Golbat 1st Edition #34 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 5 Sept 2026Related Golbat & chase cards
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Golbat is one of those Fossil-era cards that quietly rewards patience, a 1999 uncommon from the Fossil set with artwork by Kagemaru Himeno that still looks great decades later. If you are digging into Golbat value right now, the short version is that raw copies sit at just $5, but the picture changes fast once grading enters the conversation. It is a card collectors return to again and again, not because it is flashy, but because the numbers behind it tell an honest story.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $5.24, up 86% over the past year, with an all-time high of $5.41 in August 2026.
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Golbat price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,488 graded, only 569 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $247 | 569 | 412 / 157 |
| PSA 9 | $38 | 969 | 751 / 218 |
| PSA 8 | $26 | 615 | 358 / 257 |
| PSA 7 | $18 | 193 | 120 / 73 |
| PSA 6 | $16 | 79 | 47 / 32 |
| PSA 5 | $12 | 39 | 28 / 11 |
| PSA 4 | $10 | 14 | 10 / 4 |
| PSA 3 | $9.00 | 5 | 4 / 1 |
| PSA 2 | $8.00 | 4 | 3 / 1 |
| PSA 1 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $5.24 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Fossil
- Card number
- 34 of 62
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Psychic ×2
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- Wing Attack30Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
- Leech Life20Grass · Grass · Colorless
Remove a number of damage counters from Golbat equal to the damage done to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance). If Golbat has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.
Where to pull Golbat
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The collector's take on Golbat
Is Golbat worth grading?
So is Golbat worth grading? Here is the honest math: a raw copy books at $5, while a PSA 10 comes in at $412, which works out to about 82.6 times the raw price. That is a real jump, and it is the kind of gap that gets people reaching for grading submissions. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a 1999 Fossil card, corners soften, centering drifts, and print lines show up more than you would like. Worth noting too, a Grade 9 actually books at $751, higher than the PSA 10 figure, which is a good reminder that grading outcomes and market demand do not always move in a straight line. Factor in grading fees and turnaround time before you send anything in, and only submit copies that are already sharp in hand.
How rare is Golbat?
Across every grading company combined, there are 2,467 graded copies of Golbat on record, and only 567 of those have earned a PSA 10. That means gem mint sits at a little under a quarter of the total graded population, which is a meaningful bottleneck for a card this old. It is not an ultra-rare chase card, but that population split explains why the PSA 10 price holds up the way it does, low-grade and mid-grade copies are common enough, true gem mint is the part that is genuinely earned.
Where can you pull Golbat?
PackSpy has tracked Golbat being pulled 18 times across courtyard, mnstr and collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $41. We have seen it turn up in Pokémon Pro Pack, Pack 1, Pokémon Starter Pack and Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, so it is not confined to one product. That said, this is the kind of card most people end up buying on the secondary market rather than pulling themselves, and it is worth remembering that opening packs is a gamble where most rips do not beat what you paid. The real value of tracking pulls like this is seeing what actually comes out of these packs in real time, not just what a price guide guesses it should be worth.
Questions people ask
How much is Golbat worth?+
A raw, ungraded Golbat is worth $5. Once graded, the value climbs a lot: a Grade 9 books at $751 and a PSA 10 sits at $412, so grading changes the picture significantly if the copy qualifies.
Is Golbat worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 82.6 times the raw price. Just know that gem mint is genuinely tough to land on this card, and Grade 9 actually books higher than PSA 10 here, so it is worth weighing grading costs against what your specific copy looks like before sending it in.
Why is the Golbat 1st Edition #34 print worth more than the standard one?+
1st edition Fossil cards were printed in smaller numbers than the later unlimited print run, and collectors have always valued that early stamp. Combined with the population numbers, only 2,467 graded copies exist in total, that scarcity is a big part of why 1st edition Golbat carries more weight in the market.
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