Parasect

Parasect is card 41 of 64 in Jungle, released in June 1999, an Uncommon. It is a Stage 1 Grass-type with 60 HP.

As a Stage 1, it evolves from Paras, which places Parasect deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.

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.

The card's flavor text gives Parasect a line of lore: "A host-parasite pair in which the parasite mushroom has taken over the host bug. Prefers damp places."

The fully evolved Paras. Larger mushrooms; in-game lore suggests the mushrooms have taken control of the crab. Jungle Rare Parasect has thin standalone demand.

Parasect 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 Parasect 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.

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