Defender
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Released
- Oct 20, 1996
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $1.88£1.41€1.64
- Today
- $1.88£1.41€1.64
- Change
- +$0+£0+€0 (+0.0%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 9 | $2.08£1.56€1.82 | $1.88£1.41€1.64 | |
| PSA 5 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 6 | 1 | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 6 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 8 | 21 | 3 | – | $24.81£18.59€21.65 | |
| PSA 9 | 86 | 5 | $45£33.72€39.27 | $27£20.23€23.56 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5modelled | – | – | – | $30£22.48€26.18 | |
| PSA 10 | 75 | 3 | – | $180.41£135.20€157.43 | |
About these prices
38.1% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. Sold and median are 90 days of PSA sales. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 156 completed sales, updated Sep 13, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
156 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics Collect, Goldin AuctionsShow 144 more
101996 Pokemon Japanese Base Set Defender Trainer PSA 10 GEM MINT Japanese$125.50£94.05€109.51101996 Pokemon Basic Base Set Japanese Trainer Defender PSA 10 GEM MINT$300£224.82€261.78Defender Pokemon 1996 Base Set Japanese Trainer TCG Pack Fresh Japanese$0.99£0.74€0.86Defender Pokemon Base Set Uncommon Japanese Moderately Played Japanese$1.99£1.49€1.74DEFENDER BASE SET POKEMON JAPANESE TRAINER UNCOMMON 1996 MODERATELY PLAYED Japanese$1.40£1.05€1.22DEFENDER BASE SET POKEMON JAPANESE TRAINER UNCOMMON 1996 MODERATELY PLAYED Japanese$1.40£1.05€1.22[Lightly Played+] 1st Edition Defender Base Set Japanese Pokemon Card 2801 Japanese$8.02£6.01€7DEFENDER BASE SET POKEMON JAPANESE TRAINER UNCOMMON 1996 MODERATELY PLAYED Japanese$1.34£1€1.17Japanese Defender - Base Set - Uncommon Pokemon Card - EXCELLENT Japanese$3.71£2.78€3.24Defender 1996 Japanese Base Set Pokemon Card TCG Vintage Nintendo Trainer - Nm Japanese$7.19£5.39€6.27DEFENDER BASE SET POKEMON JAPANESE TRAINER UNCOMMON 1996 MODERATELY PLAYED Japanese$1.31£0.98€1.14101996 POKEMON JAPANESE DEFENDER BASIC BASE SET TRAINER PSA 10 GEM MINT POP 44 Japanese$99.99£74.93€87.25101999 POKEMON GAME #80 DEFENDER PSA 10 GEM BASE SET UNLIMITED Japanese #64$349.99£262.28€305.40101996 POKEMON JAPANESE BASIC DEFENDER TRAINER PSA 10 GEM MINT BASE SET$99.99£74.93€87.2510Defender Trainer PSA 10 Base Set Japanese Basic Pokemon$38£28.48€33.169Pokemon Defender Base Set Japanese PSA 9 Mint$11.50£8.62€10.039Cert 79746887Auction$11.50£8.62€10.039Pokemon Defender Base Set Japanese PSA 9 Mint$5.50£4.12€4.80101996 Pokemon Basic/Base Set DEFENDER TRAINER Japanese PSA 10$22.50£16.86€19.639Cert 62601166Auction$1£0.75€0.878Cert 64600648Auction$4.25£3.18€3.71101996 Pokemon Japanese Base Set Defender Trainer - PSA 10 GEM MINT$47.99£35.96€41.8810Pokemon Defender Base Set Japanese PSA 10 Gem Mint -131A3$42.69£31.99€37.2510Cert 68219131Auction$42.69£31.99€37.2510Cert 68487772Auction$129.99£97.41€113.4310Pokemon Defender Japanese Base Set PSA 10 Gem Mint POP 35$100£74.94€87.269Cert 54233500Auction$13.49£10.11€11.779Cert 48852786Auction$120.24£90.11€104.927Cert 44492055Auction$16.61£12.45€14.498Cert 46077601Auction$15.50£11.62€13.539Cert 42488723Auction$26£19.48€22.699Cert 41696130Auction$5.50£4.12€4.80More from Japanese Expansion Pack
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PSA has graded 373 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 29.5% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around. Weighting each grade’s PSA price by these odds, a submission is worth $68.57£51.39€59.84 on average against $101.87£76.34€88.89 for the card plus $79.99£59.94€69.80 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $33.30£24.95€29.05, so a copy is worth more raw.
1 of the 4 grades priced above had no sales at that grade, so the figure is modelled from the grades that did rather than observed.
Card facts
- Card number
- –
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set released
- Oct 20, 1996
- PSA population, all printings
- 373
- Printings priced
- 1
Expansion Pack102 cards- Complete set value
- $2.2k£1.6k€1.9k
- 7 day move
- +1.5%
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The same card in other sets
What moves the price of this card
The Defender on this page is the Normal printing from Japanese Expansion Pack, and it trades at $1.73£1.30€1.51 in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.
Graded, it runs PSA 8 $24.81£18.59€21.65, PSA 9 $27£20.23€23.56, CGC/BGS 9.5 $30£22.48€26.18, PSA 10 $180.41£135.20€157.43. PSA has graded 373 copies of it. 156 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Defender worth?
A PSA 10 Defender from Japanese Expansion Pack sells for $180.41. 38.1% of the copies PSA has graded came back a 10, so that price is the best case rather than the one a submission should expect.
Is Defender from Japanese Expansion Pack worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $83.20 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $1.88 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $18.67.
Condition does most of the work below the surface. A copy with soft corners or a print line off centre trades well under the market price shown here, and a copy clean enough to grade trades well above it, which is why the PSA 10 sits at $180.41£135.20€157.43. Before you value your own copy, look at the corners under a light and check the centring on the back, where most cards give themselves away.