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Venusaur 30/165

Set: Expedition Base Set Released: Sep 15, 2002
Pokémon: Venusaur Grass Type Rare Holo Illustrator: Shin-ichi Yoshikawa Pull Rate:1 in 96 packs (1.0%) Evolves From: Ivysaur

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Venusaur #30/165 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Venusaur #30/165 from Expedition Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Venusaur has stayed flat at $108.33. PSA 10 copies are up 31.5% over the same period.

Venusaur #30/165 appears roughly 1 in 96 packs, which works out at 1.0% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Expedition Base Set.

Venusaur #30/165 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Expedition Base Set.

At $108.33 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $6,999.28, giving a net return of +$5,953.04 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$820.15 and PSA 8 returns +$212.52, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 1,280 copies of Venusaur #30/165, of which 104 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 8.1%, or roughly 1 in 12 graded copies.

Yes. At a 8.1% gem rate, Venusaur grades worse than the Expedition Base Set average by 9.7 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Venusaur #30/165 was illustrated by Shin-ichi Yoshikawa, who has illustrated 90 Pokémon cards in total.

Venusaur #30/165 was released on 15 September 2002 as part of Expedition Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.