Radiant Heatran · Astral Radiance, what to know.
About the Radiant Heatran card
Radiant Heatran is card 27 of 216 in Astral Radiance, released in May 2022, a Radiant Rare. It is a Basic Fire-type with 160 HP.
As a Basic Pokémon, Radiant Heatran needs no prior evolution to put into play, which made it a practical card in the era's decks.
Illustrated by Shigenori Negishi.
The Pokédex entry printed on Radiant Heatran reads: "Boiling blood, like magma, circulates through its body. It makes its dwelling place in volcanic caves."
What is Radiant Heatran worth?
Radiant Heatran is a Common, so raw copies trade for very little and most of the print run survives. The only real value is in pristine, high-grade copies, where even a Common can reach low triple digits in 1st Edition PSA 10. See the live price above for the current figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Radiant Heatran before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
Radiant Heatran is the most forgiving tier to grade in the set. Centering on the framed border is the usual cap, and the soft cardstock picks up edge whitening easily, but high print runs keep clean copies affordable.
If you are collecting Radiant Heatran
Raw copies of Radiant Heatran are inexpensive enough that grading rarely pays unless you have a clearly pack-fresh example. For set completion, a clean sleeved Radiant Heatran is the practical move.
