Venusaur Prism Red #3 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Venusaur Prism & chase cards
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Venusaur Prism is one of those cards that stops people mid-scroll, a shimmering piece of the 1996 Carddass set from Japan that still carries real weight with collectors decades later. Card #3 in that lineup, the Red version, has built a following for its Prism finish and its ties to one of the most beloved Pokemon in the franchise. If you're digging into Venusaur Prism value right now, the short answer is that it sits comfortably in the range where casual pulls and serious collecting overlap, raw copies moving for real money and top graded copies moving for a lot more.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $90, up 20% over the past year, with an all-time high of $92 in June 2026.
Recent pulls of Venusaur Prism
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$90CGC EX/NM+ 6.5Bronze Pokémon Gacha PackCollector Crypt · 2m ago
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Venusaur Prism price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population).
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $3.5k | - |
| PSA 9 | $355 | - |
| PSA 8 | $236 | - |
| PSA 7 | $104 | - |
| PSA 6 | $85 | - |
| PSA 5 | $68 | - |
| PSA 4 | $58 | - |
| PSA 3 | $49 | - |
| PSA 2 | $44 | - |
| PSA 1 | - | - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $90 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
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The collector's take on Venusaur Prism
Is Venusaur Prism worth grading?
So is Venusaur Prism worth grading? It depends on what you're holding and what you're chasing. A raw copy sits around $91, a Grade 9 climbs to $355, and a PSA 10 sits at $3,533, which works out to about 38.8 times the raw price. That's a serious jump, and it's exactly why people send cards in. But gem mint is called gem mint for a reason, it's not the common outcome, and grading fees plus shipping and the wait time all eat into your upside if the card comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If your copy already looks clean under a loupe, corners sharp, centering even, no surface haze, it's worth the gamble. If it's got soft corners or print lines, you might be better off enjoying it raw or selling it as is.
How rare is Venusaur Prism?
There's no official population count we can point to here, but Venusaur Prism belongs to that era of Japanese Carddass cards where print runs were smaller and survival rates decades later are just not that high. A lot of these cards spent years in binders and shoeboxes before anyone thought to protect them, which means clean raw copies and true gem mint examples are harder to come by than the set's overall availability might suggest. That scarcity is a big part of why the gap between raw and PSA 10 pricing is so wide, demand chasing a genuinely limited supply of top condition copies.
Where can you pull Venusaur Prism?
This is where PackSpy's data actually earns its keep, because we don't just guess at rarity, we track real pulls across real pack sites. Venusaur Prism has been pulled 200 or more times across sites including mnstr, courtyard, tilt-rips, collector-crypt, packs, and lastpack, which tells you it's not some mythical chase card you'll never see, it does show up. It's turned up in Pack 3, the Pokemon Diamond Pack, the Pokemon Starter Pack, the Pokemon Pro Pack, and the Elite Pokemon Gacha Pack, and the biggest recorded pull we've logged for it came in at $2,300. Worth remembering though, opening packs is a gamble no matter how good the odds look on paper, most rips don't come close to that number, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than a plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Venusaur Prism worth?+
A raw, ungraded Venusaur Prism currently sits at $91. That's the baseline most collectors reference before condition or grading enters the picture, and it's a solid starting point for a card from the 1996 Carddass set.
Is Venusaur Prism worth grading?+
If your copy is genuinely clean, it can be. A PSA 10 is worth $3,533 against a raw value of $91, roughly 38.8 times more, and even a Grade 9 brings $355. Just know that gem mint isn't guaranteed, so weigh the grading cost and wait against what your raw copy actually looks like.
How much is a PSA 10 Venusaur Prism worth?+
A PSA 10 Venusaur Prism is valued at $3,533, making it by far the most valuable version of this card compared to raw or Grade 9 copies. That gem mint price reflects just how tough it is to land a flawless example from this set.
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