{ "url": "https://www.moonstonehq.com/articles/cheapest-psa-10-of-every-fan-favorite", "slug": "cheapest-psa-10-of-every-fan-favorite", "title": "A $65 English PSA 10 Charizard: The Cheapest English Slab of Ten Fan Favorites With 20 or More Sales", "summary": "For ten fan-favorite Pokemon, the cheapest English PSA 10 we track with at least 20 verified sales costs between $33.26 (a Gardevoir VMAX) and $154.89 (a Mew V). A Charizard 10 is $65 and sells about 37 times a week. The Japanese slab is cheaper still for nine of the ten. A few that look cheaper than these rest on a handful of sales, or on sales that can't be told apart from another version of the card.", "section": "Research", "published": "2026-11-15", "readMinutes": 8, "publisher": "moonstone", "findings": [ { "value": "$65", "measures": "the cheapest English Charizard PSA 10 with 20+ verified sales", "basis": "472 sold in the last 90 days" }, { "value": "$33.26 to $154.89", "measures": "the cheapest English PSA 10 of each of the ten, 20+ sales", "basis": "Gardevoir VMAX at the bottom, Mew V at the top" }, { "value": "9 of 10", "measures": "Pokemon where the cheapest Japanese PSA 10 with 20+ sales costs less", "basis": "Gardevoir is the exception" } ], "tables": [ { "title": "Cheapest English PSA 10 with at least 20 verified sales, against the Japanese one and the dearest with at least 100", "columns": [ "Pokemon", "Cheapest English PSA 10, 20+ sales", "Price (read Oct 16 to Nov 8, 2026)", "Recent sales", "Cheapest Japanese PSA 10, 20+ sales and dated recent sales (read Oct 16 to Nov 7, 2026)", "Dearest English PSA 10, 100+ sales (read Nov 12 to 15, 2026)", "Cheap slabs one dear one buys" ], "rows": [ { "Pokemon": "Charizard", "Cheapest English PSA 10, 20+ sales": "[Mega Charizard X ex](/card/mep-029), [MEP Black Star Promos](/set/mep%20black%20star%20promos) 029", "Price (read Oct 16 to Nov 8, 2026)": "$65.00", "Recent sales": "472 in 90 days", "Cheapest Japanese PSA 10, 20+ sales and dated recent sales (read Oct 16 to Nov 7, 2026)": "[Charizard ex, Terastal Charizard ex Battle Master Deck 006/021](/card/jat-588625): $40.00", "Dearest English PSA 10, 100+ sales (read Nov 12 to 15, 2026)": "[Mega Charizard Y ex](/card/me02.5-294), [Ascended Heroes](/set/ascended%20heroes) 294: $1,995.00", "Cheap slabs one dear one buys": "30" }, { "Pokemon": "Pikachu", "Cheapest English PSA 10, 20+ sales": "[Pikachu ex](/card/me02.5-057), [Ascended Heroes](/set/ascended%20heroes) 057", "Price (read Oct 16 to Nov 8, 2026)": "$88.00", "Recent sales": "61 in 90 days", "Cheapest Japanese PSA 10, 20+ sales and dated recent sales (read Oct 16 to Nov 7, 2026)": "[Pikachu ex, Generations Start Decks 038/175](/card/jat-630192): $49.99", "Dearest English PSA 10, 100+ sales (read Nov 12 to 15, 2026)": "[Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat](/card/svp-085), [SVP Black Star Promos](/set/svp%20black%20star%20promos) 085: $2,600.00", "Cheap slabs one dear one buys": "29" }, { "Pokemon": "Umbreon", "Cheapest English PSA 10, 20+ sales": "[Umbreon ex](/card/sv08.5-060), [Prismatic Evolutions](/set/prismatic%20evolutions) 060", "Price (read Oct 16 to Nov 8, 2026)": "$110.00", "Recent sales": "220 in 90 days", "Cheapest Japanese PSA 10, 20+ sales and dated recent sales (read Oct 16 to Nov 7, 2026)": "[Umbreon ex, Terastal Festival ex 093/187](/card/ja-SV8a-093): $49.99", "Dearest English PSA 10, 100+ sales (read Nov 12 to 15, 2026)": "[Umbreon ex](/card/sv08.5-161), [Prismatic Evolutions](/set/prismatic%20evolutions) 161: $5,000.00", "Cheap slabs one dear one buys": "45" }, { "Pokemon": "Gengar", "Cheapest English PSA 10, 20+ sales": "[Mega Gengar ex](/card/me02-056), [Phantasmal Flames](/set/phantasmal%20flames) 056", "Price (read Oct 16 to Nov 8, 