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Card Review · Base Set 1999
Bulbasaur #44
Shadowless printing · Base Set · Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita · Rank #18 of 13 vintage Bulbasaur versions
Raw (NM comp)
$10.80
Grade 9
$110.00
PSA 10
$576.79
How to spot it: NO 1st Edition stamp but NO drop shadow either — clean yellow art frame. Thin HP weight. Same © 1995, 96, 98, 99 Nintendo line. (This is the printing most often shown with the wrong image — no stamp AND no shadow is the giveaway.)
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Part of the Bulbasaur species record — all 28 vintage versions, ranked →