EmpoleonDark Explorers 29/108 price & value
Japanese prints: 13 Japanese Empoleon cards are listed, $0.54 to $619 ungraded.
$6.18
down −7.0%4 weeks · Steady
High confidence
High confidence
How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.
- 22 ungraded in the last 90 days, all conditions
- 16 sales on record listed as near mint
- Last sale Nov 3, 2026
High liquidity70/100
High liquidity
Trades often, at prices that agree. It counts sales, not how long a listing takes to sell.
About 7 ungraded copies sell a month across all conditions, the pace of the last 90 days.
How we measure liquidity →Near mint · UltraBall Market Value · 22 ungraded sales in the last 90 days, all conditions · as of Nov 13, 2026
Graded: PSA 9 $48.30PSA 10 $5,958
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Prices updated Nov 13, 2026 · How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
People ask about this card
- What is Empoleon 29/108 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?
- As of Nov 13, 2026, Empoleon 29/108 is about $6.18 ungraded near mint (22 sales in 90 days); PSA 9 about $48.30; PSA 10 about $5,958 (2 sales). Every grade’s price.
- Which printing of Empoleon 29/108 is this, and why do two copies differ in price?
- Empoleon 29/108 comes in 3 printings: Holo $6.18 ungraded, Reverse Holo $10.57 ungraded, Non-Holo $2.20 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.
Empoleon 29/108 price over time
- Recorded prices, joined day to day
Ungraded, 1 year: $2.39 on Nov 12, 2025, $6.18 on Nov 13, 2026. Lowest $2.39, highest $6.67.
- Now
- $6.18
- 4 weeks
- −7.0%
- 90 days
- +28%
- 1 year
- +159%
- Highest, 1Y
- $6.67
- Lowest, 1Y
- $2.39
Recorded history starts February 2021. 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.
Empoleon 29/108 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 13, 2026 | $6.18 | down −2.8% |
| October 2026 | $6.36 | up +13% |
| September 2026 | $5.65 | up +13% |
| August 2026 | $5.00 | up +11% |
| July 2026 | $4.52 | – |
| May 2026 | $3.19 | down −27% |
| April 2026 | $4.39 | up +7.5% |
| March 2026 | $4.09 | up +48% |
| February 2026 | $2.76 | up +4.2% |
| January 2026 | $2.64 | 0.0% |
| December 2025 | $2.64 | up +11% |
| November 2025 | $2.39 | down −4.1% |
Recent verified sales
RawEmpoleon 29/108 Dark Explorers Holo Rare Stage 2 140 HP Pokémon TCG EnglishNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $5.00asking- PSA 62012 POKEMON BLACK & WHITE DARK EXPLORERS #29 EMPOLEON-HOLO PSA 6Likely best offer · asking price shownNov 10, 2026 · eBay · View listing · Asking price, up to $31.00asking
RawPokemon Dark Explorers Empoleon Rare 29/108 Lightly PlayedUnusual priceNov 9, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Buy It Now · View listing · $0.99
RawEmpoleon - Holofoil 29/108 Dark Explorers Pokemon TCGNov 5, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $4.60asking
RawEmpoleon Holo Rare Dark Explorers 29/108 MPNov 4, 2026 · eBay · Sold as moderate play · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $4.51asking
RawDark Explorers #29/108 Empoleon HoloNov 3, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Auction · View listing · $6.50- RawEmpoleon 29/108 Pokemon Cards Dark Explorers Holo Rare LPOct 31, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $3.95asking
- RawEmpoleon Holo Rare Dark Explorers DEX Water 29/108 2012 LPOct 27, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · View listing · $9.02
- RawEmpoleon - 29/108 - Holo Rare - Dark Explorers - 2012 - Stage 2 - HP 140Oct 27, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · View listing · $5.58
PSA 102012 Pokemon Black & White Dark Explorers Holo Empoleon #29 PSA 10 GEM MINTOct 19, 2026 ·
Fanatics Collect · View listing · $11,400
PSA 9POKEMON 2012 B&W DARK EXPLORERS SHADOWS STAGE 2 HOLO #29 EMPOLEON PSA 9Unusual priceOct 11, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $178CGC 8.52012 Pokemon Black & White Dark Explorers Holo Empoleon #29 CGC 8.5 NM-MT+Aug 24, 2026 ·
Fanatics Collect · View listing · $9.60CGC 82012 Pokemon Black & White Dark Explorers Holo Empoleon #29 CGC 8 NM-MTAug 24, 2026 ·
