Steelix 28 price — what is this card worth today?
The market price is $15.00 and the cheapest listing is $10.00.
Measured against 22,496 tracked price entries — price data read August 14, 2026
How much is Steelix 28 worth right now?
The market price of Steelix 28 is $15.00, and the cheapest ungraded copy on sale is $10.00. The price moved 0.0% over the last 30 days and +21.7% over 90 days. Both figures were read on August 14, 2026.
Prices are read once a day from public marketplace listings and stored in this site's own archive — 381 daily readings, the oldest from July 30, 2025.
Steelix 28Stormfront
Steelix 28 price summary
Rare · English · released 2008 · illustrated by Naoyo Kimura · 130 HP · Metal
as of August 14, 2026 (14 days ago) · Reverse Holofoil
100% of the way up its 1-year range · Reverse Holofoil
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The figure on the button is the cheapest TCGplayer listing read on August 14, 2026 (market price $15.00). We do not collect eBay or Cardmarket asking prices yet, so those buttons open a live search instead of showing a number.
Card details130 HPMetalStage 1Fire weakness +30Retreat 4UnlimitedStats, weakness, attack costs and the evolution lineHow the price moved
| Date | Market price | 7-day start |
|---|---|---|
| 2026.08.08 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.08.09 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.08.10 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.08.11 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.08.12 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.08.13 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.08.14 · Today | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| Date | Market price | 30-day start |
|---|---|---|
| 2026.07.16 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.07.19 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.07.22 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.07.25 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.07.28 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.07.31 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.08.02 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.08.05 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.08.08 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.08.11 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| 2026.08.14 · Today | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| Date | Market price | 90-day start |
|---|---|---|
| 2026.05.17 | $12.33 | $12.33 |
| 2026.05.26 | $12.33 | $12.33 |
| 2026.06.04 | $12.32 | $12.33 |
| 2026.06.13 | $12.32 | $12.33 |
| 2026.06.22 | $12.33 | $12.33 |
| 2026.07.01 | $12.33 | $12.33 |
| 2026.07.09 | $12.33 | $12.33 |
| 2026.07.18 | $15.00 | $12.33 |
| 2026.07.27 | $15.00 | $12.33 |
| 2026.08.05 | $15.00 | $12.33 |
| 2026.08.14 · Today | $15.00 | $12.33 |
| Date | Market price | 1-year start |
|---|---|---|
| 2025.08.15 | $6.79 | $6.79 |
| 2025.09.08 | $6.79 | $6.79 |
| 2025.10.03 | $6.79 | $6.79 |
| 2025.10.27 | $7.35 | $6.79 |
| 2025.11.20 | $7.94 | $6.79 |
| 2025.12.14 | $7.94 | $6.79 |
| 2026.01.08 | $6.79 | $6.79 |
| 2026.02.01 | $6.89 | $6.79 |
| 2026.02.25 | $6.99 | $6.79 |
| 2026.03.21 · 1-year low | $6.50 | $6.79 |
| 2026.04.15 · 1-year low | $6.50 | $6.79 |
| 2026.05.09 | $12.33 | $6.79 |
| 2026.06.02 | $12.32 | $6.79 |
| 2026.06.26 | $12.33 | $6.79 |
| 2026.07.21 · 1-year high | $15.00 | $6.79 |
| 2026.08.14 · Today | $15.00 | $6.79 |
$15.00 7 days ago → $15.00 now 0.0%$15.00 30 days ago → $15.00 now 0.0%$12.33 90 days ago → $15.00 now +21.7%1-year low $6.50 · high $15.00 · now 100% of the way up +120.9%
Where to buy this card
Only the TCGplayer figure is a price we hold — the other two open a live search.Marketplaces that list it 3
TCGplayerUngraded copies, United States$10.00cheapest listingLowestMarket price $15.00 on August 14, 2026See listings
eBayBuy It Now, lowest first—not collected yetSee listings
CardmarketEurope—not collected yetSee listings
For reference · graded copies at auction not collected
Fanatics CollectGraded copies, auction—not collected yet—A graded copy is a different product from the raw card priced above.See auctions
Prices read on August 14, 2026. Shipping and import duty are not included because we do not collect them yet. The TCGplayer link is an affiliate link and the others are plain links; the price is the same whichever one you use.
