Metal EnergyExpedition Base Set 159/165 price & value
$7.79
up +2.0%4 weeks · Steady
High confidence
High confidence
How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.
- 17 ungraded in the last 90 days, all conditions
- 5 sales on record listed as near mint
- Last sale Nov 3, 2026
High liquidity66/100
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 · 17 ungraded sales in the last 90 days, all conditions · as of Nov 12, 2026
Graded: PSA 9 $15.00PSA 10 $19.20
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Prices updated Nov 12, 2026 · How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
People ask about this card
- What is Metal Energy 159/165 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?
- As of Nov 12, 2026, Metal Energy 159/165 is about $7.79 ungraded near mint (17 sales in 90 days); PSA 9 about $15.00; PSA 10 about $19.20 (1 sale). Every grade’s price.
- Which printing of Metal Energy 159/165 is this, and why do two copies differ in price?
- Metal Energy 159/165 comes in 2 printings: Non-Holo $7.79 ungraded, Reverse Holo $12.00 ungraded. Reverse holo or non-holo: the reverse holo’s border and text box shine; the non-holo has no shine anywhere. Printings compared.
Metal Energy 159/165 price over time
- Recorded prices, joined day to day
Ungraded, 1 year: $6.30 on Nov 11, 2025, $7.79 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $6.00, highest $8.69.
- Now
- $7.79
- 4 weeks
- +2.0%
- 90 days
- +1.7%
- 1 year
- +23%
- Highest, 1Y
- $8.69
- Lowest, 1Y
- $6.00
Recorded history starts April 2022. 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.
Metal Energy 159/165 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 | $7.79 | up +0.9% |
| October 2026 | $7.72 | up +7.8% |
| September 2026 | $7.16 | down −5.3% |
| August 2026 | $7.56 | up +0.8% |
| July 2026 | $7.50 | – |
| May 2026 | $6.94 | down −20% |
| April 2026 | $8.69 | up +35% |
| March 2026 | $6.44 | down −2.1% |
| February 2026 | $6.58 | up +9.8% |
| January 2026 | $6.00 | down −9.3% |
| December 2025 | $6.61 | up +4.9% |
| November 2025 | $6.30 | up +28% |
Recent verified sales
RawMetal Energy 159/165 Expedition Base Set Regular Pokemon TCG Near MintNov 8, 2026 · 
eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $7.89asking- RawMETAL ENERGY 159/165 RARE EXPEDITION BASE SETNov 3, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · View listing · $9.76
RawMetal Energy Non Holo Rare 159/165 Pokemon Expedition Base Set LPNov 3, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Buy It Now · View listing · $7.99
RawMetal Energy 159/165 Expedition Base Set Pokemon Card LP-NMNov 1, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Buy It Now · View listing · $7.99
RawMetal Energy 159/165 Expedition Base Set Regular e-ReaderOct 28, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Auction · View listing · $3.00
RawMetal Energy 159/165 Expedition Base Set RegularOct 24, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $3.99asking
RawMetal Energy 159/165 Rare Expedition Base Set Pokemon Heavily PlayedOct 21, 2026 · eBay · Sold as heavy play · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $4.68asking
PSA 92002 Pokemon Expedition #159/165 Metal Energy PSA 9 MINTOct 21, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $13.06
RawPokemon TCG Metal Energy 159/165 Expedition Rare English 2002Unusual priceOct 18, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Auction · View listing · $2.25
PSA 92002 Pokemon Metal Energy Non Holo Rare Expedition Base 159/165 PSA 9 Mint! WOTCOct 6, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing · $19.95- PSA 8Expedition Metal Energy PSA 8 159/165 Pokemon (3913)Likely best offer · asking price shownAug 22, 2026 · eBay · View listing · Asking price, up to $15.00asking
- PSA 92002 POKEMON EXPEDITION #159 METAL ENERGY PSA 9Jul 2, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $39.99
- PSA 102002 POKEMON EXPEDITION #159 METAL ENERGY PSA 10Likely best offer · asking price shownJun 21, 2026 · eBay · View listing · Asking price, up to $100asking
CGC 8.52002 Pokemon Expedition Metal Energy #159 CGC 8.5 NM-MT+Jun 15, 2026 ·
Fanatics Collect · View listing · $9.60CGC 92002 Pokemon Expedition Metal Energy #159 CGC 9 MINTApr 20, 2026 ·
Fanatics Collect · View listing · $8.40CGC 102002 Pokemon Expedition Metal Energy #159 CGC 10 GEM MINTApr 20, 2026 ·
Fanatics Collect · View listing · $16.80- PSA 10Pokemon TCG Metal Energy 159/165 Non Holo Rare Expedition PSA 10Mar 1, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $33.00
- PSA 102002 Pokemon Expedition Metal Energy #159 PSA 10 GEM MINTJan 27, 2025 · Fanatics Collect · View listing · $19.20
Graded values
Metal Energy 159/165 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. | $7.79Last $9.76 · Nov 3, 2026 | up +2.0% | 6High liquidity. High | $9.76Nov 3, 2026High. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
| PSA 102.5× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $19.20Last $33.00 · Mar 1, 2026 | down −73% volatile | No recent sales | $33.00Mar 1, 2026Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| PSA 91.9× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $15.00Last $13.06 · Oct 21, 2026 | 0.0% | 0.7Medium liquidity. Medium | $13.06Oct 21, 2026Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| PSA 8Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $4.00 | 0.0% | 0.3Low liquidity. Low | –Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| CGC 102.2× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $16.80Last $16.80 · Apr 20, 2026 | – | No recent sales | $16.80Apr 20, 2026Low. 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
- −$75.19
- If it gets a PSA 9
- −$78.84
- PSA fee for a PSA 10
- $59.99 Standard
- Slab sale price to break even
- $106at Standard, $59.99
- Grading pays, at today’s prices
- No priced grade
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 28%
Against selling raw at $7.79, after the PSA fee for what the slab is worth (a 10 goes in at Standard, $59.99; 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. 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 57 copies; 16 got a 10.
