How much is a PSA 10 Piplup 42/71 worth?

A PSA 10 Piplup 42/71 Mega Evolution Black Star Promos is worth about $42.20; PSA 9 about $17.90, PSA 8 about $14.00. That is about 4.4× the ungraded value.

How often does Piplup 42/71 sell?

Piplup 42/71 Mega Evolution Black Star Promos recorded 1,559 sales across every grade in the last 90 days (468 in the last 30), most recently on Nov 10, 2026. The highest recent sale was $200 for a BGS 10 copy on Aug 23, 2026.

What is the most valuable card in Mega Evolution Black Star Promos?

The most valuable card in Mega Evolution Black Star Promos is Celebratory Fanfare 28/71, at about $666 ungraded. Piplup 42/71 ranks 23rd of 60.

What set is Piplup 42/71 from?

Piplup 42/71 is from the English Pokémon TCG set Mega Evolution Black Star Promos, released Sep 26, 2025, in the Mega Evolution era. Its rarity is Promo.

What is Piplup 42/71 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?

As of Nov 12, 2026, Piplup 42/71 is about $9.54 ungraded near mint (508 sales in 90 days); PSA 9 about $17.90 (59 sales); PSA 10 about $42.20 (184 sales).

Why do two copies of Piplup 42/71 differ in price?

As of Nov 12, 2026, there is one printing of Piplup 42/71, so the gap is condition: near mint is $9.54. Copies sold as LP went for about $7.70 (55 sales).

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PiplupMega Evolution Black Star Promos 42/71 price & value

Name: Piplup 42/71 Mega Evolution Black Star Promos
Brand: Pokémon
SKU: mep-42

Japanese prints: 21 Japanese Piplup cards are listed, $0.24 to $75.46 ungraded.

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UltraBall Market ValueUngraded

$9.54

down −11%4 weeks · Falling

High confidence

How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.

508 ungraded in the last 90 days, all conditions
539 sales on record listed as near mint
Price sources within ±1% of the figure
Last sale Nov 10, 2026

How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value →

High liquidity100/100

High liquidity

Trades often, at prices that agree. It counts sales, not how long a listing takes to sell.

About 169 ungraded copies sell a month across all conditions, the pace of the last 90 days.

How we measure liquidity →

Near mint · UltraBall Market Value · 508 ungraded sales in the last 90 days, all conditions · as of Nov 12, 2026

Graded: PSA 9 $17.90PSA 10 $42.20

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People ask about this card

What is Piplup 42/71 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?: As of Nov 12, 2026, Piplup 42/71 is about $9.54 ungraded near mint (508 sales in 90 days); PSA 9 about $17.90 (59 sales); PSA 10 about $42.20 (184 sales). Every grade’s price.
Why do two copies of Piplup 42/71 differ in price?: As of Nov 12, 2026, there is one printing of Piplup 42/71, so the gap is condition: near mint is $9.54. Copies sold as LP went for about $7.70 (55 sales). Recent sales.

Price history

Piplup 42/71 price over time

Mar 1May 4Jul 7Sep 9Nov 12

Recorded prices, joined day to day

Ungraded, 1 year: $9.01 on Mar 1, 2026, $9.54 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $9.01, highest $15.81.

Now: $9.54
4 weeks: −11%
90 days: −17%
1 year: –no daily prices that far back (daily since Jul 22)
Highest, 1Y: $15.81
Lowest, 1Y: $9.01

Recorded history starts March 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.

Piplup 42/71 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	$9.54	down −11%
October 2026	$10.75	down −4.4%
September 2026	$11.25	down −7.9%
August 2026	$12.21	down −7.6%
July 2026	$13.21	–
May 2026	$15.81	up +18%
April 2026	$13.41	up +49%
March 2026	$9.01	–

