Venusaur #30 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 26 Aug 2026Related Venusaur & chase cards
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Venusaur #30 comes from Expedition, the very first Pokémon expansion set, released back in 2002, and it's stuck around in collector hearts ever since thanks to Shin-ichi Yoshida's artwork and that classic early-2000s feel. If you're trying to figure out Venusaur value right now, the short answer is that a raw copy sits at $108, which is solid for a card of its age and rarity tier. It's the kind of card that rewards patience, whether you're chasing a clean raw copy or eyeing a graded one for the long haul.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $98, up 41% over the past year, with an all-time high of $111 in May 2026.
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Venusaur price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,408 graded, only 124 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $4.5k | 124 | 104 / 20 |
| PSA 9 | $557 | 384 | 344 / 40 |
| PSA 8 | $350 | 384 | 308 / 76 |
| PSA 7 | $250 | 197 | 159 / 38 |
| PSA 6 | $174 | 144 | 125 / 19 |
| PSA 5 | $120 | 90 | 71 / 19 |
| PSA 4 | $72 | 35 | 31 / 4 |
| PSA 3 | $38 | 8 | 7 / 1 |
| PSA 2 | $34 | 15 | 14 / 1 |
| PSA 1 | $142 | 27 | 27 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $98 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Expedition
- Card number
- 30 of 165
- Rarity
- Holo Rare
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 100
- Stage
- Stage2
- Weakness
- Fire x2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Shin-ichi Yoshikawa
- Released
- 2002
Attacks
- Body Slam40Grass · Grass · Colorless · Colorless
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The collector's take on Venusaur
Is Venusaur worth grading?
So is Venusaur worth grading? Here's the honest breakdown: a raw copy runs $108, a Grade 9 jumps to $592, and a PSA 10 sits at $4,606, which works out to 42.6 times the raw price. That's a real jump, no question, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card from this era. Centering and surface wear from packs two decades old add up, and grading fees plus turnaround time eat into any profit if the card comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If you've got a copy that already looks sharp in hand, corners crisp and centering even, it's worth the gamble. If it's got soft edges or print lines, you might just enjoy it raw and save yourself the grading fee.
How rare is Venusaur?
Venusaur carries a Rare rarity from the Expedition set, which puts it a notch above common pulls but not in ultra-rare territory. What drives its price isn't a tiny print run so much as steady collector demand for early Pokémon cards paired with the reality that gem mint copies from this era are tough to find in genuinely pristine shape. Time has been rough on a lot of 2002 cardboard, so a truly clean PSA 10 stands out even without a hard population number to point to.
Where can you pull Venusaur?
This is where PackSpy's live tracking comes in handy, because we've recorded Venusaur pulled 200 or more times across sites including mnstr, courtyard, tilt-rips, collector-crypt, packs, and lastpack. That tells you it's a card that does show up if you're ripping the right products, and one lucky opener even landed a copy worth $2,300 at the time. It's been seen coming out of Pack 3, the Pokémon Diamond Pack, Pokemon Starter Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, and the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack. Worth saying plainly: opening packs is a gamble and most rips don't cover their cost, but if Venusaur is on your list, those are the pack types where our data shows it's actually turned up.
Questions people ask
How much is Venusaur worth?+
A raw, ungraded Venusaur #30 from Expedition is valued at $108 right now. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 at $592 and a PSA 10 reaching $4,606, so condition makes a big difference to what it's actually worth.
Is Venusaur worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 42.6 times what a raw copy goes for. But gem mint is genuinely hard to land on a card this old, and grading costs money and time regardless of the result, so it's worth grading mainly if your copy already looks close to flawless.
How much is a PSA 10 Venusaur worth?+
A PSA 10 Venusaur is valued at $4,606, a big step up from the $108 raw price and the $592 Grade 9 price. That gap is exactly why gem mint copies get so much attention from collectors chasing top grades.
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