Buffer PieceDragon 83/97 price & value
$0.56
up +3.7%4 weeks · Thin market
Medium confidence
Medium confidence
How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.
- 3 ungraded in the last 90 days, all conditions
- Fewer than 5 sales listed as near mint
- Last sale Jul 8, 2026
Low liquidity31/100
Low liquidity
Few recent sales in this condition. Selling may take time and the price is less certain.
About 1 ungraded copy sells a month across all conditions, the pace of the last 90 days.
How we measure liquidity →Near mint · UltraBall Market Value · 3 ungraded sales in the last 90 days, all conditions · as of Nov 12, 2026
Graded: PSA 10 $53.00
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Prices updated Nov 12, 2026 · How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
People ask about this card
- What is Buffer Piece 83/97 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?
- As of Nov 12, 2026, Buffer Piece 83/97 is about $0.56 ungraded near mint (3 sales in 90 days); PSA 9: too few sales to price; PSA 10 about $53.00. Every grade’s price.
- Which printing of Buffer Piece 83/97 is this, and why do two copies differ in price?
- Buffer Piece 83/97 comes in 2 printings: Non-Holo $0.56 ungraded, Reverse Holo $3.23 ungraded. Reverse holo or non-holo: the reverse holo’s border and text box shine; the non-holo has no shine anywhere. Printings compared.
Buffer Piece 83/97 price over time
- Recorded prices, joined day to day
Ungraded, 1 year: $1.32 on Nov 11, 2025, $0.56 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $0.51, highest $1.32.
- Now
- $0.56
- 4 weeks
- +3.7%
- 90 days
- −1.3%
- 1 year
- −58%
- Highest, 1Y
- $1.32
- Lowest, 1Y
- $0.51
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.
Buffer Piece 83/97 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 | $0.56 | up +1.8% |
| October 2026 | $0.55 | down −6.8% |
| September 2026 | $0.59 | up +3.5% |
| August 2026 | $0.57 | up +1.8% |
| July 2026 | $0.56 | – |
| May 2026 | $0.57 | up +13% |
| April 2026 | $0.51 | down −25% |
| March 2026 | $0.68 | down −4.7% |
| February 2026 | $0.71 | down −31% |
| January 2026 | $1.04 | up +30% |
| December 2025 | $0.80 | down −39% |
| November 2025 | $1.32 | up +27% |
Recent verified sales
RawPokemon TCG Buffer Piece Dragon 83/97 Regular LP.Likely best offer · asking price shownNov 2, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · View listing · Asking price, up to $2.95asking
PSA 92003 POKEMON EX DRAGON #83 BUFFER PIECE PSA 9Oct 24, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $30.70
PSA 10💎Buffer Piece 83/97 Trainer EX Dragon 2003 Pokemon Card PSA 10 GEM MINT💎Oct 16, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing · $119
RawBuffer Piece 83/97 Uncommon Dragon Pokemon Lightly PlayedLikely best offer · asking price shownSep 21, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Buy It Now · View listing · Asking price, up to $2.24asking
RawBuffer Piece 83/97 EX Dragon - Uncommon Pokemon Card - EXCELLENTLikely best offer · asking price shownSep 20, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Buy It Now · View listing · Asking price, up to $2.21asking
PSA 10Pokemon Buffer Piece EX Dragon 83 PSA 10 Gem MintSep 13, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $53.00- RawBuffer Piece 83/97 Uncommon Dragon Pokemon Lightly PlayedLikely best offer · asking price shownAug 3, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · View listing · Asking price, up to $1.99asking
- RawBuffer Piece Uncommon- ex Dragon 83/97 2003 NM PokemonLikely best offer · asking price shownJul 8, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · Asking price, up to $1.99asking
- RawBuffer Piece - 83/97 - Uncommon MP English Pokemon EX DragonLikely best offer · asking price shownJun 21, 2026 · eBay · Sold as moderate play · View listing · Asking price, up to $2.88asking
- RawBuffer Piece 83/97 2003 EX Dragon Pokemon Card Nintendo Uncommon Trainer Nm/VlpLikely best offer · asking price shownJun 14, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · Asking price, up to $3.61asking
- Raw2003 Pokemon TCG EX Dragon Buffer Piece - 83/97 - NMJun 2, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · $1.40
- PSA 82003 POKEMON EX DRAGON #83 BUFFER PIECE PSA 8May 11, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $34.99
- CGC 10Pokémon Buffer Piece 2003 EX Dragon 83/97 CGC 10Feb 1, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $15.50
- PSA 82003 Pokemon Ex Dragon Buffer Piece #83 PSA 8Oct 5, 2025 · eBay · View listing · $20.00
CGC 9.52003 Pokemon EX Dragon Buffer Piece #83 CGC 9.5 GEM MINTApr 7, 2025 · Fanatics Collect · View listing · $7.20
Graded values
Buffer Piece 83/97 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. | $0.56Last $1.40 · Jun 2, 2026 | up +3.7% | 1Low liquidity. Low | $1.40Jun 2, 2026High. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
| PSA 1094.6× rawLimited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. | $53.00Last $119 · Oct 16, 2026 | up +23% | 0.7Medium liquidity. Medium | $119Oct 16, 2026Limited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
| PSA 862.3× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $34.89Last $34.99 · May 11, 2026 | 0.0% | No recent sales | $34.99May 11, 2026Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| CGC 9.512.9× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $7.20Last $7.20 · Apr 7, 2025 | – | No recent sales | $7.20Apr 7, 2025Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| TAG 41.8× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $1.00 | – | 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
Showing each company’s top grade. Choose a company above for every grade it has a price for.
