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Blaine (17)
Holo Rare · #017/132
Blaine (17) #017/132 (Gym Challenge) is worth about $83.77 today, the Near Mint market price from TCGplayer sales as of 2026-10-03.
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Blaine (17) #017/132 is trending up: $83.77 today, up 7% in 30 days and 1% below its all-time high of $84.99 (2025-11-18). TCGplayer market price as of 2026-10-03, tracked daily since 2024-02-08. chart →
illustrated by Ken Sugimori
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WORTH GRADING?
Grading Blaine #017/132 pays only if you expect a 10: PSA 10 copies list from $275 on eBay vs $83.77 raw, and after a $25 grading fee, $10 shipping and 13% selling fees you need about a 22% chance of a 10 to break even. run your own numbers →
WHERE TO BUY AND SELL
1st Edition Holofoil · eBay scanned Aug 1Buy-side estimate
$43.95
THINa patient buyer pays about $43.95 delivered, from live asks, not sales
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eBay scan is stale · TCGplayer $83.77 vs cheapest delivered eBay ask $43.95 — the market hasn't settled on a price yet · 1 outlier ask excluded
Floors are the median of the three lowest clean asks. Marketplace links may earn TickerMint a commission; it never affects the numbers.
The verdict · premium
Cards at their high after a month up 5-25% were higher 90 days later 75% of the time in our archive since 2024 (22,898 cases).
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- CARD TYPE
- Trainer
- CARD TEXT
- During this turn, instead of attaching your free Energy card, you may instead attach 2 Fire Energy cards to 1 of your Pokémon with Blaine in its name. (Playing additional copies of this card this turn has no effect.)
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PRICE FAQ
What would a card shop pay for Blaine (17)?
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Shops and show vendors commonly offer about 70% of market in cash and 80% in store credit. At today's $83.77 market price that is roughly $59 cash or $67 trade for a near-mint copy. Selling it yourself on TCGplayer or eBay nets more after fees; see the seller-net answer below.
What is Blaine (17) (Gym Challenge) worth today?
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Blaine (17) [1st Edition Holofoil] has a TCGplayer market price of $83.77 as of 2026-10-02. Across 2 tracked variants, latest prices range from $35.92 to $83.77.
Is Blaine (17) going up or down in price?
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Blaine (17) #017/132 is trending up: $83.77 today, up 7% in 30 days and 1% below its all-time high of $84.99 (2025-11-18). TCGplayer market price as of 2026-10-03, tracked daily since 2024-02-08.
What is the all-time high price for Blaine (17)?
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The Near Mint price, the one quoted at the top of this page, peaked at $84.99 (2025-11-18). In TickerMint's daily data (since February 2024), the TCGplayer market price for Blaine (17) [1st Edition Holofoil] (all conditions) peaked at $84.99 (2025-10-03) and bottomed at $47.47 (2024-05-05).
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