Squirtle
Base Set 2 · Common
Forecast: slightly behind · 41%NormalVintage
Price
$2.02
Interest score
1/100 — Quiet
Pricing
Reliable pricing
Pricier than 58% of the cards we track in this set · near the top of its 12-month range ($0.85–$2.36)
Base Set 2 · Common
Pricier than 58% of the cards we track in this set · near the top of its 12-month range ($0.85–$2.36)
Its interest score of 1 out of 100 is driven most by seller confidence — sellers undercutting. Blue bars pushed the score up, red bars pulled it down. The ingredients are weighted by how well each one has actually predicted price moves in this market, measured on your own price history rather than assumed.
Is this card interesting right now?
Quiet - 1 out of 100
It ranks above 2% of the cards we track. The score describes the conditions around the card today - how sellers are pricing it, how it is trending, how steadily it trades. It is not a prediction, and it says nothing about whether you will enjoy owning the card.
Why is it interesting?
Sellers undercutting and slipping this month
People selling are asking less than the card recently sold for - holders are competing to get out. It has fallen behind the rest of the market over the past month.
Is it becoming more popular?
Mostly yes
Compared with the Pokemon market as a whole, so a rising tide does not count as popularity. In this market these trends have tended to keep going rather than reverse.
Is it expensive or cheap?
$2.02 - mid-priced for its set
At $2.02 it is mid-priced for its set - number 56 of 130 by price. Against other Common cards it sits at the 77th percentile - toward the top. It is 17% below its 12-month high. Worth knowing: in this market cards near their highs have gone on to do better than deeply discounted ones, so a big discount is not automatically a bargain.
What makes this card unusual?
An ordinary Common from a 27-year-old set
Common is a common tier - 12,381 tracked cards share it. The set is about 27 years old, so surviving copies in good condition get scarcer over time.
Could you actually buy or sell it?
Easily - it trades often
The price changed in 72% of our checks over the past year across 365 observations. TCGplayer's market price only updates when a copy sells, so a low figure means the price shown may be stale and any trend reading is built on very few real sales.
Is grading worth considering?
No
At $2.02 raw, grading costs roughly $22.00 - more than the card itself. Only worth it for sentimental reasons. This is a vintage set, where condition varies far more between copies and grading matters correspondingly more. This is a rule of thumb from the card's raw price, age and price stability. We track raw ungraded prices only - no graded sales and no population data - so this cannot tell you what a PSA 10 of this card is worth. Check a graded price guide before spending money.
Slightly behind the market
An estimated 41% chance of beating the typical tracked card over the next 60 days, by around +1.6% on a middling outcome.
$1.68 – $2.78 — 80% likely. The middle half lands between $1.92 and $2.40. Today it is $2.02.
Assumes the market as a whole drifts +4.0% over 60 days, its recent average. That part is an assumption carried forward, not a prediction — the 'vs market' figure above does not depend on it.
Prices here are TCGplayer's market price, which is an average of recent sales and lags a real move by a few weeks. Part of any short-term forecast is that lag catching up — visible in the chart, but not something you can buy at.
| Market price | $2.02 | What copies have recently sold for |
| Cheapest listing | $0.25 | The lowest price anyone is currently asking |
| Middle of listings | $1.34 | The midpoint of what sellers are asking |
| Seller confidence | -33.7% | Asking prices are below recent sales — sellers want out |
| 1-month trend vs market | -9.8% | Falling behind the market |
| 2-month trend vs market | +7.6% | Outpacing the market |
| 4-month trend vs market | +4.5% | Outpacing the market |
| Unusual move | -0.5 | Within its normal range of movement |
| Below its 12-month high | -14.4% | Well off its high |
| Day-to-day price movement | 0.0331 | Jumpy |
| How often it trades | 72% | Trades readily |
| Price checks on record | 365 | Observations in the past year |
| Times the price changed | 263 | How many of those were real moves |
| Actively traded | Yes | Whether there is enough activity for the trend figures to mean anything |
| Set age | 26.6 years | Vintage |
| Interest score | 2 / 100 | Ranks above 2% of tracked cards |
| TCGplayer product ID | 42,544 | For looking it up elsewhere |