How Much Is an Omastar Card Worth in 2026?
Omastar breaks one of the hobby's usual rules. Normally the evolution is worth more than what it evolves from, the way a Charizard towers over a Charmander. With the fossil line, it runs the other way. Omanyte, the little spiral shell, has a card that reaches into the thousands, while Omastar, its fully evolved form, tops out around a hundred and fifty dollars for its very best copy.
The reason is a single card. Omanyte received a scarce EX Legend Maker reverse holo that gem-mint collectors chase hard. Omastar never got an equivalent. Its value rests almost entirely on the original 1999 Fossil printing, a non-holo uncommon whose 1st Edition PSA 10 sits near $100 to $150, on a population so thin that PSA logs only a few gem copies across roughly 288 graded sales worth about ten thousand dollars in total.
That makes Omastar a modest, affordable species with one genuinely scarce grade and not much above it. This guide ranks every Omastar worth knowing, runs the grading math, and stays honest about where the numbers are estimates on thin data. Figures reflect recent sales and move with the market.
Omastar card value 2026: the top variants ranked
Pricing is drawn from PSA sold comps, Fanatics Collect sales history, rarerip population data, and Slabfolio's graded guide as of 2026. Omastar trades in low volume, so several graded figures below are estimates built on limited sales.
| Rank | Card | Set (Year) | Raw NM | PSA 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omastar #40 1st Edition | Fossil (1999) | $2–$4 | ~$100–$150 |
| 2 | Omastar #40 Unlimited | Fossil (1999) | $1–$2 | ~$50–$80 |
| 3 | Omastar (Japanese Fossil) | JP (1997) | $2–$6 | ~$60–$100 (est) |
| 4 | Omastar V | Sword & Shield era (2021–22) | $1–$5 | ~$20–$40 (est) |
| 5 | Omastar EX-era and modern holos | Various | $1–$5 | $20–$50 (est) |
| 6 | Modern reverse holos and commons | Various | $0.10–$2 | $15–$40 |
The pattern is unusually flat for a Kanto Pokémon: one scarce-but-affordable vintage grade at the top, and a long, cheap tail underneath with no real chase card to lift it.
Omastar Fossil 1st Edition value 2026
Nearly all of Omastar's value lives here. The 1999 Fossil Omastar #40 is a non-holo uncommon, so raw copies are only a couple of dollars, but the 1st Edition in a PSA 10 is genuinely scarce. Fanatics Collect lists a guide price of $144, with recent sales between roughly $50 and $150, and population data shows only a handful of gem copies in existence.
The scarcity is real; the absolute value simply is not high, because Omastar has never had the collector pull of a holo or a chase card. This is a low-population card rather than a high-demand one, and those two things are not the same. The Unlimited version follows the same shape one tier down, with PSA 10 copies in the fifty to eighty dollar range.
Omastar V, Japanese vintage, and modern prints value 2026
Beyond Fossil, Omastar is inexpensive across the board. The modern Omastar V gave the species its only recent flagship-style card, but it trades in the low single digits raw and roughly twenty to forty dollars in a top grade. Japanese vintage Fossil copies appeal to cross-region collectors and sit in a similar modest range.
The remaining EX-era and Scarlet and Violet prints are commons and reverse holos worth a dollar or two, with graded copies rarely clearing forty dollars. None of these change the headline: the Fossil 1st Edition is the ceiling, and it is not a high one.
Should you grade an Omastar card in 2026?
Omastar is a narrow grading case. One print is worth submitting in top condition, and the rest are not.
Fossil 1st Edition #40 grading math:
- All-in cost: roughly $30 with shipping
- Raw copy: about $2 to $4
- PSA 9 lands around $25 to $40; PSA 10 has sold between $50 and $150, guide near $144
- Verdict: worth it on a genuinely clean copy, since the low gem population supports the PSA 10 premium, but the upside is measured in the low hundreds, not thousands
Fossil Unlimited #40 grading math:
- All-in cost: roughly $30
- Raw copy: about $1 to $2
- PSA 10 lands around $50 to $80
- Verdict: marginal, since only a pack-fresh copy clears the fee with room to spare
Omastar V and modern prints: not worth grading in most cases, as the graded values do not justify the fee.
Which Omastar card should you actually buy in 2026?
Under $5: a raw Fossil Omastar or a modern Omastar V, the cheapest way to own the species.
$30 to $50: a graded Fossil Unlimited PSA 10 or a clean Omastar V, solid mid-tier pickups.
$100 to $150: a PSA 10 Fossil 1st Edition, the single best Omastar and the top of the market.
If you want real fossil-line value: look to Omanyte instead, whose EX Legend Maker reverse holo is the line's true chase and sits far above anything Omastar offers.
Final take
Omastar is the unusual case of an evolution that its own pre-evolution outshines. Omanyte drew the scarce, valuable card; Omastar got a low-pop Fossil uncommon and little else. That does not make it a poor card to collect, just an affordable one, best understood as a set-completion and species pickup rather than an investment.
Buy a raw copy for a few dollars if you like the character, chase a PSA 10 Fossil 1st Edition if you want the scarcest version, and keep your fossil-line ambitions pointed at Omanyte if real value is the goal. For Omastar, a hundred and fifty dollars buys the very best there is.
