Chikorita Lost Thunder #5

Card #5 · Illustrated by Aya Kusube

60 HPGrassPokémonBasic

Ungraded · blended

$1.25

▲ 34.8% · 30d

Range $1 → $2
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

Raw$1.25

PSA 936.0× raw$45

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Chikorita is a Common Pokémon card from Lost Thunder (#5), illustrated by Aya Kusube. It's a Basic Grass-type Pokémon with 60 HP, weak to Fire ×2. Its current blended market value is $1.25 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#13 most valuable Chikorita of 18 #131 most valuable in Lost Thunder of 240

Competitive play · Limitless

Played in 3% of competitive decks — 96 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$1.23

LPLightly Played$1.06

MPModerately Played$0.98

HPHeavily Played$0.40

7-day▲ 5.1%

30-day▲ 38.2%

90-day▲ 39.8%

All-time high$1

All-time low$1

Other printingsNormal · $0.45

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$1

Normal$0

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

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$1.20

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9		$45$45–$45

“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

$1.00

Period high

$2.00

Period low

$0.34

Change

▲ 23.5%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

PSA5 gradedPSA 10 · 1 · 20% gem rate

101

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

Should you grade it?

−$27

Raw $1.25 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $45.00
after ~$70.44 grading fee → 36.0× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$45.00	$70.44	−$27	36.0×

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

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Check recent sold prices

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Cross-market prices

52% spread

TCGplayer · cheapest$1

PriceCharting · dearest$2

Currently 52% 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 · 30dRising +35%

Cross-marketMarkets disagree 52% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

75% cheaper than the US

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$0

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Card text

Synthesis

Colorless

Search your deck for a Grass Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.

Razor Leaf20

Grass · Colorless

Weakness Fire ×2Retreat 1

“It uses the leaf on its head to determine the temperature and humidity. It loves to sunbathe.”

About the Pokémon

Leaf PokémonGEN IIChikorita → Bayleef → Meganium

It uses the leaf on its head to determine the temperature and humidity. It loves to sunbathe.

Card details

SetLost Thunder →

Number#5

RarityCommon

PokémonAll Chikorita cards →

GenerationGen II · Johto →

ArtistAya Kusube →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesBasic

TypeGrass

HP60

WeaknessFire ×2

Retreat cost1

National Pokédex#152

Card IDsm8-5

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Chikorita cards

There are 9 different Chikorita printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Lost Thunder #5 (Common).