Base · #17 · 1999
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. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$6.37
up8% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 10, 2026
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
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Beedrill sits at $6.37 on TCGplayer today for the Normal printing.
Inside Base, that ranks 28th out of 101 priced cards. (Charizard leads the set at $928.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 99.1% — from $3.20 to $6.37. Over the last year it's climbed 68.5%, from $3.78 to $6.37. The 90-day move: down 16.7%, $7.65 to $6.37. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $7.93 in July 2026; its lowest, $2.17 in July 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $6.37 at the top and $5.24 at the bottom. That's the Normal printing — the same card also trades as the Shadowless 1st Edition at $159 and the Shadowless Unlimited at $23.53. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €5.56.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $6.37 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $159 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $23.53
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Twineedle30×
Cost: Colorless, Colorless, Colorless
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.
Poison Sting40
Cost: Grass, Grass, Grass
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
“Flies at high speed and attacks using the large, venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail.”
About $6.37 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 10, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 17% over the last 3 months — from $7.65 to $6.37 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 69%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $7.93 — that was July 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.
The European printings list around €5.56 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $6.37 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Beedrill (Base #17). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $6.37 today.
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