Base Set 2 · #18 · 2000

Venusaur

Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.

$116

8% · 29d

via TCGplayer, updated Oct 13, 2026

Graded: Examined by a professional company, scored 1–10, and sealed in a labeled case. Graded copies trade at their own prices, grade by grade. PSA 10 $10,000 · PSA 9 $380 · CGC 10 $510

Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Base Set 2

168 ungraded eBay listings · asking from $39.99

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What This Card Trades At

Raw: An ungraded card — no slab, no label, no official score. The market price is the raw benchmark. · Holofoil

$116 (TCGplayer Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily.)

PSA 10: $10,000
PSA 9: $380
PSA 8: $160
CGC 10: $510

Show all 39 grades

PSA 10: $10,000
PSA 9: $380
PSA 8: $160
PSA 7.5: $135
PSA 7: $110
PSA 6: $90.00
PSA 5: $58.00
PSA 4Thin market: Only a handful of sales behind this price, so one odd sale can swing it. Shown for completeness, never quoted as a benchmark.: $75.00
PSA 3.5: $51.60
PSA 3: $46.00
PSA 2Thin market: Only a handful of sales behind this price, so one odd sale can swing it. Shown for completeness, never quoted as a benchmark.: $62.00
PSA 1.5Thin market: Only a handful of sales behind this price, so one odd sale can swing it. Shown for completeness, never quoted as a benchmark.: $138
PSA 1Thin market: Only a handful of sales behind this price, so one odd sale can swing it. Shown for completeness, never quoted as a benchmark.: $123

CGC 10: $510
CGC 9: $260
CGC 8.5: $114
CGC 8Thin market: Only a handful of sales behind this price, so one odd sale can swing it. Shown for completeness, never quoted as a benchmark.: $118
CGC 7.5: $84.00
CGC 7: $81.60
CGC 6.5: $60.00
CGC 6Thin market: Only a handful of sales behind this price, so one odd sale can swing it. Shown for completeness, never quoted as a benchmark.: $64.80
CGC 5.5: $35.00
CGC 5Thin market: Only a handful of sales behind this price, so one odd sale can swing it. Shown for completeness, never quoted as a benchmark.: $51.60
CGC 4.5Thin market: Only a handful of sales behind this price, so one odd sale can swing it. Shown for completeness, never quoted as a benchmark.: $40.50
CGC 3.5: $20.40
CGC 3Thin market: Only a handful of sales behind this price, so one odd sale can swing it. Shown for completeness, never quoted as a benchmark.: $35.00
CGC 2.5Thin market: Only a handful of sales behind this price, so one odd sale can swing it. Shown for completeness, never quoted as a benchmark.: $22.80
CGC AUTHThin market: Only a handful of sales behind this price, so one odd sale can swing it. Shown for completeness, never quoted as a benchmark.: $36.60

BGS 9.5: $420
BGS 9: $400
BGS 8.5: $377
BGS 8: $93.60
BGS 7: $66.00
BGS 6.5: $43.00
BGS 5Thin market: Only a handful of sales behind this price, so one odd sale can swing it. Shown for completeness, never quoted as a benchmark.: $99.00
BGS 2.5: $27.00

SGC 9: $68.03
SGC 7: $51.00
SGC 5: $26.00

Latest sold prices As of (a date): The price in force on the day we last checked — not a sale that closed that day. Rows marked “sold” carry the real sale day.. PSA and CGC grade on the same 1–10 scale, but the market prices them differently — what grades mean →

Sold data via Card Hedge

Set: Base Set 2
Card number: The card's number over the set's printed total, as printed on the card. Numbers past the total are the set's secret rares.: 18 / 130
Rarity: How hard the card is to pull, shown by the symbol near its number. Rarer tiers (Illustration Rare, Special Illustration Rare, Hyper Rare) usually trade higher.: Rare Holo
Artist: Mitsuhiro Arita
Year: 2000
Printing: Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.

