Alolan SandslashSM Black Star Promos SM18 price & value
$30.00
up +3.2%4 weeks · Thin market
Medium confidence
Medium confidence
Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.
- 8 ungraded in the last 90 days, all conditions
- 9 sales on record listed as near mint
- Last sale Nov 9, 2026
Medium liquidity63/100
Medium liquidity
Trades regularly, with some spread between sale prices.
About 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 · 8 ungraded sales in the last 90 days, all conditions · as of Nov 12, 2026
Graded: PSA 10 $56.39
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Prices updated Nov 12, 2026 · How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
People ask about this card
- What is Alolan Sandslash SM18 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?
- As of Nov 12, 2026, Alolan Sandslash SM18 is about $30.00 ungraded near mint (8 sales in 90 days); PSA 9: too few sales to price; PSA 10 about $56.39. Every grade’s price.
- Why do two copies of Alolan Sandslash SM18 differ in price?
- As of Nov 12, 2026, there is one printing of Alolan Sandslash SM18, so the gap is condition: near mint is $30.00. Too few played copies have sold to price each condition on its own. Recent sales.
Alolan Sandslash SM18 price over time
- Recorded prices, joined day to day
Ungraded, 1 year: $7.45 on Nov 11, 2025, $30.00 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $7.45, highest $31.53.
- Now
- $30.00
- 4 weeks
- +3.2%
- 90 days
- +110%
- 1 year
- +316%
- Highest, 1Y
- $31.53
- Lowest, 1Y
- $7.45
Recorded history starts July 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.
Alolan Sandslash SM18 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 | $30.00 | down −2.1% |
| October 2026 | $30.65 | up +15% |
| September 2026 | $26.57 | up +77% |
| August 2026 | $15.01 | up +10% |
| July 2026 | $13.61 | – |
| May 2026 | $14.55 | down −1.8% |
| April 2026 | $14.81 | up +11% |
| March 2026 | $13.38 | up +0.6% |
| February 2026 | $13.31 | up +53% |
| January 2026 | $8.71 | up +17% |
| December 2025 | $7.45 | 0.0% |
| November 2025 | $7.45 | down −28% |
Recent verified sales
RawPokemon Alolan Sandslash SM18 Holo Prerelease Promo Guardians Rising 2017 NMNov 9, 2026 · 
eBay · Sold as near mint · Buy It Now · View listing · $39.99
RawAlolan Sandslash (Prerelease) SM18 - SM Promos - Promo - Holofoil - NMNov 6, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $26.39asking
RawAlolan Sandslash SM18 Holo Prerelease Promo Sun & Moon Guardians RisingOct 25, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Auction · View listing · $19.99
RawAlolan Sandslash SM18 Holo Prerelease Promo Sun & Moon Guardians Rising NMOct 23, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Buy It Now · View listing · $30.00
RawPokemon Alolan Sandslash - (Prerelease) SM18 Holo Promo Sun & Moon Promo LPOct 20, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Buy It Now · View listing · $21.33CGC 7.52017 Pokemon Sun & Moon Promo Guardians Rising Prerelease Alolan Sandslash #SM18Oct 19, 2026 ·
Fanatics Collect · View listing · $28.80
RawAlolan Sandslash Sm18 Sun & Moon Guardian Rising StampedOct 15, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $36.79asking
RawPokemon Alolan Sandslash - (Prerelease) SM18 Holo Promo Sun & Moon Promo LPOct 11, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $28.51asking
RawPokemon Alolan Sandslash - (Prerelease) SM18 Holo Promo Sun & Moon Promo LPSep 24, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Buy It Now · View listing · $15.99
CGC 9Alolan Sandslash - SM18 (Prerelease) - SM18 Pokémon TCG Guardians Rising CGC 9Aug 7, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $21.73- PSA 8.52017 BSP Guardians Rising Pre Release # SM18 Alolan Sandslash Holo PSA 8.5Jun 20, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $60.00
- PSA 102017 POKEMON SM BLACK STAR PROMO #SM18 ALOLAN SANDSLASH-HOLO PSA 10Likely best offer · asking price shownJun 3, 2026 · eBay · View listing · Asking price, up to $395asking
PSA 92017 BSP Guardians Rising Pre Release # SM18 Alolan Sandslash Holo PSA 9 CardApr 13, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing · $49.97- PSA 9PSA 9 2017 POKEMON SM BLACK STAR PROMO #SM18 ALOLAN SANDSLASH-HOLO STAFF/PRERLSMar 19, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $74.99
Graded values
Alolan Sandslash SM18 price by grade
| Grade | Market value | 4 wk | Sales/moSales a month | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UngradedMedium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. | $30.00Last $39.99 · Nov 9, 2026 | up +3.2% | 3Medium liquidity. Medium | $39.99Nov 9, 2026Medium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. |
| PSA 101.9× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $56.39 | 0.0% | No recent sales | –Low. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. |
| CGC 105.8× rawLow. Few recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide. | $174 | – | 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 10
- −$62.10
- PSA fee for a PSA 10
- $59.99 Standard
- Slab sale price to break even
- $128at Standard, $59.99
- Grading pays, at today’s prices
- No priced grade
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 12%
Against selling raw at $30.00, after the PSA fee for what the slab is worth (a 10 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 58 copies; 7 got a 10.
