Erika's Clefairy

Numbered 25 of 132 in Gym Heroes, released in August 2000, Erika's Clefairy is a Rare, a Basic Colorless-type carrying 50 HP.

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

Erika is the Grass-type Gym Leader of Celadon City, a calm tea enthusiast who tends the city's gardens. Erika's Clefairy is part of that themed lineup.

Illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Sugimori is the lead character designer of Pokémon itself, so his card art carries the tight, on-model look that defined how the creatures appear in the games.

A pink fairy-type Pokémon (originally Normal in Gen 1). Famous for being almost-mascot before Pikachu took the slot in the anime. Base Set holo Clefairy is one of the original 16 holos and trades steadily. Its connection to the early Pokémon marketing makes it a sentimental pick.

Erika's Clefairy is a non-holo Rare. In Gym Heroes, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Erika's Clefairy trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.

Gym Heroes shipped in 1st Edition and Unlimited, with no Shadowless print. The trainer-prefix naming runs across the set, and the 1st Edition Erika's Clefairy carries the Edition 1 stamp and a premium over Unlimited in matching grade.

Erika's Clefairy grades on centering and edges more than surface. The card was played and traded more freely than the holos, so a clean, well-centered Erika's Clefairy is worth more than collectors assume.

For Erika's Clefairy, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Erika's Clefairy can make sense.