Card overview
Cynthia's Garchomp ex #232 is Special illustration rare, Pokemon, Stage2, Fighting type, illustrated by HICO KIM from Destined Rivals in the Scarlet & Violet series, released 2025-05-30. The page starts with card details, then points the user toward live raw value, graded value and ROI checks inside Kardive.
- Set: Destined Rivals
- Card number: 232
- Rarity: Special illustration rare
- Category: Pokemon
- Stage: Stage2
- Type: Fighting
- Illustrator: HICO KIM
- Set release date: 2025-05-30
What makes this card page specific
This page uses the actual card record for Cynthia's Garchomp ex #232: local number 232, rarity Special illustration rare and illustrator HICO KIM. That identity layer keeps the page from treating every card in Destined Rivals as interchangeable.
- Category: Pokemon
- Stage: Stage2
- Types: Fighting
- Destined Rivals release: 2025-05-30
Raw and graded decision context
The page starts with Cynthia's Garchomp ex #232 identity. Inside the live Kardive app, the user also gets market context such as raw value, PSA/CGC/BGS grade buckets, sale counts where available and card history.
- Raw market value
- PSA/CGC/BGS buckets
- Correct card matching
- Market history when available
Break-even and expected value
Before grading Cynthia's Garchomp ex #232, a user should compare the raw sale option with realistic graded outcomes, fees and probability assumptions instead of judging only from the highest public sale.
- Raw sale alternative
- PSA 9 fallback
- PSA 10 upside
- Total grading cost
Risk analysis
A card can look attractive in the top grade while still being risky if lower buckets lose money. Kardive separates the verdict from the risk label so the downside remains visible.
- Break-even grade
- Net profit by bucket
- Expected ROI
- Downside grades
Useful next actions
From this card page, the natural next step is to calculate Cynthia's Garchomp ex #232, save the scenario, watch the card, create an alert or add it to a portfolio if the user already owns a copy.
- Calculate ROI
- Save scenario
- Add alert
- Add to portfolio