2026)": "$64.99", "Recent sales": "306 in 90 days", "Cheapest Japanese PSA 10, 20+ sales and dated recent sales (read Oct 16 to Nov 7, 2026)": "[Mega Gengar ex, MEGA Starter Set 003/021](/card/jat-653856): $42.00", "Dearest English PSA 10, 100+ sales (read Nov 12 to 15, 2026)": "[Gengar VMAX](/card/swsh8-271), [Fusion Strike](/set/fusion%20strike) 271: $2,252.50", "Cheap slabs one dear one buys": "34" }, { "Pokemon": "Mew", "Cheapest English PSA 10, 20+ sales": "[Mew V](/card/swsh3-69), [Darkness Ablaze](/set/darkness%20ablaze) 069", "Price (read Oct 16 to Nov 8, 2026)": "$154.89", "Recent sales": "30 in 90 days", "Cheapest Japanese PSA 10, 20+ sales and dated recent sales (read Oct 16 to Nov 7, 2026)": "[Mew V, VSTAR Universe 053/172](/card/ja-S12a-053): $43.00", "Dearest English PSA 10, 100+ sales (read Nov 12 to 15, 2026)": "[Mew ex](/card/sv04.5-232), [Paldean Fates](/set/paldean%20fates) 232: $2,851.00", "Cheap slabs one dear one buys": "18" }, { "Pokemon": "Mewtwo", "Cheapest English PSA 10, 20+ sales": "[Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex](/card/sv10-081), [Destined Rivals](/set/destined%20rivals) 081", "Price (read Oct 16 to Nov 8, 2026)": "$77.00", "Recent sales": "40 in 90 days", "Cheapest Japanese PSA 10, 20+ sales and dated recent sales (read Oct 16 to Nov 7, 2026)": "[Mewtwo ex, Terastal Starter Set 001/020](/card/jat-588998): $41.00", "Dearest English PSA 10, 100+ sales (read Nov 12 to 15, 2026)": "[Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex](/card/sv10-231), [Destined Rivals](/set/destined%20rivals) 231: $920.00", "Cheap slabs one dear one buys": "11" }, { "Pokemon": "Eevee", "Cheapest English PSA 10, 20+ sales": "[Eevee VMAX](/card/swshp-SWSH087), [SWSH Black Star Promos](/set/swsh%20black%20star%20promos) SWSH087", "Price (read Oct 16 to Nov 8, 2026)": "$77.00", "Recent sales": "67 in 90 days", "Cheapest Japanese PSA 10, 20+ sales and dated recent sales (read Oct 16 to Nov 7, 2026)": "[Eevee ex, Terastal Festival ex 126/187](/card/ja-SV8a-126): $44.00", "Dearest English PSA 10, 100+ sales (read Nov 12 to 15, 2026)": "[Eevee ex](/card/sv08.5-167), [Prismatic Evolutions](/set/prismatic%20evolutions) 167: $478.00", "Cheap slabs one dear one buys": "6" }, { "Pokemon": "Lugia", "Cheapest English PSA 10, 20+ sales": "[Lugia VSTAR](/card/swsh12-139), [Silver Tempest](/set/silver%20tempest) 139", "Price (read Oct 16 to Nov 8, 2026)": "$129.99", "Recent sales": "51 in 90 days", "Cheapest Japanese PSA 10, 20+ sales and dated recent sales (read Oct 16 to Nov 7, 2026)": "[Lugia, 25th Anniversary Collection 005/028](/card/jat-571797): $51.00", "Dearest English PSA 10, 100+ sales (read Nov 12 to 15, 2026)": "[Lugia V](/card/swsh12-186), [Silver Tempest](/set/silver%20tempest) 186: $1,237.50", "Cheap slabs one dear one buys": "9" }, { "Pokemon": "Rayquaza", "Cheapest English PSA 10, 20+ sales": "[Rayquaza VMAX](/card/swsh12.5-101), [Crown Zenith](/set/crown%20zenith) 101", "Price (read Oct 16 to Nov 8, 2026)": "$150.00", "Recent sales": "51 in 90 days", "Cheapest Japanese PSA 10, 20+ sales and dated recent sales (read Oct 16 to Nov 7, 2026)": "[Rayquaza VMAX, Blue Sky Stream 047/067](/card/jat-569459): $64.99", "Dearest English PSA 10, 100+ sales (read Nov 12 to 15, 2026)": "[Rayquaza VMAX](/card/swsh7-218), [Evolving Skies](/set/evolving%20skies) 218: $2,100.00", "Cheap slabs one dear one buys": "14" }, { "Pokemon": "Gardevoir", "Cheapest English PSA 10, 20+ sales": "[Gardevoir VMAX](/card/swsh3.5-17), [Champion's Path](/set/champion%27s%20path) 017", "Price (read Oct 16 to Nov 8, 2026)": "$33.26", "Recent sales": "8 in 90 days", "Cheapest Japanese PSA 10, 20+ sales and dated recent sales (read Oct 16 to Nov 7, 2026)": "[Mega Gardevoir ex, Mega Symphonia 