Quick answer
CardSpicy (cardspicy.com) ranks the most valuable Clodsire cards printed in the Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English lines. Paldean Clodsire ex leads at $96 as a PSA 10, and the rankings use tracked PSA 10 sales rather than raw prices. Simplified Chinese set codes end in C, the marker of a Chinese-exclusive print run.
Clodsire appears on 1 Chinese-exclusive printings, 5 further Simplified Chinese printings, 2 Traditional Chinese printings, 5 Japanese, 3 Korean and 9 English numbered Pokémon cards, and this page covers every language the character was printed in — Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English lines.
Clodsire carries 1 numbered Chinese-exclusive printings. The head of the list is Paldean Clodsire [Poke Ball] #80 (csv5C) at $43. Everything below is arranged by what each card actually trades for, so the page reads the same way whoever is reading it — the Chinese lines come first, and only the numbers change.
How this list was built
Four rules, applied in this order.
- The card has to be a numbered Pokémon card. Sealed product, trainer cards and energy are out of scope across every line on this page.
- The Chinese list is restricted to Chinese-exclusive numbering. Every card in the first list carries a set code ending in C — 151C, CBB1C, CBB5C, CSM2aC, CSV9C. That trailing letter is the dependable way to tell a Simplified Chinese print run from a card that merely happens to be printed in Chinese.
- The card has to carry a tracked market value. Cards with no graded sold record yet are named at the end of each language section rather than ranked, because there is nothing to rank them on.
- Prices are PSA 10 market values, and how each one was arrived at is marked. Every figure comes from PriceCharting. Where a PSA 10 copy has actually sold in the last six months, that figure is the median of those sales and the card’s position rests on real trades. Where it has not, the top-grade number is a model output: those cards are marked ‡, or † if the model figure ran so far past what the card’s own lower grades support that the ranking caps it. The raw and grade 9 prices are printed under every card so the traded level is always visible.
The Simplified Chinese list — Chinese-exclusive sets
Every card here sits in a set whose code ends in C — the Simplified Chinese numbering line. Promos and 30th Celebration are excluded, because their numbering is shared across the Chinese branches rather than being Chinese-exclusive.
1. Paldean Clodsire [Poke Ball] — csv5C #80 — $43
![Paldean Clodsire [Poke Ball], Simplified Chinese Pokemon card](https://cardspicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cs-card-corra6pjdgkd73nzctbi.jpg?v=1791460233)
Raw $2.99 · grade 9 $14.27 · PSA 10 $43.34
First place, and the only card here that a casual buyer would recognise as expensive on sight. It alone holds 100.0% of the value in the ten below it. A raw copy is a $2.99 card and the tracked graded tier is $43.34, a 14× separation. Dark Crystal Blaze carries a mid-sized numbered run and a shallow art-rare tail. At 100.0% of the page’s total, this is one of the cards a Chinese-line collection is built around rather than filled out with.
This line only yields 1 priced printings for Clodsire. Another 2 numbered printings in this line carry no graded sold record yet and are therefore not ranked.
The Japanese list
Japanese is the original language of the TCG, so this list reaches further back than either of the other two — into the 1996 promos, the Gold Star era and the modern art rares alike.
5. Paldean Clodsire ex — Triplet Beat #54 — $21
Raw $2.25 · grade 9 $12 · PSA 10 $20.97
Sitting at number 5 of the 5 priced printings in this line. Raw to graded is 9.3× — $2.25 ungraded against $20.97. Triplet Beat supplies two cards to the ten above, and this is the lower of the pair.
4. Paldean Clodsire ex — Shiny Treasure ex #117 — $25
Raw $1.49 · grade 9 $9 · PSA 10 $25
Fourth of the 5 priced printings in this line. A raw copy is a $1.49 card and the tracked graded tier is $25, a 17× separation. Shiny Treasure ex supplies two cards to the ten above, and this is the lower of the pair.
3. Paldean Clodsire ex — Triplet Beat #91 — $29
Raw $4 · grade 9 $22.73 · PSA 10 $29
Third of the 5 priced printings in this line, roughly the point at which the list stops falling steeply. Raw to graded is 7.2× — $4 ungraded against $29. Triplet Beat supplies two cards to the ten above, and this is the lower of the pair.
