: 3% under$0.36 on Sep 17, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Aug 29, 2026
Liquidity: High6 ungraded sales a month over 90 days
Price confidence: Low confidenceFew recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide.
Ungraded sold: 7in 30 days; 18 in 90
PSA 10 population: 27of 101 PSA graded, count of Oct 13, 2026

Printings compared

Holo · this pageThe picture shines; the border and text are flat.$0.36 ungraded
Reverse HoloThe border and text box shine; the picture is flat.$0.40 ungradedPictured: the main print’s scan.
Non-HoloNothing on the front shines.$0.30 ungradedPictured: the main print’s scan.

Holo or reverse holo: on the holo the picture shines and the border is flat; on the reverse holo the border shines and the picture is flat.
Non-holo: no shine on the picture or the border.

Card details

Set: Brilliant Stars
Number: 21/172
Set code: BRS
Rarity: Rare Holo
Released: Feb 25, 2022
Era: Sword & Shield
Pokémon: Moltres
Pokédex no.: #0146
Illustrator: otumami
Printings: Non-holo, Holofoil, Reverse holo

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