078/063](/card/jat-647205): $36.68", "Dearest English PSA 10, 100+ sales (read Nov 12 to 15, 2026)": "[Gardevoir ex](/card/sv04.5-233), [Paldean Fates](/set/paldean%20fates) 233: $360.00", "Cheap slabs one dear one buys": "10" } ] }, { "title": "Every English PSA 10 that fails the rule but where any figure we hold, ours or our data provider's, sits below its Pokemon's pick", "columns": [ "Slab", "Lowest figure", "Whose figure, and what's behind it", "Verdict" ], "rows": [ { "Slab": "[Pikachu ex](/card/sv02-063), [Paldea Evolved](/set/paldea%20evolved) 063/193", "Lowest figure": "$72.49", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Ours, over a longer run of 54 sales. The newest 12 went for a median $144.25, which is the price its page shows", "Verdict": "Skip. The price has doubled and now sits above the pick" }, { "Slab": "[Pikachu ex (Holiday Calendar)](/card/enx-565437), [Miscellaneous Cards & Products](/set/miscellaneous%20cards%20%26%20products) 063/193", "Lowest figure": "$78.00", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Ours, on 4 sales. Our data provider's is $231.25 on 6", "Verdict": "Skip. Too few sales" }, { "Slab": "[Pikachu (Cracked Ice Holo)](/card/enx-131308), [Deck Exclusives](/set/deck%20exclusives) 35/108", "Lowest figure": "$85.20", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Ours, on 4 sales. Our data provider's is $108.20 on 5", "Verdict": "Skip. Too few sales" }, { "Slab": "[Pikachu](/card/base1-58), [Base Set](/set/base%20set) 58/102", "Lowest figure": "$86.40", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Ours, over a longer run of 85 sales. The newest 3 went for a median $450", "Verdict": "Skip: our long-run and newest sales disagree by more than half" }, { "Slab": "[Umbreon (Poke Ball Pattern)](/card/enx-610578), [Prismatic Evolutions](/set/prismatic%20evolutions) 059/131", "Lowest figure": "$84.00", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Our data provider's, on 45 sales. Ours is $109.03 on 17 recent sales and $89 on 44 over a longer run", "Verdict": "Skip. It saves 97 cents on the [Umbreon ex](/card/sv08.5-060), which has 220" }, { "Slab": "[Mew](/card/sm115-32), [Hidden Fates](/set/hidden%20fates) 32/68", "Lowest figure": "$59.99", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Ours, over a longer run of 25 sales. The newest 4 went for a median $150.50", "Verdict": "Skip: our long-run and newest sales disagree by more than half" }, { "Slab": "[Mew 105 (30th Celebration)](/card/enx-713288), [ME: Mega Evolution Promo](/set/me%3A%20mega%20evolution%20promo)", "Lowest figure": "$77.99", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Our data provider's, on 5 sales. The 3 we could match to this card went for $128", "Verdict": "Skip. Too few sales" }, { "Slab": "[Mew (Mewtwo Stamped)](/card/enx-219177), [Battle Academy](/set/battle%20academy) 32/68", "Lowest figure": "$99.20", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Our data provider's, on 6 sales. The 6 we matched ran at $109.75, the newest 3 at $160", "Verdict": "Skip. Too few sales" }, { "Slab": "[Mew ex](/card/cel25cc-CC013), [Celebrations Classic Collection](/set/celebrations%20classic%20collection) CC013", "Lowest figure": "$101.43", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Our data provider's, on 861 sales pooled by name. Ours is $126.75 on 14 recent sales, and the 54 over a longer run agree at $122.97", "Verdict": "Close call, and cheaper than the [Mew V](/card/swsh3-69) that has run up. The one we'd buy anyway" }, { "Slab": "[Mew VMAX](/card/30th-c-026), [30th Classic Collection](/set/30th%20classic%20collection) 026", "Lowest figure": "$104.00", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Our data provider's, on 3 sales, last read