Starmie 1999-2000 #64 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 23 Jul 2026Related Starmie & chase cards
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Starmie has been a favorite from the original Base Set since 1999, and it's easy to see why: Keiji Kinebuchi's artwork gives this common a little extra shine even without holo status. If you're checking Starmie value today, the short answer is that a raw copy sits at $3, which feels modest until you look at what a pristine copy can pull in. This page breaks down the real Starmie price across every grade, using actual market and pull data rather than guesswork.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.58, down 4% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.76 in December 2025.
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Starmie price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 320 graded, only 85 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $119 | 85 | 64 / 21 |
| PSA 9 | $38 | 133 | 99 / 34 |
| PSA 8 | $34 | 67 | 36 / 31 |
| PSA 7 | - | 17 | 4 / 13 |
| PSA 6 | - | 13 | 7 / 6 |
| PSA 5 | $6.50 | 4 | 2 / 2 |
| PSA 4 | $6.00 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 3 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.58 | - | - |
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
- 64 of 102
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- RecoverWater · Water
Discard 1 Energy card to Starmie in order to use this attack. Remove all damage counters from Starmie.
- Star Freeze20Water · Colorless · Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
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The collector's take on Starmie
Is Starmie worth grading?
So is Starmie worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw copy runs about $3, a Grade 9 jumps to $38, and a PSA 10 commands $119, which works out to 45.4 times the raw price. That's a real jump, no question. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a 1999-2000 common like this one, corners soften, centering drifts, and grading fees eat into any profit if the card comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If you've got a copy that looks sharp under a loupe, sending it in can pay off, but treat it as a calculated bet, not a sure thing.
How rare is Starmie?
Only 317 copies of Starmie have been graded in total, and of those, just 85 have earned a PSA 10. That's a fairly tight population for a common card, and it tells you that even though Starmie wasn't rare on release, finding one in gem mint condition today takes real effort. That scarcity at the top end is exactly why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and Grade 9 figures, the supply of flawless copies simply hasn't kept pace with demand.
Where can you pull Starmie?
PackSpy has tracked 100 recorded pulls of Starmie across courtyard, mnstr, and collector-crypt, so we know this card does still show up in modern pack breaks even though it's a 1999-2000 print. It's turned up in the Wildcard Basic Pack, Pack 3, the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, and the Water Pack, and the biggest recorded pull value we've logged for it hit $1,750. That's the kind of detail a price guide alone won't give you, actual pack sites where collectors have pulled this exact card, which is the whole reason we built PackSpy: to track real rips, not just theoretical value.
Questions people ask
How much is Starmie worth?+
A raw, ungraded Starmie is valued around $3. Once graded, that value climbs fast: a Grade 9 sits at $38, and a PSA 10 reaches $119. So how much Starmie is worth really depends on the condition and whether it's been graded.
Is Starmie worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 45.4 times the raw price. But gem mint copies are genuinely tough to pull off with this card, only 85 out of 317 graded copies have hit PSA 10, so weigh the grading cost against that reality before you send one in.
What set is Starmie from?+
Starmie is #64 from the Base Set, released in 1999-2000. It's a common card illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi, and it remains one of the more recognizable pulls from that original Base Set lineup.
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