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Gouging Fire ex Pokemon card from SV05: Temporal Forces

Gouging Fire ex

SV05: Temporal Forces · 204/162 · Special Illustration Rare

Current Prices

Market Price $32.74
Low $28.99
High $56.83
PSA 10 $135.00
PSA 9 $36.00
30-Day Trend +0.0%

Number

204/162

Rarity

Special Illustration Rare

Variant

Holofoil

Market

US (TCGplayer)

Last Updated

Jun 9, 2026

Gouging Fire ex: Rarity & Collectibility

Gouging Fire ex 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 #204/162 of the SV05: Temporal Forces 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 Gouging Fire ex?

In 2026, a Near Mint Gouging Fire ex (Ultra Rare, SV05: Temporal Forces #204/162) changes hands at roughly $32.74, 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 $32.74, whereas a Damaged one slides to around $32.00. Across the wear scale that reads Near Mint $32.74, Lightly Played $32.93, Moderately Played $28.96, Heavily Played $35.00, Damaged $32.00 — proof that for a collectible like this, presentation is inseparable from value. At the very top, a gem-mint PSA 10 Gouging Fire ex is valued near $135.00 — about 4.1x the raw copy, the clearest sign of how much collectors pay for flawless scarcity.

Graded Gouging Fire ex: Gem Mint & Population

For a chase card like Gouging Fire ex, the high-grade market is where the real money lives. A PSA 10 (or CGC 10 / BGS Black Label equivalent) Gouging Fire ex sits around $135.00 — roughly 4.1x 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 $36.00, CGC 10 $85.00, CGC 9.5 $39.00 — 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$35.00
ebayNEAR MINT$36.95
ebayACE 10$70.17
ebayACE 9$47.05
ebayBGS 9$33.00
ebayCGC 10$85.00
ebayCGC 8 5$40.00
ebayCGC 9 5$39.00
ebayPSA 10$135.00
ebayPSA 8$26.00
ebayPSA 9$36.00
ebaySGC 10$76.22
ebayTAG 10$149.99
ebayTAG 9$35.00
tcgplayerDAMAGED$32.00
tcgplayerHEAVILY PLAYED$35.00
tcgplayerLIGHTLY PLAYED$32.93
tcgplayerMODERATELY PLAYED$28.96
tcgplayerNEAR MINT$32.74

Collector Outlook for Gouging Fire ex

As an Ultra Rare, Gouging Fire ex carries genuine chase status — exactly the card whose pull keeps a set desirable for years. Cards in this band from beloved sets tend to keep a loyal collector base over time. Whether you are chasing it for a set or as a centerpiece, revisit Gouging Fire ex on RarePokemonCard — rarity demand in 2026 shifts with reprints, set nostalgia, and how few high-grade copies surface.

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