Parasect FireRed & LeafGreen #43

Card #43 · Illustrated by Yuka Morii

70 HPGrassPokémonStage 1

Ungraded · blended

$16.88

Range $7 → $18
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence medium · How we price →

Raw$16.88

PSA 92.4× raw$41

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Parasect is a Uncommon Pokémon card from FireRed & LeafGreen (#43), illustrated by Yuka Morii. It's a Stage 1 Grass-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Paras, weak to Fire ×2. Its current blended market value is $16.88 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#2 most valuable Parasect of 18 #80 most valuable in FireRed & LeafGreen of 116

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$16.88

MPModerately Played$15.18

HPHeavily Played$7.00

7-dayflat

30-dayflat

90-day▼ 2.2%

All-time high$18

All-time low$15

Other printingsNormal · $10.78

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$17

Normal$11

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$16.88

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9		$41$41–$41
PSA 6		$23$23–$24

“Sold” = median of real recent eBay sold listings at that grade. Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects the price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Current

$11.02

Period high

$11.02

Period low

$3.25

Change

▲ 239.1%

Recent sold prices

Last hammer price

$86

CGC 9.5 · 29 Jun 2026

Typical PSA 9

$24

Auction lots · last 90 days

Liquidity

Liquid

3 in last 30 days

CGC 9.52004 Pokemon EX Fire Red & Leaf Green Reverse Holo Parasect #43 CGC 9.5 MINT+Weekly Sunday Auction #232 · 29 Jun 2026$86 CGC 102004 Pokemon EX Fire Red & Leaf Green Parasect #43 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #230 · 15 Jun 2026$52 CGC 102004 Pokemon EX Fire Red & Leaf Green Reverse Holo Parasect #43 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #230 · 15 Jun 2026$186 CGC 102004 Pokemon Ex Fire Red & Leaf Green Reverse Holo Parasect #43 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #228 · 1 Jun 2026$174 CGC (ungraded lot)2004 Pokemon EX Fire Red & Leaf Green Parasect #43 CGC AUTHWeekly Sunday Auction #223 · 27 Apr 2026$6 PSA 82004 Pokemon EX Fire Red & Leaf Green Reverse Holo Parasect #43 PSA 8 NM-MTWeekly Sunday Auction #222 · 20 Apr 2026$22 CGC 102004 Pokemon EX Fire Red & Leaf Green Parasect #43 CGC 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #215 · 2 Mar 2026$18 PSA 92004 Pokemon EX Fire Red & Leaf Green Reverse Holo Parasect #43 PSA 9 MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #110 · 26 Feb 2024$24

Real completed hammer prices from Fanatics Collect weekly and premier auctions, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

PSA77 gradedPSA 10 · 2 · 3% gem rate

102

946

820

CGC276 gradedCGC 10 · 56 · 20% gem rate

1056

9.58

9110

8.552

820

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Parasect 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

−$47

Raw $16.88 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $40.60
after ~$70.4 grading fee → 2.4× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$40.60	$70.4	−$47	2.4×

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Where to buy

Available to buy nowLive on eBay

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Cross-market prices

5% spread

TCGplayer · cheapest$17

PriceCharting · dearest$18

Currently 5% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dFlat 0%

Cross-marketMarkets agree 5% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

61% cheaper than the US

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$7

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Card text

Evolves from Paras.

Energy Powder

Grass

Search your deck for up to 2 basic Energy cards and attach them to any of your Pokémon (excluding Pokémon-ex) in any way you like. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Toxic Spore20

Grass · Colorless

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Weakness Fire ×2Retreat 1

About the Pokémon

Mushroom PokémonGEN IParas → Parasect

It stays mostly in dark, damp places, the preference not of the bug, but of the big mush rooms on its back.

Card details

SetFireRed & LeafGreen →

Number#43

RarityUncommon

PokémonAll Parasect cards →

GenerationGen I · Kanto →

ArtistYuka Morii →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesStage 1

TypeGrass

HP70

Evolves fromParas

WeaknessFire ×2

Retreat cost1

National Pokédex#47

Card IDex6-43

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Parasect cards

There are 9 different Parasect printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is FireRed & LeafGreen #43 (Uncommon).