Fennekin 080 — Pokémon Center ETB Promo — ACE Mint 9

Pokémon TCG: Fennekin 080 – Black Star Promo – ACE Mint 9

Set: Black Star Promo Source: Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box Card Number: 080 Release Year: 2026 Language: English Grading Company: ACE (Authenticated Card Experts) Certification Number: 1396294

Overview

A Mint 9 copy of the Fennekin Black Star Promo (080), distributed exclusively through the Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box and graded by ACE. This is by some distance the scarcest card in this batch — only 264 copies have ever been submitted to ACE, and just 6% of those achieve a Gem Mint 10.

Illustrated by satoma, the card shows Fennekin on a sunlit windowsill among blankets and houseplants, in the warm domestic style that has made recent Pokémon Center promos so widely collected. Returned directly from ACE grading and sold sealed in its original ACE packaging, unopened and unhandled since receipt.

Grade & Subgrades

🏆 Overall Grade: Mint 9

• 🔲 Surface: 10 — No scratches, print defects or visible wear.
• 📐 Centering: 10 — Perfect border alignment on all sides.
• ✂️ Edges: 9 — Minor edge imperfection only.
• 📌 Corners: 8 — Corner wear present; this is the subgrade holding the overall grade at 9.

Stated in full: perfect 10s in surface and centering, with corners the limiting factor.

Population Data

• Population with this label (Mint 9): 197
• Total population (all labels): 206
• Population graded higher: 17
• Population graded lower: 41
• Total submitted: 264
• Gem rate (proportion achieving 10): 6%

Worth reading properly: a 6% gem rate makes this one of the hardest cards in the current promo run to obtain in Gem Mint condition. Only 17 copies in the entire ACE census sit above this grade. With a total submitted population of just 264, this is a genuinely thinly-graded card in absolute terms — a Mint 9 is the realistic top tier here, and chasing a 10 means competing for one of seventeen.

About the Card

Fennekin 080 is a Black Star Promo issued with the Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box. Promo cards from Pokémon Center product sit outside standard set numbering and can't be pulled from boosters, making them a distinct collecting category with distribution limited to Pokémon Center channels rather than general retail. Fennekin, as a Kalos starter with a strong following, carries appeal beyond promo completionists.

Product Details

• Card: Fennekin
• Number: 080
• Set: Black Star Promo (Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box)
• Illustrator: satoma
• Grade: ACE Mint 9
• Certification: 1396294
• Condition: Sealed in original ACE packaging as received from grading

Summary

A Mint 9 Pokémon Center exclusive promo with perfect surface and centering subgrades, from a card with a 6% gem rate and only 264 total ACE submissions. Slabbed and sealed as returned from ACE, with the certification number shown for independent verification.

Whether you're building a Black Star Promo run, collecting Pokémon Center exclusives, or after a genuinely scarce graded card that doesn't carry Charizard pricing, this Fennekin is the pick of this batch.