2 print types on recordWhat you could pick wrong →
Among the 5,953 Stage 1 cards with a price on file, this one is number 1,209 at $15.00.
What stands out on Steelix 28 today
- Price It sits 100% of the way up its 1-year range, between $6.50 and $15.00, at $15.00 today.
- Printings 2 printings exist, so the version decides part of the price.
- Rank No. 1,209 of 5,953 priced Stage 1 cards, and No. 17 of 37 priced prints of this Pokémon.
- Record 381 daily snapshots since July 30, 2025 stand behind every figure above.
7 of what decides the price of Steelix 28 — each card opens the section that answers it
Steelix 28 at a glance
- What it costs. The market price is $15.00 and the cheapest listing is $10.00. Graded copies are not included in either figure.
- How it moved. 0.0% over 7 days, 0.0% over 30 days, +21.7% over 90 days and +120.9% over one year, on 381 days of daily snapshots.
- What it is. A Rare printed in Stormfront, released November 1, 2008, with 130 HP and a Fire weakness.
- Where it can be played. Unlimited only — it is outside the Standard rotation, so demand comes from collectors rather than tournament players.
- What this page does not claim. Graded prices, population counts and sealed product values are not published here, because no free commercial data source provides them.
- When it was read. Every figure on this page comes from the snapshot taken on August 14, 2026.
Steelix 28 price history — where does it sit today?
The line below plots the last 90 daily closes against the 90-day average. The table underneath compares four windows against the same reading on August 14, 2026.
| Reading date | Market price | 90-day average |
|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2026 | $12.33 | $7.39 |
| May 22, 2026 | $12.33 | $7.69 |
| May 27, 2026 | $12.33 | $7.99 |
| June 1, 2026 | $12.32 | $8.29 |
| June 6, 2026 | $12.32 | $8.58 |
| June 11, 2026 | $12.32 | $8.90 |
| June 16, 2026 | $12.32 | $9.22 |
| June 21, 2026 | $12.33 | $9.54 |
| June 26, 2026 | $12.33 | $9.87 |
| July 1, 2026 | $12.33 | $10.19 |
| July 6, 2026 | $12.33 | $10.51 |
| July 11, 2026 | $15.00 | $10.90 |
| July 16, 2026 | $15.00 | $11.37 |
| July 21, 2026 | $15.00 | $11.84 |
| July 26, 2026 | $15.00 | $12.31 |
| July 31, 2026 | $15.00 | $12.79 |
| August 5, 2026 | $15.00 | $13.13 |
| August 10, 2026 | $15.00 | $13.28 |
| August 14, 2026 | $15.00 | $13.40 |
| Window | Price then | Price now | Change | Range in window | Position in range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | $15.00 | $15.00 | No change | $15.00 – $15.00 | — |
| 30 days | $15.00 | $15.00 | No change | $15.00 – $15.00 | — |
| 90 days | $12.33 | $15.00 | +21.7% | $12.32 – $15.00 | 100% |
| 1 year | $6.79 | $15.00 | +120.9% | $6.50 – $15.00 | 100% |
Position in range means how high the current price sits between the lowest and highest reading of that window. 0% is the floor of the window and 100% is its ceiling.
Over the last 90 days the price moved between $12.32 and $15.00, and it now sits 100% of the way up that range. Measured against the reading 90 days ago it is +21.7%.
Which print variants of 28 exist, and what do they cost?
Steelix 28 is on record in 2 print finishes — Normal and Reverse Holofoil — and each one carries its own price, so which copy you are buying decides what it is worth.
HolofoilNo price record
The artwork itself is foiled
Reverse HolofoilThis card
The border around the artwork is foiled
Normal$3.85
Reverse Holofoil$15.00
Both panes are the same card, and the difference is simply where the light sits — that is how a finish is identified in the hand. The price beside each one follows that difference. If you have motion reduced on your device the tilt stops and only the light remains.
On cards that were given several finishes the gap is wide — an early 1st Edition print can run five to eight times the plain one. Same artwork, same number, and the price is decided by a single mark under the picture.