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Recent verified sales

Latest 111

RawPiplup 042 Black Star Promo 2026 Pokemon First Partner Series Card NMNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $12.00asking
RawPIPLUP 042 MEGA EVOLUTION PROMO PROMO HOLO NMNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · $11.33
RawPokémon TCG Nintendo Mega Evolution Promo Piplup 042 Holo Promo Basic HP70 - NMNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $10.90asking
PSA 10PSA 10 PIPLUP #042 FIRST PARTNERS BLACK STAR PROMONov 10, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $41.99
PSA 10Pokemon TCG Mega Evolution Promo Piplup #042 Holo EN 2026 PSA 10Nov 10, 2026 · eBay · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $39.00asking
PSA 102026 POKEMON MEP FIRST PARTNER ILLUSTRATION COLLECTION #042 PIPLUP PSA 10Nov 10, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $49.99
PSA 102026 Pokemon MEP Black Star Promo Piplup #042 First Partner Series 1 PSA 10Nov 10, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $44.95
PSA 102026 POKEMON MEP EN-MEGA EVOLUTION BLACK STAR PROMOS #042 PIPLUP PSA 10Nov 10, 2026 · eBay · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $40.00asking
PSA 10Pokemon TCG Piplup 042 First Partner Illus Coll Ser 1 English 2026 PSA 10Nov 10, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $40.00
PSA 92026 Pokemon MEP EN First Partner Collection #042 Piplup PSA 9 MINTNov 10, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $20.10
TAG 10TAG 10 (RANK66T) - 2026 Pokemon First Partner Piplup#042 - Black Star PromoNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $49.99asking
TAG 10Piplup 042 Black Star Promo Holo English 2026 Mega Evolution TAG 10 GemNov 10, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $46.00
Raw2026 Pokemon MEP Black Star Promos Piplup First Partner Illustration #042Nov 9, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · View listing · $3.25
Raw2026 Pokemon MEP Black Star Promos Piplup First Partner Illustration #042Nov 9, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · View listing · $3.25
Raw2026 Pokemon MEP Black Star Promos Piplup First Partner Illustration #042Nov 9, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · View listing · $4.75
Raw2026 Pokemon MEP Black Star Promos Piplup First Partner Illustration #042Nov 9, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · View listing · $4.82
Raw2026 Pokemon MEP Black Star Promos Piplup First Partner Illustration #042Nov 9, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · View listing · $3.25
PSA 102026 Pokemon Mega Promo First Partner Illustration S1 Full Art Piplup #42 PSA 10Nov 9, 2026 · Fanatics Collect · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $62.00asking
PSA 102026 Pokemon Mega Promo First Partner Illustration S1 Full Art Piplup #42 PSA 10Nov 9, 2026 · Fanatics Collect · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $62.00asking
CGC 102026 POKEMON BLACK STAR PROMOS #042 PIPLUP CGC 10 GEM MINTNov 9, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $22.50
CGC 10 Pristine2026 Pokemon Mega Promo First Partner Illustration S1 Full Art Piplup #42 CGC 10Nov 9, 2026 · Fanatics Collect · View listing · $21.60
PSA 9Sold via Alt · PSA cert #164067227Nov 5, 2026 · Alt · Auction$20.40
PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #170371168Oct 3, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing$27.00
PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #170371166Oct 3, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing$21.60
PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #169153604Oct 3, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing$22.50
PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #170487217Oct 1, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted · View listing$19.95
PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #169845083Oct 1, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing$24.50
PSA 9Sold via eBay · PSA cert #169087576Oct 1, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing$22.50

Every sale here was matched to this exact card: the right number, set, printing and language, one card per listing, raw kept apart from graded. Where a venue sells by card and gives no listing title to check, the row says the venue named the card. Listings we can’t be sure of are left out. A price marked ≤ is an asking price, not a confirmed sale. On an accepted best offer we show what the buyer paid, not the asking price; where that isn’t on record the asking price is shown as a ceiling and never counts towards the price. A sale marked unusual is far from that grade’s market price: it stays on the record, and is left out of this page’s latest-sale and comparison figures. Sales record updated Nov 11, 2026.

Graded values

Piplup 42/71 price by grade

Piplup 42/71: market price, 4-week change, sales pace and last sale 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.	$9.54Last $11.33 · Nov 10, 2026	down −11%	169High liquidity. High	$11.33Nov 10, 2026High. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.
PSA 104.4× rawHigh. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.	$42.20Last $41.99 · Nov 10, 2026	down −4.2%	170High liquidity. High	$41.99Nov 10, 2026High. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.
PSA 91.9× rawMedium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.	$17.90Last $20.10 · Nov 10, 2026	down −7.4%	52High liquidity. High	$20.10Nov 10, 2026Medium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.
PSA 81.5× rawHigh. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.	$14.00Last $16.50 · Oct 13, 2026	down −1.2%	3Medium liquidity. Medium	$16.50Oct 13, 2026High. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.
CGC 101.6× rawHigh. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.	$15.60Last $22.50 · Nov 9, 2026	–	42High liquidity. High	$22.50Nov 9, 2026High. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.
BGS 1013.1× rawMedium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.	$125Last $56.00 · Nov 1, 2026	–	1Medium liquidity. Medium	$56.00Nov 1, 2026Medium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.
TAG 104.9× rawHigh. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.	$46.50Last $46.00 · Nov 10, 2026	–	7High liquidity. High	$46.00Nov 10, 2026High. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.

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

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If it gets a PSA 10: −$56.76
If it gets a PSA 9: −$77.84
PSA fee for a PSA 10: $59.99 Standard
Slab sale price to break even: $108at Standard, $59.99
Grading pays, at today’s prices: No priced grade
Historical PSA 10 rate: 82%

Against selling raw at $9.54, 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 18,358 copies; 14,970 got a 10.

