Emerald · #82 · 2005

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.
$0.42
Steady · 26dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 7, 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 Emerald

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Professor Birch sits at $0.42 on TCGplayer today for the Normal printing.
Inside Emerald, that ranks 107th out of 107 priced cards. The set's top card is Milotic ex at $800. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $0.24 then, $0.42 now (up 75%). A year ago it sat around $0.36; today's $0.42 is 16.7% higher. Over the last 90 days it's down 6.7%, from $0.45. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $0.46 (June 2026) and as low as $0.23 (November 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $0.41 up to $0.42. The Normal printing is the headline number here; the Reverse Holofoil at $9.74 prices separately. Across the Atlantic, the European prints list around €0.29 on Cardmarket.
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. $0.42 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $9.74
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 $0.42 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 7, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 7% over the last 3 months — from $0.45 to $0.42 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 17%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $0.46 — 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 €0.29 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $0.42 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
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Cards trading near $0.42 today.