Grade it with PSA?
Grade yours from photos →Change the costs, or add your own odds →- If it gets a PSA 10
- −$39.60
- If it gets a PSA 8
- −$55.31
- PSA fee for a PSA 10
- $59.99 Standard
- Slab sale price to break even
- $98.65at Standard, $59.99
- Grading pays, at today’s prices
- No priced grade
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- –
Against selling raw at $0.56, after the PSA fee for what the slab is worth (a 10 goes in at Standard, $59.99; a 8 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 $1 packing on each sale: the same sum as the selling calculator. Each grade is charged the fee level its own slab price needs, so the break-even price carries the fee for a slab at that price, not the PSA 10 fee. These are outcomes if the card gets each grade, not the chance that it will. PSA has graded 11 copies; 5 got a 10.
Population
- PSA graded
- 11
- PSA 10
- 5
- PSA 9
- 3
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- –
- PSA 10s of all graded
| Grader | Graded | 10s | 9s | 10s share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 11 | 5 | 3 | – |
| CGC | 46 | 20 | 13 | 43% |
- PSA graded
- 11
- 10s
- 5
- 10s share
- –
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- –
Every PSA grade (4)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 5 | 45% |
| 9 | 3 | 27% |
| 8 | 2 | 18% |
| 6 | 1 | 9.1% |
PSA’s count of Oct 15, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.
- CGC graded
- 46
- 10s
- 20
- 10s share
- 43%
- Historical CGC gem rate
- 43%
- Gem: 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s
Every CGC grade (7)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 20 | 43% |
| 9.5 | 6 | 13% |
| 9 | 13 | 28% |
| 8.5 | 3 | 6.5% |
| 8 | 2 | 4.3% |
| 7.5 | 1 | 2.2% |
| Authentic | 1 | 2.2% |
CGC’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; CGC’s own gem is 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s.
PSA’s count of Oct 15, 2026. CGC, BGS and SGC as of Nov 10, 2026; their 10s include Pristine, Perfect and Black Label 10s. PSA counts the cards it has graded, not every copy that exists. Compare with the low pop cards and the hardest PSA 10s.
PSA 10 price against PSA’s population
The same 11 weeks, Jul 24, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026: the price on the day of each weekly PSA report, and the report’s counts. Side by side, not cause and effect.
Left: PSA 10 price, US$. Right: PSA graded copies.
About this card
Buffer Piece is card 83 of 97 in the Dragon price guide, a set released in November 2003 during the EX era. Its rarity is Uncommon. The artwork is by Katsura Tabata. In the checklist it sits after Balloon Berry 82/97 and before Energy Recycle System 84/97.
It is the 91st most valuable of the 100 priced cards in Dragon, behind Rayquaza ex 97/97 (see the most valuable Dragon cards).
What the data says
Only 3 ungraded copies sold in the last 90 days, too few to check the value against.
Ungraded copies are cheap, but graded ones are not: a PSA 10 is valued at $53.00.
From prices of Nov 12, 2026 and sales to Jul 8, 2026. Observations, not advice or a forecast. How we read the market
Market snapshot
How each figure is worked out- 4 weeks
- +3.7%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 90 days
- −1.3%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 1 year
- −58%ungraded; before Jul 22, 2026 from monthly averages
- Direction
- Thin marketunder 9 ungraded sales in 90 days: one sale can move the line
- High since daily tracking
- 5% under$0.59 on Sep 26, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Jul 22, 2026
- Liquidity
- Low1 ungraded sales a month over 90 days
- Price confidence
- Medium confidenceSome recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.
- Ungraded sold
- 1in 30 days; 3 in 90
- PSA 10 population
- 5of 11 PSA graded, count of Oct 15, 2026
Printings compared
- Non-Holo · this pageNothing on the front shines.$0.56 ungraded
- Reverse HoloThe border and text box shine; the picture is flat.$3.23 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.
- Set
- Dragon
- Number
- 83/97
- Set code
- DR
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Released
- Nov 24, 2003
- Era
- EX
- Illustrator
- Katsura Tabata
- Printings
- Non-holo, Reverse holo
Cite this price
Buffer Piece 83/97 (Dragon) is worth $0.56 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/dragon/buffer-piece-83).
Buffer Piece 83/97 (Dragon) is worth $0.56 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/dragon/buffer-piece-83).
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As of Nov 12, 2026, Buffer Piece 83/97 Dragon is worth about $0.56 ungraded. A PSA 10 copy is worth about $53.00. How we price cards.