Base Set price guide

Every priced card, most valuable first

#	Card	US market	Europe avg	Print
4	Charizard	$945	—	Holo
2	Blastoise	$229	—	Holo
15	Venusaur	$178	—	Holo
10	Mewtwo	$91.45	—	Holo
14	Raichu	$68.89	—	Holo
1	Alakazam	$68.20	—	Holo
3	Chansey	$64.87	—	Holo
5	Clefairy	$53.44	—	Holo
16	Zapdos	$49.72	—	Holo
6	Gyarados	$44.70	—	Holo
11	Nidoking	$38.79	€26.24	Holo
12	Ninetales	$36.97	€19.81	Holo
9	Magneton	$36.63	—	Holo
13	Poliwrath	$35.72	€19.78	Holo
7	Hitmonchan	$20.17	€9.47	Holo
18	Dragonair	$18.76	€14.79	Normal
58	Pikachu	$14.28	€9.63	Normal
19	Dugtrio	$11.24	€9.75	Normal
20	Electabuzz	$10.03	€8.95	Normal
22	Pidgeotto	$9.97	€14.02	Normal
74	Item Finder	$9.18	€9.37	Normal
70	Clefairy Doll	$9.01	€9.69	Normal
78	Scoop Up	$8.20	€14.13	Normal
21	Electrode	$7.88	€8.55	Normal
76	Pokémon Breeder	$7.03	€8.78	Normal
96	Double Colorless Energy	$6.42	€4.69	Normal
72	Devolution Spray	$6.37	€8.96	Normal
30	Ivysaur	$6.13	€4.25	Normal
17	Beedrill	$5.77	€5.94	Normal
73	Impostor Professor Oak	$5.72	—	Normal
63	Squirtle	$5.38	€5.30	Normal
77	Pokémon Trader	$5.32	€8.72	Normal
42	Wartortle	$4.58	€6.52	Normal
67	Voltorb	$4.13	€2.40	Normal
37	Nidorino	$3.88	€4.29	Normal
23	Arcanine	$3.84	€5.54	Normal
75	Lass	$3.78	€3.26	Normal
25	Dewgong	$3.77	€4.01	Normal
44	Bulbasaur	$3.71	€4.96	Normal
79	Super Energy Removal	$3.48	€4.00	Normal
36	Magmar	$3.45	€4.20	Normal
24	Charmeleon	$3.44	€2.70	Normal
39	Porygon	$3.27	€3.46	Normal
35	Magikarp	$3.06	€3.32	Normal
71	Computer Search	$3.04	€3.62	Normal
83	Maintenance	$2.96	€3.82	Normal
32	Kadabra	$2.84	€3.57	Normal
40	Raticate	$2.70	€2.97	Normal
86	Pokémon Flute	$2.64	€3.27	Normal
46	Charmander	$2.59	€3.48	Normal
26	Dratini	$2.48	€3.31	Normal
89	Revive	$2.48	€3.61	Normal
29	Haunter	$2.45	€3.02	Normal
57	Pidgey	$2.20	€3.60	Normal
38	Poliwhirl	$2.03	€1.88	Normal
85	Pokémon Center	$2.02	€2.66	Normal
88	Professor Oak	$1.87	€1.22	Normal
82	Full Heal	$1.81	€2.24	Normal
33	Kakuna	$1.74	€1.97	Normal
43	Abra	$1.56	€1.65	Normal
28	Growlithe	$1.48	€2.41	Normal
27	Farfetch'd	$1.37	€1.55	Normal
41	Seel	$1.31	—	Normal
80	Defender	$1.25	—	Normal
50	Gastly	$1.23	€1.58	Normal
48	Doduo	$1.09	—	Normal
59	Poliwag	$1.06	€1.14	Normal
49	Drowzee	$1.05	€1.03	Normal
56	Onix	$1.03	€1.60	Normal
54	Metapod	$1.01	—	Normal
31	Jynx	$0.98	—	Normal
34	Machoke	$0.91	€1.08	Normal
45	Caterpie	$0.90	—	Normal
62	Sandshrew	$0.86	€1.45	Normal
55	Nidoran♂	$0.84	€1.02	Normal
61	Rattata	$0.83	€0.89	Normal
68	Vulpix	$0.83	€1.33	Normal
47	Diglett	$0.82	€1.15	Normal
66	Tangela	$0.80	€1.19	Normal
51	Koffing	$0.79	€1.19	Normal
101	Psychic Energy	$0.77	€0.36	Normal
64	Starmie	$0.75	—	Normal
65	Staryu	$0.74	€1.04	Normal
53	Magnemite	$0.70	—	Normal
69	Weedle	$0.67	€0.79	Normal
84	PlusPower	$0.65	€1.05	Normal
81	Energy Retrieval	$0.64	€0.67	Normal
52	Machop	$0.61	€0.72	Normal
87	Pokédex	$0.56	€0.98	Normal
98	Fire Energy	$0.56	€0.46	Normal
60	Ponyta	$0.53	€0.61	Normal
100	Lightning Energy	$0.52	€0.45	Normal
92	Energy Removal	$0.46	€0.68	Normal
95	Switch	$0.46	€0.46	Normal
97	Fighting Energy	$0.46	€0.45	Normal
102	Water Energy	$0.46	€0.24	Normal
99	Grass Energy	$0.45	€0.26	Normal
93	Gust of Wind	$0.40	€0.56	Normal
94	Potion	$0.40	€0.39	Normal
90	Super Potion	$0.37	€0.43	Normal
91	Bill	$0.37	€0.42	Normal

101 priced cards. Snapshot Sep 24, 2026. US prices from TCGplayer, Europe from Cardmarket.

About Base Set

Base Set came out January 9, 1999 with 102 numbered cards.

The most expensive card in the set runs $945; the median card is $2.48. That gap is what makes the set worth pulling apart card by card.

It belongs to the Base series.

The US column is the TCGplayer market price of the most expensive print. Where a card has more than one print, the print is named — a reverse holo and a normal copy are different products at different prices.

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