Sunkern 1st Edition #83 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Sunkern & chase cards
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Sunkern is one of those quiet little commons that longtime collectors have a soft spot for, a bright yellow seed Pokémon drawn by Etsuya Hattori and tucked into the 2002 Neo Destiny set. It is not a card that turns heads at first glance, but if you are digging into Sunkern value, the 1st edition #83 print carries a bit more history and a bit more demand than people expect from a common. It is a fun example of how even the smallest cards in a set have a real market behind them.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.10, down 20% over the past year, with an all-time high of $5.58 in May 2026.
Recent pulls of Sunkern
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Sunkern price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 438 graded, only 162 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $118 | 162 | 80 / 82 |
| PSA 9 | $19 | 176 | 95 / 81 |
| PSA 8 | $17 | 72 | 15 / 57 |
| PSA 7 | $3.75 | 16 | 6 / 10 |
| PSA 6 | $3.00 | 7 | 2 / 5 |
| PSA 5 | $2.00 | 2 | 1 / 1 |
| PSA 4 | $2.00 | 3 | 1 / 2 |
| PSA 3 | $2.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $2.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.10 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Neo Destiny
- Card number
- 83 of 113
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 40
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Etsuya Hattori
- Released
- 2002
Attacks
- Rollout10Colorless
- SunbatheGrass · Grass
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Where to pull Sunkern
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The collector's take on Sunkern
Is Sunkern worth grading?
Here is the honest answer on whether Sunkern is worth grading: raw copies sit around $2, and a PSA 10 comes in at $80, which works out to about 33.6 times the raw price. That sounds like a nice jump, and it is, but there is a catch worth knowing. Interestingly, a Grade 9 copy is currently fetching $95, actually higher than the PSA 10 figure, which tells you the market for this card can be a little unpredictable and not purely tied to hitting a perfect gem mint grade. Grading costs money no matter what number comes back, so before you send one in, think about whether you are grading for love of the card or purely for profit. For a common like Sunkern, the fun of the hunt often matters more than the payout.
How rare is Sunkern?
Across all the copies that have been submitted for grading, 434 total exist in the population, and of those, 162 have come back as PSA 10. That is a fairly strong ratio of gem mints for a common card, which suggests Sunkern was printed and preserved well enough that hitting a 10 is achievable but still far from guaranteed. Scarcity for a card like this is less about total rarity and more about condition rarity, meaning the value lives in finding a truly clean copy rather than finding the card itself.
Where can you pull Sunkern?
PackSpy has recorded Sunkern being pulled 2 times so far, both from courtyard, with the biggest recorded pull coming in at $29. It has also been spotted in the Pokémon Starter Pack, which lines up with it being a lower rarity common rather than a chase card. Realistically, most people looking for this one today are going to find it easier and cheaper on the secondary market than by opening packs, since pulling any single common from a 2002 set is a long shot. That is really the honest truth about pack opening in general, it is a gamble, and most rips do not come close to covering their cost, so treat any pull like this as a nice bonus rather than the plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Sunkern worth?+
A raw, ungraded Sunkern 1st edition #83 is worth about $2. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 valued at $95 and a PSA 10 at $80, so condition and grading really do change the picture here.
Is Sunkern worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sits at roughly 33.6 times the raw price of $2. That said, grading has real costs and no guarantees, and with 162 PSA 10s already in a population of 434, gem mint copies are attainable but not automatic.
Why is the Sunkern 1st Edition #83 print worth more than the standard one?+
1st edition prints generally carry more collector interest because they represent the earliest run of a set, and Neo Destiny from 2002 is no exception. Even as a common, that 1st edition stamp gives Sunkern a bit of extra pull with collectors chasing complete early sets.
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