Magikarp
- Set
- Base Set 2
- Number
- 050/130
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- Feb 24, 2000
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $1.02£0.77€0.92
- Today
- $2£1.51€1.81
- Change
- +$0.98+£0.74+€0.89 (+96.1%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 107 | $1.99£1.50€1.80 | $2£1.51€1.81 | |
| PSA 2 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 3 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 4 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 6 | 1 | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 8 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 25 | – | – | $14.99£11.33€13.56 | |
| PSA 8 | 38 | 4 | – | $30£22.68€27.14 | |
| PSA 9 | 91 | 7 | $46£34.78€41.62 | $64£48.39€57.91 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $70£52.92€63.34 | |
| PSA 10 | 53 | 2 | – | $182.50£137.98€165.13 | |
About these prices
23.6% 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.
Priced from 436 completed sales, updated Nov 14, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
436 completed listings on eBayShow 288 more, the newest 300 of 436
Pokemon TCG Magikarp 050/130 Base Set 2 Unlimited Uncommon Regular 30 HP NM! 050/130$1.80£1.36€1.63102000 Pokemon Game Base Set II 2 #50 Magikarp PSA 10 GEM MINT NEW CERT! #50$182.50£137.98€165.13Pokémon TCG Magikarp Base Set 2 50/130 Regular Unlimited Uncommon LP 050/130$2.99£2.26€2.71Pokemon Card Magikarp 50/130 Uncommon Unlimited Base Set 2 1999 Near Mint 050/130$4.85£3.67€4.39
Magikarp 050/130 Base Set 2 Unlimited Regular Basic 30 HP Pokémon TCG 050/130$0.80£0.60€0.72Pokemon TCG: Magikarp 35/102 Base Set & Magikarp 50/130 Base 2- Unlimited-LP 50/130$3.97£3€3.59More from Base Set 2
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CGC has graded 257 copies. Where they landed:
These are CGC grades. The prices above are for PSA slabs, and a CGC 10 is not the same grade as a PSA 10, so read the two as separate markets rather than one.
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 22.7% 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 $74.77£56.53€67.65 on average against $101.99£77.11€92.28 for the card plus $79.99£60.48€72.38 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $27.22£20.58€24.63, so a copy is worth more raw.
Card facts
- Card number
- 050/130
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Set released
- Feb 24, 2000
- PSA population, all printings
- 242
- Printings priced
- 1
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The same card in other sets
Legendary Collection052/110$699.99£529.23€633.36
EX Team Rocket Returns65/109$599.99£453.62€542.88
Paldea Evolved203/193$288.91£218.43€261.41
EX Deoxys64/107$259.99£196.57€235.24
EX Holon Phantoms69/110$216.35£163.57€195.76
EX FireRed & LeafGreen67/112$209.99£158.76€190
Base Set (Shadowless)035/102$164.99£124.74€149.29
Expedition118/165$158.48£119.82€143.39What moves the price of this card
The Magikarp on this page is the Normal printing from Base Set 2, and it trades at $1.74£1.32€1.57 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 7 $14.99£11.33€13.56, PSA 8 $30£22.68€27.14, PSA 9 $64£48.39€57.91, CGC/BGS 9.5 $70£52.92€63.34, PSA 10 $182.50£137.98€165.13. PSA has graded 242 copies of it. 436 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Magikarp worth?
A PSA 10 Magikarp from Base Set 2 sells for $182.50. 23.6% 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 from Base Set 2 worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $75.77 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $2 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $26.22.
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 $182.50£137.98€165.13. 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 Magikarp does
Basic · 30 HP · retreat 1
Tackle10Flail10Does 10 damage times number of damage counters on Magikarp.
Weak to Lightning ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.