Bulbasaur12/17 · POP Series 2 Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$574 sold · 90d · pop 52
- PSA 9$953 sold · 90d · pop 130
- PSA 10$3501 sold · 90d · pop 94
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 POP Series 2 #12/17, 2005. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
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 POP Series 2 (#12, released 2005), illustrated by Midori Harada. It's a Basic Grass-type Pokémon with 40 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 15 September 2026.
Bulbasaur price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence69 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
5 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 6 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$29.9990 sales · 69 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 8$57.496 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 10$73.506 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$94.665 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$48.653 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$6752 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 7$69.791 sale
- CGC 9.6$59.001 sale
Is Bulbasaur worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $95 against the $117 you put in, a $22 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $95–$350. Averaged over every outcome that is +$53 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
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 | $350.00 | $73 | +$232 | 7.8× |
| PSA 9 | $95.00 | $71 | −$21 | 2.1× |
| PSA 8 | $57.49 | $71 | −$58 | 1.3× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 268 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 34.7% | $350.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 39.6% | $95.00 |
| PSA 8 | 12.3% | $57.49 |
| PSA 7 | 4.1% | $32.00 † |
| PSA 6 | 5.2% | $32.00 |
| PSA 5 | 2.2% | $7.50 |
| PSA 4 | 0.7% | $7.50 |
| PSA 3 | 0.4% | $7.50 |
| PSA 2 | 0.4% | $7.50 |
| PSA 1 | 0.4% | $7.50 |
† 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
94 of the 324 PSA-graded Bulbasaur copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 29%. 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 324.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 398.
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
Pokemon TCG Bulbasaur POP Series 2 12/17 Holo Promo Rare 40 HP Eng 2005Raw · eBay$16.00
Bulbasaur - 12/17 - POP Series 2 - Common - PokémonRaw · eBay$20.00
Pokemon TCG Bulbasaur POP Series 2 12/17Raw · eBay$20.00
Pokémon TCG Bulbasaur 12/17 POP Series 2 Common Vintage Card 2005 Non-HoloRaw · eBay$24.99
Pokémon TCG Pop Series 2 Bulbasaur 12/17 LP/MPRaw · eBay$25.00
Bulbasaur 12/17 POP Series 2 LPRaw · eBay$25.00Cheapest raw copy $16.00 — 64% below our near-mint estimate of $45
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 94 | ✓ 12 cert-verified$350$202–$350 | |
| PSA 9pop 130 | ✓ 11 cert-verified$95$50–$95 | |
| PSA 8pop 52 | $57$49–$66 | |
| PSA 5pop 7 | modelled$8$8–$8 |
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 $70 (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
56% spreadCurrently 56% 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.
🇪🇺 Europe price · eBay sold
🔥 Trending in the community
#91 on the radarBulbasaur 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] VINTAGE AND MODERN SLABS [W] PAYPAL” · 7↑
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
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Other Bulbasaur cards
There are 29 different Bulbasaur printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is POP Series 2 #12 (Common). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Bulbasaur (POP Series 2 #12) worth?
As of 15 September 2026, Bulbasaur from POP Series 2 is worth approximately $44.84 ungraded (near-mint), and around $350 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 POP Series 2 is worth around $350 — roughly 8× the raw ungraded value of $44.84.
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 POP Series 2 (card #12).
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