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Professor Sada's Vitality Pokemon card from SV04: Paradox Rift

Professor Sada's Vitality

SV04: Paradox Rift · 256/182 · Special Illustration Rare

Current Prices

Market Price $6.78
Low $5.00
High $9.74
PSA 10 $107.86
PSA 9 $10.50
30-Day Trend +0.0%

Number

256/182

Rarity

Special Illustration Rare

Variant

Holofoil

Market

US (TCGplayer)

Last Updated

Jun 9, 2026

Professor Sada's Vitality: Rarity & Collectibility

Professor Sada's Vitality in its sought-after Holofoil variant is an Ultra Rare chase card, one of the headline pulls that most boosters never produce. Cataloged as Ultra Rare #256/182 of the SV04: Paradox Rift set, it is the kind of card RarePokemonCard tracks for scarcity and collector demand rather than raw price alone. The harder a card is to pull in top condition, the more weight serious collectors place on it.

How Rare & Valuable Is Professor Sada's Vitality?

In 2026, a Near Mint Professor Sada's Vitality (Ultra Rare, SV04: Paradox Rift #256/182) changes hands at roughly $6.78, and its scarcity does most of the heavy lifting on that figure. Because demand concentrates on clean copies, surface wear is punished hard: a Near Mint example commands about $6.78, whereas a Damaged one slides to around $6.00. Across the wear scale that reads Near Mint $6.78, Lightly Played $6.62, Moderately Played $7.13, Heavily Played $6.99, Damaged $6.00 — proof that for a collectible like this, presentation is inseparable from value. At the very top, a gem-mint PSA 10 Professor Sada's Vitality is valued near $107.86 — about 16x the raw copy, the clearest sign of how much collectors pay for flawless scarcity.

Graded Professor Sada's Vitality: Gem Mint & Population

For a chase card like Professor Sada's Vitality, the high-grade market is where the real money lives. A PSA 10 (or CGC 10 / BGS Black Label equivalent) Professor Sada's Vitality sits around $107.86 — roughly 16x a raw copy. That gap exists because relatively few examples ever earn a perfect grade, so gem-mint population is the real scarcity collectors chase. Step down a notch and demand spreads across PSA 9 $10.50, CGC 10 $14.50, CGC 9.5 $18.00 — each tier a smaller, scarcer pool than the one below it. The rule of thumb for collectors: the rarer the card, the more a certified high grade matters to its standing.

Detailed Price Breakdown

SourceCondition / GradeAverage
ebayLIGHTLY PLAYED$8.18
ebayNEAR MINT$9.99
ebayBGS 9 5$22.02
ebayCGC 10$14.50
ebayCGC 9 5$18.00
ebayPSA 10$107.86
ebayPSA 8$6.01
ebayPSA 9$10.50
tcgplayerDAMAGED$6.00
tcgplayerHEAVILY PLAYED$6.99
tcgplayerLIGHTLY PLAYED$6.62
tcgplayerMODERATELY PLAYED$7.13
tcgplayerNEAR MINT$6.78

Collector Outlook for Professor Sada's Vitality

As an Ultra Rare, Professor Sada's Vitality carries genuine chase status — exactly the card whose pull keeps a set desirable for years. An accessible pickup whose pull is enjoyment and progress toward a finished set. Whether you are chasing it for a set or as a centerpiece, revisit Professor Sada's Vitality on RarePokemonCard — rarity demand in 2026 shifts with reprints, set nostalgia, and how few high-grade copies surface.

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