2. Paldean Clodsire ex — Shiny Treasure ex #332 — $35
Raw $2.20 · grade 9 $15 · PSA 10 $35.25
At number two, close enough to the top that the pair reads as one tier. A raw copy is a $2.20 card and the tracked graded tier is $35.25, a 16× separation. Shiny Treasure ex supplies two cards to the ten above, and this is the lower of the pair.
1. Paldean Clodsire ex — Starter Deck Generations #74 — $42
Raw $2.60 · PSA 10 $42.32
Heading the list, by a margin wide enough to matter more than any other single number on the page. It alone holds 27.7% of the value in the ten below it. A raw copy is a $2.60 card and the tracked graded tier is $42.32, a 16× separation. No grade 9 value is tracked for this card, so the PSA 10 figure stands on its own.
This line only yields 5 priced printings for Clodsire. Another 2 numbered printings in this line carry no graded sold record yet and are therefore not ranked.
The English list
English is the widest printing line of the six, which is why its top ten is the most expensive and the most contested.
9. Paldean Clodsire ex — Paldea Evolved #130 — $21
Raw $1 · grade 9 $16.60 · PSA 10 $20.95
Sitting at number 9 of the 9 priced printings in this line. A raw copy is a $1 card and the tracked graded tier is $20.95, a 21× separation. Paldea Evolved supplies two cards to the ten above, and this is the lower of the pair. The raw card is cheap enough that the entire decision here is about the holder, not the card.
8. Paldean Clodsire [Reverse Holo] — Obsidian Flames #128 — $27
![Paldean Clodsire [Reverse Holo], English Pokemon card](https://cardspicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cs-card-5b89fa887a12be46df05d35178405f5a8a5f12ab90d2be2b498fa0530d3511bc.jpg?v=1791460253)
Raw $0.40 · grade 9 $7.50 · PSA 10 $26.76
Eighth of the 9 priced printings in this line. A raw copy is a $0.40 card and the tracked graded tier is $26.76, a 67× separation. It is one of 4 cards from Obsidian Flames inside the ten above, which is a lot of the list to come from a single product. The raw card is cheap enough that the entire decision here is about the holder, not the card.
7. Paldean Clodsire — Obsidian Flames #128 — $31
Raw $0.40 · grade 9 $10.54 · PSA 10 $31.16
Seventh of the 9 priced printings in this line. A raw copy is a $0.40 card and the tracked graded tier is $31.16, a 78× separation. It is one of 4 cards from Obsidian Flames inside the ten above, which is a lot of the list to come from a single product. The raw card is cheap enough that the entire decision here is about the holder, not the card.
6. Paldean Clodsire — Obsidian Flames #129 — $31
Raw $0.40 · grade 9 $10.65 · PSA 10 $31.39
Number 6 of the 9 cards in this line that carry a tracked value. A raw copy is a $0.40 card and the tracked graded tier is $31.39, a 78× separation. It is one of 4 cards from Obsidian Flames inside the ten above, which is a lot of the list to come from a single product. The raw card is cheap enough that the entire decision here is about the holder, not the card.
5. Paldean Clodsire [Reverse Holo] — Obsidian Flames #129 — $33
![Paldean Clodsire [Reverse Holo], English Pokemon card](https://cardspicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cs-card-ec8a8e574975c5817c654e000507992fee6e1cf467a9d17f5fb997f462499448.jpg?v=1791460203)
Raw $0.50 · grade 9 $11.24 · PSA 10 $32.66
Fifth place among the 9 priced printings in this line. A raw copy is a $0.50 card and the tracked graded tier is $32.66, a 65× separation. It is one of 4 cards from Obsidian Flames inside the ten above, which is a lot of the list to come from a single product. The raw card is cheap enough that the entire decision here is about the holder, not the card.
4. Paldean Clodsire ex — Paldean Fates #59 — $35
Raw $0.95 · grade 9 $17.51 · PSA 10 $35.25
At fourth place among the 9 priced printings here. A raw copy is a $0.95 card and the tracked graded tier is $35.25, a 37× separation. Paldean Fates supplies two cards to the ten above, and this is the lower of the pair. The raw card is cheap enough that the entire decision here is about the holder, not the card.
