Base · #63 · 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.
$5.65
down12% · 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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Today's TCGplayer market price for Squirtle is $5.65 for the Normal printing.
Among the 101 priced cards in Base, it sits 30th. (Charizard leads the set at $928.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 92.8% — from $2.93 to $5.65. Over the last year it's climbed 94.8%, from $2.90 to $5.65. The 90-day move: down 11.7%, $6.40 to $5.65. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $10.40 in May 2026; its lowest, $1.26 in May 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $6.84 at the top and $4.82 at the bottom. That's the Normal printing — the same card also trades as the Shadowless 1st Edition at $135 and the Shadowless Unlimited at $35.18. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €9.55.
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. $5.65 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $135 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $35.18
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.
Bubble10
Cost: Water
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Withdraw
Cost: Water, Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Squirtle during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)
“After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. It powerfully sprays foam from its mouth.”
About $5.65 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 12% over the last 3 months — from $6.40 to $5.65 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 95%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $10.40 — that was May 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 €9.55 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $5.65 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 Squirtle (Base #63). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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