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Check your printing17 different Chikorita printings exist — is this your card? Generations #RC1
Chikorita Generations #RC1 Pokémon card
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Common

ChikoritaRC1/RC83 · Generations Price & Value

2016 · Illustrated by Sanosuke Sakuma
50 HPGrassPokémonBasic

Market value · Near Mint

$12.57

Pack fresh $22est.

  • PSA 9$331 sold · 90d · pop 45
  • PSA 10$90modelled · pop 8
LiquiditySells often
Confidence100 · high175 raw sales in 90 days, closely clustered, last sale 2 days ago.
Sales · 90 days182
Range$12$15
Sold prices, not asking. Near Mint estimate from 222 completed sales of this exact card, each adjusted for the condition it sold in. A typical copy fetches about $10 because most that trade are played, not mint. Updated 9 September 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

Make sure you have the right card

Every price on this page is for Generations #RC1/RC83, 2016. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.

Normalpriced on this page
The whole card

No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.

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Estimated value · Pack fresh
Based on 32 sold sales

Estimated. This card has enough sales to price the top 15% but not the top 5%, so pack-fresh is projected from the gap we measure between those two tiers on cards that do — about 1.4x on vintage, 1.2x on modern. $21.67. That's about +72% over a typical Near Mint copy.

How do we work this out?

We take every real sale of this exact card over the last 12 months (32 sales), sort them by price, and read off the top 15% and top 5%. No multipliers, no guesses — the prices cleaner copies actually fetched.

Why cleaner copies cost more: buyers can see condition in the photos and pay for it. Listings sellers describe as pack fresh or gem mint land in this top band 1.7× more often than ordinary ones — the premium follows the card, not the hype.

Copies in this band are also the ones collectors send to grading: far more likely than a typical binder copy to be submitted at all — and to come back with the strong grade that carries the PSA prices shown on this page. That prospect is part of what buyers are paying for here.

These are read straight off this card's own completed sales — sort them by price and take the top 15% and top 5%. Whether your copy qualifies is a judgment made by looking at the card.

See the completed sales behind these figures

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An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.

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Chikorita is a Common Pokémon card from Generations (#RC1, released 2016), illustrated by Sanosuke Sakuma. It's a Basic Grass-type Pokémon with 50 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 9 September 2026.

1.7%
Played in 1.7% of competitive decks — 78 of 4,580 decklists across the last 43 Standard tournaments.

Chikorita price history & recent sales

Price history · Raw

1 Oct 20239 Sept 2026
Latest
$12.57
Period high
$14.17
Period low
$2.45
Change
379.8% · 3Y
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Verified sales history

High confidence

175 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquidSells often

Range$1.79$22.87Rawlowest to highest sale
Sales37 / 182last 30d / 90d, every grade
Sales rate39.2/mo243 recorded, every grade
Latest sale2d agoRaw175 in 90 days
Momentum+5%Raw30d vs 90d median
Where it sells100% eBayRawlast 90 days
Demand70/100sales rate, trend & buzz
Last sold
$12
Raw · 7 Sep 2026
Typical Raw
$10
Sales · last 90 days
178
How often it sells
Sells often
every 20 days · 36 in last 30 days
Worn-condition sales — shown for context, not price-forming
These listings claimed play wear in the title (LP/MP/played/damaged), so they sell below the Near Mint price above and are excluded from it.

Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.

Last sold price
$11
CGC (ungraded lot) · 17 Aug 2026
Typical PSA 9
$20
Sales · last 90 days
2
How often it sells
Occasional sales
1 in last 30 days

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Recent Raw sales

From 243 completed sales recorded between Apr 5, 2025 and Sep 7, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.

By grade

  • Raw$9.99223 sales · 175 in 90d, sells often
  • PSA 9$35.005 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
  • PSA 8$30.005 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
  • CGC 9$35.004 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
  • Lot$9.602 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
  • CGC 0.5$9.002 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
  • PSA 7$10.001 sale
  • CGC 8$10.801 sale

Is Chikorita worth grading?

Not worth grading

Most copies come back PSA 8worth $33 against the $83 you put in, a $50 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $33$90. Averaged over every outcome that is $50 a card.

