Lickitung

Numbered 38 of 64 in Jungle, released in June 1999, Lickitung is an Uncommon, a Basic Colorless-type carrying 90 HP.

As a Basic Pokémon, Lickitung needs no prior evolution to put into play, which made it a practical card in the era's decks.

Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. Arita painted the Base Set Charizard and much of the early holo run, and his work has a painterly weight that set the visual tone of the Wizards era.

Printed on the card, the Lickitung Pokédex entry reads: "Its tongue can be extended like a chameleon's. It leaves a stinging sensation when it licks enemies."

A pink Pokémon with a long sticky tongue. Jungle Uncommon. Standard demand.

Lickitung is an Uncommon, so raw copies are inexpensive and easy to find. The value is in condition: a genuine PSA 10, especially 1st Edition, can still reach a surprising figure for an otherwise common card. The live price above breaks it down by grade.

Jungle shipped in 1st Edition and Unlimited, with no Shadowless print. The Edition 1 stamp under the artwork separates the scarcer 1st Edition Lickitung from the Unlimited copy. The set also has the famous No Symbol error from its first print run, which adds a premium when the lower-right set symbol is missing.

Lickitung grades forgivingly, but the same centering and edge standards apply. Pack-fresh raw copies are easy to find, which makes a clean PSA 10 submission a low-cost way to learn how the cardstock behaves under grading.

Raw copies of Lickitung are inexpensive enough that grading rarely pays unless you have a clearly pack-fresh example. For set completion, a clean sleeved Lickitung is the practical move.