September 18, 2026. We hold no sales matched to this card", "Verdict": "Skip. Too few sales" }, { "Slab": "[Mew ex](/card/sv03.5-151), [151](/set/151) 151/165", "Lowest figure": "$134.13", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Our data provider's, on 115 sales. Ours is $162.50 on 16 recent sales and $147.50 on 48 over a longer run", "Verdict": "Skip. Our recent sales put it above the Mew V" }, { "Slab": "[Mewtwo ex](/card/sv04-058), [Paradox Rift](/set/paradox%20rift) 058/182", "Lowest figure": "$69.99", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Ours, over a longer run of 35 sales. The newest 5 went for a median $105", "Verdict": "Skip: our long-run and newest sales disagree by more than half" }, { "Slab": "[Eevee](/card/swshp-SWSH095), [SWSH Black Star Promos](/set/swsh%20black%20star%20promos) SWSH095", "Lowest figure": "$43.06", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Our data provider's, which pools every sale with that name: 4 sales at $43.06. A separate count of 4 sales we matched to this exact card ran at a median $749.99", "Verdict": "Skip. The two records disagree too much for either to be a price" }, { "Slab": "[Lugia ex](/card/enx-527905), [Trading Card Game Classic](/set/trading%20card%20game%20classic) 017/034", "Lowest figure": "$40.00", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Our data provider's, on 27 sales. Ours is $52 on 18 sales in all, and the newest 5 went for a median $75", "Verdict": "Skip. Take the Japanese [Lugia](/card/jat-571797) at $51.00 on 64 recent sales instead" }, { "Slab": "[Rayquaza V](/card/swsh12.5-100), [Crown Zenith](/set/crown%20zenith) 100/159", "Lowest figure": "$95.00", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Ours, over a longer run of 89 sales. The newest 13 went for a median $150, which is the price its page shows", "Verdict": "Skip. Same $150 as the pick on fewer recent sales" }, { "Slab": "[Gardevoir V](/card/swsh3.5-70), [Champion's Path](/set/champion%27s%20path) 070/073", "Lowest figure": "$22.80", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Ours, over a longer run of 38 sales. The newest 5 went for a median $40", "Verdict": "Skip: our long-run and newest sales disagree by more than half" }, { "Slab": "[Gardevoir V](/card/swsh3.5-16), [Champion's Path](/set/champion%27s%20path) 016/073", "Lowest figure": "$24.00", "Whose figure, and what's behind it": "Ours, over a longer run of 31 sales. The newest 7 went for a median $40", "Verdict": "Skip: our long-run and newest sales disagree by more than half" } ] } ], "charts": [], "sections": [ "Cheapest English, with at least 20 sales behind it", "The cheap slab, the Japanese one, and the dear one", "The Japanese 10 costs less for nine of the ten", "Cheap-looking slabs, and which to skip", "Where the famous old ones stand", "One slab per Pokemon" ], "method": [ "Sources. Every PSA 10 price is a median of our recorded PSA 10 sales, frozen on November 15, 2026. Each card's latest price was read between October 16 and November 15, 2026, and the date on each tile is that card's own. The price is the one our card pages print, worked out the same way: the 90-day median of sales we matched to the card when that window has at least 10 sales, otherwise the median of every sale we matched to it, and never our data provider's own figure, which pools sales by name. A long-run median is also held back when a lower grade's newer 90-day price sits above it, and when newer sales disagree with it by more than half. Every pick and every dear slab was checked against its live card page. Four dear slabs had moved by less than 1.2% since the freeze. WHO IS IN IT. Every card in our catalog whose own name names exactly one of the ten Pokemon, in English or