Persian42/64 · Jungle Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Unlimited
Pack fresh $5
- PSA 8$284 sold · 90d · pop 125
- PSA 9$444 sold · 90d · pop 241
- PSA 10$140pop 123
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Jungle #42/64, 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.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 42/64.
What's your copy worth?
The top 5% of this card's sales — pack-fresh examples — sold for $5.71 or more. That's about +119% 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 (70 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.
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Persian is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Jungle (#42, released 1999), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. It's a Stage 1 Colorless-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Meowth, weak to Fighting ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Persian price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence91 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 3 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$1.9993 sales · 91 in 90d, sells often
- CGC 8.5$9.808 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$44.064 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$28.044 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$13.203 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9.5$17.402 sales
- CGC 8$9.502 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 6.5$5.502 sales
Is Persian worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $44 against the $73 you put in, a $28 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $44–$140. Averaged over every outcome that is −$23 a card.
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.
The odds
Persian is a Uncommoncard — 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 | $140.25 | $71 | +$66 | 53.7× |
| PSA 9 | $44.23 | $70 | −$29 | 16.9× |
| PSA 8 | $28.04 | $70 | −$45 | 10.7× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 636 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 19.3% | $140.25 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 36.9% | $44.23 |
| PSA 8 | 19% | $28.04 |
| PSA 7 | 10.4% | $13.50 |
| PSA 6 | 6.3% | $2.61 |
| PSA 5 | 4.1% | $2.61 |
| PSA 4 | 2.4% | $2.61 |
| PSA 3 | 0.6% | $2.61 |
| PSA 2 | 0.8% | $2.61 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.2% | $2.61 |
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
123 of the 653 PSA-graded Persian copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 19%. 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 653.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1,682.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 38.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 35.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Persian 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Persian 42/64 Jungle Regular (7-11h)Raw · eBay$1.25
Pokemon TCG - Persian 42/64 Jungle Regular - NMRaw · eBay$1.25
Persian 42/64 Uncommon Jungle Pokemon Unlimited Lightly Played-Raw · eBay$1.30
Pokemon Persian 42/64 Jungle UncommonRaw · eBay$1.35
PERSIAN - 42/64 - Jungle - Pokemon Card - LPRaw · eBay$1.45
Persian 42/64 Uncommon Jungle Pokemon Unlimited Moderately PlayedRaw · eBay$1.49Cheapest raw copy $1.25 — 52% below our near-mint estimate of $3
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 123 | $140$119–$161 | |
| PSA 9pop 241 | $44$38–$51 | |
| PSA 8pop 125 | $28$24–$32 | |
| PSA 7pop 68 | modelled$14$11–$16 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
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
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Meowth.
If the Defending Pokémon attacks Persian during your next turn, any damage done by the attack is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). (Benching either Pokémon ends this effect.)
“Although its fur has many admirers, it is tough to raise as a pet because of its fickle meanness.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Persian cards
There are 19 different Persian printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Jungle #42 (Uncommon). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Persian (Jungle #42) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Persian from Jungle is worth approximately $2.61 ungraded (near-mint), and around $140 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 Persian?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Persian from Jungle is worth around $140 — roughly 54× the raw ungraded value of $2.61.
Should I grade my Persian?
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 Persian rare?
Persian is a Uncommon card from Jungle (card #42).
How do I know if my Persian 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 Persian 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.
How do I tell this Persian apart from the Skyridge 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 42/64 (Jungle, 1999) and the other is 42/144 (Skyridge, 2003).
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