How much is a PSA 10 Venusaur & Snivy GX #SM229?

A PSA 10 Venusaur & Snivy GX #SM229 from Pokemon Promo is currently priced at $698 based on completed sales tracked on PokeInvest.

Is grading Venusaur & Snivy GX #SM229 worth it?

With a raw price of $145 and a PSA 10 selling for $698, grading Venusaur & Snivy GX #SM229 has a potential gross margin of $552 before PSA fees (from $59.99 a card, more for higher declared values). Use the PokeInvest PSA Calculator for a full ROI breakdown.

PSA 9 vs PSA 10 Venusaur & Snivy GX #SM229: what's the price difference?

A PSA 10 Venusaur & Snivy GX #SM229 sells for about $698 versus about $149 for a graded 9 (PSA, CGC and BGS 9 sales combined), so the 10 carries a 4.7x premium based on recent sales tracked on PokeInvest.

What's the raw price of Venusaur & Snivy GX #SM229?

The raw (ungraded) price of Venusaur & Snivy GX #SM229 from Pokemon Promo is currently $106, based on live market data tracked daily by PokeInvest.

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Venusaur & Snivy GX #SM229

Venusaur & Snivy GX #SM229 (Promo) sells for about $145.00 ungraded and $698 in PSA 10. PSA has graded 4,629 copies, 2,124 of them 10s. Prices are medians of completed sales, updated November 11, 2026.

Pokemon Promo

Market price

$145.00

12 sales · latest last week

Sales we held out are listed below, not counted here.

12 sold in 39 days · latest last week

$91.19 $164.98

Every sale is a completed listing. Click any line to open it.

Price by grade

1 from real sales · 4 est

Grade	PSA	CGC	BGS	SGC
10	$697.50 est · pop 2,124	$240.48 est · pop 99	$907.00 est	$419.00 est

Medians of completed sales — click one to see them. Arrows compare the last 90 days with the period before. last sold means one or two sales, so we show the most recent one rather than a median. est is an estimate we have not confirmed. pop is how many exist at that grade. How we price

Grade it? 46% of 4,629 PSA-graded copies came back a 10. Raw $145.00 → PSA 10 $697.50 est. Expected value after PSA's fee ($60): +$193.52 per copy.

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Price History

Raw PSA 10

Graded by

PSA

4,629

graded

45.9%

2124 in PSA 10

CGC

528

graded

20.6%

109 at 10 or better

PSA has given this card a ten 2.2× as often — 45.9% against 20.6%.

How CGC grades work

CGC grades above 9: Pristine sits above Gem Mint, Perfect above that.

Pristine 10 10 Gem Mint 10 99 9.5 17 9 147

These are two different pools of submissions, so this compares what each grader did, not what either would do with the same card.

Population Distribution

PSA 10 2124

PSA 9 1868

PSA 8 444

PSA 7 76

PSA 6 55

PSA 5 21

PSA 4 16

PSA 3 6

PSA 2 7

PSA 1 9

CGC Pristine 10 10

CGC Gem Mint 10 99

CGC 9.5 17

CGC 9 147

CGC 8.5 96

CGC 8 53

CGC 7.5 34

CGC 7 27

CGC 6.5 20

CGC 6 11

CGC 5.5 2

CGC 5 5

CGC 4 1

CGC Authentic 5

CGC Authentic — Altered 1

528 graded by CGC

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