3. Paldean Clodsire ex — Journey Together #94 — $42
Raw $1.38 · grade 9 $15 · PSA 10 $42.21
Third of the 9 priced printings in this line, roughly the point at which the list stops falling steeply. It sits 1.94× below the card above. A raw copy is a $1.38 card and the tracked graded tier is $42.21, a 31× separation. One of the 9 English printings of this character in our catalogue that carry a tracked market value. The raw card is cheap enough that the entire decision here is about the holder, not the card.
2. Paldean Clodsire ex — Paldean Fates #219 — $82
Raw $3.14 · grade 9 $22.58 · PSA 10 $81.86
Second of the 9 priced printings in this line, and the last card before the list begins to separate. A raw copy is a $3.14 card and the tracked graded tier is $81.86, a 26× separation. Paldean Fates supplies two cards to the ten above, and this is the lower of the pair. The raw card is cheap enough that the entire decision here is about the holder, not the card.
1. Paldean Clodsire ex — Paldea Evolved #244 — $96
Raw $2.49 · grade 9 $21 · PSA 10 $96.24
The highest-priced card on the list, and the one that decides the shape of everything under it. A raw copy is a $2.49 card and the tracked graded tier is $96.24, a 39× separation. Paldea Evolved supplies two cards to the ten above, and this is the lower of the pair. The raw card is cheap enough that the entire decision here is about the holder, not the card.
This line only yields 9 priced printings for Clodsire.
Where Clodsire is printed, across the languages
| Printing line | Cards | With a tracked value | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese — exclusive sets | 1 | 1 | $43 |
| Japanese | 5 | 5 | $42 |
| English | 9 | 9 | $96 |
| All 3 lines | 15 | 15 | — |
What the ranking shows
On the Chinese-exclusive line, 1 cards carry a tracked value. The four at the top hold 100.0% of it.
| Band | Cards | Combined value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked 1 – 4 | 1 | $43 | 100.0% |
| Ranked 5 – 10 | 0 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Ranked 11 and below | 0 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Every priced Chinese-exclusive card | 1 | $43 | 100% |
If you want one card
One card, no budget limit:
Paldean Clodsire [Poke Ball] #80 — csv5C #80. $43, and it is the card most lists for this character name first.
One card, under two hundred dollars:
Paldean Clodsire [Poke Ball] #80 — csv5C #80. $43. It is not the card anyone photographs, but it is the same Pokémon from the same line.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most valuable Clodsire card in Simplified Chinese?
Among the Chinese-exclusive numbered sets, Paldean Clodsire [Poke Ball] #80 carries the highest tracked value at $43. Promos and other non-C numbered printings sit outside that comparison.
How many Clodsire cards exist in the Chinese-exclusive sets?
1 of the numbered Chinese-exclusive printings for this character carry a tracked market value in our catalogue.
Which Clodsire card leads the Japanese list?
Paldean Clodsire ex #74 from Starter Deck Generations at $42. Japanese is the original printing line, so its top of the list reaches back further than either Chinese or English.
Which Clodsire card leads the English list?
Paldean Clodsire ex #244 from Paldea Evolved at $96.
What do the marks next to some prices mean?
0 of the thirty ranked cards carry a mark. A double dagger (‡) means no PSA 10 copy of that card has sold in the last six months, so the graded price is a model output rather than a traded one. A single dagger (†) means the same thing, taken further: the model figure ran past the ceiling the card’s own lower grades support, so the ranking uses the capped number instead. None of them needed reducing on this page.
Is a PSA 10 worth the premium over a raw card?
It depends entirely on the card. On cheap modern printings the raw-to-graded multiple runs into double figures, which makes grading look like free money until you count the fee and the risk of the card coming back a nine. On the four-figure cards the multiple narrows, because the raw copy already carries most of the premium.
The other printing lines
Clodsire is printed in more lines than the three listed above. One line is kept here rather than dropped: the European languages we cannot price. None of them carries a market we can rank honestly, and each one below says why. They are folded because the ranked lists above should stay readable — open any of them to see that line in full.
