The cheapest PSA 10 in this guide costs ¥6,393. The most expensive costs ¥752,971. Both are Mega Evolution Pokemon cards, both are Japanese, and both are sitting in our Tokyo stock room right now.
That gap exists because “Mega Pokemon card” now means two completely different things. The first Mega era ran through Japan’s XY sets from 2014 to 2016 — M Charizard EX, M Gengar EX, M Gardevoir EX — and a decade later, Japanese SRs from those sets have become genuinely hard to find in PSA 10. The second era started in 2026, when Pokemon revived the mechanic for the Japanese M-series sets (M1 through M6), putting brand-new MEGA ex cards with Special Art Rares into circulation at prices an ordinary collector can actually pay.
Most price guides cover one era or the other. This one puts both side by side, using a data source we can fully vouch for: our own store. Every card below is a PSA 10 graded single physically in stock at SAMURAI SWORD in Tokyo, listed at our live August 2026 price. No estimates, no “last known sale” — these are the numbers on the shelf.
Mega Evolution cards span two eras with two price languages. Vintage XY-era Japanese SRs in PSA 10 run from ¥23,690 to ¥752,971 in our current stock, led by M Charizard EX SR 091/087. The 2026 MEGA era starts at ¥6,393 and tops out under ¥50,000 — modern SAR artwork in the same PSA 10 grade at a fraction of the vintage cost.
All prices are our live store prices as of August 2026, in JPY with approximate USD at ¥163/USD. Every card is a PSA 10 graded single — one physical copy per listing. When a copy sells, that listing is gone and the next copy we source may be priced differently. Availability reflects the moment you read this, not the moment we wrote it.
Every Mega PSA 10 in Stock, Ranked by Price
Twenty-three cards, two eras, one table. Vintage XY-era cards are marked XY; 2026 M-series cards are marked MEGA.
| # | Card | Era | Our PSA 10 price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M Charizard EX SR 091/087 | XY | ¥752,971 (~$4,620) |
| 2 | M Gengar EX RR 1st Edition (XY4 034/088, Phantom Gate) | XY | ¥515,000 (~$3,160) |
| 3 | M Gardevoir EX RR 020/032 | XY | ¥199,161 (~$1,220) |
| 4 | M Gardevoir EX SR 1st Edition (XY11-1 057/054, Cruel Traitor) | XY | ¥102,999 (~$632) |
| 5 | M Gardevoir EX SR (XY5 076/070, Tidal Storm) | XY | ¥95,675 (~$587) |
| 6 | M Venusaur EX SR 1st Edition (CP6 089/087, 20th Anniversary) | XY | ¥91,660 (~$562) |
| 7 | M Gengar EX (CP4 049/131, Premium Champion Pack) | XY | ¥80,134 (~$492) |
| 8 | M Scizor EX SR (XY9 087/080, Anger of Heaven) | XY | ¥61,800 (~$379) |
| 9 | M Steelix EX SR 1st Edition (XY11-2 057/054, Fever-Burst Fighter) | XY | ¥52,530 (~$322) |
| 10 | MEGA Dragonite ex 246/193 SAR | MEGA | ¥49,953 (~$306) |
| 11 | M Venusaur EX 002/072 | XY | ¥36,874 (~$226) |
| 12 | MEGA Meganium ex SAR Style (MC 761/742, Battle Collection) | MEGA | ¥35,556 (~$218) |
| 13 | M Sharpedo EX (XY 071/171, The Best of XY) | XY | ¥27,604 (~$169) |
| 14 | M Gardevoir EX 092/171 | XY | ¥23,690 (~$145) |
| 15 | MEGA Charizard X ex MA 223/193 | MEGA | ¥17,508 (~$107) |
| 16 | MEGA Dragalge ex SAR (M4 116/083, Ninja Spinner) | MEGA | ¥12,133 (~$74) |
| 17 | MEGA Dragonite ex MA 232/193 | MEGA | ¥11,297 (~$69) |
| 18 | MEGA Clefable ex 112/080 SAR | MEGA | ¥9,268 (~$57) |
| 19 | MEGA Scrafty ex 241/193 SAR | MEGA | ¥9,177 (~$56) |
| 20 | MEGA Lucario ex SR 078/063 | MEGA | ¥8,516 (~$52) |
| 21 | Mega Hawlucha ex 239/193 SAR | MEGA | ¥8,071 (~$50) |
| 22 | MEGA Lopunny ex 114/080 SAR | MEGA | ¥6,647 (~$41) |
| 23 | MEGA Eelektross ex 235/193 SAR | MEGA | ¥6,393 (~$39) |
The pattern is unmistakable. The top nine slots all belong to the vintage XY era, and the first modern card doesn’t appear until MEGA Dragonite ex SAR at #10. From #15 down, the list is almost entirely 2026 product — Special Art Rares in PSA 10 for less than the price of a single sealed booster box.
