Erika's Vileplume #5 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 23 Oct 2026Related Erika's Vileplume & chase cards
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Erika's Vileplume is one of those classic Gym Heroes cards that takes you right back to 2000, when Gym Leader decks were the big thing to chase. As a Rare Holo illustrated by Ken Sugimori, it has that old school charm collectors still love today. If you are trying to pin down Erika's Vileplume value, the short answer is that it sits at $16 raw, with real upside if you land a high grade copy.
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Card details
- Set
- Gym Heroes
- Card number
- 5 of 132
- Rarity
- Holo Rare
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 80
- Stage
- Stage2
- Weakness
- Fire x2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- Mega Drain30Grass · Grass · Grass
If Erika's Vileplume does damage to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), remove a number of damage counters from Erika's Vileplume equal to half the damage done to the Defending Pokémon (rounded up to the nearest 10). If Erika's Vileplume has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.
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The collector's take on Erika's Vileplume
Is Erika's Vileplume worth grading?
So is Erika's Vileplume worth grading? It depends on what copy you are holding. A raw card sits at $16, a Grade 9 climbs to $83, and a PSA 10 jumps all the way to $779, which works out to about 49.4x the raw price. That gap looks tempting, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card from this era, centering and surface issues from original print runs are common, and grading fees plus turnaround time eat into any profit if the card comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If your copy already looks sharp in hand, corners clean, centering tight, it is worth a shot. If it has visible wear, you are probably better off enjoying it raw or selling it as is.
How rare is Erika's Vileplume?
Erika's Vileplume carries the Rare Holo tag from Gym Heroes, a set now over two decades old, which already puts it in a smaller pool than the commons and uncommons that came out alongside it. We do not track exact population numbers here, but the natural math of aging cardboard applies: fewer high grade survivors exist every year as copies get shuffled through collections, played with, or lost to time. That slow shrinking of the gem mint pool is exactly why a PSA 10 commands such a premium over a raw copy, scarcity at the top end is doing a lot of the work in that price gap.
Where can you pull Erika's Vileplume?
This is where PackSpy's own data comes in handy, since we track real pulls across pack opening sites rather than just going off price guides. We have recorded Erika's Vileplume pulled 61 times so far, showing up on courtyard, collector-crypt, mnstr, and tilt-rips, with the best recorded pull landing at $180. It has turned up in products like the Pokémon Master Pack, The Amazing Chase Encore, Pokémon Starter Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, and Pack 1. That said, opening packs chasing a specific card is still a gamble, most rips do not cover their cost, so if you are set on owning this one, buying a raw copy or a graded copy outright is often the more predictable route.
Questions people ask
How much is Erika's Vileplume worth?+
A raw, ungraded Erika's Vileplume is valued at $16. That number moves quite a bit depending on condition and grade, with graded copies worth significantly more.
Is Erika's Vileplume worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for $779 compared to $16 raw, a jump of about 49.4 times. But gem mint copies are tough to pull off, and grading costs and risk should factor into your decision before you send one in.
How much is a PSA 10 Erika's Vileplume worth?+
A PSA 10 Erika's Vileplume is valued at $779, making it by far the most valuable version of this card compared to a Grade 9 at $83 or a raw copy at $16.
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