Choice HelmetLost Thunder 229/214 price & value
$5.08
down −2.2%4 weeks · Thin market
High confidence
High confidence
How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.
- 5 ungraded in the last 90 days, all conditions
- 5 sales on record listed as near mint
- Last sale Oct 11, 2026
Medium liquidity42/100
Medium liquidity
Trades regularly, with some spread between sale prices.
About 2 ungraded copies sell a month across all conditions, the pace of the last 90 days.
How we measure liquidity →Near mint · UltraBall Market Value · 5 ungraded sales in the last 90 days, all conditions · as of Nov 12, 2026
Graded: PSA 9 $10.00PSA 10 $49.99
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Prices updated Nov 12, 2026 · How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
People ask about this card
- What is Choice Helmet 229/214 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?
- As of Nov 12, 2026, Choice Helmet 229/214 is about $5.08 ungraded near mint (5 sales in 90 days); PSA 9 about $10.00; PSA 10 about $49.99. Every grade’s price.
- Why do two copies of Choice Helmet 229/214 differ in price?
- As of Nov 12, 2026, there is one printing of Choice Helmet 229/214, so the gap is condition: near mint is $5.08. Too few played copies have sold to price each condition on its own. Recent sales.
Choice Helmet 229/214 price over time
- Recorded prices, joined day to day
Ungraded, 1 year: $5.47 on Nov 11, 2025, $5.08 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $4.62, highest $6.87.
- Now
- $5.08
- 4 weeks
- −2.2%
- 90 days
- −2.3%
- 1 year
- −5.3%
- Highest, 1Y
- $6.87
- Lowest, 1Y
- $4.62
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.
Choice Helmet 229/214 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 | $5.08 | down −4.2% |
| October 2026 | $5.30 | down −2.9% |
| September 2026 | $5.46 | up +4.2% |
| August 2026 | $5.24 | down −1.1% |
| July 2026 | $5.30 | – |
| May 2026 | $5.49 | up +19% |
| April 2026 | $4.62 | down −14% |
| March 2026 | $5.36 | down −16% |
| February 2026 | $6.40 | down −6.9% |
| January 2026 | $6.87 | up +48% |
| December 2025 | $4.63 | down −15% |
| November 2025 | $5.47 | down −22% |
Recent verified sales
PSA 92018 POKEMON SUN & MOON LOST THUNDER SECRET #229 FULL ART/CHOICE HELMET PSA 9Oct 28, 2026 · 
eBay · Auction · View listing · $23.68
RawPokemon Choice Helmet (Secret) Holofoil SM8 229/214 HP Secret Rare ENOct 17, 2026 · eBay · Sold as heavy play · Buy It Now · View listing · $3.71
RawChoice Helmet 229/214 Secret Rare Lost Thunder Pokemon Holo NMOct 11, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Buy It Now · View listing · $5.79
PSA 10Choice Helmet 229/214 Lost Thunder Secret Rare PSA 10 GEM MINT Pokemon CardOct 10, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing · $77.99
RawCHOICE HELMET 229/214 -- NEAR MINT -- SECRET RARE LOST THUNDER POKEMON HOLO --Sep 20, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $4.50asking
PSA 10Choice Helmet (Secret) 229/214 Sm-Lost Thunder Holo PSA 10Sep 6, 2026 · eBay · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $50.00asking
RawChoice Helmet 229/214 Lost Thunder Gold Secret Rare Trainer Pokemon Card FAAug 16, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $7.00asking
RawChoice Helmet 229/214 S&M: Lost Thunder Gold Secret Rare Trainer PokemonAug 14, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $5.99asking
RawCHOICE HELMET 229/214 -- NEAR MINT -- SECRET RARE LOST THUNDER POKEMON HOLO --Aug 9, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Buy It Now · View listing · $6.49
RawChoice Helmet (Secret) 229/214 Sm-Lost Thunder HoloAug 6, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Buy It Now · View listing · $4.25
RawChoice Helmet (Secret) Holo Secret Rare SM - Lost Thunder 229/214 NMJul 31, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Buy It Now · View listing · $4.69- PSA 92018 POKEMON SUN & MOON LOST THUNDER SECRET #229 FULL ART/CHOICE HELMET PSA 9Jun 24, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $16.50
- PSA 102018 POKEMON SUN & MOON LOST THUNDER SECRET #229 FULL ART/CHOICE HELMET PSA 10Apr 5, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $49.99
- PSA 92018 Pokemon Sun and Moon Lost Thunder Choice Helmet #229 PSA 9Oct 28, 2024 · eBay · View listing · $10.00
- PSA 82018 Pokemon Sun and Moon Lost Thunder Choice Helmet #229 PSA 8Sep 6, 2024 · eBay · View listing · $30.00
Graded values
Choice Helmet 229/214 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. | $5.08Last $5.79 · Oct 11, 2026 | down −2.2% | 2Medium liquidity. Medium | $5.79Oct 11, 2026High. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
| PSA 109.8× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $49.99Last $77.99 · Oct 10, 2026 | 0.0% | 0.7Low liquidity. Low | $77.99Oct 10, 2026Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| PSA 92× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $10.00Last $23.68 · Oct 28, 2026 | 0.0% | 0.3Medium liquidity. Medium | $23.68Oct 28, 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
Grade it with PSA?
