Bulbasaur SM198

Set: Sun & Moon Black Star Promos Released: Feb 3, 2017
Pokémon: Bulbasaur Grass Type Promo Illustrator: MPC Film Evolves To: Ivysaur

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Bulbasaur #SM198 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Bulbasaur #SM198 from Sun & Moon Black Star Promos — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Bulbasaur has moved up 11.2% to $16.55. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Bulbasaur #SM198 is a Promo, one of the higher rarity tiers in Sun & Moon Black Star Promos.

At $16.55 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $59.00, giving a net return of +$6.78 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$30.16 and PSA 8 returns −$32.67, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 248 copies of Bulbasaur #SM198, of which 23 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 9.3%, or roughly 1 in 11 graded copies.

Yes. At a 9.3% gem rate, Bulbasaur grades worse than the Sun & Moon Black Star Promos average by 6.2 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Bulbasaur #SM198 was illustrated by MPC Film, who has illustrated 17 Pokémon cards in total.

Bulbasaur #SM198 was released on 3 February 2017 as part of Sun & Moon Black Star Promos. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.