# Meowth #80/130 — Base Set 2

## Summary

Meowth is a bulk common from a reprint-heavy Wizards-era set, the sort of pull nobody chased even when it was fresh. The draw is Mitsuhiro Arita's name on the credit line, plus a Gen I Team Rocket mascot that keeps nostalgic completionists quietly interested. At a $0.97 modelled guide, with 59 copies traded in 30 days, with the tape reading as a decline with nothing absorbing it, 81% of this printing’s price is collector premium, since the same card plays for $0.18 out of Shrouded Fable; a PSA 10 brings $270, 278 times raw, but a 26% gem rate against $85 of fees makes grading a losing trade.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Base Set 2 |
| Number | 80/130 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Mitsuhiro Arita |
| Release date | 2000-02-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 50 |
| Types | Colorless |
| Attack: Pay Day | cost Colorless/Colorless — damage 10 — Flip a coin. If heads, draw a card. |
| Weakness | Fighting ×2 |
| Resistance | Psychic -30 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Meowth #052](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/meowth) |
| Finishes | Normal |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.97** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-04
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-11-04
- Floor delivered ask: $1.90 — as of 2026-11-04T22:07:15.550Z
- Quant score: 36/100, regime FALLING — as of 2026-11-04T22:07:15.550Z — 5 of 11 inputs · 46% weight · -27% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-04T20:01:29.273Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-04T20:01:29.275Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-09-07T00:59:38.930Z, confidence 85%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-04T07:39:20.630Z, confidence 75%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-04T20:01:29.273Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-11-04T09:56:19.181Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/base-set-2/meowth-80)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abase4-80%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)