Bulbasaur45/100 · Crystal Guardians Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$18modelled · pop 40
- PSA 9$40pop 91
- PSA 10$7203 sold · 90d · pop 43
Why prices differ
TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Crystal Guardians #45/100, 2006. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
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.
Bulbasaur is a Common Pokémon card from Crystal Guardians (#45, released 2006), illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki. It's a Basic Grass-type Pokémon with 50 HP, weak to Psychic ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 10 September 2026.
Bulbasaur price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence163 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 4 auctions, 3 accepted offers, 3 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 5 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$6.00169 sales · 163 in 90d, sells often
- CGC 10$49.106 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$10.005 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$1,1254 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- Lot$7.804 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 5$15.503 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 7$16.092 sales
- CGC 6$10.202 sales
Is Bulbasaur worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $40 against the $86 you put in, a $46 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $40–$720. Averaged over every outcome that is +$71 a card.
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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
Bulbasaur 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 | $720.00 | $107 | +$604 | 78.9× |
| PSA 9 | $40.00 | $70 | −$40 | 4.4× |
| PSA 8 | $18.21 | $70 | −$61 | 2.0× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 212 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 18.9% | $720.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 37.7% | $40.00 |
| PSA 8 | 16.5% | $18.21 |
| PSA 7 | 9% | $15.00 |
| PSA 6 | 6.6% | $9.12 |
| PSA 5 | 5.7% | $9.12 |
| PSA 4 | 2.8% | $9.12 |
| PSA 3 | 0.5% | $9.12 |
| PSA 1 | 1.9% | $9.12 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.5% | $9.12 |
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
43 of the 236 PSA-graded Bulbasaur copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 18%. 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 236.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 376.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 31.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 47.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Bulbasaur 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Bulbasaur Common Crystal Guardians 45/100 Raw · eBay$2.99
Bulbasaur 45/100 Crystal Guardians Pokemon TCG HPRaw · eBay$3.63
BULBASAUR 45/100 COMMON CRYSTAL GUARDIANS POKEMON DMGRaw · eBay$3.79
Bulbasaur 45/100 Common Crystal Guardians Pokemon Heavily PlayedRaw · eBay$3.99
Bulbasaur - 045/100 Common Crystal Guardians 45/100 HPRaw · eBay$4.00
Bulbasaur 45/100 Crystal Guardians RegularRaw · eBay$4.05Cheapest raw copy $2.99 — 67% below our near-mint estimate of $9
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 43 | ✓ 6 cert-verified$720 | |
| PSA 9pop 91 | ✓ 5 cert-verified$40$16–$40 | |
| PSA 8pop 40 | modelled$18$15–$21 | |
| PSA 7pop 21 | modelled$15$13–$17 |
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 $16 (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
Priced per printing — some from our own completed sales, the rest from TCGplayer's market price. Reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
73% spreadCurrently 73% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. 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
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Bulbasaur cards
There are 29 different Bulbasaur printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Crystal Guardians #45 (Common). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Bulbasaur (Crystal Guardians #45) worth?
As of 10 September 2026, Bulbasaur from Crystal Guardians is worth approximately $9.12 ungraded (near-mint), and around $720 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 Bulbasaur?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Bulbasaur from Crystal Guardians is worth around $720 — roughly 79× the raw ungraded value of $9.12.
Should I grade my Bulbasaur?
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 Bulbasaur rare?
Bulbasaur is a Common card from Crystal Guardians (card #45).
How do I know if my Bulbasaur is Reverse Holo?
The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
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