
Alakazam

Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $20.99£15.80€18.49
- Today
- $46.59£35.07€41.03
- Change
- +$25.60+£19.27+€22.55 (+122%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 438 | $34.65£26.08€30.52 | $46.59£35.07€41.03 | |
| PSA 1 | 2 | 5 | $105.01£79.04€92.48 | $117.50£88.44€103.48 | |
| PSA 2 | – | 3 | – | $28.53£21.47€25.13 | |
| PSA 3 | 4 | 10 | $37.05£27.89€32.63 | $37.05£27.89€32.63 | |
| PSA 4 | 10 | 15 | $38.55£29.01€33.95 | $38.47£28.95€33.88 | |
| PSA 5 | 26 | 18 | $48.48£36.49€42.69 | $47£35.37€41.39 | |
| PSA 6 | 27 | 42 | $58£43.65€51.08 | $59.07£44.46€52.02 | |
| PSA 7 | 27 | 49 | $90£67.74€79.26 | $70.46£53.03€62.05 | |
| PSA 8 | 46 | 66 | $150.25£113.09€132.32 | $135.50£101.98€119.33 | |
| PSA 9 | 27 | 39 | $360£270.95€317.04 | $339.16£255.27€298.69 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $373£280.74€328.49 | |
| PSA 10 | 2 | 7 | $2,850£2,145€2,510 | $2,553£1,922€2,249 |
About these prices
1.2% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. Sold and median are 90 days of PSA sales. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population. A PSA 1 selling above a PSA 2 is the market, not a slip: the cheapest slabbed copy of a card people want is its own thing to want.
Priced from 5,836 completed sales, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
5,836 completed listings on Fanatics Collect, eBay, Goldin Auctions
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7Grading odds
PSA has graded 20,585 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 2.2% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around. Weighting each grade’s PSA price by these odds, a submission is worth $182.38£137.27€160.61 on average against $415.59£312.79€366 for the card plus $349£262.67€307.35 at Super Express, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $233.21£175.53€205.38, so a copy is worth more raw.
What BGS and CGC copies sold for
Sold prices from listings that named the grader and the grade, not asking prices, and not a PSA figure converted across. A CGC 9 runs about 0.44x the PSA 9 on the cards where we hold both, but the spread is wide enough that it is only worth quoting where copies actually traded, which is what these are. The count beside each price is how many.
CGC 9 and 9.5 are one row on purpose. A CGC 9.5 sells for 3% more than a 9 across the corpus and is the cheaper of the two on nearly half of cards, so the market is not pricing them apart and splitting them here would invent a distinction. BGS is left split because there the same test says a 9.5 really is worth about 30% more.
| Grade | Median sold | Sales |
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| BGS 9.5 | $311.25£234.26€274.11 | 6 |
| CGC 9 or 9.5 | $154.74£116.46€136.27 | 20 |
| CGC 8.5 | $110£82.79€96.87 | 5 |
| CGC 7.5 | $62.50£47.04€55.04 | 6 |
Card facts
- Card number
- 001/102
- Rarity
- Holo Rare
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Set released
- Jan 9, 1999
- PSA population, all printings
- 20,585
- Printings priced
- 1
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The same card in other sets
What moves the price of this card
The Alakazam on this page is the Holofoil printing from Base Set, and it trades at $69.33£52.18€61.06 in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.
Graded, it runs PSA 2 $28.53£21.47€25.13, PSA 3 $37.05£27.89€32.63, PSA 4 $38.47£28.95€33.88, PSA 5 $47£35.37€41.39, PSA 6 $59.07£44.46€52.02, PSA 7 $70.46£53.03€62.05, PSA 8 $135.50£101.98€119.33, PSA 9 $339.16£255.27€298.69, CGC/BGS 9.5 $373£280.74€328.49, PSA 10 $2,553£1,922€2,249. PSA has graded 20,585 copies of it. 5,836 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Alakazam worth?
A PSA 10 Alakazam from Base Set sells for $2,553. 1.2% of the copies PSA has graded came back a 10, so that price is the best case rather than the one a submission should expect.
Is Alakazam from Base Set worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $149.79 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $46.59 for a raw copy plus $369 to send it through PSA Super Express, so it loses $265.80.
Condition does most of the work below the surface. A copy with soft corners or a print line off centre trades well under the market price shown here, and a copy clean enough to grade trades well above it, which is why the PSA 10 sits at $2,553£1,922€2,249. Before you value your own copy, look at the corners under a light and check the centring on the back, where most cards give themselves away.
What Alakazam does
Stage2, evolves from Kadabra · 80 HP · retreat 3
As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may move 1 damage counter from 1 of your Pokémon to another as long as you don't Knock Out that Pokémon. This power can't be used if Alakazam is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
Weak to Psychic ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.
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