Rare Holo EXAncient Origins28/982015Illustrated by 5ban Graphics
M Ampharos-EX 28/98 · Ancient Origins price & value
Raw · near mint
$18.10
Updated
GradedFull ladder ↓
- CGC 10$1659.1×
- PSA 10$1508.3×
- PSA 9$462.5×
- Sales recorded
- 135
- every grade, since 2026
- Last 90 days
- 68 raw · 83 all
- 23 in the last 30, every grade
- Confidence
- Medium
- 68 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
- Latest sale
- 3d ago
- raw
Sold prices, not asking. Near Mint estimate from 105 completed sales of this exact card, each adjusted for the condition it sold in. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →
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What's your copy worth?
The headline above is Near Mint. Most copies that actually change hands are not — here is the same card at every condition it is realistically held in. How the grades are judged → How we price played copies →
NMheadline
Near Mint
$18.10
basis
LP
Lightly Played
$14.56
−20%
MP
Moderately Played
$12.15
−33%
HP
Heavily Played
$8.16
−55%
DM
Damaged
$7.65
−58%
And here is what an ungraded copy has actually done. The line ends on the Near Mint price above — the same number, not a second one.
Raw · latest
$18▲ 704%over 6 years
2021-01-01 → 2026-09-21
Copies for sale right now
Asking prices, not sales — the headline above is what copies actually sold for. Stock as of 2026-09-20T07:45:06.353Z.
Raw / ungraded
cheapest 6 of 24
M Ampharos EX 28/98 XY: Ancient Origins 2015 (English)eBay$4.25
M Ampharos EX Pokemon Ancient Origins 28 DamagedworneBay$7.99
M Ampharos EX 28/98 XY Pokemon Ancient Origins Ultra Rare Holo DamagedworneBay$8.00
Pokémon TCG M Ampharos EX 28/98 Ultra Rare Holo Ancient Origins 220 HPeBay$8.12
Nintendo Pokemon TCG M Ampharos EX 28/98 XY Ancient Origins ultra rareeBay$9.50
XY - Ancient Origins #28/98 M Ampharos EXeBay$10.00
Cheapest raw copy $4 — 77% below our near-mint estimate of $18 · 8 copies whose seller declares wear left out of that comparison
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What the sales actually show
The counts are in the hero; this is how the card trades — the range, the pace, where, and what each grade has actually fetched. Figures that name a grade cover that grade alone; the rest count every grade.
Range
$4 – $149
Raw — lowest to highest sale
Sales rate
22.2/mo
every grade, whole record
Momentum
-4%
Raw — 30d vs 90d median
Where it sells
100% eBay
Raw — last 90 days
Demand
70/100
Very liquid — sales rate, trend & buzz
What each grade sold for
- Raw$13107 sales · 68 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$369 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$1676 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$303 sales
- PSA 7$232 sales
- PSA 6$212 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$1652 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- SGC 8$181 sale
Medians of completed sales at that grade — not the ladder above, which prices every grade including the ones that have never traded here. Where the two differ, this one is what changed hands and the ladder is what it is worth.
Every sale we can show you
Completed sales from our own sold ledger, PSA’s certified-sale feed and the eBay comps, in one list, newest first — Fanatics, Goldin and eBay between them. Filter by grade: a raw copy and a graded slab are different objects, and averaging them is how a raw market comes to look wild. We hold 135 sales for this card going back to 2026; the ledger names its most recent eight per grade, which is what the table below can link to.
1–8 of 61 sales · 33 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.
Every grade, priced
Each row is a blended value for that slab, from real completed sales where we have them.
- CGC 10pop 25$1659.1× raw
- PSA 10pop 310✓ 44 cert-verified$1508.3× raw
- PSA 9pop 247$462.5× raw
- PSA 8pop 92$301.7× raw
- CGC 9.5pop 4modelled$231.2× raw
- PSA 7pop 46✓ 8 cert-verified$19
- Ungraded$18
- PSA 6pop 41modelled$14
- CGC 9pop 38modelled$12
A badge says what is behind the number. cert-verified means PSA sales each tied to a specific slab you can check by serial; sold means completed eBay or Fanatics listings; modelled means no verified graded sale exists and the figure is derived from the raw price and reference guides — a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. reviewed was set by hand after reading the sales record.
How many exist, and at what grade
PSA's cumulative census for this card — the same population behind the ladder above and the grading verdict below.
PSA 10 · gem mint
40.9%
310 of 758
PSA 9
32.6%
247 of 758
Total PSA graded
758
every grade, all time
- PSA 758 graded
- CGC 159 graded
- BGS 16 graded
The census is cumulative and counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the gem rate a first submission should expect. Treat it as the ceiling.
The odds of pulling one
M Ampharos-EX is a Holo / V / ex in Ancient Origins— the pack’s hit slot lands on holo / v / ex 27.9% of the time, split across 19 of them in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 68 packs.
Is M Ampharos-EX worth grading?
Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — not the PSA 10 outcome alone.
Verdict
Not worth it
every grade weighted by its census share
Expected net
$-6
after fees, all grades
Best case
$60
PSA 10 only
Grading cost
$71
tier fee + shipping
Best case is the PSA 10 outcome and the number to trust least — it assumes the gem rate the census above shows, which the census itself overstates. Expected net is the honest one.
