CHIEN-PAO EX #261/193 - PALDEA EVOLVED
- Set
- Pokemon Paldea Evolved (Scarlet & Violet series)
- Number
- 261/193
- Rarity
- Special Illustration Rare
- Card type
- Pokémon - Basic, ex (Water)
- Artist
- kodama
- Released
- (2023-06-09)
- Raw card reference RAW / UNGRADED
- $29.78 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
- 1 Rip Station mark - per grader and grade, see the chart.
- In our machines
- 1 in the $150.00 machine
RIP IT
Chien-Pao ex is in the $150.00 machine right now - PSA 10 loaded. A pack reveals one random card from that machine.
Rip the $150.00 machineABOUT THIS CARD
Chien-Pao ex is a special illustration rare Pokemon card from Pokemon Paldea Evolved, card 261 of 193, released June 9, 2023 in the Scarlet & Violet series. The illustration is by kodama.
VALUE
What is Chien-Pao ex #261 from Paldea Evolved worth?
Two different numbers answer this, and they are not interchangeable. Raw/ungraded: a loose, ungraded copy of Chien-Pao ex #261 (Paldea Evolved) carries a market reference of $29.78 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 - our own graded marks for this card are charted and tabled below, per grader and grade. Both are references, not offers. The graded copy in our machine carries a Rip Station estimated slab value of $107.50 (PSA 10).
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.
| Date | Grader | Grade | Estimated slab value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | PSA | 10 | $129.00 |
PULL RATE
What are the odds of pulling Chien-Pao ex #261?
No published per-card pack odds are documented for Paldea Evolved. Rip Station's machine composition is measurable, though: 1 of 678 cards loaded in the $150.00 machine is this card - about 0.15% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PSA | 10 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | |
IN OUR MACHINES
Is Chien-Pao ex #261 in a Rip Station machine?
Yes. 1 graded copy of Chien-Pao ex is loaded in the $150.00 machine. A pack from that machine reveals one random card from everything loaded in it.
- $150.00 machine: 1 of 678 loaded cards (0.15% 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.
- Machine availability, composition odds, graded vault population and graded price marks: Rip Station first-party data.