
Sandshrew

- Set
- Base Set 2
- Number
- 091/130
- Rarity
- Common
- Artist
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- Feb 24, 2000
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $1.32£0.99€1.16
- Today
- $0.67£0.50€0.59
- Change
- -$0.65-£0.49-€0.57 (-49.2%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 28 | $1.50£1.13€1.32 | $0.67£0.50€0.59 | |
| PSA 2 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 3 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 4 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 8 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 7 | – | – | $6.02£4.53€5.30 | |
| PSA 8 | 26 | 1 | – | $18.50£13.92€16.29 | |
| PSA 9 | 104 | 2 | – | $24.26£18.26€21.37 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $27£20.32€23.78 | |
| PSA 10 | 51 | 1 | – | $58.40£43.95€51.43 | |
About these prices
25.2% 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 209 completed sales, updated Sep 28, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
209 completed listings on eBayShow 197 more
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10Grading odds
CGC has graded 350 copies. Where they landed:
These are CGC grades. The prices above are for PSA slabs, and a CGC 10 is not the same grade as a PSA 10, so read the two as separate markets rather than one.
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 23.6% 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 $29.18£21.96€25.70 on average against $100.66£75.76€88.65 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $71.48£53.80€62.95, so a copy is worth more raw.
Card facts
- Card number
- 091/130
- Rarity
- Common
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Set released
- Feb 24, 2000
- PSA population, all printings
- 216
- Printings priced
- 1
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The same card in other sets
What moves the price of this card
The Sandshrew on this page is the Normal printing from Base Set 2, and it trades at $0.58£0.44€0.51 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 7 $6.02£4.53€5.30, PSA 8 $18.50£13.92€16.29, PSA 9 $24.26£18.26€21.37, CGC/BGS 9.5 $27£20.32€23.78, PSA 10 $58.40£43.95€51.43. PSA has graded 216 copies of it. 209 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Sandshrew worth?
A PSA 10 Sandshrew from Base Set 2 sells for $58.40. 25.2% 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 Sandshrew from Base Set 2 worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $29.87 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $0.67 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $70.79.
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 $58.40£43.95€51.43. 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.
What Sandshrew does
Basic · 40 HP · retreat 1
If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.
Weak to Grass ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.
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