01Card Stats

Basic

HP 40

TypeColorless

RarityRare Holo

IllustratorKen Sugimori

WeaknessFighting ×2

Retreat●

SetBase Set

Released1999

02Editions and Print Runs

Printed in the WotC era when 1st Edition, Shadowless, and Unlimited distinctions still applied.

1st Edition

How to spot it: 1st Edition stamp in the bottom-left of the artwork frame.

First print window; smaller run than Unlimited.

Shadowless

How to spot it: No drop shadow on the right and bottom of the artwork box; thinner, lighter frame.

Early Unlimited sub-print between 1st Edition and Unlimited; scarcer than standard Unlimited.

Unlimited

How to spot it: No 1st Edition stamp; standard print frame.

Most common version of this card.

04Variants and Foiling

Rarity tiers: Rare Holo
Foiling: Holo version with the holo pattern applied to the artwork.
Alt art / specials: No full-art, secret rare, or alternate-art version documented for this print.

05Language and Regional Versions

English: Standard English release.
Japanese: Released in the equivalent Japanese set.
European: Localized European prints exist with translated text.
Other: No documented language-exclusive errors or major regional variants.

06Current Market Value

Holo	1st Edition ~$247 · Shadowless ~$42 · Unlimited ~$16 raw · PSA 10 ~$9,124 (PriceCharting realized, May 2026)

Vintage WotC holo with edition variants; the 1st Edition print is the chase.

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07Why Collectors Want It

One of the 16 original holos in the 1999 Base Set.
The 1st Edition print is the real prize: realized raw around $247, with PSA 10s near $9,100 (PriceCharting, May 2026) — well above the ~$36 the asking-price feed showed.
Shadowless copies (~$42) and standard Unlimited (~$16) round out the print tiers.
An essential holo for any vintage Base Set master set.

08Competitive Playability

Tier: None

Basic Clefairy with 40 HP; top attack around — damage. Functions as an evolution-chain piece rather than a tournament attacker.

09Card Moves and Abilities

Sing Cost: Colorless

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Metronome Cost: Colorless + Colorless + Colorless

Choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon's attacks. Metronome copies that attack except for its Energy costs and anything else required in order to use that attack, such as discarding Energy cards. (No matter what type the Defending Pokémon is, Clefairy's type is still Colorless.)

Weakness: Fighting ×2
Resistance: Psychic -30
Retreat cost: 1

10Grading and Population

PSA 10 estimate: WotC-era Clefairy PSA 10 populations vary; small numbers across most sets.

Base Set holos downgrade for edge whitening and print lines; high-grade 1st Edition Clefairy is scarce and trades far above raw.

Other graders: BGS and CGC also grade vintage Pokemon; PSA dominates secondary-market liquidity.

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