Dark Explorers · #39 · 2012
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$12.28
Steady · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 10, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Dark Explorers
What This Card Trades At
Raw: An ungraded card — no slab, no label, no official score. The market price is the raw benchmark. · Normal
$12.28 (TCGplayer Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily.)
PSA: Professional Sports Authenticator, the biggest grading company. Grades 1–10; PSA 10 is Gem Mint, and PSA slabs are the easiest to price and sell.
CGC: Certified Guaranty Company, one of the big three graders. Grades 1–10, with a Pristine 10 above Gem Mint 10; CGC slabs often sell a little below PSA.
Latest sold prices As of (a date): The price in force on the day we last checked — not a sale that closed that day. Rows marked “sold” carry the real sale day.. PSA and CGC grade on the same 1–10 scale, but the market prices them differently — what grades mean →
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Today's TCGplayer market price for Plusle is $12.28 for the Normal printing.
Among the 111 priced cards in Dark Explorers, it sits 21st. The set's top card is Gardevoir at $946. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $0.52 then, $12.28 now (up 2261.5%). A year ago it sat around $1.29; today's $12.28 is 851.9% higher. Over the last 90 days it's up 16.7%, from $10.52. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $12.48 (September 2026) and as low as $0.50 (March 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $12.16 up to $12.48. The Normal printing is the headline number here; the Reverse Holofoil at $31.01 prices separately.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $12.28 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $31.01
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
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About $12.28 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 10, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
About $20.50 — the latest PSA 8.5 sold price we have, as of Oct 10, 2026. For comparison, an ungraded copy trades around $12.28 (TCGplayer market price). Sold data via Card Hedge.
Up about 17% over the last 3 months — from $10.52 to $12.28 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 852%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $12.48 — that was September 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Plusle (Dark Explorers #39). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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