Beedrill 1st Edition #17 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Beedrill & chase cards
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Beedrill is one of those Base Set bugs that a lot of collectors quietly love, a Rare card from 1999 illustrated by Ken Sugimori that doesn't get the spotlight Charizard does but still carries real weight in a set. If you're looking up Beedrill value, the short version is that a raw copy sits at $122, which is solid for a card that isn't a chase rare but still matters to anyone building out a complete 1st Edition Base Set run.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $126, up 88% over the past year, with an all-time high of $141 in March 2025.
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Beedrill price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,274 graded, only 151 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $3.4k | 151 | 144 / 7 |
| PSA 9 | $685 | 390 | 369 / 21 |
| PSA 8 | $236 | 311 | 243 / 68 |
| PSA 7 | $189 | 179 | 148 / 31 |
| PSA 6 | $151 | 102 | 80 / 22 |
| PSA 5 | $140 | 74 | 63 / 11 |
| PSA 4 | $60 | 35 | 25 / 10 |
| PSA 3 | $51 | 17 | 14 / 3 |
| PSA 2 | $46 | 7 | 7 / - |
| PSA 1 | - | 8 | 8 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $126 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Base Set
- Card number
- 17 of 102
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 80
- Stage
- Stage2
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- Twineedle30xColorless · Colorless · Colorless
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.
- Poison Sting40Grass · Grass · Grass
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
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The collector's take on Beedrill
Is Beedrill worth grading?
So is it worth grading? A PSA 10 Beedrill comes in at $144, which works out to about 1.2x what you'd get for the raw card, so the jump is real but it isn't massive. Interestingly, a Grade 9 copy is actually valued higher right now at $369, more than either the raw or the perfect Gem Mint version, which is a good reminder that grading outcomes and market pricing don't always move in a straight line. Getting a 1st edition card from 1999 to grade cleanly at all, let alone a 10, is genuinely hard given decades of handling and printing quirks from that era, and grading fees plus turnaround time are a real cost you're taking on with no guarantee of the result. If you already own a sharp-looking copy it can be worth sending in, but go in knowing the numbers, not chasing a guess.
How rare is Beedrill?
Across all grading companies there are 1,273 graded copies of this Beedrill on record, and only 150 of those have made it to PSA 10. That's roughly one in eight graded copies hitting gem mint, which tells you clean surfaces and sharp corners on a card this old are not the norm. That kind of population spread is exactly why graded copies, especially the high end, hold a premium over raw: there just aren't that many perfect ones out there to go around.
Where can you pull Beedrill?
Here's the honest answer: we haven't recorded a single pull of this Beedrill across any of the pack sites PackSpy tracks. That doesn't mean it's impossible to open, but it tells you plainly that this is not a card people are commonly ripping out of packs right now, whether that's due to the packs it lives in being scarce themselves or just the odds being what they are. Realistically, if you want a Beedrill 1st Edition today, you're far more likely to find one on the secondary market than to pull it live, and that's worth knowing before you spend money on packs hoping to land it. Opening packs is always a gamble, and most rips don't pay off, so buying the card directly is often the more reliable path if this specific one is on your list.
Questions people ask
How much is Beedrill worth?+
A raw, ungraded Beedrill 1st Edition currently sits at $122. Graded copies vary more than you'd expect, with PSA 10 at $144 and Grade 9 actually higher at $369, so it really pays to check condition and grade before buying or selling.
Is Beedrill worth grading?+
It can be, but go in with clear eyes. PSA 10 only brings about 1.2x the raw price at $144, and with just 150 PSA 10s out of 1,273 total graded copies, gem mint is genuinely hard to land, so weigh the grading cost against what you're likely to get back.
Why is the Beedrill 1st Edition #17 print worth more than the standard one?+
1st Edition cards come from the earliest print run of Base Set and carry that distinct stamp, which collectors have always valued more highly than later print runs of the same card. It's a mix of history and lower surviving numbers from that first run, and that scarcity is baked into the $122 raw value you see today.
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