Steelix 28 is one of those cards: it is on record in 2 finishes — Normal and Reverse Holofoil, and those records run from $3.85 to $15.00. Which finish a listing is offering decides most of what the copy is worth, so it is the first thing to check before comparing prices.
Where does Steelix 28 rank among Steelix cards?
37 prints of this Pokémon are on record; 37 of them carry a price, and 37 are shown here
Among the priced prints of this Pokémon this card is number 17 of 37. The top of the list is held by early releases, which is the plainest sign that the year of printing moves the price more than the character does.
How far apart are the Steelix prints in price?
This name was printed 42 times across different sets. Some share the very same artwork in a different edition; others carry different art or different attacks under the same name. Set, rarity and version, not the Pokémon, decide the gap between them.
Shining SteelixRare Shining$471.66$471.66 vs $15.00
Steelix 28Rare$15.00Bar height and the number above each bar = prints that year; the two digits below = the year.
42 prints carry this name, and every one of them that has a price is shown above
The cards themselves are identical. Same 130 HP, same attacks. What splits the price is not the card but which box it came out of — the rarity mark and the size of the set together decide how hard one was to pull.
Put the rarity marks and the set sizes side by side and the order explains itself: the smaller the set and the scarcer the mark, the dearer the print.
Where does Steelix sit in the price of its evolution line?
Back to summary
How expensive is Steelix 28 for a Stage 1 card?
5,953 Stage 1 cards carry a price. The bars show how those prices are spread, and the rows below place this card at number 1,209 among them.
The top of this group is Umbreon ex at $1,499.24 — the dearest Stage 1 card on record.
This card costs $15.00, which is dearer than 80% of the group.
Every figure in this panel is counted over the same set: the 5,953 Stage 1 cards that carry a price in the market index this site reads, read August 14, 2026. Each bar is how far up the group that figure sits — the median is the halfway mark, the middle half reaches three quarters and the dearest card fills it. Prices move, so the ranking moves with them.
5,953 Stage 1 cards carry a price; the rows above are the top of the list and this card with its immediate neighbours
Among the 5,953 priced Stage 1 cards this one is number 1,209. It sits above the group median of $1.54, and the dearest Stage 1 card is $1,499.24 — being in the same class does not carry the price with it.
The rows either side of it show how tight this part of the list is: $15.00 one place above and $14.99 one place below, a difference of $0.01 across three places. Rank moves quickly here, price barely does.
Who illustrated Steelix 28?
- Cards credited to this artist255
- Shown below12
- Read fromThe printed card face
Naoyo Kimura is credited on 255 cards in this archive. The prints above are the ones that currently carry the highest prices, which is the quickest way to see the kind of card this artist tends to be given.
An illustrator is a way of sorting cards, not a reason for their price. Buying another card by the same hand does not carry the price across — what makes the price is the Pokémon, the rarity and the year, and the numbers for that sit in the ranking section.
Where is Steelix 28 cheapest to buy — the total across marketplaces
These are the cheapest copies on each marketplace, ordered by the total you pay once shipping is added. Read the asking price alone and the order flips.
Example figures, not collected prices. The measured price of this card is $15.00 (August 14, 2026).
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eBay Raw · NM · ships from the United States$248.00Free shippingTotal$248.00TCGplayer Raw · NM · ships from the United States$248.27Shipping $5.49Total$253.76+$5.76Cardmarket Raw · NM · ships from Europe€211.50Shipping €8.90 + dutyTotal$258.40+$10.40Fanatics Collect PSA 10 · auction running$1,275.00Settled after the hammerTotalSet by the winning bidThe eBay and TCGplayer links are affiliate links, and we may earn a commission if you buy through them. The other marketplaces are plain links. No price on this page is adjusted because of a link, and the seller may have changed a price since it was read.
| Marketplace | Asking price | Shipping | Total | Why it sits here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eBay | $248.00 | Free | $248.00 | Lowest total · affiliate link |
| TCGplayer | $248.27 | $5.49 | $253.76 | +$5.76 · affiliate link |
| Cardmarket | €211.50 | €8.90 | $258.40 | +$10.40 · Europe · standard link |
| Fanatics Collect | $1,275.00 | Auction | — | PSA 10 · 2 days left · 14 bids · standard link |
Example figures. Only the total column decides the order — an asking price on its own does not.
