Rayquaza VMAX #218/203 from Pokemon Evolving Skies (2021)

RAYQUAZA VMAX #218/203 - EVOLVING SKIES

Set: Pokemon Evolving Skies (Sword & Shield series)
Number: 218/203
Rarity: Rare Rainbow
Card type: Pokémon - VMAX, Rapid Strike (Dragon)
Artist: Anesaki Dynamic
Released: August 27, 2021 (2021-08-27)
Raw card reference RAW / UNGRADED: $1255.33 USD (TCGplayer market, holofoil, as of 2026-09-11)Loose, ungraded copy. Not a graded slab - graded values are charted below.
Graded slab data GRADED SLAB: 4 Rip Station marks, 2 cited public sales - per grader and grade, see the chart.
In our machines: 1 in the $500.00 machine

RIP IT

Rayquaza VMAX is in the $500.00 machine right now - PSA 9 loaded. A pack reveals one random card from that machine.

ABOUT THIS CARD

Rayquaza VMAX is a rare rainbow Pokemon card from Pokemon Evolving Skies, card 218 of 203, released August 27, 2021 in the Sword & Shield series. The illustration is by Anesaki Dynamic.

Rayquaza VMAX's alternate art from Evolving Skies, with its storm-cloud cityscape, is the set's second pillar behind Moonbreon. Evolving Skies packed the strongest alternate-art lineup of the era, and this is its most reprinted image in market commentary.

VALUE

What is Rayquaza VMAX #218 from Evolving Skies worth?

Two different numbers answer this, and they are not interchangeable. Raw/ungraded: a loose, ungraded copy of Rayquaza VMAX #218 (Evolving Skies) carries a market reference of $1255.33 USD for the holofoil printing (TCGplayer market price, as of 2026-09-11). Graded slabs: a graded example is priced per grading company and per grade and can sit far above that raw figure - documented public sales on file for this card run from $990.00 (PSA 9, 2026-09-09) to $2650.00 (PSA 10, 2026-09-10), each listed with its source below. Both are references, not offers. The graded copy in our machine carries a Rip Station estimated slab value of $1030.00 (PSA 9).

Graded slab values over time GRADED SLAB

Slab values, per grading company and grade. These are a different market from the raw/ungraded reference in the facts block above - do not read one as the other.

Graded slab values only. Indexed to 100 at each grade series' first observation - relative movement, not dollar levels; the tables below carry the dollars. Solid lines are Rip Station marks (first-party estimates). Diamonds are reported public sale results from the cited sources listed below, across every grade documented for this card; they are individual results, not a continuous series. Raw/ungraded reference (not plotted): $1255.33 USD (TCGplayer market price, holofoil, as of 2026-09-11).

Graded slab values - Rip Station marks (first-party estimates, USD). Not raw/ungraded prices.
Date	Grader	Grade	Estimated slab value (USD)
2026-08-07	BGS	9.5	$1350.00
2026-08-07	PSA	10	$2400.00
2026-08-31	PSA	9	$996.00
2026-09-05	PSA	9	$996.00

Graded slab values - reported public sales (realized prices, USD). Individual documented results, each with its source; not Rip Station estimates and not raw/ungraded prices.
Date	Grader	Grade	Printing	Sale price (USD)	Source
2026-09-09	PSA	9	Alternate art secret rare	$990.00	Fanatics Collect Sold Items (Buy Now); listed as 'SEC Rayquaza VMAX #218'
2026-09-10	PSA	10	Alternate art secret rare	$2650.00	Fanatics Collect Sold Items (Buy Now); listed as 'SEC Rayquaza VMAX #218'

PULL RATE

What are the odds of pulling Rayquaza VMAX #218?

No published per-card pack odds are documented for Evolving Skies. Rip Station's machine composition is measurable, though: 1 of 519 cards loaded in the $500.00 machine is this card - about 0.19% per rip.

POP REPORT

Rip Station vault population - graded slabs GRADED SLAB

Counts of GRADED copies, by grading company and grade, that have passed through our machines. Raw/ungraded copies are counted separately in the Raw row.

Grader	Grade	Copies
BGS	9.5	1
PSA	10	1
PSA	9	2
Total		4

IN OUR MACHINES

Is Rayquaza VMAX #218 in a Rip Station machine?

Yes. 1 graded copy of Rayquaza VMAX is loaded in the $500.00 machine. A pack from that machine reveals one random card from everything loaded in it.

$500.00 machine: 1 of 519 loaded cards (0.19% per rip). Rip this machine

SOURCES

Card metadata and image: the open pokemontcg.io dataset.
Raw/ungraded reference value: pokemontcg.io market snapshot (tcgplayer), as of 2026-09-11. An ungraded single, an estimate, not an offer - and not a graded slab value.
Reported graded-slab sales (2): documented public results, each linked to its source in the value section above - sales-history.fanaticscollect.com. Third-party realized prices, not Rip Station estimates.
Machine availability, composition odds, graded vault population and graded price marks: Rip Station first-party data.