Switch #95 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Switch & chase cards
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Switch is a common Trainer card from the original 1999 Base Set, illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi, and it's one of those cards that quietly slipped into millions of childhood collections. It's not flashy and it's not holo, but if you're searching for the Switch value or Switch price today, you're in good company, since Base Set commons still pull in a surprising amount of attention from collectors chasing nostalgia and completion.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.26, down 2% over the past year, with an all-time high of $8.50 in February 2022.
Recent pulls of Switch
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$2.15LegendaryRookie PackTilt Rips · 21m ago$2.15LegendaryRookie PackTilt Rips · 23m ago$2.15LegendaryRookie PackTilt Rips · 32m ago
$12CGC 10 GEM MINTWildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 58m ago$2.15LegendaryRookie PackTilt Rips · 1h ago$2.15LegendaryRookie PackTilt Rips · 1h ago$2.15LegendaryRookie PackTilt Rips · 1h ago
$0.16CommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 1h ago
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Switch price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,203 graded, only 494 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $79 | 494 | 337 / 157 |
| PSA 9 | $33 | 710 | 477 / 233 |
| PSA 8 | $9.57 | 485 | 212 / 273 |
| PSA 7 | $8.00 | 215 | 75 / 140 |
| PSA 6 | $6.00 | 154 | 40 / 114 |
| PSA 5 | $5.00 | 83 | 24 / 59 |
| PSA 4 | $4.00 | 38 | 12 / 26 |
| PSA 3 | $3.00 | 18 | 9 / 9 |
| PSA 2 | $3.00 | 5 | 4 / 1 |
| PSA 1 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.26 | - | - |
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
- 95 of 102
- Rarity
- Common
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Released
- 1999
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The collector's take on Switch
Is Switch worth grading?
Here's the honest answer on whether Switch is worth grading: raw, it sits at $1, but a PSA 10 has been valued around 239.0x that raw price. That's a real jump, and it's exactly why some collectors send commons like this in. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a 1999 card, corners soften, centering drifts, and grading fees plus shipping and waiting time add up fast. Interestingly, right now a Grade 9 Switch at $477 is actually trading higher than a PSA 10 at $337, which is a good reminder that grading markets shift and a 10 isn't always the automatic top prize. If you've got a sharp, well-centered copy sitting in a binder, it might be worth a shot. If it's got soft corners or print lines, save the fee and enjoy the card as is.
How rare is Switch?
Across all grading companies, only 2,203 copies of Switch have ever been graded, and of those, just 494 have earned a PSA 10. That means gem mint copies make up roughly a fifth of the graded population, which isn't razor thin, but it's tight enough that clean copies do carry a premium over rougher ones. For a common card from a set this old, that population tells you most surviving copies simply weren't kept in pristine shape, which is part of why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and ungraded value.
Where can you pull Switch?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we don't just guess at pull rates, we record them. Switch has shown up 200 or more times across pack sites we track, including tilt-rips, collector-crypt, and courtyard, and the biggest recorded pull value for this card came in at $70. It's turned up in packs like the Rookie Pack, Novice Pack, Pokemon Dime Pack, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, and Pokemon Dollar Pack. Worth saying plainly: opening packs for a specific common like Switch is not a reliable way to make money, most rips lose value, but if you're opening for fun anyway, these are the pack types where it's actually turned up.
Questions people ask
How much is Switch worth?+
A raw, ungraded copy of Switch is valued at $1. It's a common from Base Set, so the bulk of its value only really shows up once a copy is graded and its condition is verified.
Is Switch worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 has traded around 239.0x the raw price. That said, gem mint copies are genuinely rare for a card this old, with only 494 out of 2,203 graded copies hitting a 10, so factor in grading fees and the real chance your copy grades lower than hoped.
How much is a PSA 10 Switch worth?+
A PSA 10 Switch is valued at $337. Interestingly, a Grade 9 currently sits higher at $477, which shows how much grading markets can shift even for the same card.
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