Asking prices differ by $0.27Add shipping and the gap is $10.40That is 38× wider
- eBayFree shippingTotal $248.00 · +$0.00
- TCGplayerShipping $5.49Total $253.76 · +$5.76
- CardmarketShipping €8.90 + dutyTotal $258.40 · +$10.40
Each bar is how much more you pay than the cheapest total — the longer the bar, the more it costs. The asking prices are almost identical, so only the total tells you where to buy.
The cheapest total is $248.00 at eBay, and the dearest of the marketplaces that quote a total is $258.40 — a spread of $10.40 on a card whose asking prices sit within $0.27 of each other. Shipping, not the sticker price, is what decides it.
A price quoted in euros moves with the exchange rate, and an order that crosses a border can pick up import duty on arrival, so a European total can change place between one day and the next.
| Figure | Amount | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest listing | $10.00 | The cheapest copy on sale right now. |
| Direct price | The cheapest copy shipped by the marketplace itself. | |
| Market price | $15.00 | What recent sales actually settled at. |
| Median listing | $15.75 | The middle of every asking price on the page. |
| Highest listing | $249.90 | The most expensive copy on sale, usually a graded or signed one. |
Read on August 14, 2026. A listing price is what a seller asks; the market price is what buyers paid.
Steelix 28 price spread on TCGplayer
The gap between the cheapest copy on sale and what buyers actually settled at is $5.00. That gap is the room you have to negotiate or to wait out — the market price is the honest middle, and the lowest listing is one seller, on one day, in one condition.
Prices here are for the card alone. Shipping, import duty and marketplace fees are added on top by the seller, and on cross-border orders they can move the order of the marketplaces around.
Steelix 28 in depth — what the numbers mean
The figures from the sections above, tied together once more.
One card, three different places — the answer to "how highly does it rank" changes with the group you measure it against.
This is where Steelix 28 stands highest — number 1,209 of 5,953 cards printed in the same class. The rows beside it are the same card measured other ways, and they do not agree.
What makes the price of Steelix
- Steelix — the Pokémon this card is, and the group it is ranked inside
- Rare — Stormfront, so supply came from how many packs of that set were opened, at the rate this rarity is inserted
- Illustrated by Naoyo Kimura — a sorting axis, not a price driver
- Stage 1 — the class it was printed as, and the group its price is measured against
What holds the price where it is
- It sits at 100% of its own 1-year range, between $6.50 and $15.00 — priced where it has usually been
- Legal in Unlimited only, so it is not bought to fill a tournament deck
- A card that anything can remove in one turn is a card fewer decks carry, and demand is part of what a price is
- 381 daily readings stand behind every figure above
Which cheaper cards fill the same slot as Steelix 28?
| Card | Set | HP | Top damage | Retreat | Market price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scizor ex [108] | Unseen Forces | 120 | 50 | 1 | $300.00 |
| Steelix [H23] | Aquapolis | 100 | 50 | 4 | $299.95 |
| Melmetal [SM181] | SM Black Star Promos | 150 | 130 | 4 | $124.99 |
| Steelix [87] | HS—Unleashed | 140 | 100 | 4 | $123.97 |
| Steelix [15] | Neo Genesis | 110 | 30 | 4 | $110.83 |
| Steelix [31] | Skyridge | 100 | 40 | 4 | $85.85 |
0 of the 6 cards here cost less than $15.00, and the cheapest of them is $85.85 — $-70.85 below this card. Every one of them asks a deck for the same slot, so that gap is what you pay for this particular printing rather than for what it does.
Back to summarySteelix 28 card details
| Set | Stormfront | Card number | 28 of 100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Released | November 1, 2008 | Series | Diamond & Pearl |
| Rarity | Rare | Illustrator | Naoyo Kimura |
Read from the set listing and the printed card face.
Print finishes on record for this card
- NormalOn record · $3.85
- Reverse HolofoilOn record · $15.00
2 finishes are on record for this card, so the same card carries more than one price.
Which Pokémon cards moved most since yesterday?
Measured across 30,444 priced cards between August 13, 2026 and August 14, 2026. Cards under $5 and moves under half a percent are left out, because rounding alone can produce them.
