# Rare Candy #256/198 — Scarlet & Violet

## Summary

Rare Candy is a deck-building staple in nearly every Stage 2 list of its era, so competitive players have always wanted copies regardless of finish. As a hyper rare in the base set, it's a gold treatment of a workhorse, and that blend of constant play and scarce rarity keeps collectors interested. At a $5.68 modelled guide, up 2% over 30 days on 219 copies traded, with only 30 days of inventory on the board, this printing is almost entirely collector premium, since the same card plays for $0.22 out of Mega Evolution; a PSA 10 brings $86, 15 times raw, but a 36% gem rate against $65 of fees makes grading a losing trade.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Scarlet & Violet |
| Number | 256/198 |
| Rarity | Hyper rare |
| Era | SV |
| Illustrator | Studio Bora Inc. |
| Release date | 2023-03-31 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | TRAINER |
| Subtype | Item |
| Regulation mark | G |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$5.68** (GUIDE_THIN_SAMPLE; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-08
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: +42.00% · 7d change: +0.20% — as of 2026-11-08
- Floor delivered ask: $5.45 — as of 2026-11-08T18:51:15.969Z
- Quant score: 61/100, regime FALLING — as of 2026-11-08T18:51:15.969Z — 9 of 11 inputs · 90% weight · -5% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2023-03-31T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-08T18:59:50.813Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-08T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-08T18:45:54.285Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-11-08T09:03:45.073Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-08T18:45:54.284Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-11-04T06:15:24.993Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/scarlet-violet/rare-candy-256)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Asv01-256%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)