Base · #80 · 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.
$1.31
down8% · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 9, 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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Right now Defender trades at $1.31 for the Normal printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 64th most valuable of Base's 101 priced cards. (Charizard leads the set at $928.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 61.7% — from $0.81 to $1.31. Over the last year it's fallen 8.4%, from $1.43 to $1.31. The 90-day move: down 3.7%, $1.36 to $1.31. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $4.25 in December 2025; its lowest, $0.60 in May 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $1.46 at the top and $1.13 at the bottom. That's the Normal printing — the same card also trades as the Shadowless 1st Edition at $27.47 and the Shadowless Unlimited at $3.00. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €1.55.
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. $1.31 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $27.47 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $3.00
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.
About $1.31 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 9, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 4% over the last 3 months — from $1.36 to $1.31 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's down 8%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $4.25 — that was December 2025. 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 €1.55 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $1.31 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 Defender (Base #80). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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