- Smoochum (31/115)EX Unseen Forces+131.6%$63.77
- Hypno H12 (H12/H32)Aquapolis+97.0%$229.99
- Exploud (3/106)EX Emerald+66.2%$40.00
- Meganium (9/115)EX Unseen Forces+57.2%$55.00
- Kingler 50 (050/165)Expedition+46.2%$11.77
- Riolu (BW33)Black and White Promos+36.7%$19.39
- Kabuto (39/100)EX Sandstorm-63.0%$11.83
- Night Stretcher (061/064)SV: Shrouded Fable-37.8%$3.19
- Slowpoke (23/108)Dark Explorers-22.7%$9.30
- Victory Cup BW29 Battle Road Autumn 2012 3rd Place (BW29)Black and White Promos-19.7%$40.15
- Flareon ex 014 131 (014/131)SV: Prismatic Evolutions-18.4%$4.62
- Pikachu (71/99)Arceus-17.0%$29.06
Both lists are recalculated once a day, after the source archive is refreshed — the readings compared here are August 13, 2026 against August 14, 2026. Cards under $5 are left out of the ranking, because a one-cent move on a card worth a few cents becomes a double-digit percentage and would bury everything else.
Back to summaryEvery other Steelix card, by price
There are 30 other priced prints of this Pokémon. They are listed highest price first, so you can see at once whether the card you are holding is the expensive one.
All 30 priced prints that carry Pokédex #208, highest price first. Card 28 of this page is the one you are reading about. Point at a card to see it full size.Press and hold a card to see it full size.
1Shining Steelix [112]$471.66
2Steelix [H23]$299.95
3Steelix [87]$123.97
4Dark Steelix [10]$113.33
5Steelix [15]$110.83
6Steelix [31]$85.85
7Steelix [35]$43.52
8Steelix [208]$40.46
9Steelix [23]$30.59
10M Steelix-EX [109]$30.33
11Steelix [247]$18.88
12Steelix-EX [108]$18.41
13Steelix [38]$14.75
14M Steelix-EX [68]$9.58
15Steelix [150]$8.29
16Steelix V [176]$4.86
17Steelix [79]$3.81
18Steelix [89]$2.85
19Steelix-EX [67]$2.25
20Steelix [125]$2.04
21Steelix [139]$1.28
22Radiant Steelix [124]$1.06
23Steelix V [115]$0.88
24Steelix GL [51]$0.85
25Steelix [104]$0.66
26Steelix [99]$0.46
27Steelix [139]$0.36
28Steelix [44]$0.29
29Steelix [125]$0.26
30Steelix [93]$0.20Turning the page does not change the address of this page — all 30 cards sit on this one page, 50 at a time. Cards with no published image still hold their place in the grid, showing name, set and number, so the count above stays true.
Dearest Steelix prints
37 prints on record
- Steelix ex$173.05
- Steelix ex 2006 Hiroki Yano$15.75
- Steelix$11.24
Prints that share this exact name
42 prints · same artwork, different sets
- Steelix ex 109/115$173.05
- Steelix ex 2006 Hiroki Yano 109/115$15.75
- Steelix 024/095$11.24
Other work by Naoyo Kimura
255 cards credited to this artist
- Lugia$4,500.00
- Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat$1,098.71
- Vaporeon$423.00
Grouping by the Pokémon answers "is mine the expensive one". Grouping by the exact name answers "am I looking at the print I think I am". The two questions land buyers in very different places, which is why they are kept apart here.
Steelix 28 price — frequently asked questions
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Why is another Steelix selling for much more?
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Is the German or French Steelix cheaper?
Does tournament play affect what Steelix 28 sells for?
Do these Steelix prices include shipping or tax?
How often does the Steelix 28 price update?
Price today
$15.00
Past year $6.50–$15.00
Where to buy
Only the TCGplayer figure is a price this site holds; the other marketplaces are not collected yet, so their rows open a live search instead. The TCGplayer and eBay links are affiliate links and the others are plain links.
How these figures are collected, and where you can check them
Prices on this page are read once a day from public marketplace listings and stored in this site's own archive — 381 daily readings for Steelix 28, the oldest from July 30, 2025 and the newest from August 14, 2026. Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings. The places below are where the same information can be checked.
Primary official source
First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.
Industry source
Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.