Population
- PSA graded
- 58
- PSA 10
- 7
- PSA 9
- 18
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 12%
- PSA 10s of all graded
A higher historical PSA 10 rate than 45% of the SM Black Star Promos cards PSA has graded enough of.
| Grader | Graded | 10s | 9s | 10s share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 58 | 7 | 18 | 12% |
| CGC | 35 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% |
| BGS | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
- PSA graded
- 58
- 10s
- 7
- 10s share
- 12%
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 12%
Every PSA grade (8)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7 | 12% |
| 9 | 18 | 31% |
| 8 | 16 | 28% |
| 7 | 8 | 14% |
| 6 | 5 | 8.6% |
| 5 | 2 | 3.4% |
| 4 | 1 | 1.7% |
| 3 | 1 | 1.7% |
PSA’s count of Oct 13, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.
- CGC graded
- 35
- 10s
- 0
- 10s share
- 0%
- Historical CGC gem rate
- 0%
- Gem: 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s
Every CGC grade (7)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 8 | 23% |
| 8.5 | 12 | 34% |
| 8 | 4 | 11% |
| 7.5 | 5 | 14% |
| 7 | 2 | 5.7% |
| 6.5 | 3 | 8.6% |
| 5.5 | 1 | 2.9% |
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 (2)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | 1 | 50% |
| 7.5 | 1 | 50% |
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 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
Alolan Sandslash is card SM18 in the SM Black Star Promos price guide, a set released in February 2017 during the Sun & Moon era. Its rarity is Promo. The artwork is by TOKIYA. In the checklist it sits after Lunala-GX SM17 and before Oricorio SM19.
It is the 53rd most valuable of the 251 priced cards in SM Black Star Promos, behind Champions Festival SM78 (see the most valuable SM Black Star Promos cards).
It is one of 25 English Sandslash cards, and ranks 1st among them by ungraded value. Compare them all in the most valuable Sandslash cards.
What the data says
Only 8 ungraded copies sold in the last 90 days, so a single sale can move the value a long way.
PSA has graded 58 copies, 7 of them PSA 10 (12%). That describes the copies sent in, not the chance a given card grades 10.
From prices of Nov 12, 2026 and sales to Nov 9, 2026. Observations, not advice or a forecast. How we read the market
Market snapshot
How each figure is worked out- 4 weeks
- +3.2%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 90 days
- +110%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 1 year
- +316%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
- 3% under$31.87 on Nov 6, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Jul 22, 2026
- Liquidity
- Medium2.7 ungraded sales a month over 90 days
- Price confidence
- Medium confidenceSome recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual.
- Ungraded sold
- 4in 30 days; 8 in 90
- PSA 10 premium
- 1.9×the ungraded price; the typical SM Black Star Promos card with a PSA 10 price: 26.7×
- PSA 10 population
- 7of 58 PSA graded, count of Oct 13, 2026
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- Number
- SM18
- Set code
- PR-SM
- Rarity
- Promo
- Released
- Feb 3, 2017
- Era
- Sun & Moon
- Pokémon
- Sandslash
- Pokédex no.
- #0028
- Illustrator
- TOKIYA
- Printings
- Holofoil
- Every Sandslash PSA 10All Sandslash cards ranked by PSA 10 price
- SM Black Star Promos checklistAll 251 cards with prices
- All Sandslash cards25 English cards
- Most valuable Sandslash cardsRanked by ungraded value
- Most valuable SM Black Star Promos cardsRanked by ungraded value
- Sun & Moon eraSets and chase cards from February 2017 on
- 2017 Pokémon cardsEvery set released in 2017, with prices
Cite this price
Alolan Sandslash SM18 (SM Black Star Promos) is worth $30.00 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/sm-black-star-promos/alolan-sandslash-sm18).
Alolan Sandslash SM18 (SM Black Star Promos) is worth $30.00 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/sm-black-star-promos/alolan-sandslash-sm18).
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As of Nov 12, 2026, Alolan Sandslash SM18 SM Black Star Promos is worth about $30.00 ungraded. A PSA 10 copy is worth about $56.39. How we price cards.
