Potion #94 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 30 Aug 2026Related Potion & chase cards
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Potion is one of those quiet, familiar cards that anyone who opened Base Set packs back in 1999 will recognize instantly. It's a common trainer card illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi, and while it never had the spotlight of the set's holos, it's still part of the same 1999 release that started the whole hobby. If you're checking Potion value today, the short answer is that it's an affordable card in raw condition, with the real money only showing up once a copy earns a high grade.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $0.69, down 47% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.33 in May 2022.
Recent pulls of Potion
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$0.14UncommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 1h ago
$15BGS 9 MINTWildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 2h ago$0.14UncommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 2h ago$0.14UncommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 2h ago$0.14UncommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 2h ago$0.14UncommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 2h ago$0.14UncommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 3h ago
$17CGC 8.5 NM-MT+Wildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 3h ago
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Potion price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,587 graded, only 615 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $75 | 615 | 403 / 212 |
| PSA 9 | $34 | 723 | 485 / 238 |
| PSA 8 | $13 | 506 | 172 / 334 |
| PSA 7 | $12 | 283 | 62 / 221 |
| PSA 6 | $7.11 | 233 | 38 / 195 |
| PSA 5 | $6.00 | 144 | 19 / 125 |
| PSA 4 | $5.53 | 66 | 16 / 50 |
| PSA 3 | $2.61 | 13 | 4 / 9 |
| PSA 2 | $2.00 | 4 | 3 / 1 |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $0.69 | - | - |
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
- 94 of 102
- Rarity
- Common
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Released
- 1999
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The collector's take on Potion
Is Potion worth grading?
Here's where it gets interesting. A raw, ungraded Potion sits at $1, but a PSA 10 jumps all the way up to $403, which works out to about 407.1 times the raw price. That's a huge swing for a common card, and it tells you gem mint copies from this era are genuinely tough to find in perfect shape, thanks to decades of handling, light scuffing, and print lines that Base Set is known for. Oddly enough, a Grade 9 copy is currently valued even higher at $485, which happens sometimes with older commons when collector demand shifts unevenly across grades. So is Potion worth grading? If you've got a copy that looks sharp with clean corners and centering, it might be worth the submission fee to find out, but remember grading costs money regardless of the outcome, and a card that comes back as a 7 or 8 won't cover much. Treat it as a considered bet, not a guaranteed win.
How rare is Potion?
Across every grading company combined, there are 2,565 graded copies of Potion on record, and only 614 of those hold the top PSA 10 grade. That means the majority of graded copies fall somewhere below gem mint, which lines up with how tough it is for a 25 plus year old common to survive without a soft corner or a print defect. A population like this isn't dramatically small in the grand scheme of Base Set, but it does explain why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and Grade 9 numbers. Scarcity at the very top of the grading scale is really what drives the Potion price, even for a card that most people can pick up for next to nothing in raw form.
Where can you pull Potion?
PackSpy has tracked Potion being pulled 87 times across tilt-rips, courtyard, collector-crypt, and mnstr, so we know it does show up in the wild, though not often at big money. The biggest recorded pull value for Potion sitting at $251, so while it's out there, it's not the card driving huge box breaks. We've seen it turn up in packs like the Pokemon Dime Pack, Pokémon Basic Pack, Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, and Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack. If you're chasing this one specifically, it's honestly more realistic to pick up a graded copy on the secondary market than to hunt for it in packs, since opening packs for value is always a gamble and most rips don't pay off. That said, our pull data is the kind of real, cross-site record no static price guide can offer, and it's worth checking before you decide where to spend.
Questions people ask
How much is Potion worth?+
A raw, ungraded Potion is worth about $1, which is typical for a common card from Base Set. The value climbs sharply once a copy is graded, with a Grade 9 reaching $485 and a PSA 10 sitting at $403, so the real Potion price story is all about condition.
Is Potion worth grading?+
It can be, if your copy is genuinely clean, since the gap between the $1 raw price and the $403 to $485 graded range is significant. Just know that grading isn't free, and with only 614 PSA 10 copies out of 2,565 total graded, gem mint is far from guaranteed.
How much is a PSA 10 Potion worth?+
A PSA 10 Potion is valued at $403, which comes out to roughly 407.1 times the raw card's $1 price. With just 614 PSA 10 copies recorded out of 2,565 total graded, that top grade carries real scarcity even for a common.
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