Fanatics Collect · View listing · $9.60- PSA 102012 POKEMON BLACK & WHITE DARK EXPLORERS #29 EMPOLEON-HOLO PSA 10Unusual priceJun 22, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $1,626
- PSA 82012 Pokemon Black and White Dark Explorers 29/108 Empoleon Holo PSA 8 NM RareMar 30, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $10.50
- PSA 9PSA 9 MINT Empoleon Holo 29/108 Black & White Dark Explorers Rare Pokemon CardMar 19, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $59.95
- PSA 102012 Pokemon Black & White Dark Explorers Holo Empoleon #29 PSA 10 GEM MINTUnusual priceJun 23, 2025 · Fanatics Collect · View listing · $516
- PSA 92012 Pokemon Black & White Dark Explorers Empoleon-Holo #29 PSA 9Mar 15, 2025 · eBay · View listing · $22.00
- PSA 102012 Pokemon Black & White Dark Explorers Empoleon-Holo #29 PSA 10Unusual priceJan 28, 2025 · eBay · View listing · $128
Graded values
Empoleon 29/108 price by grade
| Grade | Market value | 4 wk | Sales/moSales a month | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UngradedHigh. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. | $6.18Last $6.50 · Nov 3, 2026 | down −7.0% | 7High liquidity. High | $6.50Nov 3, 2026High. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
| PSA 10964.1× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $5,958Last $11,400 · Oct 19, 2026 | – | 0.3Low liquidity. Low | $11,400Oct 19, 2026Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| PSA 97.8× rawLimited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. | $48.30Last $59.95 · Mar 19, 2026 | up +21% | 0.3Low liquidity. Low | $59.95Mar 19, 2026Limited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
| PSA 82.3× rawMedium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. | $14.50Last $10.50 · Mar 30, 2026 | 0.0% | No recent sales | $10.50Mar 30, 2026Medium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. |
| PSA 7Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $7.02Last $7.00 · Dec 9, 2024 | 0.0% | No recent sales | $7.00Dec 9, 2024Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| PSA 6Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $6.00Last $6.00 · Feb 23, 2025 | – | 0.3Medium liquidity. Medium | $6.00Feb 23, 2025Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| CGC 92× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $12.60Last $13.20 · Jul 28, 2025 | – | No recent sales | $13.20Jul 28, 2025Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
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
Grade it with PSA?
Grade yours from photos →Change the costs, or add your own odds →- If it gets a PSA 10
- +$4,539
- If it gets a PSA 9
- −$48.55
- PSA fee for a PSA 10
- $599 Premier
- Slab sale price to break even
- $104at Standard, $59.99
- Grading pays, at today’s prices
- PSA 10 only
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 10%
Against selling raw at $6.18, after the PSA fee for what the slab is worth (a 10 goes in at Premier, $599; a 9 at Standard, $59.99), $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. Each grade is charged the fee level its own slab price needs, so the break-even price carries the fee for a slab at that price, not the PSA 10 fee. These are outcomes if the card gets each grade, not the chance that it will. PSA has graded 50 copies; 5 got a 10.
Population
- PSA graded
- 50
- PSA 10
- 5
- PSA 9
- 24
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 10%
- PSA 10s of all graded
A higher historical PSA 10 rate than 78% of the Dark Explorers cards PSA has graded enough of.
| Grader | Graded | 10s | 9s | 10s share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 50 | 5 | 24 | 10% |
| CGC | 28 | 4 | 6 | 14% |
| SGC | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
- PSA graded
- 50
- 10s
- 5
- 10s share
- 10%
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 10%
Every PSA grade (5)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 5 | 10% |
| 9 | 24 | 48% |
| 8 | 13 | 26% |
| 7 | 7 | 14% |
| 6 | 1 | 2.0% |
PSA’s count of Oct 15, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.