That is the average submitted copy. Tell us about yours and the verdict re-prices — most cards stop being worth grading here. Not sure? Grade it from a photo →
These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
Trader
Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population, the ROI table and the ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and fees, Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
Built on 28 graded sales and a population of 1,306,596 · fees as of 2026-09-19.
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Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
More M Ampharos-EX and more from Ancient Origins
Prices are raw near mint; PSA 10 shown where we have one.
M Ampharos-EXAncient Origins · #88 · 2015$65.33PSA 10 $912
M Rayquaza-EXAncient Origins · #98 · 2015$894PSA 10 $12,250
Primal Groudon-EXAncient Origins · #97 · 2015$307PSA 10 $4,150
Primal Kyogre-EXAncient Origins · #96 · 2015$275PSA 10 $4,550
Lugia-EXAncient Origins · #94 · 2015$189PSA 10 $4,600
Hex ManiacAncient Origins · #75a · 2015$154PSA 10 $2,750
Giratina-EXAncient Origins · #93 · 2015$119PSA 10 $2,800
M Tyranitar-EXAncient Origins · #92 · 2015$116PSA 10 $972
M Sceptile-EXAncient Origins · #85 · 2015$115PSA 10 $1,454
Tyranitar-EXAncient Origins · #91 · 2015$97.34PSA 10 $1,675
GyaradosAncient Origins · #21 · 2015$65.03PSA 10 $3,400
Sceptile-EXAncient Origins · #84 · 2015$60.43PSA 10 $1,901
Ampharos-EXAncient Origins · #87 · 2015$53.07PSA 10 $1,800
Kyurem-EXAncient Origins · #86 · 2015$39.85PSA 10 $1,344
StevenAncient Origins · #95 · 2015$36.66PSA 10 $399
Hoopa-EXAncient Origins · #89 · 2015$35.60PSA 10 $860
Machamp-EXAncient Origins · #90 · 2015$31.20PSA 10 $999
M Tyranitar-EXAncient Origins · #43 · 2015$21.60PSA 10 $310
Energy RetrievalAncient Origins · #99 · 2015$19.03PSA 10 $153
M Sceptile-EXAncient Origins · #8 · 2015$18.83PSA 10 $350
Giratina-EXAncient Origins · #57 · 2015$18.38PSA 10 $351
EnteiAncient Origins · #15 · 2015$10.11PSA 10 $1,000
Lugia-EXAncient Origins · #68 · 2015$9.91PSA 10 $630
Trainers' MailAncient Origins · #100 · 2015$9.71PSA 10 $126
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Ancient Origins #28/98, 2015. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
Market data
Where else this card trades, where the markets disagree, and what the price series says about the last 90 days.
Across the markets
47% apart- Our raw sold median$13
- PriceCharting$16
- TCGplayer$18
Vendor prices for the same printing beside our own raw sold median — the same figure as the Raw row in the by-grade table. A wide gap is usually thin data on one side rather than an arbitrage; the headline is blended from sales, not from the cheapest of these.
What the series says
Volatility
volatile
90-day band
$2 – $18
Today’s price sits 99% of the way up that band. These are readings of the raw price series above — not separate measurements, and not a forecast.
About M Ampharos-EX
Which card this is — then the attacks and stats as printed, and the species behind them.
M Ampharos-EX is a Rare Holo EX Pokémon card from Ancient Origins (#28, released 2015), illustrated by 5ban Graphics. It’s a MEGA EX Lightning-type Pokémon with 220 HP, evolving from Ampharos-EX, weak to Fighting ×2. It’s listed among our ex cards.
Card text
Evolves from Ampharos-EX.
Lightning · Lightning · Colorless · Colorless
You may do 50 more damage and leave your opponent's Active Pokémon Paralyzed. If you do, this Pokémon does 30 damage to itself.
Mega Evolution rule: When 1 of your Pokémon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokémon, your turn ends.
Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Card details
- Number
- #28
- Rarity
- Rare Holo EX
- Released
- 2015
- Pokémon
- All Ampharos cards
- Generation
- Gen II · Johto
- Artist
- 5ban Graphics
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- MEGA, EX
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 220
- National Pokédex
- #181
- Card ID
- xy7-28
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Frequently asked questions
How much is M Ampharos-EX (Ancient Origins #28) worth?
As of 20 September 2026, M Ampharos-EX from Ancient Origins is worth approximately $18 ungraded in near-mint condition, and around $150 in PSA 10 gem mint. Blended from real completed sales and live market prices, updated daily.
What is the PSA 10 price for M Ampharos-EX?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) M Ampharos-EX from Ancient Origins is worth around $150 — roughly 8× the raw ungraded value of $18.
Should I grade my M Ampharos-EX?
Probably not. Weighted across the grades this card actually earns, expected value after the $71 grading fee is about $-6 — grading it is likely to cost more than it adds.
How often does M Ampharos-EX sell?
CardTrack recorded 83 completed sales of M Ampharos-EX (Ancient Origins #28) across every grade in the last 90 days, 68 of them raw, the most recent on 2026-09-18. The headline price is a blend of those sales rather than an asking price.
Is M Ampharos-EX rare?
M Ampharos-EX is a Rare Holo EX card from Ancient Origins (card #28), released in 2015.