Darkrai VSTAR 228/172 Japanese

Name: Darkrai VSTAR 228/172 Japanese
Brand: Pokémon Japan — S12a: VSTAR Universe
SKU: 228/172
Price: 57.38 USD
Availability: InStock

S12a: VSTAR Universe • Special Art Rare • Holofoil

Sold $56.23–$56.96 this week

2 NM sales this week · 13 in 30 days

TCGplayer market $57.38↓ -$0.13 (-0.2%) this week

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Sales & Velocity

As of 2026-09-15

Thin market: fewer than 5 sales in the last 7 days

Sold (7d / 30d)

2 / 13

NM sold between (7d)

$56.23–$56.96

Cheapest listing

$55.00

Units sold per day, Aug 13–Sep 14 (Near Mint)

Units sold per day, Near Mint
Date	Units sold	Sold between
Aug 13	2	$54.49–$56.11
Aug 14	1	$57.95–$57.95
Aug 15	1	$57.95–$57.95
Aug 18	2	$57.85–$58.25
Aug 21	1	$56.97–$56.97
Aug 22	1	$57.78–$57.78
Aug 23	1	$55.00–$55.00
Aug 24	1	$58.40–$58.40
Aug 26	1	$54.99–$54.99
Aug 31	1	$57.75–$57.75
Sep 2	1	$57.23–$57.23
Sep 4	1	$57.23–$57.23
Sep 8	1	$57.19–$57.19
Sep 11	1	$56.23–$56.23
Sep 14	1	$56.96–$56.96

Condition	Sold 7d	Sold 30d
Near Mint	2	13
Lightly Played	0	0

Sales data: TCGplayer

Darkrai VSTAR 228/172 Japanese from S12a: VSTAR Universe has a current TCGplayer market price of $57.38. It is down 0.2% over the past 30 days.

Price Snapshot

Market

$57.38

Low

$55.00

Mid

$57.51

High

$100.00

7-Day:-$0.13 (-0.2%)

30-Day:-$0.12 (-0.2%)

Percent of Market

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% of Market price	Price	Usually means
50%	$28.69	Cash buylist, low end
60%	$34.43	Cash buylist, typical
70%	$40.17	Buylist top end, store credit
80%	$45.90	Bulk lot or quick sale
90%	$51.64	Quick sale, just under market
100%	$57.38	Market price
110%	$63.12	Asking price, room to negotiate
120%	$68.86	Asking price, room to negotiate
150%	$86.07	Presale and hype pricing

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Card text

VSTAR Pokémon · 270 HP · Darkness

CCDark Pulse30+
This attack does 30 more damage for each Darkness Energy attached to all of your Pokémon.

Ability: Star Abyss During your turn, you may put up to 2 Item cards from your discard pile into your hand. (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.)

Weakness Grass x2 · Retreat 2

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