That split is not an accident of our inventory. It reflects how the two eras were made, aged, and graded, which the rest of this guide unpacks card by card.
Graded singles are one-of-one stock. Each row above is a specific PSA 10 slab, not a product with a quantity behind it. If the card you want is in stock at the price shown, it is available exactly once — and the price you see today applies to that copy only.
The XY-Era Grails (2014–2016)
Mega Evolution debuted on cards in Japan’s XY sets, and the era produced the first wave of Mega chase cards: full-art SRs of M Charizard, M Gengar, M Gardevoir and their peers. These were pulled, played, sleeved badly, traded at school, and generally treated like the ordinary cards they were at the time. A decade later, Japanese XY-era SRs are scarce in PSA 10 — the surviving copies that grade gem mint are a thin slice of what was printed, and the market prices them accordingly.
Here are the four headline slabs in our stock right now.
M Charizard EX SR 091/087 — ¥752,971
The top of the entire lineup, and it isn’t close. Charizard sits at the intersection of everything that drives Japanese vintage prices: the single most collected Pokemon in the hobby, a secret-rare full art from the first Mega era, and a PSA 10 grade on a card that most surviving owners can’t match. At ¥752,971 (~$4,620), this is a destination card — the kind of slab a Mega collection gets built around rather than added to. We have exactly one, and cards at this level historically do not sit in our stock long.
M Gengar EX RR 1st Edition (Phantom Gate) — ¥515,000
The second grail is a lesson in what actually makes vintage Japanese cards expensive. This is not a secret rare — it’s the RR printing from Phantom Gate (XY4, 034/088). What puts it at ¥515,000 (~$3,160) is the combination of the 1st Edition stamp, Gengar’s enduring pull as a fan favourite, and the gem mint grade. Japanese XY-era sets ran a first print with a 1st Edition mark, and collectors treat those stamped copies as the definitive version of the card. A 1st Edition RR in PSA 10 from 2014 is a fundamentally different object from the same card unstamped in a binder.
The M Gardevoir EX Trio — ¥23,690 to ¥199,161
Gardevoir is the quiet strength of the XY Mega lineup, and our stock happens to hold four distinct printings — a ready-made study in how printing details set price:
| Printing | Details | Our PSA 10 price |
|---|---|---|
| M Gardevoir EX RR 020/032 | RR printing | ¥199,161 (~$1,220) |
| M Gardevoir EX SR 1st Edition | XY11-1 057/054, Cruel Traitor | ¥102,999 (~$632) |
| M Gardevoir EX SR | XY5 076/070, Tidal Storm | ¥95,675 (~$587) |
| M Gardevoir EX 092/171 | Reprint compilation number | ¥23,690 (~$145) |
Same Pokemon, same mechanic, an 8x spread. The RR 020/032 leads the trio at ¥199,161; the two SR full arts — the 1st Edition Cruel Traitor printing and the Tidal Storm printing — sit close together around the ¥100,000 line; and the 092/171 compilation printing is the accessible way to put a gem mint Mega Gardevoir in the cabinet at ¥23,690. If you’ve read our Japanese PSA 10 price guide, this is the recurring theme: with vintage Japanese cards, the card number and stamp matter as much as the character.
M Venusaur EX SR 1st Edition (20th Anniversary) — ¥91,660
The CP6 20th Anniversary set is one of the most beloved Japanese sets ever printed, recreating the feel of the original Base Set era, and its secret-rare slots have aged into serious collector territory. Our 1st Edition M Venusaur EX SR 089/087 in PSA 10 lists at ¥91,660 (~$562) — a 2016 anniversary secret rare of a first-generation starter, stamped, in the top grade. For Venusaur loyalists there is no more definitive Mega-era card. We also hold the M Venusaur EX 002/072 printing at ¥36,874 (~$226) for collectors who want the character without the anniversary premium.
The Accessible XY Tier: ¥23,690–¥80,134
Below the grails, the XY era still offers real vintage in PSA 10 at prices that overlap with the modern market:
The CP4 M Gengar EX (¥80,134) comes from the Premium Champion Pack and gives you the same character as the ¥515,000 grail at under a sixth of the price. The M Scizor EX SR (¥61,800) and 1st Edition M Steelix EX SR (¥52,530) are the sleeper picks of the whole vintage list — genuine XY-era secret-rare full arts in PSA 10, from the same 2016 sets as the Gardevoir grails, priced where a serious collection can actually reach them. And the M Sharpedo EX from The Best of XY (¥27,604) covers the compilation-set angle for completionists.
