Market value · Near Mint · Unlimited
- PSA 8$21pop 204
- PSA 9$255 sold · 90d · pop 520
- PSA 10$784 sold · 90d · pop 413
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Base #94/102, 1999. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.
On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Potion is a Common Pokémon card from Base (#94, released 1999), illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi. It's a Trainer card. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Potion price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence18 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 3 auctions, 6 accepted offers, 1 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every day (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$1.6620 sales · 18 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 9$7.808 sales · 7 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$81.607 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$36.506 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 6.5$6.006 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 7.5$8.005 sales
- CGC 6$7.205 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 10$25.585 sales
Is Potion worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $25 against the $75 you put in, a $50 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $25–$82. Averaged over every outcome that is −$35 a card.
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These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
The odds
Potion is a Commoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.
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 grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $78.00 | $71 | +$2 | 16.0× |
| PSA 9 | $25.00 | $70 | −$50 | 5.1× |
| PSA 8 | $21.00 | $70 | −$54 | 4.3× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 1,286 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 32% | $81.60 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 39.5% | $25.00 |
| PSA 8 | 15.2% | $21.00 |
| PSA 7 | 5.7% | $10.00 |
| PSA 6 | 3.1% | $4.87 |
| PSA 5 | 1.9% | $4.87 |
| PSA 4 | 1.4% | $8.97 |
| PSA 3 | 0.3% | $4.00 |
| PSA 2 | 0.2% | $4.00 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.8% | $4.87 |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; 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 & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
413 of the 1,313 PSA-graded Potion copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 31%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1,313.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 2,012.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 166.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Potion 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
POTION - 94/102 - Base Set - Pokemon Card - LPRaw · eBay$0.99
WOTC Potion 94/102 Pokemon Base Set 1999 Trainer Common Regular EnglishRaw · eBay$0.99
POTION - 94/102 - Base Set - Pokemon Card - PLRaw · eBay$0.99
Potion 94/102 Base Set Common NM Pokemon TCGRaw · eBay$0.99
POTION 94/102 BASE SET UNLIMITED Common PokemonRaw · eBay$0.99
Potion - 94/102 - Common - Unlimited Edition (Damaged) Base Set - Trainer PokémoRaw · eBay$0.99Cheapest raw copy $0.99 — 80% below our near-mint estimate of $5
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 413 | ✓ 7 cert-verified$78$78–$106 | |
| PSA 9pop 520 | ✓ 9 cert-verified$25$25–$40 | |
| PSA 8pop 204 | ✓ 9 cert-verified$21$21–$29 | |
| PSA 7pop 79 | $10$9–$12 | |
| PSA 4pop 19 | modelled$9$4–$9 | |
| PSA 3pop 5 | modelled$4$4–$4 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 5 slab of this card sells for about $12 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
156% spreadCurrently 156% cheaper on TCGplayer than tp. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.
Market signal
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Remove up to 2 damage counters from 1 of your Pokémon.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Potion cards
There are 27 different Potion printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base #94 (Common). The most valuable 7 are below.
More from Base
Frequently asked questions
How much is Potion (Base #94) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Potion from Base is worth approximately $4.87 ungraded (near-mint), and around $78 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 Potion?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Potion from Base is worth around $78 — roughly 16× the raw ungraded value of $4.87.
Should I grade my Potion?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Potion rare?
Potion is a Common card from Base (card #94).
How do I know if my Potion is 1st Edition?
Bottom-left of the illustration window: A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.
How do I know if my Potion is Unlimited?
Right-hand edge of the illustration window: On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.
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