
Venusaur

- Number
- 015/102
- Rarity
- Holo Rare
- Artist
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- Jan 9, 1999
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $675£510.34€610.75
- Today
- $1,189£899.01€1,076
- Change
- +$514.08+£388.67+€465.15 (+76.2%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 28 | $901£681.20€815.24 | $1,189£899.01€1,076 | |
| PSA 1 | 72 | 2 | – | – | |
| PSA 2 | 98 | 2 | – | $846.50£640€765.92 | |
| PSA 3 | 179 | 3 | – | $955.50£722.41€864.55 | |
| PSA 4 | 291 | 9 | $1,363£1,031€1,233 | $1,363£1,031€1,233 | |
| PSA 5 | 478 | 14 | $1,500£1,134€1,357 | $1,500£1,134€1,357 | |
| PSA 6 | 496 | 11 | $2,100£1,588€1,900 | $2,100£1,588€1,900 | |
| PSA 7 | 460 | 11 | $2,670£2,019€2,416 | $2,494£1,885€2,256 | |
| PSA 8 | 588 | 12 | $4,639£3,507€4,197 | $3,828£2,894€3,464 | |
| PSA 9 | 721 | 9 | $9,900£7,485€8,958 | $6,094£4,607€5,514 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $7,414£5,605€6,708 | |
| PSA 10 | 145 | 6 | $75,000£56,704€67,861 | $37,210£28,133€33,668 | |
About these prices
4.1% 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 6,136 completed sales, updated Nov 12, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
6,136 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics Collect, Goldin Auctions
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101999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless Holo Venusaur #15Goldin Auctions · Auction$14,640£11,069€13,246
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61999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless Holo Venusaur #15Goldin Auctions · Auction$306.22£231.52€277.07
91999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless Holo Venusaur #15Alt · Auction$1,776£1,343€1,607
11999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless Holo Venusaur #15Alt · Auction$184.80£139.72€167.21
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9Grading odds
PSA has graded 11,594 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 2.1% 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 $3,247£2,455€2,938 on average against $3,208£2,425€2,903 for the card plus $1,999£1,511€1,809 at Premium 2, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That clears $39.15£29.60€35.42, so grading a clean copy is worth the wait.
Card facts
- Card number
- 015/102
- Rarity
- Holo Rare
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Set released
- Jan 9, 1999
- PSA population, all printings
- 11,594
- Printings priced
- 2
- Set value
- $14k£11k€13k
- 7 day move
- -1.5%
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The same card in other sets
What moves the price of this card
The Venusaur on this page is the 1st Edition Holofoil printing from Base Set (Shadowless), and it trades at $1,000£756.05€904.81 in near mint condition. The other 1 printing of the same card sits lower, which is normal: the scarcer print run always carries the premium.
Graded, it runs PSA 1 $267.50£202.24€242.04, PSA 2 $167.25£126.45€151.33, PSA 3 $210£158.77€190.01, PSA 4 $1,150£869.46€1,041, PSA 5 $280.09£211.76€253.43, PSA 6 $409.25£309.41€370.29, PSA 7 $2,494£1,885€2,256, PSA 8 $3,828£2,894€3,464, PSA 9 $6,094£4,607€5,514, CGC/BGS 9.5 $7,414£5,605€6,708, PSA 10 $37,210£28,133€33,668. PSA has graded 11,594 copies of it. 6,136 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Venusaur worth?
A PSA 10 Venusaur from Base Set (Shadowless) sells for $37,210. 4.1% 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 Venusaur from Base Set (Shadowless) worth grading?
On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $4,282 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $1,189 for a raw copy plus $2,019 to send it through PSA Premium 2, so it clears $1,074.
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 $37,210£28,133€33,668. 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 Venusaur does
Stage2, evolves from Ivysaur · 100 HP · retreat 2
As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may take 1 Grass Energy card attached to 1 of your Pokémon and attach it to a different one. This power can't be used if Venusaur is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
Weak to Fire ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.
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