Sunkern #83 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 15 Sept 2026Related Sunkern & chase cards
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Sunkern #83 is one of those small, easy-to-overlook commons from Neo Destiny, the 2002 set that closed out the original Neo era, and there's something charming about a card this humble still getting attention two decades later. It's a common, illustrated by Etsuya Hattori, so nobody's expecting it to fund a house down payment, but if you're checking Sunkern value out of curiosity or because one just landed in your binder, you're in the right place. Right now it sits at $1 raw, which tells you plenty about where this card lives in the hobby, quiet, affordable, and mostly collected for nostalgia rather than profit.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.94, up 14% over the past year, with an all-time high of $4.47 in April 2021.
Recent pulls of Sunkern
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$29CGC 10 GEM MINT30th Anniversary - Day 2: BlueCourtyard · 58m ago
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$29CGC 10 GEM MINT30th Anniversary - Day 1: RedCourtyard · 19h ago
$16PSA 8 NM-MTWildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 1d ago
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Sunkern price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 184 graded, only 55 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $39 | 55 | 13 / 42 |
| PSA 9 | $18 | 52 | 24 / 28 |
| PSA 8 | $12 | 33 | 4 / 29 |
| PSA 7 | $10 | 31 | 2 / 29 |
| PSA 6 | $8.00 | 8 | 2 / 6 |
| PSA 5 | $6.00 | 3 | 1 / 2 |
| PSA 4 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | $4.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $4.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | 2 | - / 2 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.90 | - | - |
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?
So is Sunkern worth grading? Let's be honest about the math. A raw copy sits at $1, a Grade 9 comes in at $24, and a PSA 10 lands at $13, which works out to 13.1x the raw price if you hit gem mint. That multiplier sounds appealing on paper, but grading fees typically run higher than what this card is worth even at its best grade, so you'd likely be paying more to grade it than you'd get back. Add in that gem mint copies are genuinely hard to pull off with any Neo-era common, and the honest answer is that most people grade Sunkern for the love of completing a set or chasing a personal milestone, not for profit.
How rare is Sunkern?
Only 182 copies of Sunkern have been graded in total, and of those, 55 have reached PSA 10. That's a fairly high percentage of gem mint copies relative to the total population, which tells you this card, when submitted, tends to grade well. It also explains why the price gap between raw and PSA 10 isn't wider: with so many graded copies already sitting at the top grade, gem mint Sunkern isn't the rare feat it might be for other Neo Destiny cards.
Where can you pull Sunkern?
PackSpy has tracked Sunkern being pulled 2 times across the sites we monitor, specifically from courtyard, with a biggest recorded pull value of $29. It's shown up in Pokémon Starter Pack openings, which fits, since Neo Destiny commons like this tend to surface in mixed vintage or starter-style products rather than being chased directly. This is the kind of detail you won't find in a static price guide: real pack-opening data, recorded as it happens, so you can see where a card like this has actually turned up instead of just guessing.
Questions people ask
How much is Sunkern worth?+
A raw, ungraded Sunkern #83 is valued at $1. It's a common from Neo Destiny, so the price reflects its accessibility rather than scarcity, this is a card most collectors pick up for set-building or nostalgia.
Is Sunkern worth grading?+
Grading takes Sunkern from $1 raw up to $24 at Grade 9 or $13 at PSA 10, but grading fees usually cost more than the card is worth even at the top grade. Unless you're grading for a personal collection goal or the fun of it, it's tough to make the numbers work purely for profit.
How much is a PSA 10 Sunkern worth?+
A PSA 10 Sunkern is worth $13, which is 13.1 times the raw value. Out of 182 total graded copies, 55 have reached that gem mint grade, so it's achievable but not guaranteed.
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