Base · #44 · 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.
$2.89
down25% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 11, 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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Bulbasaur sits at $2.89 on TCGplayer today for the Normal printing.
Inside Base, that ranks 47th out of 101 priced cards. (Charizard leads the set at $928.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 29% — from $2.24 to $2.89. Over the last year it's climbed 54.5%, from $1.87 to $2.89. The 90-day move: down 8%, $3.14 to $2.89. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $5.22 in June 2026; its lowest, $1.10 in November 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $4.32 at the top and $2.89 at the bottom. That's the Normal printing — the same card also trades as the Shadowless 1st Edition at $313 and the Shadowless Unlimited at $22.47. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €11.50.
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. $2.89 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $313 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $22.47
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.
Leech Seed20
Cost: Grass, Grass
Unless all damage from this attack is prevented, you may remove 1 damage counter from Bulbasaur.
“A strange seed was planted on its back at birth. Thus, a plant sprouted and now grows with this Pokémon.”
About $2.89 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 11, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 8% over the last 3 months — from $3.14 to $2.89 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 55%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $5.22 — that was June 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 €11.50 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $2.89 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 Bulbasaur (Base #44). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $2.89 today.
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