Sleep! 1st Edition #79 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 21 Aug 2026Related Sleep! & chase cards
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Sleep! is a common card from the Team Rocket set, released back in 2000 and illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki, and it's one of those quietly charming cards that longtime collectors keep coming back to. If you're wondering about Sleep! value, the short answer is that a raw copy runs around $5, but as with a lot of Team Rocket cards, the story changes quite a bit once grading enters the picture. It's not a flashy card, but it's got history, and that counts for something.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $5.19, up 112% over the past year, with an all-time high of $5.19 in August 2026.
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Sleep! price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 3,197 graded, only 839 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $275 | 839 | 407 / 432 |
| PSA 9 | $25 | 1,262 | 766 / 496 |
| PSA 8 | $17 | 704 | 380 / 324 |
| PSA 7 | $10 | 237 | 133 / 104 |
| PSA 6 | $6.79 | 88 | 51 / 37 |
| PSA 5 | $6.32 | 50 | 27 / 23 |
| PSA 4 | $5.00 | 13 | 7 / 6 |
| PSA 3 | $4.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $4.00 | 4 | 3 / 1 |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $5.19 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Team Rocket
- Card number
- 79 of 83
- Rarity
- Common
- Illustrator
- Sumiyoshi Kizuki
- Released
- 2000
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The collector's take on Sleep!
Is Sleep! worth grading?
So is Sleep! worth grading? A raw copy sits at $5, while a PSA 10 brings $407, which works out to about 88.7 times the ungraded price. That's a real jump, but a couple of things are worth knowing before you send one off. First, grading has a cost and a wait, and there's no guarantee your copy comes back gem mint, especially on an older printing where corners and surface wear add up over twenty plus years. Second, notice that Grade 9 actually lists at $766, higher than the PSA 10 figure here, which is a good reminder that grading markets can be unpredictable and don't always move in a straight line. If you've got a copy that looks sharp under a light, grading can pay off, but go in with clear eyes about the odds and the fees.
How rare is Sleep!?
Across all grading companies, there are 3,197 total graded copies of Sleep! on record, and of those, 839 have earned a PSA 10. That's a decent chunk of the population sitting at the top grade, which tells you gem mint copies aren't impossibly rare, but they're also far from guaranteed. For a common card from a set this old, that population number matters: it shows there's steady collector interest in preserving and grading even the lower-rarity cards from Team Rocket, not just the holos.
Where can you pull Sleep!?
We've tracked Sleep! being pulled 5 times across pack sites, specifically on collector-crypt and courtyard, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $325. It's shown up in packs like the Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, and Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack. That's the kind of real, on-the-ground pull data most price guides simply don't have, and it's worth remembering that opening packs is a gamble no matter what card you're chasing: most rips don't beat what you paid, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than the plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Sleep! worth?+
A raw or ungraded copy of Sleep! is valued at $5. Once graded, that value shifts a lot: a Grade 9 sits at $766 and a PSA 10 comes in at $407, so the grade you land really does change the picture.
Is Sleep! worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 88.7 times the raw price. Just know that gem mint copies aren't a sure thing, and with 839 PSA 10s out of 3,197 total graded copies, plenty of submissions land at lower grades, so weigh the grading cost against what you're likely to get back.
Why is the Sleep! 1st Edition #79 print worth more than the standard one?+
1st edition cards were printed in smaller early runs before the standard reprints took over, which generally makes them scarcer and more sought after by collectors. That extra demand around 1st edition copies is a common reason they carry a premium over the standard print, even for a common card like this one.
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