Bulbasaur1/18 · Detective Pikachu Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$142 sold · 90d · pop 123
- PSA 9$168 sold · 90d · pop 774
- PSA 10$791 sold · 90d · pop 450
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Detective Pikachu #1/18, 2019. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 1/18.
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 Detective Pikachu (#1, released 2019), illustrated by MPC Film. It's a Basic Grass-type Pokémon with 60 HP, weak to Fire ×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
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence8 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
7 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 2 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- PSA 9$27.508 sales · 8 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$19.004 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$20.802 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$27.002 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 7$14.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$99.991 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9.6$9.001 sale
- CGC 8$8.401 sale
Is Bulbasaur worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $16 against the $71 you put in, a $55 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $16–$79. Averaged over every outcome that is −$35 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 | $79.00 | $71 | +$7 | 65.3× |
| PSA 9 | $16.00 | $70 | −$55 | 13.2× |
| PSA 8 | $14.00 | $70 | −$57 | 11.6× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 1,384 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 32.5% | $79.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 55.8% | $16.00 |
| PSA 8 | 8.5% | $14.00 |
| PSA 7 | 1.8% | $14.00 |
| PSA 6 | 0.7% | $1.21 |
| PSA 5 | 0.1% | $9.96 |
| PSA 4 | 0.2% | $1.21 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.4% | $1.21 |
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
450 of the 1,392 PSA-graded Bulbasaur copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 32%. 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 1,392.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 458.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 6.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 8.
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 (Holo Common) 1/18 Detective Pikachu HoloRaw · eBay$0.99
Bulbasaur (Holo Common) Holo Common Detective Pikachu 1/18 LPRaw · eBay$0.99
Bulbasaur 1/18 Common Detective Pikachu Pokemon Holo Lightly PlayedRaw · eBay$0.99
Bulbasaur 1/18 Common Detective Pikachu Pokemon Holo Lightly PlayedRaw · eBay$0.99
Bulbasaur 1/18 Detective Pikachu Pokemon CardRaw · eBay$0.99
Detective Pikachu #1/18 Bulbasaur (Holo Common)Raw · eBay$0.99Cheapest raw copy $0.99 — 18% below our near-mint estimate of $1
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 450 | ✓ 12 cert-verified$79$79–$107 | |
| PSA 9pop 774 | ✓ 6 cert-verified$16$16–$29 | |
| PSA 8pop 123 | $14$12–$16 | |
| PSA 7pop 30 | $14$12–$16 | |
| PSA 5pop 2 | modelled$10$4–$10 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $14 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
65% spreadCurrently 65% 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
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
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Other Bulbasaur cards
There are 29 different Bulbasaur printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Detective Pikachu #1 (Common). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Bulbasaur (Detective Pikachu #1) worth?
As of 10 September 2026, Bulbasaur from Detective Pikachu is worth approximately $1.21 ungraded (near-mint), and around $79 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 Detective Pikachu is worth around $79 — roughly 65× the raw ungraded value of $1.21.
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 Detective Pikachu (card #1).
How do I know if my Bulbasaur is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
How do I tell this Bulbasaur apart from the Pokémon TCG Classic - Venusaur one?
They share a name and a card number but come from different sets, and the number printed on the card tells them apart: this one is 1/18 (Detective Pikachu, 2019) and the other is 1/34 (Pokémon TCG Classic - Venusaur, 2023).
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