Ho-Oh · 33 cards · 2005–2026
How much is a Ho-Oh card worth?
Ungraded, Ho-Oh cards run from under $1 to $268 on PriceCharting. Across the 33 priced Ho-Oh cards on this page, the middle one is about $16 ungraded; 4 are $100 or more and 7 are under $5. The dearest is Ho-Oh ex, Unseen Forces #104 at about $268 ungraded and $6,444 in a PSA 10.Prices from PriceCharting, pulled 8 September to 16 October 2026.
There are 33 English Ho-Oh cards, spread over 20 sets between 2005 and 2026. The first was Ho-Oh in Unseen Forces, 1 August 2005, drawn by Kouki Saitou in the e-Card and EX years. It has carried 8 of the game's card types over the years — GX, ex, EX, ex — and a collector will pay wildly different money for each.
Condition decides most of it. The figures above are for ungraded cards. The same card graded is a different market entirely — the dearest Ho-Oh here reaches $9,175 in a PSA 10 slab. A PSA 10 is a flawless grade and it is the exception, not what to expect of a card that has been in a binder — on this page a PSA 10 is a median 36 times the same card ungraded. Every card below shows both ends, raw and graded, so you can see which band yours could sit in.
What we pay is a different number again. These are what collectors pay each other. A buyer pays less than that, because a buyer takes on the waiting, the fees and the risk — which is why you get our number on the phone, in one call, before anything is posted.
Spaced by ratio, not by dollars, so the cheap end stays readable. Tap a handle to jump to that card. Prices from PriceCharting, pulled 8 September to 16 October 2026.
Grade by grade
The 5 dearest Ho-Oh cards, raw to PSA 10
Every grade PriceCharting lists for the 5 Ho-Oh cards with the highest ungraded price, led by Ho-Oh ex from Unseen Forces.
| Grade | Ho-Oh exUnseen Forces #104I have this one | Ho-OhCall of Legends #SL5I have this one | Ho-Oh-EXDragons Exalted #119I have this one | Ethan's Ho-Oh exDestined Rivals #230I have this one | Ho-Oh exPOP Series 3 #17I have this one |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $268 | $181 | $175 | $150 | $100 |
| Grade 1 | $139 | $255 | $148 | – | – |
| Grade 2 | $38 | $175 | $62 | $52 | $34 |
| Grade 3 | $42 | $195 | $69 | $58 | $38 |
| Grade 4 | $110 | $221 | $81 | $68 | $43 |
| Grade 5 | $160 | $262 | $160 | $80 | $51 |
| Grade 6 | $200 | $461 | $164 | $100 | $64 |
| Grade 7 | $350 | $666 | $223 | $134 | $100 |
| Grade 8 | $552 | $999 | $302 | $147 | $125 |
| Grade 9 | $1,000 | $1,800 | $1,062 | $153 | $206 |
| Grade 9.5 | $1,765 | $1,980est. | $1,250 | $230 | $227est. |
| TAG 10 | – | – | – | $424 | – |
| ACE 10 | – | – | – | $245 | – |
| SGC 10 | $3,866est. | $5,505est. | $765est. | $222est. | $349est. |
| CGC 10 | $900 | $5,505est. | $702 | $194 | $349est. |
| PSA 10 | $6,444 | $9,175 | $1,275 | $370 | $582 |
| BGS 10 | $8,377est. | $11,928est. | $1,658est. | $600 | $756est. |
| CGC 10 Pristine | $5,534 | $9,909est. | $1,264 | $514 | $628est. |
| BGS 10 Black | $41,885est. | $59,640est. | $8,290est. | $9,100 | $3,780est. |
Figures marked est. sit at a fixed multiple of another grade for the same card on PriceCharting — for example SGC 10 at 0.6 times the PSA 10 — so treat them as approximate, not as a separate run of sales. PriceCharting’s Grade 9 is a PSA or BGS 9; its Grade 9.5 is a BGS 9.5.
Every one of them, with a picture
All 33 English Ho-Oh cards, oldest first.
The set name and the number at the bottom of the card are what tell one Ho-Oh from the other 32 — there are 4 different cards called “Ethan's Ho-Oh ex” in Destined Rivals alone. Each one shows both ends — what it trades for ungraded, and what it reaches in a PSA 10 slab. Tap a card for the grades in between and what to read down the phone.
