Venusaur #3 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 26 Aug 2026Related Venusaur & chase cards
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Venusaur here is card #3 from the Japanese Classic: Venusaur set, and it's one of those cards that just feels good to hold, that thick starter-evolution energy every collector remembers from their first binder. If you're checking Venusaur value right now, the short version is a raw copy sits at $49, which is solid for a set that clearly has some staying power. It's not the rarest card ever printed, but the numbers behind it tell a genuinely interesting story about scarcity and grading.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $44, up 53% over the past year, with an all-time high of $48 in June 2026.
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Venusaur price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,965 graded, only 1,436 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $109 | 1,436 | - / 1,436 |
| PSA 9 | $40 | 310 | - / 310 |
| PSA 8 | $38 | 189 | - / 189 |
| PSA 7 | $17 | 24 | - / 24 |
| PSA 6 | $13 | 5 | - / 5 |
| PSA 5 | $10 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 4 | $9.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | $8.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $7.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $44 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
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The collector's take on Venusaur
Is Venusaur worth grading?
So is Venusaur worth grading? A raw copy runs $49, a Grade 9 actually comes in a bit lower at $41, and a PSA 10 jumps up to $112, which works out to about 2.3 times the raw price. That gap tells you something important: the market really only pays a premium for gem mint, and anything short of that (like a 9) doesn't move the needle much, sometimes even less than staying raw. Grading costs money and takes time, and there's no guarantee your copy comes back a 10, so before you send it in, look closely at the corners and centering yourself and be honest about whether it's truly gem mint quality. If it looks clean under a bright light, the upside is real. If you're on the fence, it might be worth waiting.
How rare is Venusaur?
Across all grading companies, only 1,945 copies of this Venusaur have been graded, and out of that total, 1,420 have come back as a PSA 10. That's a striking ratio, it means the vast majority of graded copies that exist are already gem mint, which tells you this card either grades pretty well or the pool of submitted copies has been unusually clean. Either way, a population like that keeps PSA 10 prices anchored rather than sending them soaring, since gem mint copies aren't nearly as hard to find as you might expect from the raw price alone.
Where can you pull Venusaur?
We track real pulls across pack sites like packs, collector-crypt, mnstr, courtyard, tilt-rips and lastpack, and Venusaur has shown up in 200 or more recorded rips across that network, with the biggest recorded pull hitting $2,300. It's turned up in products like the Celebrations Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pack 3, Pokémon Diamond Pack and Pokemon Starter Pack, so if you're chasing this one from a live break, those are the names worth watching. Just remember that pack pulls are a gamble by nature, most rips don't come close to that top number, and buying loose on the secondary market is often the steadier way to actually land this specific card.
Questions people ask
How much is Venusaur worth?+
A raw, ungraded Venusaur #3 from the Japanese Classic: Venusaur set is valued at $49 right now. Grading changes the picture a fair bit, with a Grade 9 sitting at $41 and a PSA 10 reaching $112, so condition really does drive the price here.
Is Venusaur worth grading?+
It depends on the copy. A PSA 10 sells for $112, which is about 2.3 times the raw $49 price, but a Grade 9 actually comes in lower than raw at $41, so grading only pays off if you're confident the card is truly gem mint before you submit it.
How much is a PSA 10 Venusaur worth?+
A PSA 10 Venusaur is worth $112. There are 1,420 PSA 10 copies out of 1,945 total graded, so gem mint examples make up most of the graded population, which helps explain why the price sits where it does rather than climbing much higher.
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