Kabutops · Skyridge, what to know.
About the Kabutops card
Numbered 14 of 182 in Skyridge, released in May 2003, Kabutops is a Rare, a Stage 2 Fighting-type carrying 90 HP.
It evolves from Kabuto, so Kabutops is a later-stage card that set-builders usually slot into a full evolution run rather than buy alone.
Illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
About Kabutops in the Pokémon world
The fully evolved Kabuto. Scythes for arms, prehistoric predator silhouette. Fossil holo Kabutops is a striking design and a steady holo in Fossil. PSA 10 examples have appreciated quietly.
What is Kabutops worth?
Kabutops is a non-holo Rare. In Skyridge, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Kabutops trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Kabutops before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
On Kabutops, look at the corners and the framed border first. Non-holo Rares took more handling than the chase holos, so a sharp, centered copy of Kabutops in a true PSA 10 is harder to find than the print run suggests.
If you are collecting Kabutops
For Kabutops, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Kabutops can make sense.