You put in$83card + fees
Most likelyPSA 8$33 ($50)
Break even atPSA 10or better
Best case1 in 15PSA 10 · $90
Average per card$50across every grade

That is the average submitted copy. Tell us about yours and the verdict re-prices — most cards stop being worth grading here. Not sure? Grade it from a photo →

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.
Trader plan and above

The odds

Chikorita is a Commoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.

PSA 10 (gem mint)6.3%8 of 127
PSA 935.4%45 of 127
PSA graded so far127
Gem Mint 108
Total graded127

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$90.00$71+$77.2×
PSA 9$32.50$70$502.6×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 116 PSA-graded copies:

OutcomeChanceValue
PSA 106.9%$90.00
PSA 938.8%$32.50
PSA 8typical39.7%$32.50 †
PSA 711.2%$9.96
PSA 61.7%$9.96
PSA 50.9%$9.96
PSA 30.9%$9.96

Priced from PriceCharting's graded ladder — we hold no completed sale of our own at that grade. Every other row is our own sold data.

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

8 of the 127 PSA-graded Chikorita copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 6.3%. The rest graded lower.

PSA127 gradedPSA 10 · 8 · 6.3% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 127.

1086.3%
94535%
85039%
71915%
632.4%
510.79%
310.79%
CGC62 gradedCGC 10 · 1 · 1.6% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 62.

1011.6%
9.511.6%
92032%
8.51219%
8915%
7.5813%
734.8%
6.511.6%
BGS1 gradedBGS 10 · 0 · 0% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1.

9.51100%
TAG1 gradedTAG 10 · 0 · 0% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1.

91100%

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

Copies for sale right now

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$12.57
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 8modelled$90$90$90
PSA 9pop 45$33$28$37
PSA 7pop 19modelled$10$4$10
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). “Modelled” = no verified graded sale behind the figure; it is derived from the raw price and reference guides, so treat it as a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
What premium copies fetch

A typical Near Mint copy sells for $13.00. Grading-candidate copies — the cleanest 15% of sales — typically fetch $16.60 (+28%). Pack-fresh examples — the top 5% — go for about $22.41.

Near Mint $13.00Grading candidate $16.60Pack fresh $22.41

From 15 sales in the last 12 months. These describe the market — whether a specific copy is a grading candidate is a judgment made by looking at it.

Raw price by condition
Normal · NM = our estimate, lower conditions use TCGplayer condition ratios · how we price played copies
NMNear Mint$12.57
LPLightly Played$9.72real sales: $9 n57
MPModerately Played$8.22
HPHeavily Played$4.87
DMGDamaged$3.87
7-day 3.8%
30-day 3.7%
90-day 16.2%
All-time high$13
All-time low$6
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

19% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$12
TCGplayer · dearest$15

Currently 19% 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

Cross-marketSome gap 19% gap

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

🔥 Trending in the community

#182 on the radar
Mentions this week1

Chikorita is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →

What people are saying: [US,US] [H] ENGLISH/JP Singles, BIG mid era common binder JP [W] Paypal G&S/partial trades/trades · 4↑

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Run Around
Colorless

Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

Vine Whip20
Grass · Colorless
Weakness Fire ×2Retreat 1

Running around, climbing trees, playing hide-and-seek! Another wonderful day begins!

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Leaf PokémonGEN IIChikoritaBayleefMeganium

It uses the leaf on its head to determine the temperature and humidity. It loves to sunbathe.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#RC1
RarityCommon
Released2016
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeGrass
HP50
WeaknessFire ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#152
Card IDg1-RC1
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Chikorita cards

There are 17 different Chikorita printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Generations #RC1 (Common). The most valuable 7 are below.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Chikorita (Generations #RC1) worth?

As of 9 September 2026, Chikorita from Generations is worth approximately $12.57 ungraded (near-mint), and around $90 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 Chikorita?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Chikorita from Generations is worth around $90 — roughly 7× the raw ungraded value of $12.57.

Should I grade my Chikorita?

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 Chikorita rare?

Chikorita is a Common card from Generations (card #RC1).

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