Cubone’s value in the Chinese-only sets is one card and a wall of foils. The art rare from Gem Pack Vol. 3 is tracked at $600; the seven Cubone cards below it do not reach $310 between them, and none of them is above $80.
The sharper number is in raw copies. The art rare at #407 is tracked at $227.23 raw. The other seven ranked Cubone cards have raw prices of $2.31, $2.37, $1.98, $1.87, $1.89, $1.89 and $1.37 — $13.68 between them. One raw card is worth sixteen of the rest, which makes Cubone the clearest example in this series of a character whose collectible standing exists on exactly one print.
How this list was built
Three rules, applied in this order.
- The card has to sit in a Chinese-only set. Every card below carries a set code ending in C — CBB3C and 151C. That trailing letter marks a Simplified Chinese print run, and it is the dependable way to tell a Chinese-only card from a card that merely happens to be printed in Chinese. Reading a Chinese set code from end to end covers the whole system.
- The card has to have a tracked PSA 10 value. Eleven Cubone cards exist across these sets and eight have a PSA 10 price on record. The three that do not are the Master Ball foil and the reverse foil of Collect 151 #104, and the Brilliant Fantasy checklist print at csv8C #99 — none of them has a graded sold record yet, and a card with no price cannot be ranked.
- The card has to be a Pokémon card. Sealed product, trainer cards and energy are out of scope.
One exclusion applies here as it does to every character ranking we publish. Promo printings of Cubone exist in Chinese and they are not on this list. Promo numbering is shared across the Chinese branches — the same promo number appears in Traditional Chinese product as well — so a promo number on its own cannot establish which branch a card came from. Everything below sits inside a numbered set whose code ends in C, which is unambiguous.
The five, ranked
5. Cubone [Stars] #403 — Gem Pack Vol. 3 (CBB3C) — $38
Raw $1.87 · grade 9 $12.66
The stars pattern, and the last card in this top five. Its raw price of $1.87 is the third lowest of the eight priced Cubone cards, and raw copies become $38 in a PSA 10 holder — a multiple of 20.5. It is one of six Cubone cards sitting between $36 and $41, a range narrower than a single graded submission costs to submit.
4. Cubone #401 — Gem Pack Vol. 3 (CBB3C) — $39
Raw $1.98 · grade 9 $12.81
The base print of the Vol. 3 group, and the lowest-numbered card in this ranking. That #401 finishes fourth of five is the clearest sign that numbering inside a Gem Pack group carries no price information: the group runs #401 to #407 in order, and ranked by value those seven numbers come out #407, #405, #406, #401, #403, #402, #404.
3. Cubone [Stamped] #406 — Gem Pack Vol. 3 (CBB3C) — $41
Raw $2.37 · grade 9 $36.00
The stamped foil, and the highest raw price of the seven cards below the art rare. Its grade 9 record of $36.00 is the unusual part: it sits at 89 percent of the PSA 10 value, where the foils around it sit near 33 percent. That is the shape of a card whose graded sales are concentrated in the middle grade instead of the top one, and it makes the raw-to-PSA-10 multiple here the second narrowest of the eight at 17.1 times.
2. Cubone [Masterball] #405 — Gem Pack Vol. 3 (CBB3C) — $80
Raw $2.31 · grade 9 $13.29
The Master Ball foil, and the only card below the art rare to clear the $36 to $41 cluster the others sit in. Its raw price of $2.31 is unremarkable — it is the fourth highest of the eight — so the entire premium sits in the top grade, where the card is 34.6 times its raw price. That is the widest step of any Cubone card, art rare included.
1. Cubone #407 — Gem Pack Vol. 3 (CBB3C) — $600
Raw $227.23 · grade 9 $258.26
The commissioned art rare of Gem Pack Vol. 3, the last number in its group, and the only Cubone card in the language above $80. It holds 66 percent of the character’s total on one card. Raw copies at $227.23 are more than sixteen times the combined raw price of the other seven ranked cards, so effectively all of the name’s raw-market value is concentrated here. We hold this card in PSA 10: the Vol. 3 Cubone listing is here.
What the ranking shows
Cubone is the plainest version of a pattern that runs through this series: one commissioned card carries the character, and the set-checklist foils underneath it are worth very little apart. Eight Cubone cards are priced, and one of them holds 66 percent of the graded value and 94 percent of the raw value.
| Band | Cards | Combined PSA 10 value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| $500 – $1,500 — ranked 1 | 1 | $600 | 66.0% |
| $70 – $100 — ranked 2 | 1 | $80 | 8.8% |
| $36 – $50 — ranked 3 to 8 | 6 | $230 | 25.2% |
| Every priced Cubone card | 8 | $910 | 100% |
Two further patterns run across the whole group.
Six of the eight ranked cards sit inside a four-dollar window. From $36.14 to $40.62, six Cubone cards are separated by $4.48 in a PSA 10 holder, and their raw prices run from $1.37 to $2.37. A quarter of the character’s value is inside a band narrower than a single graded submission, and inside that band the order is fragile: the fifth and sixth entries are two cents apart, and the seventh and eighth are separated by $1.12.
