Magnemite
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $1.37£1.03€1.21
- Today
- $1.06£0.80€0.93
- Change
- -$0.31-£0.23-€0.27 (-22.6%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 89 | $1.41£1.06€1.24 | $1.06£0.80€0.93 | |
| PSA 5 | 5 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 5 | 2 | – | $12£9.03€10.57 | |
| PSA 8 | 14 | 7 | $26.41£19.88€23.26 | $14.72£11.08€12.96 | |
| PSA 9 | 86 | 14 | $34£25.59€29.94 | $30.97£23.31€27.27 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $34£25.59€29.94 | |
| PSA 10 | 76 | 8 | $120.11£90.40€105.78 | $90.85£68.38€80.01 | |
About these prices
40.4% 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 858 completed sales, updated Sep 29, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
858 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics CollectShow 288 more, the newest 300 of 858
Vintage Pokemon TCG Magnemite 53/102 Base Set Unlimited Common ENG 40HP 053/102$0.50£0.38€0.44
10Pokemon Magnemite Base Set Unlimited 53/102 PSA 10 Gem Mint 53/102$120.22£90.48€105.87Magnemite 53/102 Common Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly Played 53/102$1.53£1.15€1.35Pokemon Magnemite 53/102 Common Base Set Unlimited Lightly Played 53/102$3.33£2.51€2.93Magnemite 53/102 Vintage Base Set Unlimited Common Pokemon Card WOTC D10 53/102$1.50£1.13€1.32Magnemite 53/102 Common Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly Played 53/102$1.29£0.97€1.14Magnemite 53/102 Common Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly Played 53/102$1.89£1.42€1.667Pokémon TCG Magnemite Base Set Unlimited Common Card 53/102 CGC 7.5 Near Mint 53/102$10£7.53€8.81Magnemite 53/102 Common Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Heavily Played 53/102$1.60£1.20€1.41
NM Near Mint Magnemite 53/102 - Base Set - WOTC - Pokémon Card - 1999 53/102$1.99£1.50€1.75Magnemite 53/102 Vintage Base Set Unlimited Common Pokemon Card WOTC Near Mint 53/102$2.11£1.59€1.86ABRA 43/102 & Magnemite 53/102 Base Set - Pokemon Card - Vintage TCG 109/132$1.25£0.94€1.108Magnemite 53/102 Base Set Regular CGC 8.5 English Pokémon TCG 1999 053/102$0.99£0.75€0.87Magnemite 53/102 Vintage Base Set Unlimited Common Pokemon Card WOTC D26 53/102$1.50£1.13€1.32Pokemon Magnemite 53/102 Base Set Common Regular Unlimited English MP 053/102$1.42£1.07€1.259CGC 9 Magnemite 53/102 Base Set 1999 Pokémon TCG English Regular 053/102$11.50£8.66€10.1310Magnemite GEM MINT PSA 10 Base Set Unlimited 53/102 Pokemon Card 53/102$71.74£53.99€63.1810⭐PSA 10 Magnemite 53/102 ⭐Base Set Pokemon Non-Holo Card WOTC 1999 - Gem Mint 053/102$80.48£60.57€70.889Base Set Unlimited Magnemite 53/102 Pokemon Cards 1999 CGC 9 Mint 53/102$19.99£15.05€17.609Pokémon Magnemite Base Set Unlimited 53/102 Beckett 9 Basic 40 HP Common English 053/102$10£7.53€8.81More from Base Set
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AlakazamGrading odds
PSA has graded 1,722 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 31.4% 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 $44.38£33.41€39.09 on average against $101.05£76.05€88.99 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $56.67£42.65€49.90, so a copy is worth more raw.
What 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CGC 9 or 9.5 | $13.50£10.16€11.89 | 11 |
| CGC 8.5 | $5.73£4.31€5.05 | 5 |
Card facts
- Card number
- 053/102
- Rarity
- Common
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Set released
- Jan 9, 1999
- PSA population, all printings
- 1,722
- Printings priced
- 1
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The same card in other sets
What moves the price of this card
The Magnemite on this page is the Normal printing from Base Set, and it trades at $0.82£0.62€0.72 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 $12£9.03€10.57, PSA 8 $14.72£11.08€12.96, PSA 9 $30.97£23.31€27.27, CGC/BGS 9.5 $34£25.59€29.94, PSA 10 $90.85£68.38€80.01. PSA has graded 1,722 copies of it. 858 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Magnemite worth?
A PSA 10 Magnemite from Base Set sells for $90.85. 40.4% 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 Magnemite from Base Set worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $52.35 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $1.06 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $48.70.
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 $90.85£68.38€80.01. 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 Magnemite does
Basic · 40 HP · retreat 1
Thunder Wave10Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Selfdestruct40Does 10 damage to each Pokémon on each player's Bench. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Magnemite does 40 damage to itself.
Weak to Fighting ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.