Base Set 1st EditionBase · 1999

Defender

#80Normal · UnlimitedUpdated Oct 27, 2026

TCGPlayer market

$2.97

Cardmarket: €2.82
PSA 10: $504.27
PSA 9: $68.68
PSA population: 780

Finish

Market prices

Ungraded prices from each marketplace we track, with sales activity where available.

SourcePriceSalesLast salePer weekSignal

TCGPlayer Market USD

$2.97

TCGPlayer Market

USD

$2.97

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eBay Average USD

$13.73

7 sales

eBay Average

USD

$13.73

7

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eBay Sold USD

$10.67

1 sales

eBay Sold

USD

$10.67

1

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Cardmarket EUR

€2.82

Cardmarket

EUR

€2.82

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Graded prices

Average sold price by grading company and grade.

GradeAverage sold price

Grade 10: $504.272 sold▲
Grade 9: $68.6820 sold▲
Grade 8: $30.606 sold▲
Grade 7: $14.524 sold▲

Grader	10	9	8.5	8	7.5	7
PSA	$5042 sold▲	$68.6820 sold▲	–	$30.606 sold▲	–	$14.524 sold▲
CGC	–	$32.6910 sold▼	$41.305 sold▲	$9.693 sold	$6.533 sold	–
TAG	–	–	$10.001 sold	–	–	–

Population report

How many copies each grading company has graded, and at which grade.

PSA graded

780

16.2%

Gem rate

0

1

10

30

48

75

204

282

126

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Qualifiers 1Match confidence: high

Price by condition

Ungraded market price for each printing, from Near Mint down to Damaged.

Unlimited

NM

Near Mint

$2.95

LP

Lightly Played

$1.80

MP

Moderately Played

$0.90

HP

Heavily Played

$0.96

DM

Damaged

$0.64

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About Defender

Defender is a Pokémon card (#80) from Base Set 1st Edition, part of the Base series, released in 1999.

An ungraded copy currently sells for about $2.97. A PSA 10 (Gem Mint) averages $504.27 — about 169.8× the raw price.

PSA has graded 780 copies, 126 of them at PSA 10 (a 16.2% gem rate). Fewer tens usually means a larger premium for a top-graded copy.

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Defender — common questions

How much is Defender worth?: Defender from Base Set 1st Edition has a market price of $2.97 for an ungraded copy, based on current TCGPlayer and eBay sales data. Condition, print variant and grading all move that number.
What is a PSA 10 Defender worth?: Recent PSA 10 (Gem Mint) sales of Defender averaged $504.27, about 169.8× the ungraded price. A PSA 9 averaged $68.68.
How many PSA 10 Defender are there?: PSA has graded 780 copies of Defender, and 126 of them received a PSA 10 — a gem rate of 16.2%.

Market

$23.80

Low$1.00