The Vol. 3 group prints seven consecutive numbers, all seven are ranked, and the order has nothing to do with the numbering. #401 to #407 is one Gem Pack group — the base print, the Poké Ball foil, the stars pattern, the rotary pattern, the Master Ball foil, the stamped foil and the art rare at the top. Every one of them is priced. Ranked by value they run #407, #405, #406, #401, #403, #402, #404, so the art rare at the highest number is first while the rotary pattern at #404 finishes last, behind five cards with lower numbers than it. The volume-by-volume guide sets out how a group like that is built.
Where Cubone is printed
| Product | Set code | Cubone cards |
|---|---|---|
| Gem Pack Vol. 3 | CBB3C | 7 |
| Collect 151 | 151C | 3 |
| Brilliant Fantasy | csv8C | 1 |
| Total | 11 |
Gem Pack Vol. 3 supplies seven of the eleven Cubone cards and $871 of the $910 total, because the single expensive card is inside that group. Collect 151 prints three treatments of one number — #104, in the plain, reverse holo and Master Ball reverse treatments — and only the plain print has traded enough to be priced, at $38. Cubone is one of the original 151 Pokémon, which is why Collect 151 prints him at all; the later-generation characters in this series have no entry in that set.
If the goal is the group rather than the single card, completing a Simplified Chinese set sets out what a full Vol. 3 run involves. Nothing else Cubone appears on in these sets has traded enough to be priced. The Brilliant Fantasy checklist print at csv8C #99 and the two unpriced treatments of Collect 151 #104 are tracked without a value, so the four cards that fill out the checklist contribute nothing measurable to the character.
If you want one card
- One card, no budget limit: the Vol. 3 art rare at #407, at $600. It is the only Cubone card in the language above $80 and the only commissioned artwork under the name. The Vol. 3 listing is here.
- The highest foil: the Master Ball at #405, at $80. It is the only card below the art rare outside the $36 to $41 cluster, and it has the widest raw-to-PSA-10 multiple of the eight at 34.6 times.
- The lowest-priced entry onto this list: the Collect 151 print at #104, at $38, which is the only priced Cubone card that is not from a Gem Pack group.
- If you want the whole group: the seven Vol. 3 numbers are all priced and six of them sit within four dollars of one another, so the ladder below the art rare is cheap to assemble in one go.
Frequently asked questions
How many Cubone cards are there in Simplified Chinese?
Eleven, across three products: seven in the Gem Pack Vol. 3 group, three treatments of a single number in Collect 151, and one Brilliant Fantasy checklist print. Eight of the eleven carry a tracked PSA 10 value.
What is the most valuable Cubone card in Simplified Chinese?
The art rare of Gem Pack Vol. 3 at #407, tracked at $600 as a PSA 10 and $227.23 raw. It is the only Cubone card in these sets above $80, and it holds 66 percent of the character’s combined value on one card.
Why is one Cubone card worth so much more than the others?
Because it is the only commissioned Cubone artwork in the language. The other seven priced cards are ordinary set-checklist foils — a Poké Ball pattern, a stars pattern, a rotary pattern, a Master Ball foil, a stamped foil and a base print — and the same treatments are printed for every other Pokémon in the same group. The art rare is the one card in the group printed as a single artwork rather than as part of a pattern ladder.
Is a PSA 10 worth the premium over a raw card?
On seven of the eight priced cards, clearly yes: raw prices sit between $1.37 and $2.37 while graded values run from $36 to $80, multiples of 17 to 34.6. The exception is the art rare at #407, which multiplies only 2.6 times because its raw price of $227.23 already carries most of the $600. Grading outcomes are never certain, and nothing here is a prediction about what any individual card will grade at.
Do the Collect 151 Cubone cards come in more than one treatment?
Yes. Number 104 in Collect 151 exists as a plain card, a reverse holo and a Master Ball reverse holo. Only the plain print has traded enough to have a price attached, at $38; the other two are tracked without a value. The series guide explains the two reverse holo patterns.
Other character rankings
Each character ranked here has its own page: Pikachu, Charizard, Psyduck, Gengar, Ceruledge, Captain Pikachu, Floragato, and the nine forms of the Eevee family — Eevee, Umbreon, Sylveon, Espeon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Jolteon, Vaporeon and Flareon. For the whole market rather than one character, the ten most popular Chinese-exclusive cards ranks across Pokémon, and the price ladder sorts the same catalogue into bands.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- PriceCharting — Pokémon Chinese console listings, including Gem Pack Vol. 3 (CBB3C), Collect 151 (151C) and Brilliant Fantasy (csv8C). PSA 10 values retrieved 25 September 2026.
- PriceCharting — individual card pages for Cubone #407, [Pokeball] #402, [Stars] #403, [Rotary] #404, [Masterball] #405 and [Stamped] #406 (Gem Pack Vol. 3); Cubone #104 (Collect 151).
- CardSpicy — Gem Pack Vol. 1 to 6: what is in each volume, on group structure and treatment counts.
- CardSpicy — How to read a Simplified Chinese Pokémon set code, on the trailing C and the secret-rare numbering convention.
Prices quoted are secondary-market observations at the dates cited and move quickly; nothing here is a valuation or an investment recommendation. Our own asking prices for the cards we hold are on each product page.