2005–2010 · 6 cards · 5 sets
Ho-Oh exUnseen Forces · 2005#104$268raw$6,444PSA 10
Ho-OhUnseen Forces · 2005#27$11raw$392PSA 10
Ho-Oh exPOP Series 3 · 2006#17$100raw$582PSA 10
Ho-OhPOP Series 5 · 2007#1$16raw$160PSA 10
Ho-OhSecret Wonders · 2007#10$25raw$7,875PSA 10
Ho-Oh LEGENDHeartGold & SoulSilver · 2010#111$100raw$5,600PSA 10
2010–2012 · 6 cards · 4 sets
Ho-Oh LEGENDHeartGold & SoulSilver · 2010#112$80raw$550PSA 10
Ho-OhHGSS Black Star Promos · 2010#HGSS01$36raw$1,825PSA 10
Ho-OhCall of Legends · 2011#9$16raw$6,200PSA 10
Ho-OhCall of Legends · 2011#SL5$181raw$9,175PSA 10
Ho-Oh-EXDragons Exalted · 2012#119$175raw$1,275PSA 10
Ho-Oh-EXDragons Exalted · 2012#22$5raw$434PSA 10
2013–2017 · 6 cards · 3 sets
Ho-OhXY Black Star Promos · 2013#XY153$11raw$300PSA 10
Ho-Oh BREAKXY Black Star Promos · 2013#XY154$32raw$221PSA 10
Ho-Oh-EXBREAKpoint · 2016#121$30raw$1,634PSA 10
Ho-Oh-EXBREAKpoint · 2016#92$5raw$100PSA 10
Ho-Oh-GXSM Black Star Promos · 2017#SM57$9raw$408PSA 10
Shining Ho-OhSM Black Star Promos · 2017#SM70$26raw$549PSA 10
2017–2021 · 6 cards · 5 sets
Ho-Oh-GXSM Black Star Promos · 2017#SM80$15raw$874PSA 10
Ho-Oh-GXBurning Shadows · 2017#131$16raw$628PSA 10
Ho-Oh-GXBurning Shadows · 2017#21$6raw$199PSA 10
Ho-OhLost Thunder · 2018#160$2raw$165PSA 10
Ho-Oh-GXHidden Fates Shiny Vault · 2019#SV50$35raw$130PSA 10
Ho-OhCelebrations · 2021#1under $1raw$142PSA 10
2022–2025 · 6 cards · 3 sets
Ho-Oh VSilver Tempest · 2022#140$4raw$180PSA 10
Ho-Oh VSilver Tempest · 2022#187$8raw$115PSA 10
Ho-OhSurging Sparks · 2024#19under $1raw$38PSA 10
Ethan's Ho-Oh exDestined Rivals · 2025#209$6raw$65PSA 10
Ethan's Ho-Oh exDestined Rivals · 2025#230$150raw$370PSA 10
Ethan's Ho-Oh exDestined Rivals · 2025#239$25raw$80PSA 10
2025–2026 · 3 cards · 3 sets
Ethan's Ho-Oh exDestined Rivals · 2025#39$2raw$36PSA 10
Ethan's Ho-Oh exAscended Heroes · 2026#26$2raw$50PSA 10
Ho-OhChaos Rising · 2026#10under $1raw$33PSA 10
What decides the number
Five things about your Ho-Oh, in order of how much they matter.
- Which printing. Ho-Oh spans 20 sets, from Unseen Forces in 2005 to Chaos Rising in 2026, and the set symbol beside the picture is what tells one from another before anything else about the card is worth discussing.
- Which card type. A Ho-Oh GX and a Ho-Oh ex are different cards that happen to share a name — Ho-Oh has been printed as 8 types in all, so the word beside Ho-Oh at the top decides which of the 33 you own.
- Promo stamps. 6 of the 33 Ho-Oh cards were promos rather than pack pulls, and a black star, a tournament stamp or a set-launch mark in the corner is what separates one Ho-Oh promo from another with the same picture.
- The Shining one. 1 Ho-Oh card carries the Shining treatment — if the word Shining sits before Ho-Oh on your card, that is the first thing to tell us.
- Centering. Hold your Ho-Oh at arm’s length and look at the border: a Ho-Oh with a visibly fatter margin on one side is capped on grade before condition is even discussed, and with 4 of the 33 from Destined Rivals alone, that is the set to check most carefully.
- The commonest rarity among Ho-Oh cards is Rare — 6 of the 33.
- 5ban Graphics has illustrated Ho-Oh more than anyone else, 6 times.
- Destined Rivals carries the most Ho-Oh cards of any single set (4).
- Ho-Oh has been printed under 8 card types: GX, ex (modern), EX, ex (2003–07), LEGEND, V, BREAK, Shining.
- 17 different illustrators have drawn Ho-Oh.
- 21 years separate the first Ho-Oh card from the newest.
Want to sell your Ho-Oh? Whether it is Ho-Oh ex, Unseen Forces #104 or one of the other 32, you get a price on the phone from the person who buys it. If your Ho-Oh is one card in a binder of them, how to sell a Pokémon card collection walks through the call, the shipping and the filmed offer. Already slabbed? Here is how selling a graded Ho-Oh card works.
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