Bulbasaur #44/102 from Pokemon Base Set (1999)

BULBASAUR #44/102 - BASE SET

Set
Pokemon Base Set (Base series)
Number
44/102
Rarity
Common
Card type
Pokémon - Basic (Grass)
Artist
Mitsuhiro Arita
Released
(1999-01-09)
Raw card reference RAW / UNGRADED
$3.87 USD (TCGplayer market, normal, as of 2026-09-11)Loose, ungraded copy. Not a graded slab - graded values are charted below.
Graded slab data GRADED SLAB
8 Rip Station marks - per grader and grade, see the chart.
In our machines
1 in the $500.00 machine
A strange seed was planted on its back at birth. Thus, a plant sprouted and now grows with this Pokémon.

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Bulbasaur is in the $500.00 machine right now - PSA 10 loaded. A pack reveals one random card from that machine.

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ABOUT THIS CARD

Bulbasaur is a common Pokemon card from Pokemon Base Set, card 44 of 102, released January 9, 1999 in the Base series. The illustration is by Mitsuhiro Arita.

VALUE

What is Bulbasaur #44 from Base Set worth?

Two different numbers answer this, and they are not interchangeable. Raw/ungraded: a loose, ungraded copy of Bulbasaur #44 (Base Set) carries a market reference of $3.87 USD for the normal printing (TCGplayer market price, as of 2026-09-11). Graded slabs: a graded example is priced per grading company and per grade and can sit far above that raw figure - our own graded marks for this card are charted and tabled below, per grader and grade. Both are references, not offers. The graded copy in our machine carries a Rip Station estimated slab value of $385.00 (PSA 10).

Graded slab values over time GRADED SLAB

Slab values, per grading company and grade. These are a different market from the raw/ungraded reference in the facts block above - do not read one as the other.

100Rip Station marks (all grades) — 2026-06-12: index 100.0Rip Station marks (all grades) — 2026-06-27: index 100.0Rip Station marks (all grades) — 2026-07-09: index 100.0Rip Station marks (all grades) — 2026-07-28: index 100.0Rip Station marks (all grades) — 2026-08-07: index 150.72026-06-122026-08-07
Graded slab values only. Indexed to 100 at each grade series' first observation - relative movement, not dollar levels; the tables below carry the dollars. Solid lines are Rip Station marks (first-party estimates). Raw/ungraded reference (not plotted): $3.87 USD (TCGplayer market price, normal, as of 2026-09-11).
Graded slab values - Rip Station marks (first-party estimates, USD). Not raw/ungraded prices.
DateGraderGradeEstimated slab value (USD)
2026-06-12CGC7.5$242.50
2026-06-12CGC8.5$353.00
2026-06-27PSA9$108.50
2026-07-09PSA8$346.00
2026-07-28CGC10$45.00
2026-07-28PSA10$330.00
2026-08-07PSA10$500.00
2026-08-07PSA9$382.45

PULL RATE

What are the odds of pulling Bulbasaur #44?

No published per-card pack odds are documented for Base Set. Rip Station's machine composition is measurable, though: 1 of 519 cards loaded in the $500.00 machine is this card - about 0.19% per rip.

POP REPORT

Rip Station vault population - graded slabs GRADED SLAB

Counts of GRADED copies, by grading company and grade, that have passed through our machines. Raw/ungraded copies are counted separately in the Raw row.

GraderGradeCopies
CGC101
CGC8.51
CGC7.51
PSA102
PSA93
PSA81
Total9

IN OUR MACHINES

Is Bulbasaur #44 in a Rip Station machine?

Yes. 1 graded copy of Bulbasaur is loaded in the $500.00 machine. A pack from that machine reveals one random card from everything loaded in it.

SOURCES

  • Card metadata and image: the open pokemontcg.io dataset.
  • Raw/ungraded reference value: pokemontcg.io market snapshot (tcgplayer), as of 2026-09-11. An ungraded single, an estimate, not an offer - and not a graded slab value.
  • Machine availability, composition odds, graded vault population and graded price marks: Rip Station first-party data.