Clefairy #5 Value
Base Set · Card 5/102 · Rare · 1999
Clefairy has always been one of those cards that makes people smile the moment they flip it over, that soft pink face from Ken Sugimori's original artwork just feels like classic Pokemon. This is the #5 Rare from the 1999 Base Set, the set that started it all, and if you are here checking Clefairy value you are in good company, since it remains a quietly beloved piece of that first wave of cards. Right now a raw copy sits at $20, which makes it an approachable entry point into Base Set history even for collectors on a budget.
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Clefairy price history
Ungraded value is $20, up 67% over the past year, with an all-time high of $20 in July 2026.
Market value over time by grade. Hover for any month; tap a grade to toggle its line.
Clefairy price at every grade
The market value at each PSA grade, with how many exist (population). 134 graded copies exist — only 3 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Raw / Ungraded | $20 | — |
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $4.6k | 3 |
| Grade 9 | $235 | 31 |
| Grade 8 | $76 | 48 |
| Grade 7 | $50 | 26 |
| Grade 6 | $26 | 9 |
| Grade 5 | $21 | 9 |
| Grade 4 | $18 | 3 |
| Grade 3 | $15 | 1 |
| Grade 2 | $14 | 3 |
| Grade 1 | $56 | 1 |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Grade values are PSA-based; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Base Set
- Card number
- 5 of 102
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Colorless
- HP
- 40
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- SingColorless
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
- MetronomeColorless · Colorless · Colorless
Choose 1 of Defending Pokémon's attacks. Metronome copies that attack except for its Energy costs and anything else required in order to use that attack, such as discarding energy cards. (No matter what type the defender is, Clefairy's type is still Colorless.)
Clefairy — collector's take
Is Clefairy worth grading?
So is Clefairy worth grading? Here is the honest math: a raw copy runs $20, a Grade 9 jumps to $235, and a PSA 10 commands $4,569, which works out to roughly 228.4 times the raw price. That is a huge gap, and it is tempting to send every copy you own off to get slabbed. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card this old, and grading takes real money and real time with no guarantee your copy comes back a 10. If your Clefairy has sharp corners, clean edges and centering that looks right to your eye, it might be worth the gamble. If it has any softness at all, you may just end up paying for a Grade 9 label on a $20 card.
How rare is it?
Only 134 copies of this Clefairy have been graded in total, and of those, just 3 have earned the perfect PSA 10 grade. That is an extremely tight population at the top end, which explains why the price jumps so dramatically once you cross into gem mint territory. When there are only a handful of perfect copies known to exist, each one becomes a genuine trophy for whoever holds it, and that scarcity is exactly what drives the $4,569 price tag.
Where to pull it
We track real pack pulls across sites like tilt-rips, courtyard, packs, collector-crypt and lastpack, and Clefairy has actually come up 200 or more times across those platforms, which tells us it is not some impossible chase card, it does show up. The biggest recorded pull we have logged for this card hit $765, a nice reminder that even a common-feeling pull can surprise you. Beyond individual pack sites, Clefairy has also turned up in curated products like the Pokemon Starter Pack, Pokémon Master Pack, Pokemon Premium Pack, XY Evolutions and the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack. Worth saying plainly: opening packs is a gamble, and most rips do not cover their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than a plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Clefairy worth?
A raw, ungraded Clefairy #5 from Base Set is valued at $20. Once graded, that value climbs fast, with a Grade 9 at $235 and a PSA 10 reaching $4,569, so condition really does most of the talking here.
Is Clefairy worth grading?
It can be, especially since a PSA 10 sells for about 228.4 times what a raw copy fetches. Just know only 3 copies out of 134 graded have hit that perfect grade, so it is a real gamble unless your card looks flawless to start.
What set is Clefairy from?
This Clefairy is the Rare #5 card from the 1999 Base Set, illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It is one of the original cards collectors have chased since Pokemon cards first launched.
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