Venusaur 1st Edition #15 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 10 Aug 2026Related Venusaur & chase cards
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Venusaur, the final form of Kanto's grass starter, has always been one of the quiet heavyweights of the original Base Set from 1999, and the 1st Edition #15 printing is the version collectors talk about most. Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita and stamped with that coveted 1st Edition mark, it carries a rarity and a nostalgia that keep it firmly on collector wish lists two decades later. If you're trying to pin down Venusaur value right now, a raw copy sits at $1,104, which already tells you this isn't a card people treat casually.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.3k, up 57% over the past year, with an all-time high of $1.3k in June 2026.
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Venusaur price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 4,009 graded, only 172 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $37k | 172 | 145 / 27 |
| PSA 9 | $6.2k | 772 | 721 / 51 |
| PSA 8 | $3.8k | 681 | 588 / 93 |
| PSA 7 | $2.5k | 535 | 460 / 75 |
| PSA 6 | $1.8k | 573 | 496 / 77 |
| PSA 5 | $1.4k | 554 | 478 / 76 |
| PSA 4 | $1.2k | 338 | 291 / 47 |
| PSA 3 | $949 | 204 | 179 / 25 |
| PSA 2 | $900 | 107 | 98 / 9 |
| PSA 1 | $748 | 73 | 72 / 1 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.3k | - | - |
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
- 15 of 102
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 100
- Stage
- Stage2
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- Solarbeam60Grass · Grass · Grass · Grass
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The collector's take on Venusaur
Is Venusaur worth grading?
Here's where it gets interesting. That same raw Venusaur, once it comes back a PSA 10, is valued at $46,105, which works out to 41.8 times what the ungraded card sells for. A Grade 9 lands at $5,935, a solid jump on its own, but the real money is in gem mint. The catch is that hitting a 10 is genuinely hard, this card has to come through with sharp corners, clean edges, and centering that holds up under a loupe, decades after it left the factory. Grading costs money and takes time, and there's no guarantee your copy comes back gem. If your Venusaur already looks near flawless in hand, sending it in can make sense. If it has soft corners or a whitened edge, you may be better off enjoying it as is rather than gambling on the grade.
How rare is Venusaur?
Across every grading company combined, only 3,996 copies of this Venusaur have ever been graded, and of those, just 172 have earned a PSA 10. That's a small slice at the very top, and it explains why the price jumps so sharply once you get into gem mint territory. When a card is this old and this scarce in perfect condition, every PSA 10 sale tends to set the tone for the next one, and population reports like this are really the backbone of understanding what Venusaur is worth at each grade.
Where can you pull Venusaur?
PackSpy tracks real pack openings across sites like collector-crypt, courtyard, packs, tilt-rips, mnstr, and lastpack, and Venusaur has actually shown up there more than 200 times, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $2,300. We've seen it turn up in Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, Grail Pokémon Gacha Pack, Celebrations Pack, and Pokémon Diamond Pack. That kind of cross-site tracking is something no price guide offers, and it's worth remembering that pack pulling is still a gamble, most rips don't come close to covering what you paid in. If you'd rather know exactly what you're getting, buying a raw or already graded Venusaur on the secondary market remains the more predictable route.
Questions people ask
How much is Venusaur worth?+
A raw, ungraded Venusaur 1st Edition #15 is valued at $1,104. Graded copies climb fast from there, with a Grade 9 at $5,935 and a PSA 10 reaching $46,105, so condition really is everything with this card.
Is Venusaur worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 41.8 times the raw price, but only 172 of the 3,996 graded copies have hit that top grade. If your card already looks sharp and clean, grading is worth considering, but it's never a guaranteed win.
What set is Venusaur from?+
This Venusaur is card #15 from the original Base Set, released back in 1999. It's the 1st Edition printing, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, and it's classified as a Rare within the set.
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