- CGC graded
- 28
- 10s
- 4
- 10s share
- 14%
- Historical CGC gem rate
- 14%
- Gem: 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s
Every CGC grade (13)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 4 | 14% |
| 9.5 | 1 | 3.6% |
| 9 | 6 | 21% |
| 8.5 | 5 | 18% |
| 8 | 2 | 7.1% |
| 7.5 | 1 | 3.6% |
| 6.5 | 1 | 3.6% |
| 6 | 2 | 7.1% |
| 5.5 | 1 | 3.6% |
| 5 | 1 | 3.6% |
| 4 | 1 | 3.6% |
| 3.5 | 2 | 7.1% |
| Authentic | 1 | 3.6% |
CGC’s count of Nov 12, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; CGC’s own gem is 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s.
- SGC graded
- 2
- 10s
- 1
- 10s share
- –
- Historical SGC gem rate
- –
- Gem: 10s and Pristine 10s
Every SGC grade (2)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 50% |
| 9 | 1 | 50% |
SGC’s count of Nov 12, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; SGC’s own gem is 10s and Pristine 10s.
PSA’s count of Oct 15, 2026. CGC, BGS and SGC as of Nov 12, 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 this card
Empoleon is card 29 of 108 in the Dark Explorers price guide, a set released in May 2012 during the Black & White era. Its rarity is Rare Holo. The artwork is by Naoki Saito. In the checklist it sits after Prinplup 28/108 and before Glaceon 30/108.
It is the 35th most valuable of the 111 priced cards in Dark Explorers, behind Gardevoir 109/108 (see the most valuable Dark Explorers cards).
It is one of 23 English Empoleon cards, and ranks 10th among them by ungraded value; the most valuable is Empoleon from Plasma Freeze. Compare them all in the most valuable Empoleon cards.
What the data says
The ungraded value has held within 10% over four weeks (−7.0% on 7-day averages), on 22 ungraded sales in 90 days.
A PSA 10 is valued at 964× the ungraded price ($5,958 against $6.18), and a PSA 9 at $48.30.
PSA has graded 50 copies, 5 of them PSA 10 (10%). That describes the copies sent in, not the chance a given card grades 10.
From prices of Nov 13, 2026 and sales to Nov 3, 2026. Observations, not advice or a forecast. How we read the market
Market snapshot
How each figure is worked out- 4 weeks
- −7.0%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 90 days
- +28%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 1 year
- +159%ungraded; before Jul 22, 2026 from monthly averages
- Direction
- Steadywithin 10% of four weeks ago, on 7-day averages
- High since daily tracking
- 8% under$6.72 on Oct 23, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Jul 22, 2026
- Liquidity
- High7.3 ungraded sales a month over 90 days
- Price confidence
- High confidenceMany recent comparable sales that agree closely.
- Ungraded sold
- 13in 30 days; 22 in 90
- PSA 10 premium
- 964.1×the ungraded price; the typical Dark Explorers card with a PSA 10 price: 30.3×
- PSA 10 population
- 5of 50 PSA graded, count of Oct 15, 2026
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Printings compared
- Holo · this pageThe picture shines; the border and text are flat.$6.18 ungraded
- Reverse HoloThe border and text box shine; the picture is flat.$10.57 ungradedPictured: the main print’s scan.
- Non-HoloNothing on the front shines.$2.20 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.
- Number
- 29/108
- Set code
- DEX
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- Released
- May 9, 2012
- Pokémon
- Empoleon
- Pokédex no.
- #0395
- Illustrator
- Naoki Saito
- Printings
- Non-holo, Holofoil, Reverse holo
- Every Empoleon PSA 10All Empoleon cards ranked by PSA 10 price
- Dark Explorers checklistAll 111 cards with prices
- All Empoleon cards23 English cards
- Most valuable Empoleon cardsRanked by ungraded value
- Most valuable Dark Explorers cardsRanked by ungraded value
- Dark Explorers chase cardsThe pulls collectors open packs for, with odds where we hold them
- Black & White eraSets and chase cards from April 2011 on
- 2012 Pokémon cardsEvery set released in 2012, with prices
Cite this price
Empoleon 29/108 (Dark Explorers) is worth $6.18 ungraded as of Nov 13, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/dark-explorers/empoleon-29).
Empoleon 29/108 (Dark Explorers) is worth $6.18 ungraded as of Nov 13, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/dark-explorers/empoleon-29).
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As of Nov 12, 2026, Empoleon 29/108 Dark Explorers is worth about $6.18 ungraded. A PSA 10 copy is worth about $5,958. How we price cards.