Other-language printings — French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
not ranked here
The Pokémon Trading Card Game has been printed in more languages than any one page usually admits. The Pokémon Company’s own figures put it at sixteen languages across its history and thirteen in current release: Japanese, English, German, French, Italian, European and Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, both Chinese lines, Thai and Indonesian. Dutch, Polish and Russian runs existed earlier and have since stopped.
Not one of the European lines is listed or ranked on this page, and the reason sits with the price source rather than with the cards. Every figure on this page comes from PriceCharting, whose Pokémon catalogue runs to 803 set listings: 395 Japanese, 94 Chinese, 59 Korean and the remaining 255 English. There is no French, German, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese listing in it at all, so those lines have no sold record to rank on and no honest number to print.
That does not make those cards uncollected. German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Base Set printings are genuine late-1990s products with their own collectors, and Portuguese cards were printed for Portugal first and for Brazil later. They simply trade in far thinner markets than the English and Japanese lines, and the sold records that exist are too scattered to rank a list from.
If we ever have a source for those languages that we would put our name to, that line will appear here with the same treatment as the others — a ranked ten, traded and modelled figures marked separately, and the raw and grade 9 prices printed underneath.
More Pokémon
This page is one entry in a catalogue that covers every Pokémon in the line. The first 151 are all here, and beyond them the collection continues.
If you are looking at the whole Chinese market rather than one character, the ten most popular Chinese-exclusive cards ranks across Pokémon, the price ladder sorts the same catalogue into bands, and how many Chinese-exclusive cards exist sets out the full count. For the differences against the Japanese line, this comparison sets them out, and where to buy Simplified Chinese Pokémon cards compares the four buying routes.
Where to buy these cards
CardSpicy sells the cards in this guide as PSA 10 (Gem Mint) slabs only — no raw cards, and no grades below PSA 10. An in-stock listing states the PSA certification number and shows the exact slab photographed; the rest of the range is sourced to order.
- Chinese Exclusive cards — the full range, in stock and sourced to order.
- All PSA 10 graded cards.
- Where to buy Simplified Chinese Pokémon cards — the four buying routes compared, and how to check a card before you pay.
Other character rankings
Each character with a full five or ten-card ranking has its own page: Ceruledge, Charizard, Eevee, Espeon, Flareon, Floragato, Gengar, Glaceon, Jolteon, Leafeon, Mew, Pikachu, Sylveon, Umbreon, Vaporeon, and among the shorter runs Alakazam, Applin, Articuno, Blastoise, Captain Pikachu, Chandelure, Chansey, Charmander, Clefable, Crocalor, Cubone, Fuecoco.
Beyond the single character, the ten most popular Chinese-exclusive cards ranks across Pokémon, the price ladder sorts the same catalogue into bands, and the collector’s index lists every Pokémon that appears in the Chinese-only sets with its card count, priced count and top value.
We do not hold a Clodsire slab in Simplified Chinese — the character is outside our current stock. The cards we do hold are listed in the PSA 10 collection.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- PriceCharting — individual card pages for every card on this list, including the complete grade ladder from Ungraded to PSA 10, and the recorded marketplace and auction sales underneath them. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- PriceCharting — console listings for the Chinese-exclusive sets (151C, CBB1C to CBB6C, CSM2aC, CSM2bC, CSM2cC, CS3aC to CS5.5C, CSV4C to CSV10C), the Japanese line and the English line.
- PSA population report — graded populations quoted for the individual cards in this article, including the gem-mint share.
- The Pokémon Company — “Pokémon in Figures”, for the sixteen languages the TCG has been printed in and the number of cards produced, the figures quoted in the other-language note at the foot of this page.
- CardSpicy — How to read a Simplified Chinese Pokémon set code, on the trailing C and the secret-rare numbering convention.
- CardSpicy — the card library, for the character rankings and the printed-product counts this page is built from.
Prices quoted are secondary-market observations at the dates cited and move quickly; nothing here is a valuation or an investment recommendation. Our own asking prices for the cards we hold are on each product page.
Where to go next
- The CardSpicy card index — every card we track, with its PSA 10 population and market history (195 cards).
- The illustrator index — every artist behind those cards, card by card (110 artists).