Bird KeeperDarkness Ablaze 159/189 price & value
$0.18
down −9.1%4 weeks · Thin market
High confidence
High confidence
How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.
- 1 ungraded in the last 90 days, all conditions
- Fewer than 5 sales listed as near mint
- Last sale Oct 18, 2026
Medium liquidity38/100
Medium liquidity
Trades regularly, with some spread between sale prices.
About 0.3 ungraded copies sell a month across all conditions, the pace of the last 90 days.
How we measure liquidity →Near mint · UltraBall Market Value · 1 ungraded sale in the last 90 days, all conditions · as of Nov 12, 2026
Graded: PSA 9 $6.50
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Prices updated Nov 12, 2026 · How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
People ask about this card
- What is Bird Keeper 159/189 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?
- As of Nov 12, 2026, Bird Keeper 159/189 is about $0.18 ungraded near mint (1 sale in 90 days); PSA 9 about $6.50; PSA 10: too few sales to price. Every grade’s price.
- Which printing of Bird Keeper 159/189 is this, and why do two copies differ in price?
- Bird Keeper 159/189 comes in 2 printings: Non-Holo $0.18 ungraded, Reverse Holo $0.30 ungraded. Reverse holo or non-holo: the reverse holo’s border and text box shine; the non-holo has no shine anywhere. Printings compared.
Bird Keeper 159/189 price over time
- Recorded prices, joined day to day
Ungraded, 1 year: $0.19 on Jul 22, 2026, $0.18 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $0.15, highest $0.21.
- Now
- $0.18
- 4 weeks
- −9.1%
- 90 days
- +7.1%
- 1 year
- –no daily prices that far back (daily since Jul 22)
- Highest, 1Y
- $0.21
- Lowest, 1Y
- $0.15
Recorded history starts July 2026. 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.
Bird Keeper 159/189 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 | $0.18 | up +20% |
| October 2026 | $0.15 | down −25% |
| September 2026 | $0.20 | up +25% |
| August 2026 | $0.16 | 0.0% |
| July 2026 | $0.16 | – |
Recent verified sales
RawBird Keeper 159/189 Uncommon Darkness AblazeLikely best offer · asking price shownOct 18, 2026 · 
eBay · Condition not stated · Buy It Now · View listing · Asking price, up to $0.70asking- RawBIRD KEEPER 159/189 Pokemon Card Darkness Ablaze Near MintLikely best offer · asking price shownAug 6, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · Asking price, up to $1.87asking
RawBird Keeper - 159/189 - Uncommon - Near MintOffers taken · asking price shownJul 31, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken · View listing · Asking price, up to $0.99asking
RawBird Keeper 159/189 Uncommon Darkness Ablaze Pokemon Lightly PlayedLikely best offer · asking price shownJul 21, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Buy It Now · View listing · Asking price, up to $0.99asking
Graded values
Bird Keeper 159/189 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. | $0.18 | down −9.1% | 0.3Medium liquidity. Medium | –High. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
| PSA 936.1× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $6.50 | 0.0% | No recent sales | –Low. 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 9
- −$79.51
- PSA fee for a PSA 9
- $59.99 Standard
- Slab sale price to break even
- $98.27at Standard, $59.99
- Grading pays, at today’s prices
- No priced grade
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- –
Against selling raw at $0.18, after the PSA fee for what the slab is worth (a 9 goes in 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 $1 packing on each sale: the same sum as the selling calculator. Each grade is charged the fee level its own slab price needs, so the break-even price carries the fee for a slab at that price, not the PSA 10 fee. These are outcomes if the card gets each grade, not the chance that it will. PSA has graded 13 copies; 7 got a 10.
Population report13 PSA graded · Grade breakdown and gem rate
Population
- PSA graded
- 13
- PSA 10
- 7
- PSA 9
- 6
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- –
- PSA 10s of all graded
| Grader | Graded | 10s | 9s | 10s share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 13 | 7 | 6 | – |
| CGC | 4 | 1 | 1 | – |
- PSA graded
- 13
- 10s
- 7
- 10s share
- –
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- –
Every PSA grade (2)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7 | 54% |
| 9 | 6 | 46% |
PSA’s count of Oct 15, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.
- CGC graded
- 4
- 10s
- 1
- 10s share
- –
- Historical CGC gem rate
- –
- Gem: 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s
Every CGC grade (4)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 25% |
| 9 | 1 | 25% |
| 6.5 | 1 | 25% |
| Authentic | 1 | 25% |
CGC’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; CGC’s own gem is 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s.
PSA’s count of Oct 15, 2026. CGC, BGS and SGC as of Nov 10, 2026; their 10s include Pristine, Perfect and Black Label 10s. PSA counts the cards it has graded, not every copy that exists. Compare with the low pop cards and the hardest PSA 10s.
Ungraded price against PSA’s population
The same 11 weeks, Jul 24, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026: the price on the day of each weekly PSA report, and the report’s counts. Side by side, not cause and effect.
- PSA graded
- PSA 10s
Left: ungraded price, US$. Right: PSA graded copies.
About this card
Bird Keeper is card 159 of 189 in the Darkness Ablaze price guide, a set released in August 2020 during the Sword & Shield era. Its rarity is Uncommon. The artwork is by Hideki Ishikawa. In the checklist it sits after Billowing Smoke 158/189 and before Cape of Toughness 160/189.
It is the 126th most valuable of the 201 priced cards in Darkness Ablaze, behind Charizard VMAX 20/189 (see the most valuable Darkness Ablaze cards).
What the data says
Only 1 ungraded copy sold in the last 90 days, too few to check the value against.
From prices of Nov 12, 2026 and sales to Oct 18, 2026. Observations, not advice or a forecast. How we read the market
Market snapshot
How each figure is worked out- 4 weeks
- −9.1%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 90 days
- +7.1%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 1 year
- –no daily prices that far back: daily since Jul 22, 2026
- Direction
- Thin marketunder 9 ungraded sales in 90 days: one sale can move the line
- High since daily tracking
- 17% under$0.21 on Oct 5, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Jul 22, 2026
- Liquidity
- Medium0.3 ungraded sales a month over 90 days
- Price confidence
- High confidenceMany recent comparable sales that agree closely.
- Ungraded sold
- 1in 30 days; 1 in 90
- PSA 10 population
- 7of 13 PSA graded, count of Oct 15, 2026
Printings compared
- Non-Holo · this pageNothing on the front shines.$0.18 ungraded
- Reverse HoloThe border and text box shine; the picture is flat.$0.30 ungradedPictured: the main print’s scan.
- Reverse holo or non-holo: the reverse holo’s border and text box shine; the non-holo has no shine anywhere.
- Number
- 159/189
- Set code
- DAA
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Released
- Aug 14, 2020
- Illustrator
- Hideki Ishikawa
- Printings
- Non-holo, Reverse holo
- Darkness Ablaze checklistAll 201 cards with prices
- Most valuable Darkness Ablaze cardsRanked by ungraded value
- Darkness Ablaze chase cardsThe pulls collectors open packs for, with odds where we hold them
- Sword & Shield eraSets and chase cards from February 2020 on
- 2020 Pokémon cardsEvery set released in 2020, with prices
Cite this price
Bird Keeper 159/189 (Darkness Ablaze) is worth $0.18 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/darkness-ablaze/bird-keeper-159).
Bird Keeper 159/189 (Darkness Ablaze) is worth $0.18 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/darkness-ablaze/bird-keeper-159).
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As of Nov 12, 2026, Bird Keeper 159/189 Darkness Ablaze is worth about $0.18 ungraded. How we price cards.