Lileep Sandstorm #42

Card #42 · Illustrated by Midori Harada

80 HPGrassPokémonStage 1

Market value · ungraded

$22.00

1 sale · last 90 days · Fanatics + TCGplayer
Sold prices, not asking · Updated 5 July 2026
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Estimated value · Near Mint

$22.00

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9 different Lileep printings exist — is this your card? Sandstorm #42

Lileep is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Sandstorm (#42), illustrated by Midori Harada. It's a Stage 1 Grass-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Root Fossil, weak to Fire ×2. Its current blended market value is $22.00 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 5 July 2026.

#3 most valuable Lileep of 11 #41 most valuable in Sandstorm of 100

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$22.00

LPLightly Played$4.11

HPHeavily Played$0.25

7-dayflat

30-dayflat

90-day▲ 267.3%

All-time high$22

All-time low$4

Other printingsNormal · $1.19

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$22

Normal$1

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$22.00

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9pop 18		$38$26–$38
PSA 8pop 14		$13$11–$13

“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · Raw

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Latest

$1.80

Period high

$2.49

Period low

$1.20

Change

▼ 19.3%

Recent sold prices

Last sold price

CGC 8.5 · 13 Apr 2026

Typical CGC 8.5

Sales · last 90 days

How often it sells

Rarely sells

0 in last 30 days

CGC 8.52003 Pokemon EX Sandstorm Lileep #42 CGC 8.5 NM-MT+Weekly Sunday Auction #221 · 13 Apr 2026$7

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.

Population across graders

Only 5% of 42 PSA-graded Lileep copies are a gem-mint 10 (2 of 42) — the rest grade lower.

PSA42 gradedPSA 10 · 2 · 5% gem rate

Full grade breakdown (7 grades)

102

918

8.51

814

CGC228 gradedCGC 10 · 68 · 30% gem rate

Full grade breakdown (5 grades)

1068

9.510

958

8.532

820

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

Should you grade it?

−$54

Raw $22.00 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $37.92
after ~$70.37 grading fee → 1.7× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$37.92	$70.37	−$54	1.7×
PSA 8	$12.99	$70.12	−$79	0.6×

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Card text

Evolves from Root Fossil.

Influence

Colorless

Search your deck for Omanyte, Kabuto, Aerodactyl, Lileep, or Anorith and put up to 2 of them onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. Treat the new Benched Pokémon as Basic Pokémon.

Time Spiral

Colorless · Colorless

If your opponent has any Evolved Pokémon in play, choose 1 of them and flip a coin. If heads, remove the highest Stage Evolution card on that Pokémon and have your opponent shuffle it into his or her deck.

Weakness Fire ×2Retreat 2

About the Pokémon

Sea Lily PokémonGEN IIILileep → Cradily

It lived on the seafloor 100 million years ago and was reanimated scientifically.

Card details

SetSandstorm →

Number#42

RarityUncommon

PokémonAll Lileep cards →

GenerationGen III · Hoenn →

ArtistMidori Harada →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesStage 1

TypeGrass

HP80

Evolves fromRoot Fossil

WeaknessFire ×2

Retreat cost2

National Pokédex#345

Card IDex2-42

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Lileep cards

There are 9 different Lileep printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Sandstorm #42 (Uncommon).