Chansey Shadowless #3 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 26 Aug 2026Related Chansey & chase cards
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Chansey is one of those quietly beloved Rares from the original Base Set, the soft pink nurse Pokemon drawn by Ken Sugimori who's been comforting collectors since 2000. This particular version is shadowless, part of that early Base Set print run before the shadow effect was added to the artwork box, and it's become a nice little benchmark for what a genuine vintage Rare is worth. If you're trying to pin down Chansey value today, the short answer is that it sits at a very approachable price raw, but climbs fast once graded.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $41, up 29% over the past year, with an all-time high of $78 in May 2021.
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Chansey price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 4,329 graded, only 26 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $3.5k | 26 | 16 / 10 |
| PSA 9 | $1.0k | 280 | 221 / 59 |
| PSA 8 | $321 | 826 | 647 / 179 |
| PSA 7 | $184 | 941 | 787 / 154 |
| PSA 6 | $138 | 841 | 710 / 131 |
| PSA 5 | $74 | 752 | 635 / 117 |
| PSA 4 | $60 | 389 | 310 / 79 |
| PSA 3 | $41 | 142 | 114 / 28 |
| PSA 2 | $28 | 67 | 59 / 8 |
| PSA 1 | $77 | 65 | 61 / 4 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $41 | - | - |
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
- 3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Colorless
- HP
- 120
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
Attacks
- ScrunchColorless · Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Chansey during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)
- Double-edge80Colorless · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
Chansey does 80 damage to itself.
Where to pull Chansey
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The collector's take on Chansey
Is Chansey worth grading?
Here's the honest math: a raw, ungraded Chansey runs about $54, but a PSA 10 gem mint copy is fetching $6,877, which works out to roughly 127.3 times the raw price. That's a huge jump, and it's tempting to think every copy in your binder is a lottery ticket. The catch is that shadowless Base Set cards are notorious for print era centering and edge issues, so hitting that flawless PSA 10 is genuinely tough, most submissions land lower. A Grade 9 still does nicely at $2,662, which is worth remembering if your copy has a soft corner or slightly off centering. Grading costs money and takes time, so it only makes sense if your Chansey looks sharp in hand under good light, if it's got a visible crease or print line, save your submission fee for a different card.
How rare is Chansey?
Base Set Rares from 2000 weren't printed in the volumes that later expansions saw, and the shadowless subset is an even smaller slice of that already limited run, since it only exists from the earliest print sheets before the design changed. We don't track exact population counts here, but the broader story is simple: fewer copies exist in top condition than the raw price might suggest, and that scarcity is exactly why the PSA 10 number sits so far above everything else. Scarcity plus condition is really the whole game with a card like this.
Where can you pull Chansey?
This is where PackSpy's data actually helps, because we track real pulls across pack opening sites rather than guessing. Chansey has been pulled 200 or more times across courtyard, packs, collector-crypt, mnstr, and tilt-rips, and we've recorded a single pull valued at $1,800, which shows just how much variance there is in condition and grade when it comes out of a fresh pack. It's turned up in Pokémon Starter Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, Wildcard Starter Pack, XY Evolutions, and Pokémon Ultra Pack listings. Worth saying plainly: opening packs for a card like this is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to covering their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus, not a plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Chansey worth?+
A raw, ungraded Chansey Shadowless from Base Set is worth about $54. Graded copies are worth considerably more, with a Grade 9 at $2,662 and a PSA 10 reaching $6,877.
Is Chansey worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for around 127.3 times the raw price. But gem mint copies are hard to hit due to common shadowless era print and centering issues, so only submit a copy that looks genuinely clean in hand.
What set is Chansey from?+
This Chansey is from the original Base Set, released in 2000, and it's the shadowless printing, a Rare illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's card number 3 in that set.
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