With XY-era Japanese cards, always check for the 1st Edition stamp and the exact card number before comparing prices anywhere. The same artwork can exist as an unlimited printing, a 1st Edition printing, and a later compilation reprint — three different cards to the market, even in identical grades.
The New MEGA Era (2026)
In 2026 Pokemon brought Mega Evolution back as the headline mechanic of the Japanese M-series sets — M1 through the newly released M6, plus the MEGA Battle Collection. The new cards use the modern SAR (Special Art Rare) treatment: full-bleed, illustrator-driven artwork that many collectors rate above anything the XY era printed. And because these sets are in or near current print, PSA 10 copies exist at prices the vintage market left behind years ago.
This is the era’s defining trade-off, and for a lot of collectors it’s the right one: you give up vintage scarcity, and you get modern artwork in the same gem mint grade for one-tenth to one-hundredth of the money.
The Modern Headliner: MEGA Dragonite ex SAR — ¥49,953
MEGA Dragonite ex 246/193 SAR is the most expensive modern Mega card in our stock at ¥49,953 (~$306) — the only 2026 card that prices into vintage territory, landing between the XY-era Steelix SR and Venusaur 002/072. Dragonite has been a collector favourite since 1996, and this SAR is the card the new era gets judged by. We also hold the MEGA Dragonite ex MA 232/193 printing at ¥11,297 (~$69) — same Pokemon, same set family, under a quarter of the price, which tells you exactly how much the SAR artwork slot carries.
The Mid Tier: Meganium and Charizard X — ¥17,508–¥35,556
The MEGA Meganium ex SAR Style (¥35,556) comes from the MEGA Battle Collection with the towering card number 761/742 — a secret-slot printing from a special set, and the second most valuable modern Mega we hold. The MEGA Charizard X ex MA (¥17,508) is the fascinating one: a brand-new Charizard Mega card in PSA 10 for about 2% of what our XY-era Charizard SR costs. If you have ever wanted a gem mint Mega Charizard and been priced out of the vintage one, this is the era answering you directly.
The Entry Tier: SAR Artwork Under ¥10,000
Below ¥10,000 the 2026 era gets genuinely democratic. MEGA Clefable ex SAR (¥9,268), MEGA Scrafty ex SAR (¥9,177), MEGA Lucario ex SR (¥8,516), Mega Hawlucha ex SAR (¥8,071), MEGA Lopunny ex SAR (¥6,647), and MEGA Eelektross ex SAR (¥6,393) — six PSA 10 slabs, all with premium artwork treatments, all under ¥10,000 each. The whole tier together costs less than one XY-era Steelix. For a new collector, that’s a display shelf of graded modern Megas for the price of a single mid-tier vintage card. The MEGA Dragalge ex SAR from M4 Ninja Spinner (¥12,133) sits just above the line and rounds out the group.
For which modern MEGA chase cards lead each M-series set — including the ones above this price bracket entirely — see our Mega Evolution chase card guide and our Mega Rayquaza printing-by-printing value guide.
Why the Two Eras Price So Differently
The gap between ¥752,971 and ¥6,393 for cards sharing the same mechanic comes down to supply-side history, not character popularity — Charizard, Gengar, and Dragonite appear on both sides of the ledger.
- The XY print runs ended a decade ago. The 2014–2016 Japanese sets were printed for their own era’s player base, and when the sets rotated out, the supply was fixed forever. No reprint of those exact cards, with those numbers and stamps, has existed since.
- Ten years of attrition did the rest. Cards from that era were opened to be played. Copies were shuffled unsleeved, carried to tournaments, traded hand to hand. The fraction that survived untouched — and then survived PSA’s grading standards at the gem mint level — is what the vintage market is actually pricing. A PSA 10 XY-era SR is scarce twice over: scarce as a surviving card, and scarcer still as a perfect one.
- The MEGA era is still being printed. The 2026 M-series sets are current product. Pristine copies go straight from pack to sleeve to grading submission, so PSA 10s enter the market steadily and prices stay anchored near the cost of pulling and grading the card. That’s not a weakness — it’s what makes the era collectable at scale — but it means today’s MEGA SAR and a 2015 SR are in completely different supply situations.
The honest way to frame it: the XY era sells you scarcity that already happened, and the MEGA era sells you artwork whose scarcity story hasn’t been written yet. Whether the 2026 cards eventually follow the vintage path is a question nobody can answer from here — what you can know today is that both eras are available in the same grade, and one of them costs two orders of magnitude less.
