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Most Valuable Pokémon Base Set Cards

Base Set demand splits sharply by card, edition, and grade. This table ranks cataloged Base Set cards by their highest per-grade 90-day median sold price. The current leader is Blastoise 2/102, with a PSA 9 median around $12,500 in the baked 90-day sold-comp sample.

Ranked by highest per-grade median from verified eBay sold listings in the current 90-day baked comp sample.

RankItemContextGrade medianSales
#1Blastoise 2/102

card

Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition$12,500

PSA 9

6
#2Charizard 4/102

card

Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition$9,544

PSA 6

6
#3Raichu 14/102

card

Base Set · 1999 · Regular$7,500

CGC 10

6
#4Venusaur 15/102

card

Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition$5,900

CGC 9.5

6
#5Mewtwo 10/102

card

Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition$2,358

PSA 7

6
#6Chansey 3/102

card

Base Set · 1999 · Regular$1,800

CGC 9

6
#7Poliwrath 13/102

card

Base Set · 1999 · Regular$1,700

PSA 8

6
#8Ninetales 12/102

card

Base Set · 1999 · Regular$1,600

PSA 8

6
#9Alakazam 1/102

card

Base Set · 1999 · Regular$1,495

PSA 9

6
#10Gyarados 6/102

card

Base Set · 1999 · Regular$800

PSA 4

6
#11Machamp 8/102

card

Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition$799

CGC 10

6
#12Charizard 4/130

card

Base Set 2 · 2000 · Regular$537

CGC 8.5

6
#13Zapdos 16/102

card

Base Set · 1999 · Regular$439

PSA 4

6
#14Hitmonchan 7/102

card

Base Set · 1999 · Regular$238

PSA 9

6
#15Magneton 9/102

card

Base Set · 1999 · Regular$213

PSA 1

6
#16Nidoking 11/102

card

Base Set · 1999 · Regular$115

CGC 9

6
#17Clefairy 5/102

card

Base Set · 1999 · Regular$80

PSA 5

6