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 "url": "https://www.moonstonehq.com/card/mep-042",
 "dataUrl": "https://www.moonstonehq.com/card/mep-042/data.json",
 "asOf": "2026-09-28",
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  "id": "mep-042",
  "name": "Piplup",
  "number": "042",
  "printedTotal": 0,
  "setName": "MEP Black Star Promos",
  "language": "en",
  "illustrator": "Saboteri",
  "image": "https://tcgplayer-cdn.tcgplayer.com/product/684466_in_800x800.jpg",
  "tcgplayerProductId": "684466"
 },
 "marketPrice": {
  "value": 11.81,
  "currency": "USD",
  "condition": "near mint",
  "asOf": "2026-09-28",
  "source": "TCGplayer market price, recorded daily"
 },
 "psa10": {
  "price": 64.04,
  "currency": "USD",
  "sales": 846,
  "kind": "recent",
  "windowDays": 90,
  "median": 64.04,
  "lastSale": null,
  "divergesFrom": null,
  "asOf": "2026-09-25"
 },
 "psa9": {
  "price": 21,
  "currency": "USD",
  "sales": 199,
  "kind": "recent",
  "windowDays": 90,
  "median": 21,
  "lastSale": null,
  "divergesFrom": null,
  "asOf": "2026-09-25"
 },
 "gradedMedians": [
  {
   "company": "ACE",
   "grade": "10",
   "median": 63.2,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 30,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "company": "ACE",
   "grade": "8",
   "median": 8.8,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 2,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "company": "ACE",
   "grade": "9",
   "median": 17.38,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 9,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "company": "BGS",
   "grade": "10",
   "median": 79.62,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 9,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "company": "BGS",
   "grade": "9.5",
   "median": 18.5,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 8,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "company": "CGC",
   "grade": "10",
   "median": 20.12,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 207,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "company": "CGC",
   "grade": "9",
   "median": 9.5,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 6,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "company": "CGC",
   "grade": "9.5",
   "median": 11.5,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 12,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "company": "PSA",
   "grade": "10",
   "median": 42,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 996,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "company": "PSA",
   "grade": "8",
   "median": 13.7,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 9,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "company": "PSA",
   "grade": "9",
   "median": 17.5,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 214,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "company": "TAG",
   "grade": "10",
   "median": 50,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 20,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "company": "TAG",
   "grade": "9",
   "median": 19.5,
   "currency": "USD",
   "sales": 6,
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
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  "company": "PSA",
  "total": 12450,
  "gem": 10228,
  "psa9": 2082,
  "gemRatePercent": 82,
  "asOf": null
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 "priceSeries": {
  "granularity": "daily",
  "points": 30,
  "firstDay": "2026-08-30",
  "lastDay": "2026-09-28",
  "return30dPercent": -2
 },
 "facts": [
  {
   "key": "marketPrice",
   "label": "Market price",
   "value": "$11.81",
   "number": 11.81,
   "unit": "USD",
   "basis": "TCGplayer market price for this printing, near mint",
   "asOf": "2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "key": "psa10Median",
   "label": "PSA 10 90-day sold median",
   "value": "$64.04",
   "number": 64.04,
   "unit": "USD",
   "basis": "A 90-day median of $64.04 across 846 sales verified as this card",
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "key": "psa9Median",
   "label": "PSA 9 90-day sold median",
   "value": "$21",
   "number": 21,
   "unit": "USD",
   "basis": "A 90-day median of $21 across 199 sales verified as this card",
   "asOf": "2026-09-25"
  },
  {
   "key": "psa10Premium",
   "label": "PSA 10 premium over raw",
   "value": "5.4x",
   "number": 5.42,
   "unit": "multiple",
   "basis": "The PSA 10 figure above (a 90-day median of $64.04 across 846 sales) divided by the raw market price",
   "asOf": "2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "key": "psaPopulation",
   "label": "PSA population",
   "value": "12,450",
   "number": 12450,
   "unit": "count",
   "basis": "Copies on the PSA registry, all grades",
   "asOf": null
  },
  {
   "key": "psaGemRate",
   "label": "PSA gem rate",
   "value": "82%",
   "number": 82,
   "unit": "percent",
   "basis": "10,228 of 12,450 submissions graded 10",
   "asOf": null
  },
  {
   "key": "recordedPricePoints",
   "label": "Recorded price readings",
   "value": "30",
   "number": 30,
   "unit": "count",
   "basis": "One reading per day between August 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026",
   "asOf": "2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "key": "return30d",
   "label": "30-day price move",
   "value": "-2.0%",
   "number": -2,
   "unit": "percent",
   "basis": "Trailing 30 days of moonstone's own recorded daily series",
   "asOf": "2026-09-28"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How much is Piplup #042 from MEP Black Star Promos worth?",
   "a": "$11.81 raw, as of September 28, 2026. That is the recorded TCGplayer market price for this printing in near mint condition, not an ask moonstone sets."
  },
  {
   "q": "What is a PSA 10 Piplup #042 worth?",
   "a": "$64.04, a 90-day median of $64.04 across 846 sales we have verified as this card. That is 5.4x the raw price."
  },
  {
   "q": "How many Piplup #042 has PSA graded?",
   "a": "12,450 copies sit on the PSA registry across all grades, and 82% of them came back a 10 (10,228 tens)."
  },
  {
   "q": "Is it worth grading Piplup #042?",
   "a": "At $11.81 plus PSA Standard $59.99 ($71.80 all-in), against a $64.04 PSA 10 and a $21 PSA 9 each netted for eBay's published selling fee, even a PSA 10 at $64.04 does not clear the cost. The registry's recorded gem rate is 82%. Shipping and insurance, to PSA and to the buyer, are not counted. That is arithmetic on recorded figures and published fees, not advice."
  }
 ],
 "methodology": {
  "marketPrice": "The daily recorded TCGplayer market price for this exact printing, in USD, near mint. moonstone sells no cards and quotes no ask of its own.",
  "gradedMedians": "Medians of verified sold listings for that grade, never a multiplier applied to the raw price. Every median carries the number of sales behind it, and a figure built on fewer than 2 sales is reported as a single sale rather than as a median.",
  "population": "A snapshot of the PSA registry for this card. A gem rate is reported only when the registry row breaks out the tens; an absent breakdown is reported as absent, never as zero.",
  "priceSeries": "moonstone's own daily price tape, one reading per day. `points` is how many days we hold, not how many days the card has existed."
 },
 "license": "https://www.moonstonehq.com/legal/terms",
 "disclaimer": "moonstone is independent research and market data, not financial, investment, tax or legal advice. Collectibles are speculative, illiquid and volatile."
}