Magikarp & Wailord GX

What moves the price of this card

The Magikarp & Wailord GX on this page is the Holofoil printing from SM Promos, and it trades at $185.55£140.29€167.89 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 6 $66.50£50.28€60.17, PSA 7 $208.67£157.77€188.81, PSA 8 $441.33£333.67€399.32, PSA 9 $2,628£1,987€2,378, CGC/BGS 9.5 $2,891£2,186€2,616, PSA 10 $56,105£42,418€50,765. PSA has graded 1,607 copies of it. 1,374 completed sales are on file.

What is a PSA 10 Magikarp & Wailord GX worth?

A PSA 10 Magikarp & Wailord GX from SM Promos sells for $56,105. 0.8% 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 Magikarp & Wailord GX from SM Promos worth grading?

On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $1,034 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $51 for a raw copy plus $3,019 to send it through PSA Premium 3, so it loses $2,036.

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 $56,105£42,418€50,765. 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.