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Bulbasaur SWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH231 Pokémon card
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Bulbasaur SWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH231

Card #SWSH231 · Illustrated by Shibuzoh.
70 HPGrassPokémonBasic
Ungraded · blended
$11.82
4.2% · 30d
Range $12 → $13
3 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →
Raw$11.82
PSA 91.4× raw$16
See live listings on TCGplayer →

Bulbasaur is a Promo Pokémon card from SWSH Black Star Promos (#SWSH231), illustrated by Shibuzoh.. It's a Basic Grass-type Pokémon with 70 HP, weak to Fire ×2. Its current blended market value is $11.82 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

Competitive play · Limitless

1%
Played in 1% of competitive decks — 31 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.
Raw price by condition
Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$11.56
LPLightly Played$11.27
MPModerately Played$7.28
HPHeavily Played$5.00
7-day 0.4%
30-day 4.1%
90-day 26.6%
All-time high$13
All-time low$3
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$11.54
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 9$16$9$21
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026
Current
$3.39
Period high
$3.39
Period low
$1.81
Change
51.3%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

PSA279 gradedPSA 10 · 25 · 9% gem rate
1025
9149
884
711
67
52
31
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Bulbasaur 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

$66
Raw $11.82 → graded PSA 9$16.38
after ~$70.15 grading fee → 1.4× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 9$16.38$70.15$661.4×

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

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Cross-market prices

10% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$12
PriceCharting · dearest$13

Currently 10% 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 · 30dFalling -4%
Cross-marketMarkets agree 10% gap

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

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Card text

Vine Whip10
Grass
Razor Leaf20
Grass · Colorless
Weakness Fire ×2Retreat 2

There is a plant seed on its back right from the day this Pokémon is born. The seed slowly grows larger.

About the Pokémon

Seed PokémonGEN IBulbasaurIvysaurVenusaur

A strange seed was planted on its back at birth. The plant sprouts and grows with this POKéMON.

Card details

Number#SWSH231
RarityPromo
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeGrass
HP70
WeaknessFire ×2
Retreat cost2
National Pokédex#1
Card IDswshp-SWSH231
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Bulbasaur (SWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH231) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Bulbasaur from SWSH Black Star Promos is worth approximately $11.82 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Bulbasaur rare?

Bulbasaur is a Promo card from SWSH Black Star Promos (card #SWSH231), illustrated by Shibuzoh.. Its current blended market value is $11.82 ungraded.