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Card Review · Base Set 1999
Bulbasaur #44
1st Edition printing · Base Set · Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita · Rank #3 of 13 vintage Bulbasaur versions
Raw (NM comp)
$205.00
Grade 9
$787.37
PSA 10
$5,915.45
How to spot it: the 1st Edition stamp sits left of the art box and the art frame has no drop shadow (clean yellow border) — a 1st Edition card is always shadowless. Thin condensed HP weight. Copyright: © 1995, 96, 98, 99 Nintendo.
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Part of the Bulbasaur species record — all 28 vintage versions, ranked →