Population

PSA graded: 18,358; +5,360 Sep 28, 2026 – Nov 9, 2026
PSA 10: 14,970; +4,316 Sep 28, 2026 – Nov 9, 2026
PSA 9: 3,175; +977 Sep 28, 2026 – Nov 9, 2026
Historical PSA 10 rate: 82%; PSA 10s of all graded

A higher historical PSA 10 rate than 97% of the Mega Evolution Black Star Promos cards PSA has graded enough of.

Grader	Graded	10s	9s	10s share
PSA	18,358	14,970	3,175	82%
CGC	11,855	9,721	1,316	82%
BGS	501	121	86	24%

PSA graded: 18,358
10s: 14,970
10s share: 82%
Historical PSA 10 rate: 82%

Every PSA grade (9)

PSA population by grade
Grade	Copies	Share
10	14,970	82%
9	3,175	17%
8	145	0.79%
7	26	0.14%
6	24	0.13%
5	12	0.07%
4	3	0.02%
3	2	0.01%
1	1	0.01%

PSA’s count of Nov 10, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.

CGC graded: 11,855
10s: 9,721
10s share: 82%
Historical CGC gem rate: 82%; Gem: 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s

Every CGC grade (13)

CGC population by grade
Grade	Copies	Share
10	9,721	82%
9.5	523	4.4%
9	1,316	11%
8.5	175	1.5%
8	64	0.54%
7.5	21	0.18%
7	8	0.07%
6.5	4	0.03%
6	3	0.03%
5.5	2	0.02%
5	1	0.01%
2.5	1	0.01%
Authentic	16	0.13%

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: 501
10s: 121
10s share: 24%
Historical Beckett gem rate: 77%; Gem: 9.5s, Pristine and Black Label 10s

Every Beckett grade (6)

Beckett population by grade
Grade	Copies	Share
10	121	24%
9.5	263	52%
9	86	17%
8.5	24	4.8%
8	6	1.2%
5	1	0.20%

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 Nov 10, 2026; the changes are PSA’s weekly report from Sep 28, 2026 to Nov 9, 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 15 weeks, Jul 24, 2026 to Nov 9, 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

About this card

Piplup is card 42 of 71 in the Mega Evolution Black Star Promos price guide, a set released in September 2025 during the Mega Evolution era. Its rarity is Promo. The artwork is by Saboteri. In the checklist it sits after Chimchar 41/71 and before Rowlet 43/71.

It is the 23rd most valuable of the 60 priced cards in Mega Evolution Black Star Promos, behind Celebratory Fanfare 28/71 (see the most valuable Mega Evolution Black Star Promos cards).

It is one of 26 English Piplup cards, and ranks 11th among them by ungraded value; the most valuable is Blastoise & Piplup-GX from Cosmic Eclipse. Compare them all in the most valuable Piplup cards.

What the data says

The ungraded value is down 11% over four weeks on 7-day averages, with 183 ungraded sales in the last 30 days.

PSA has graded 18,358 copies, 14,970 of them PSA 10 (82%). That describes the copies sent in, not the chance a given card grades 10.

The PSA count grew by 5,360 between Sep 28, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, 4,316 of them PSA 10s.

From prices of Nov 12, 2026 and sales to Nov 10, 2026. Observations, not advice or a forecast. How we read the market

Market snapshot

How each figure is worked out

4 weeks: −11%ungraded, between 7-day averages
90 days: −17%ungraded, between 7-day averages
1 year: –no daily prices that far back: daily since Jul 22, 2026
Direction: Fallingthe ungraded 7-day average is down 10% or more on four weeks ago
High since daily tracking: 19% under$13.12 on Jul 29, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Jul 22, 2026
Liquidity: High169.3 ungraded sales a month over 90 days
Price confidence: High confidenceMany recent comparable sales that agree closely.
Ungraded sold: 183in 30 days; 508 in 90
Sales pace: 3.4×the typical Mega Evolution Black Star Promos card with sales: 508 ungraded in 90 days against 147.5
PSA 10 premium: 4.4×the ungraded price; the typical Mega Evolution Black Star Promos card with a PSA 10 price: 10×
PSA 10 population: 14,970of 18,358 PSA graded, count of Nov 10, 2026
Population change: +5,360graded, +4,316 PSA 10s, Sep 28, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026

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Card details

Set: Mega Evolution Black Star Promos
Number: 42/71
Set code: MEP
Rarity: Promo
Released: Sep 26, 2025
Era: Mega Evolution
Pokémon: Piplup
Pokédex no.: #0393
Illustrator: Saboteri
Printings: Holofoil

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