BTS Photocard Price Guide by Member
Explore how BTS photocard pricing varies by member across standard album PCs, pre-order benefits, and lucky draws with verified market comps.
By KCC Team
This guide explains the logic. See real price ranges and market behavior metrics inside the Price Guide.
Member Value Is a Moving Target, Not a Static Hierarchy
Member pricing is one of the first things BTS collectors hear about. It is tempting to turn RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook into a permanent price ranking, but real binder shopping is messier—and more interesting—than that. The card's release, distribution, image, and current availability can matter as much as the name printed beneath it.
The fairest comparison is between cards from the same release and format. In the KCC examples below, standard album inclusions sit fairly close together, while limited pre-order benefits (POBs) and event lucky draws show wider gaps. These are useful snapshots for shopping and trading, rather than a forever ranking of the members.
A member name alone is a poor shortcut for price. The examples below move from an inexpensive BE set to POBs, tour lucky draws, solo promotions, and an older album card. Looking at them together shows why every member can have both approachable cards and expensive standouts.
Equal Footing: Standard Album Cards Keep Prices Level
Widely distributed album cards can sit close together, as this BE example does.
In the BE album release, verified midpoint prices across all seven members stay tightly compressed within a single dollar, ranging from Jin, Jimin, and J-Hope at $2.95 to Jungkook at $3.72 . A recent eBay sale shows the BE Jungkook photocard trading at the lower end of its range, $2.95 .
Jungkook – BE core album photocard
BTS Be Jungkook Official Photocard B.T.S. Be Deluxe Edition Kpop Korea
Jimin – BE core album photocard
Jin – BE core album photocard
This set is a good reminder to check the actual card before accepting a blanket “member price.” For these BE inclusions, buying your bias may involve only a small difference.
Pre-Order Benefits and Lucky Draws: Where Gaps Emerge
Some cards tied to pre-order windows or lucky draw events show wider price separation. The narrower release may be part of the reason, alongside the image, timing, and number of buyers looking for each card.
In the Permission to Dance On Stage pre-order benefit set, RM, Jin, and J-Hope cluster around $20.00 to $20.50 midpoints, while Suga sits at $29.77 and Jungkook moves up to a $51.70 midpoint .
Jungkook - Permission to Dance On Stage POB photocard
Suga - Permission to Dance On Stage POB photocard
RM - Permission to Dance On Stage POB photocard
The Arirang World Tour lucky draw set shows an even wider spread in this snapshot: Jin holds a $28.00 midpoint, RM sits at $33.39, Suga reaches $35.00, V sits at $49.00, Jimin reaches $50.00, and Jungkook sits at a $75.00 midpoint . An accepted eBay sale for the Arirang World Tour Jungkook lucky draw was $79.99 .
Jungkook - Arirang World Tour Lucky Draw photocard
JUNGKOOK - Official BTS Arirang World Tour USA Album Lucky Draw photocard JK
Jimin - Arirang World Tour Lucky Draw photocard
V - Arirang World Tour Lucky Draw photocard
These examples show why distribution belongs in the comparison. Another set, or the same set several months later, may look different.
Specific Highlights: How Visuals, Eras, and Solo Drops Shift the Balance
A member ladder can hide the individual cards collectors are actually excited to find.
For example, the j-hope Yet to Come in Busan Lucky Draw carries a range from $41.18 to $105.00 with a $61.98 midpoint . Its concert context and limited format make it a more useful comparison than a generic member tier.
Jin's Run Seokjin Lucky Draw sits between $36.00 and $42.00 with a $40.00 midpoint . In an older album category, SUGA's In The Mood For Love Pt. 2 album PC ranges from $29.50 to $49.33 with a $40.00 midpoint . The figures do not tell us exactly why each buyer paid what they did, but they show why release context deserves a place beside member name.
J-Hope - Yet to Come in Busan Lucky Draw photocard
Jin - Run Seokjin Lucky Draw photocard
Suga - In The Mood For Love Pt.2 Album PC photocard
Every member has standout cards, so a tidy ranking can leave useful information out.
Collector Strategy: Evaluating BTS Cards Beyond Member Names
To build a BTS photocard collection with confidence and avoid overpaying, keep these practical principles in mind:
- Check the Distribution Format: Compare album inclusions with album inclusions, and POBs or lucky draws with the same set and format.
- Look at Card Context: Special concepts, solo projects, and older eras may make a card a poor fit for a broad member baseline.
- Verify Sales Depth: Always check recent sold comps and liquidity zones. A single high asking price or isolated listing does not dictate a member's broader market going rate.
- Compare Within the Same Set: Benchmark cards against matching releases rather than comparing an album PC of one member to a lucky draw of another.
By evaluating card type and verified sales data together, collectors can collect their BTS binder pages thoughtfully and fairly.
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