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Check your printing5 different Budew printings exist — is this your card? Ascended Heroes #221
Budew Ascended Heroes #221 Pokémon card
Illustration Rare

Budew

Ascended Heroes · 221/217 · Illustrated by Yoko Hishida
30 HPGrassPokémonBasic

Market value · ungraded

$7.48 24.8% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$7$9
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer. Updated 20 August 2026. 2 sources agree within 21%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$7.48

What this price is based on

High confidence

31 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Median · Raw$8.9933 sales
Trimmed mean$8.75outliers removed
Range$3.60$20.00lowest to highest sale
Sales rate16.3/mo98 recorded

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 17, 2026eBay — Budew 221/217 IR Pokemon Ascended Heroes$7.00
  • Aug 17, 2026eBay — Budew 221/217 Pokemon Me: Ascended Heroes Holo - NMNM$8.99
  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — Budew 221/217 Me: Ascended Heroes Holo Pokemon TCG NMNM$8.99
  • Aug 14, 2026eBay — Pokemon Budew 221/217 IR | Pokemon TCG: Ascended Heroes English$7.33
  • Aug 13, 2026eBay — Pokemon Budew (221/583) Ascended Heroes NM HOLONM$8.95
  • Aug 13, 2026eBay — Budew 221/217 - NM - Me: Ascended Heroes Holo - Pokemon TCG - ENG [OTL-117]NM$4.00
  • Aug 13, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Ascended Heroes Budew IR 221/217 Holo Rare Near Mint Pack FreshNM$7.50
  • Aug 10, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Budew Card 221/217 Ascended Heroes NMNM$8.50

By grade

  • CGC 10$24.0043 sales
  • Raw$8.9933 sales
  • CGC 9$12.005 sales
  • Lot$7.203 sales
  • CGC 9.6$14.502 sales
  • CGC 9.5$11.402 sales
  • CGC 8.5$9.002 sales
  • CGC 7$8.102 sales

From 98 completed sales recorded between Mar 20, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 62 graded sales and 5,111,217 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Budew is a Illustration Rare Pokémon card from Ascended Heroes (#221), illustrated by Yoko Hishida. It's a Basic Grass-type Pokémon with 30 HP, weak to Fire ×2. Its current blended market value is $7.48 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $64 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 9× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 20 August 2026.

33.5%
Played in 33.5% of competitive decks — 1,063 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

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Price history · Raw

1 Jan 202620 Aug 2026
Latest
$7.48
Period high
$32.08
Period low
$7.13
Change
76.7%
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Verified sales history10 in 90 daysreal completed listings

DateGradePriceCert
16 Aug 2026PSA 10$52.50#171205420
15 Aug 2026PSA 10$65.00#154879983
15 Aug 2026PSA 10$55.00#164729641
15 Aug 2026PSA 9$20.00#161451190
15 Aug 2026PSA 9$13.50#152160858
14 Aug 2026PSA 10$74.99#166931780
14 Aug 2026PSA 10$61.00#162705465
13 Aug 2026PSA 9$8.50#165382413
12 Aug 2026PSA 10$52.00#168259273
9 Aug 2026PSA 9$21.38#158572683

Should you grade it?

$35

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 58.6% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $14); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)58.6%
Expected return$35
PSA 10 best case$14
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Budew is a Ultra Rare in Ascended Heroes — the pack's hit slot lands on Ultra Rare 10% of the time, split across 47 ultra rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 472 packs.

Ultra Rare10%47 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)58.6%258 of 440
PSA 934.8%153 of 440
PSA graded so far440
Gem Mint 10258
Total graded440

Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.

Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$64.00$71$148.6×
PSA 9$14.00$70$641.9×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 440 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1058.6%$64.00
PSA 934.8%$14.00
PSA ≤86.6%$7.00

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. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.

Population across gradersPSA, CGC & BGS — every grade, with gem rates

Only 59% of 440 PSA-graded Budew copies are a gem-mint 10 (258 of 440) — the rest grade lower.

PSA440 gradedPSA 10 · 258 · 59% gem
10258
9153
818
71
62
56
42

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

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$7.48
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 258✓ 19 cert-verified$64$64$154
PSA 9pop 153✓ 6 cert-verified$14$14$28
“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.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$7.48
DMGDamaged$7.22
7-day 5.8%
30-day 9.2%
90-day 32.3%
All-time high$32
All-time low$7
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

21% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$7
PriceCharting · dearest$9

Currently 21% 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 -25%
Cross-marketSome gap 21% gap

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

🔥 Trending in the community

#62 on the radar
Mentions this week7

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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Itchy Pollen10

During your opponent's next turn, they can't play any Item cards from their hand.

Weakness Fire ×2

The pollen it releases contains poison. If this Pokémon is raised on clean water, the poison’s toxicity is increased.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Bud PokémonGEN IVBudewRoseliaRoserade

Over the winter, it closes its bud and endures the cold. In spring, the bud opens and releases pollen.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#221
RarityIllustration Rare
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeGrass
HP30
WeaknessFire ×2
National Pokédex#406
Card IDme2pt5-221
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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There are 5 different Budew printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Ascended Heroes #221 (Illustration Rare).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Budew (Ascended Heroes #221) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Budew from Ascended Heroes is worth approximately $7.48 ungraded (near-mint), and around $64 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Budew?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Budew from Ascended Heroes is worth around $64 — roughly 9× the raw ungraded value of $7.48.

Should I grade my Budew?

A PSA 10 sells for about $64 versus $7.48 raw — roughly a 9× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Budew rare?

Budew is a Illustration Rare card from Ascended Heroes (card #221), illustrated by Yoko Hishida. Its current blended market value is $7.48 ungraded.

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