How to Choose by Budget
Working from our live stock list, here’s how the two eras map to a budget:
- Under ¥10,000 (~$61) — Exclusively MEGA-era territory, and it’s rich: Clefable, Scrafty, Lucario, Hawlucha, Lopunny, and Eelektross, all PSA 10, from ¥6,393 to ¥9,268. This is the best on-ramp to graded collecting in the current hobby — real slabs, premium art, pocket-money prices.
- ¥10,000–¥50,000 (~$61–$306) — The crossover zone, and the most interesting bracket in the guide. Modern picks: Dragalge SAR (¥12,133), Charizard X MA (¥17,508), Meganium SAR Style (¥35,556), Dragonite SAR (¥49,953). Vintage picks: M Gardevoir EX 092/171 (¥23,690), M Sharpedo EX (¥27,604), M Venusaur EX 002/072 (¥36,874). Here you genuinely choose between a decade-old card and a brand-new one at the same price.
- ¥50,000–¥110,000 (~$306–$675) — Vintage SR territory begins: Steelix SR 1st Edition (¥52,530), Scizor SR (¥61,800), Gengar CP4 (¥80,134), Venusaur SR 1st Edition (¥91,660), Gardevoir SR Tidal Storm (¥95,675), Gardevoir SR 1st Edition (¥102,999). Every card in this tier is a full XY-era secret or promo printing in PSA 10 — the sweet spot where vintage credibility meets a reachable price.
- The grails: ¥199,161 and up — Gardevoir RR 020/032 (¥199,161), Gengar RR 1st Edition (¥515,000), and the Charizard SR (¥752,971). One-of-one slabs at the top of the Mega hierarchy. Buyers at this level usually know exactly which card they came for.
Plenty of our regular buyers mix eras deliberately: one vintage anchor card, surrounded by modern SARs of the same or related Pokemon. A ¥100,000 budget could take the Tidal Storm Gardevoir SR alone — or the Steelix SR plus five modern SAR slabs. Neither answer is wrong; they’re just different collections.
Where to Buy PSA 10 Mega Cards from Japan
Every card in this guide was sourced and graded through our Japan-side operation. We buy in the Tokyo market — where XY-era Japanese cards actually circulate — hold the slabs in stock, and ship worldwide from Tokyo with tracked delivery. Because graded singles are one-of-one, what you see on the collection page at any moment is precisely what exists; there is no backorder on a PSA 10.
Building a mixed order — a few slabs plus sealed boxes, or singles across several sets — is fastest through our Quick Order page. And if you’re buying graded cards in quantity, our guide on how to buy PSA 10 Pokemon cards in bulk from Japan covers how wholesale-scale orders work with us.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most valuable Mega Pokemon card in PSA 10?
In our current stock, it’s the Japanese M Charizard EX SR 091/087 from the vintage XY era at ¥752,971 (~$4,620). The next tier down is the M Gengar EX RR 1st Edition from Phantom Gate at ¥515,000. Both are one-of-one graded singles, so availability changes the moment a copy sells.
Why are XY-era Mega cards so much more expensive than the 2026 MEGA-era cards?
Supply history. The Japanese XY sets were printed in 2014–2016 and never reprinted in those exact forms, and a decade of play and handling means few surviving copies grade PSA 10 today. The 2026 M-series sets are current product, so pristine copies flow steadily into grading and PSA 10 prices stay close to the cost of pulling the card.
Are the 2026 MEGA-era cards a good entry point for graded collecting?
They’re the most accessible one in years. In our stock, six MEGA-era PSA 10 slabs with SAR or SR artwork sit under ¥10,000 (~$61) each — a full display shelf of graded modern cards for the price of one mid-tier vintage SR. Whether they ever follow the vintage price path is unknowable; what you get today is top-grade modern artwork at modern prices.
What does “1st Edition” mean on Japanese XY-era cards?
Japanese XY-era sets ran a first print carrying a 1st Edition stamp, with later prints unstamped. Collectors treat the stamped copies as the earliest and most desirable version of the card, which is why our M Gengar EX RR 1st Edition, M Venusaur EX SR 1st Edition, M Gardevoir EX SR 1st Edition, and M Steelix EX SR 1st Edition are listed as distinct printings rather than generic copies.
Are the prices in this guide fixed?
They are our live store prices as of August 2026. Every card is a one-of-one graded single: when a copy sells, the listing ends, and any replacement copy we source is priced at the market we buy into at that time. Treat the figures here as a dated snapshot and check the live collection page for the current state.
Do you ship PSA 10 graded cards internationally?
Yes. All graded singles ship from our Tokyo operation worldwide with tracked delivery, packed for slab protection. You can combine graded singles with sealed product in one order through the Quick Order page.
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