Dragon Vault · #8 · 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. · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.
$6.60
up5% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 15, 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 Dragon Vault
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Right now Salamence trades at $6.60 for the Holofoil printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 8th most valuable of Dragon Vault's 21 priced cards. (Kyurem leads the set at $86.36.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 272.9% — from $1.77 to $6.60. Over the last year it's climbed 64.6%, from $4.01 to $6.60. The 90-day move: up 17.6%, $5.61 to $6.60. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $6.60 in October 2026; its lowest, $1.51 in March 2024. Today's price is the highest we've seen since February 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $6.60 at the top and $6.06 at the bottom.
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Ability Scornful Storm
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may have your opponent discard cards from his or her hand until he or she has 4 cards left in his or her hand.
Shred90
Cost: Fire, Water, Colorless, Colorless
This attack's damage isn't affected by any effects on the Defending Pokémon.
“As a result of its long-held dream of flying, its cellular structure changed, and wings grew out.”
About $6.60 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 15, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 18% over the last 3 months — from $5.61 to $6.60 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 65%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $6.60 — that was October 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.
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