Terapagos ex (Japanese)
SV8a: Terastal Fest ex · 226/187 · Special Art Rare
Current Prices
Number
226/187
Rarity
Special Art Rare
Variant
Holofoil
Market
US (TCGplayer)
Last Updated
Aug 1, 2026
Terapagos ex (Japanese): Rarity & Collectibility
Terapagos ex (Japanese) 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 #226/187 of the SV8a: Terastal Fest ex 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 Terapagos ex (Japanese)?
In 2026, a Near Mint Terapagos ex (Japanese) (Ultra Rare, SV8a: Terastal Fest ex #226/187) changes hands at roughly $4.83, 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 $4.83, whereas a Heavily Played one slides to around $3.99. Across the wear scale that reads Near Mint $4.83, Lightly Played $4.50, Heavily Played $3.99 — proof that for a collectible like this, presentation is inseparable from value. At the very top, a gem-mint PSA 10 Terapagos ex (Japanese) is valued near $38.00 — about 7.9x the raw copy, the clearest sign of how much collectors pay for flawless scarcity.
Graded Terapagos ex (Japanese): Gem Mint & Population
For a chase card like Terapagos ex (Japanese), the high-grade market is where the real money lives. A PSA 10 (or CGC 10 / BGS Black Label equivalent) Terapagos ex (Japanese) sits around $38.00 — roughly 7.9x 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 $22.50, CGC 10 $36.00, BGS 9.5 $27.00 — 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
| Source | Condition / Grade | Average | Low | High | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ebay | NEAR MINT | $6.55 | $6.55 | $6.55 | 72 |
| ebay | ACE 10 | $40.50 | $40.50 | $40.50 | 1 |
| ebay | BGS 10 | $47.50 | $47.50 | $47.50 | 3 |
| ebay | BGS 9 | $14.50 | $11.50 | $17.50 | 2 |
| ebay | BGS 9 5 | $27.00 | $27.00 | $27.00 | 2 |
| ebay | CGC 10 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 | 31 |
| ebay | CGC 9 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | 2 |
| ebay | PSA 10 | $38.00 | $30.00 | $46.00 | 41 |
| ebay | PSA 8 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | 2 |
| ebay | PSA 9 | $22.50 | $19.99 | $25.00 | 26 |
| ebay | TAG 10 | $38.18 | $38.18 | $38.18 | 6 |
| tcgplayer | HEAVILY PLAYED | $3.99 | $3.99 | $3.99 | 6 |
| tcgplayer | LIGHTLY PLAYED | $4.50 | $4.00 | $4.72 | 39 |
| tcgplayer | NEAR MINT | $4.83 | $4.83 | $4.83 | 693 |
Collector Outlook for Terapagos ex (Japanese)
As an Ultra Rare, Terapagos ex (Japanese) 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 Terapagos ex (Japanese) on RarePokemonCard — rarity demand in 2026 shifts with reprints, set nostalgia, and how few high-grade copies surface.