Population
- PSA graded
- 57
- PSA 10
- 16
- PSA 9
- 24
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 28%
- PSA 10s of all graded
A higher historical PSA 10 rate than 45% of the Expedition Base Set cards PSA has graded enough of.
| Grader | Graded | 10s | 9s | 10s share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 57 | 16 | 24 | 28% |
| CGC | 45 | 6 | 18 | 13% |
| BGS | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
- PSA graded
- 57
- 10s
- 16
- 10s share
- 28%
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 28%
Every PSA grade (6)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 16 | 28% |
| 9 | 24 | 42% |
| 8 | 9 | 16% |
| 7 | 5 | 8.8% |
| 6 | 2 | 3.5% |
| 5 | 1 | 1.8% |
PSA’s count of Oct 13, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.
- CGC graded
- 45
- 10s
- 6
- 10s share
- 13%
- Historical CGC gem rate
- 13%
- Gem: 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s
Every CGC grade (12)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 6 | 13% |
| 9.5 | 2 | 4.4% |
| 9 | 18 | 40% |
| 8.5 | 6 | 13% |
| 8 | 3 | 6.7% |
| 7.5 | 4 | 8.9% |
| 6.5 | 1 | 2.2% |
| 6 | 1 | 2.2% |
| 5.5 | 1 | 2.2% |
| 4.5 | 1 | 2.2% |
| 4 | 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.
- Beckett graded
- 2
- 10s
- 0
- 10s share
- –
- Historical Beckett gem rate
- –
- Gem: 9.5s, Pristine and Black Label 10s
Every Beckett grade (1)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2 | 100% |
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.
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 this card
Metal Energy is card 159 of 165 in the Expedition Base Set price guide, a set released in September 2002 during the Wizards of the Coast era. Its rarity is Rare. The artwork is by Milky Isobe. In the checklist it sits after Darkness Energy 158/165 and before Fighting Energy 160/165.
It is the 114th most valuable of the 165 priced cards in Expedition Base Set, behind Charizard 6/165 (see the most valuable Expedition Base Set cards).
What the data says
The ungraded value has held within 10% over four weeks (+2.0% on 7-day averages), on 17 ungraded sales in 90 days.
PSA has graded 57 copies, 16 of them PSA 10 (28%). That describes the copies sent in, not the chance a given card grades 10.
From prices of Nov 12, 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
- +2.0%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 90 days
- +1.7%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 1 year
- +23%ungraded; before Jul 22, 2026 from monthly averages
- Direction
- Steadywithin 10% of four weeks ago, on 7-day averages
- High since daily tracking
- 3% under$8.03 on Oct 4, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Jul 22, 2026
- Liquidity
- High5.7 ungraded sales a month over 90 days
- Price confidence
- High confidenceMany recent comparable sales that agree closely.
- Ungraded sold
- 8in 30 days; 17 in 90
- PSA 10 premium
- 2.5×the ungraded price; the typical Expedition Base Set card with a PSA 10 price: 21.7×
- PSA 10 population
- 16of 57 PSA graded, count of Oct 13, 2026
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Printings compared
- Non-Holo · this pageNothing on the front shines.$7.79 ungraded
- Reverse HoloThe border and text box shine; the picture is flat.$12.00 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
- 159/165
- Set code
- EX
- Rarity
- Rare
- Released
- Sep 15, 2002
- Illustrator
- Milky Isobe
- Printings
- Non-holo, Reverse holo
- Expedition Base Set checklistAll 165 cards with prices
- Most valuable Expedition Base Set cardsRanked by ungraded value
- Expedition Base Set chase cardsThe pulls collectors open packs for, with odds where we hold them
- Wizards of the Coast eraSets and chase cards from January 1999 on
- 2002 Pokémon cardsEvery set released in 2002, with prices
Cite this price
Metal Energy 159/165 (Expedition Base Set) is worth $7.79 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/expedition-base-set/metal-energy-159).
Metal Energy 159/165 (Expedition Base Set) is worth $7.79 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/expedition-base-set/metal-energy-159).
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As of Nov 12, 2026, Metal Energy 159/165 Expedition Base Set is worth about $7.79 ungraded. A PSA 10 copy is worth about $19.20. How we price cards.