Energy Retrieval
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $1.42£1.07€1.25
- Today
- $1.27£0.96€1.12
- Change
- -$0.15-£0.11-€0.13 (-10.6%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 70 | $1.70£1.28€1.50 | $1.27£0.96€1.12 | |
| PSA 2 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 4 | 5 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 15 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 18 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 45 | 1 | – | $12£9.03€10.57 | |
| PSA 8 | 135 | 7 | $15.50£11.67€13.65 | $14.84£11.17€13.07 | |
| PSA 9 | 326 | 5 | $32.91£24.77€28.98 | $32£24.08€28.18 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $35£26.34€30.82 | |
| PSA 10 | 196 | 4 | – | $116.21£87.47€102.34 | |
About these prices
26.5% 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 570 completed sales, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
570 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics Collect91999 POKEMON GAME #81 ENERGY RETRIEVAL PSA 9 MINT BASE SET UNLIMITED #81$19.99£15.05€17.60Show 288 more, the newest 300 of 570
Pokemon TCG Trainer Energy Retrieval 81/102 Uncommon WOTC 1999 Base Set$1.50£1.13€1.32
Energy Retrieval 81/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Near Mint 81/102$2.13£1.60€1.88Energy Retrieval - 81/102 - Uncommon - Base Set - Pokemon Card - MP 81/102$2.09£1.57€1.84Energy Retrieval 81/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately Played 81/102$1.99£1.50€1.75Energy Retrieval 81/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Near Mint 81/102$1.62£1.22€1.43Energy Retrieval 81/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately Played 81/102$1.99£1.50€1.75Energy Retrieval 81/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly Played 81/102$1.99£1.50€1.75Energy Retrieval 81/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly Played 81/102$1.99£1.50€1.751999 Heavily Played Pokemon 81/102 Energy Retrieval Base Set Non Holo English$1.98£1.49€1.74Energy Retrieval - 81/102 - Base Set - Vintage WOTC Era Pokémon Card_1 81/102$0.99£0.75€0.87Energy Retrieval 81/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Near Mint 81/102$1.70£1.28€1.50101999 POKEMON GAME 81 ENERGY RETRIEVAL BASE SET PSA 10 GEM MINT UNLIMITED$170.26£128.15€149.94ENERGY RETRIEVAL 81/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly Played 81/102$1.99£1.50€1.75Pokemon TCG | Energy Retrieval 81/102 | Base Set Unlimited Uncommon | Near Mint 81/102$1.74£1.31€1.53Pokemon TCG | Energy Retrieval 81/102 | Base Set Unlimited Uncommon | Near Mint 81/102$1.74£1.31€1.53Energy Retrieval 81/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately Played 81/102$1.49£1.12€1.319Pokemon Energy Retrieval Base Set 81/102 (1999) - CGC 9 MINT - Trainer Graded$7.46£5.61€6.5791999 POKEMON BASE SET - UNLIMITED #81/102 TRAINER: ENERGY RETRIEVAL CGC 9 MINT #81$19.99£15.05€17.60
9PSA 9 MINT Energy Retrieval 81/102 4th Print Base Set Pokemon Trading Card$33.88£25.50€29.84More from Base Set
All 102 cards →
Charizard
Charizard (Black Dot Error)
Blastoise
Venusaur
Mewtwo
AlakazamGrading odds
PSA has graded 880 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 26.1% 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 $47.57£35.80€41.89 on average against $101.26£76.21€89.18 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $53.69£40.41€47.28, so a copy is worth more raw.
What CGC copies sold for
Sold prices from listings that named the grader and the grade, not asking prices, and not a PSA figure converted across. A CGC 9 runs about 0.44x the PSA 9 on the cards where we hold both, but the spread is wide enough that it is only worth quoting where copies actually traded, which is what these are. The count beside each price is how many.
CGC 9 and 9.5 are one row on purpose. A CGC 9.5 sells for 3% more than a 9 across the corpus and is the cheaper of the two on nearly half of cards, so the market is not pricing them apart and splitting them here would invent a distinction. BGS is left split because there the same test says a 9.5 really is worth about 30% more.
| Grade | Median sold | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| CGC 9 or 9.5 | $10.50£7.90€9.25 | 16 |
| CGC 8.5 | $3.64£2.74€3.21 | 6 |
Card facts
- Card number
- 081/102
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Set released
- Jan 9, 1999
- PSA population, all printings
- 880
- Printings priced
- 1
Looking for a different one? All 37 Energy Retrieval cards we price →
The same card in other sets
Legendary Collection107/110$47.57£35.80€41.89
Base Set (Shadowless)081/102$38.17£28.73€33.62
XY - Ancient Origins99/98$21.13£15.90€18.61
World Championship Decks92/114$3£2.26€2.64
Chaos Rising108/086$1.74£1.31€1.53
World Championship Decks92/114$1.21£0.91€1.07
XY - Evolutions77/108$1.07£0.81€0.94
World Championship Decks92/114$0.99£0.75€0.87What moves the price of this card
The Energy Retrieval on this page is the Normal printing from Base Set, and it trades at $0.61£0.46€0.54 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 7 $12£9.03€10.57, PSA 8 $14.84£11.17€13.07, PSA 9 $32£24.08€28.18, CGC/BGS 9.5 $35£26.34€30.82, PSA 10 $116.21£87.47€102.34. PSA has graded 880 copies of it. 570 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Energy Retrieval worth?
A PSA 10 Energy Retrieval from Base Set sells for $116.21. 26.5% 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 Energy Retrieval from Base Set worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $48.32 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $1.27 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $52.94.
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 $116.21£87.47€102.34. 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.