Grade yours from photos →Change the costs, or add your own odds →- If it gets a PSA 10
- −$46.13
- If it gets a PSA 9
- −$80.72
- PSA fee for a PSA 10
- $59.99 Standard
- Slab sale price to break even
- $103at Standard, $59.99
- Grading pays, at today’s prices
- No priced grade
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 36%
Against selling raw at $5.08, 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 73 copies; 26 got a 10.
Population
- PSA graded
- 73
- PSA 10
- 26
- PSA 9
- 36
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 36%
- PSA 10s of all graded
A higher historical PSA 10 rate than 57% of the Lost Thunder cards PSA has graded enough of.
| Grader | Graded | 10s | 9s | 10s share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 73 | 26 | 36 | 36% |
| CGC | 23 | 4 | 10 | 17% |
| BGS | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
- PSA graded
- 73
- 10s
- 26
- 10s share
- 36%
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 36%
Every PSA grade (4)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 26 | 36% |
| 9 | 36 | 49% |
| 8 | 9 | 12% |
| 7 | 2 | 2.7% |
PSA’s count of Oct 13, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.
- CGC graded
- 23
- 10s
- 4
- 10s share
- 17%
- Historical CGC gem rate
- 17%
- Gem: 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s
Every CGC grade (5)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 4 | 17% |
| 9 | 10 | 43% |
| 8.5 | 7 | 30% |
| 8 | 1 | 4.3% |
| Authentic | 1 | 4.3% |
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
- 1
- 10s
- 0
- 10s share
- –
- Historical Beckett gem rate
- –
- Gem: 9.5s, Pristine and Black Label 10s
Every Beckett grade (1)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | 1 | 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.
- SGC graded
- 2
- 10s
- 0
- 10s share
- –
- Historical SGC gem rate
- –
- Gem: 10s and Pristine 10s
Every SGC grade (2)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | 50% |
| 8.5 | 1 | 50% |
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 12 weeks, Jul 24, 2026 to Oct 19, 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
Choice Helmet is card 229 of 214 in the Lost Thunder price guide, a set released in November 2018 during the Sun & Moon era. Its number runs past the set’s printed 214, which marks it as a secret rare. The artwork is by Eske Yoshinob. In the checklist it sits after Adventure Bag 228/214 and before Counter Gain 230/214.
It is the 67th most valuable of the 240 priced cards in Lost Thunder, behind Mimikyu-GX 226/214 (see the most valuable Lost Thunder cards).
What the data says
Only 5 ungraded copies sold in the last 90 days, too few to check the value against.
A PSA 10 is valued at 9.8× the ungraded price ($49.99 against $5.08), and a PSA 9 at $10.00.
PSA has graded 73 copies, 26 of them PSA 10 (36%). That describes the copies sent in, not the chance a given card grades 10.
From prices of Nov 12, 2026 and sales to Oct 11, 2026. Observations, not advice or a forecast. How we read the market
Market snapshot
How each figure is worked out- 4 weeks
- −2.2%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 90 days
- −2.3%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 1 year
- −5.3%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
- 10% under$5.75 on Oct 5, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Jul 22, 2026
- Liquidity
- Medium1.7 ungraded sales a month over 90 days
- Price confidence
- High confidenceMany recent comparable sales that agree closely.
- Ungraded sold
- 1in 30 days; 5 in 90
- PSA 10 premium
- 9.8×the ungraded price; the typical Lost Thunder card with a PSA 10 price: 12.9×
- PSA 10 population
- 26of 73 PSA graded, count of Oct 13, 2026
- Set
- Lost Thunder
- Number
- 229/214
- Set code
- LOT
- Rarity
- Rare Secret
- Released
- Nov 2, 2018
- Era
- Sun & Moon
- Illustrator
- Eske Yoshinob
- Printings
- Holofoil
- Lost Thunder checklistAll 240 cards with prices
- Most valuable Lost Thunder cardsRanked by ungraded value
- Lost Thunder chase cardsThe pulls collectors open packs for, with odds where we hold them
- Every Secret Rare cardSecret Rare cards across every set, by value
- Sun & Moon eraSets and chase cards from February 2017 on
- 2018 Pokémon cardsEvery set released in 2018, with prices
Cite this price
Choice Helmet 229/214 (Lost Thunder) is worth $5.08 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/lost-thunder/choice-helmet-229).
Choice Helmet 229/214 (Lost Thunder) is worth $5.08 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/lost-thunder/choice-helmet-229).
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As of Nov 12, 2026, Choice Helmet 229/214 Lost Thunder is worth about $5.08 ungraded. A PSA 10 copy is worth about $49.99. How we price cards.