Japanese script, counting forms and owners (Mega, Team Rocket's, Radiant, Shining, Dark, a trainer's Pokemon). Cards with two Pokemon on them (TAG TEAM, LEGEND), Energy and Trainer cards that only carry a Pokemon stamp, Spirit Link and metal cards, jumbo and oversize cards and V-UNION pieces are out. So are cards filed under a jumbo set. A Pokemon card named for its pattern, like Pikachu (Energy Symbol Pattern), stays in. 1st Edition and Shadowless sales of vintage cards are recorded separately because they price a different printing, and they're outside this population. The vintage paragraph reads them on their own. Sixteen catalog cards named \"MCharizard EX\" with no set and no TCGplayer product are left out too. That's 2,463 catalog cards and 2,269 products once cards sharing one TCGplayer product are counted once, and 1,228 of those products have PSA 10 sales on record with us or our data provider. THE RULE FOR CHEAPEST. Four tests. At least 20 sales behind the price. Read on or after October 16, 2026. A dated window of recent sales, so we can say how often it sells. And not one of two products showing an identical price on identical sale counts. The 20 counts the sales behind the price shown, which is the 90-day median when that window has 10 or more sales and the longer run otherwise. So the Gardevoir VMAX qualifies on its 60-sale longer run, while the Celebrations Classic Collection Mew ex, whose 90-day window holds 14, does not, although its longer run holds 54. 519 products pass, 253 English and 266 Japanese. The 30-day rule removed one English product. The dated-window rule removed eight Japanese and no English ones, two of them cheaper than the Japanese pick (the CP6 Pikachu and the Great Detective Pikachu Mewtwo, named above). The twin rule removed one pair that would have qualified, the Start Deck 100 Pikachu 225/742. The other pair it catches, two 2019 World Championship Deck Mews, has 12 sales and is under 20 anyway. AT 10 SALES INSTEAD OF 20, four English picks change: Umbreon (Poke Ball Pattern) Prismatic Evolutions at $109.03 on 17, Mew ex Celebrations Classic Collection at $126.75 on 14, Lugia ex Trading Card Game Classic at $52.00 on 18, and Rayquaza V Crown Zenith at $150.00 on 13, which ties the Rayquaza VMAX. The other six stay. Three Japanese picks change: Pikachu ex Start Deck 100 Battle Collection 006/023 at $45.00 on 13, Lugia ex Generations Start Decks at $45.44 on 13, and Rayquaza VMAX from the Charizard VSTAR vs Rayquaza VMAX Special Deck Set at $44.00 on 17. The 30.7% and 8.4% come from a check of 18 graded prices against an outside source, 7 of them under 10 sales and 9 at 20 or more. THE DEAR SLAB is the dearest English PSA 10 of the Pokemon with at least 100 sales, read in the same 30 days, picked by that rule. \"Cheap slabs one dear one buys\" is the dear price divided by the cheap one, rounded down. RECENT SALES are the count inside the dated window, 90 days for every pick and 180 for the Japanese Charizard. DATES on each tile are the day that price was last read, and a slab's price on its card page can move after that. The Japanese column uses the same rule over Japanese cards, labelled with the English set names. WHAT THIS DOES NOT CLAIM: that these are the cheapest PSA 10s that exist (a card with fewer than 20 sales can be cheaper, and the table of checked slabs shows 17 cards with a lower figure), anything about CGC, BGS or other graders, that a slab's price is what it will be worth, or anything about raw cards, whose prices are asking prices. Not financial advice." ], "terms": "Figures are moonstone's own recorded measurements, dated as published. Quote them with the population stated beside them. The article at `url` is the human form of this file." }