Live on eBay

168 ungraded Buy It Now listings · asking from $39.99 · median ask $89.00 (38 asks)

checked 1d ago

Item prices asked right now for ungraded, Buy It Now copies of this exact card — what sellers want, not what copies sell for. Graded slabs and auctions are left out. The TCGplayer market price above is the sold-side yardstick.

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Pokémon TCG Venusaur 18/130 Base Set 2 Holo Rare EN MP

$49.99+ $5.27 shipping

Ungraded · Buy It Now · 100% seller

vs raw market $116: 53% under

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Pokemon TCG Venusaur Base Set 2 Holo Rare 18/130 WOTC NM NEAR MINT

$130free shipping

Ungraded · Buy It Now · 100% seller

vs raw market $116: 12% above

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2000 POKEMON BASE SET II VENUSAUR 18/130 MP-LP SMALL DENT

$64.99free shipping

Ungraded · Buy It Now · 99.8% seller

vs raw market $116: 44% under

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Pokemon TCG Venusaur 18/130 Base Set 2 Holo Rare English 100HP 1999

$85.00

Ungraded · Buy It Now · 100% seller

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Venusaur Base Set 2 18/130 Pokemon Card MP+

$60.00free shipping

Ungraded · Buy It Now · 100% seller

vs raw market $116: 48% under

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Venusaur Base Set 2 Holo Rare No. 18/130 Pokemon Card - 2000 SWIRL

$115

Ungraded · Buy It Now · 100% seller

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1999 Pokémon TCG Base Set 2 Venusaur Holo Rare #18/130 100 HP English NM

$100+ $9.00 shipping

Ungraded · Buy It Now · 100% seller

vs raw market $116: 6% under

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Venusaur Base Set 2 18/130 Holo Rare English Pokémon Card HP

$40.00+ $3.00 shipping

Ungraded · Buy It Now · 100% seller

vs raw market $116: 63% under

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Listings from eBay as of our last check — some may have sold since.How we compare →

Price History

TCGplayer market price, logged dailyeBay median asking price, logged as we check listings

Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.: $116
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card.: #3 of 130
29-day change: ▲ 8%
High since Feb 2024: $116Oct 2026
Low since Feb 2024: $63.18Oct 2024

What it actually sells for

Our chart tracks TCGplayer's market price and the asking prices of live eBay listings — what sellers want, not what buyers paid. Completed sale prices live on eBay itself: see recent sold listings for this card →

Today's TCGplayer market price for Venusaur is $116 for the Holofoil printing.

Among the 130 priced cards in Base Set 2, it sits 3rd. (Charizard leads the set at $418.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 76.8% — from $65.85 to $116. Over the last year it's climbed 58.6%, from $73.39 to $116. The 90-day move: up 17.1%, $99.41 to $116. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $116 in October 2026; its lowest, $63.18 in October 2024. Today's price is the highest we've seen since February 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $116 at the top and $108 at the bottom.

Details

Card type: Pokémon · Stage 2
HP: 100
Type: Grass
Evolves from: Ivysaur

Pokémon Power Energy Trans

As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may take 1 Grass Energy card attached to 1 of your Pokémon and attach it to a different one. This power can't be used if Venusaur is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Solarbeam60

Cost: Grass, Grass, Grass, Grass

“This plant blooms when it is absorbing solar energy. It stays on the move to seek sunlight.”

Quick Questions

How much is Venusaur from Base Set 2 worth?

About $116 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 13, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →

How much is Venusaur worth in PSA 10?

About $10,000 — the latest PSA 10 sold price we have, as of Oct 13, 2026. For comparison, an ungraded copy trades around $116 (TCGplayer market price). Sold data via Card Hedge.

Is the price of Venusaur going up or down?

Up about 17% over the last 3 months — from $99.41 to $116 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 59%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.

What's the most Venusaur has been worth?

The highest market price we've logged is $116 — that was October 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.

Where can I buy Venusaur (Base Set 2 #18)?

eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Venusaur (Base Set 2 #18) (168 right now). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.

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