Magikarp50/130 · Base Set 2 Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$251 sold · 90d · pop 42
- PSA 9$603 sold · 90d · pop 98
- PSA 10$812 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 55
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Base Set 2 #50/130, 2000. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Magikarp is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Base Set 2 (#50, released 2000), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 30 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 10 September 2026.
Magikarp price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence19 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
6 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 7 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$1.9919 sales · 19 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 9$60.003 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$2913 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$22.002 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$20.501 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 4$15.501 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 2$15.501 sale
- Lot$6.001 sale
Is Magikarp worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $60 against the $72 you put in, a $12 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $60–$81. Averaged over every outcome that is −$22 a card.
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Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price 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 its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually 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.
The odds
Magikarp is a Uncommoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.
Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.
Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
| Target grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $81.25 | $71 | +$8 | 40.0× |
| PSA 9 | $60.00 | $71 | −$13 | 29.6× |
| PSA 8 | $25.00 | $70 | −$47 | 12.3× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 227 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 23.3% | $81.25 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 40.5% | $60.00 |
| PSA 8 | 16.7% | $25.00 |
| PSA 7 | 11% | $18.34 |
| PSA 6 | 3.5% | $2.03 |
| PSA 5 | 2.6% | $15.96 |
| PSA 4 | 0.4% | $2.03 |
| PSA 3 | 0.4% | $2.03 |
| PSA 2 | 0.9% | $2.03 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.4% | $2.03 |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
55 of the 240 PSA-graded Magikarp copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 23%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 240.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 232.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 3.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Magikarp 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
2000 Base Set 2 Magikarp #50/130Raw · eBay$0.99
Magikarp 50/130 UC Base Set 2 Pokemon MPRaw · eBay$0.99
Magikarp 50/130 Base Set 2 Pokemon LPRaw · eBay$1.00
Magikarp 50/130 Uncommon Base Set 2 Pokemon Lightly PlayedRaw · eBay$1.37
Magikarp 50/130 Uncommon Base Set 2 Pokemon LPRaw · eBay$1.49
Magikarp 50/130 Uncommon Base Set 2 Pokemon 2000Raw · eBay$1.49Cheapest raw copy $0.99 — 51% below our near-mint estimate of $2
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 55 | modelled$81$81–$81 | |
| PSA 9pop 98 | ✓ 8 cert-verified$60$12–$60 | |
| PSA 8pop 42 | ✓ 8 cert-verified$25$17–$25 | |
| PSA 7pop 26 | modelled$18$13–$20 | |
| PSA 5pop 6 | modelled$16$10–$16 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 5 slab of this card sells for about $16 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
1% spreadCurrently 1% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.
Market signal
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
🔥 Trending in the community
#143 on the radarMagikarp is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
What people are saying: “Shining Magikarp Error Psa 5” · 12↑
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Does 10 damage times the number of damage counters on Magikarp.
“In the distant past, it was stronger than its horribly weak descendants that exist today.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Magikarp cards
There are 35 different Magikarp printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base Set 2 #50 (Uncommon). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Magikarp (Base Set 2 #50) worth?
As of 10 September 2026, Magikarp from Base Set 2 is worth approximately $2.03 ungraded (near-mint), and around $81 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.
What is the PSA 10 price for Magikarp?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Magikarp from Base Set 2 is worth around $81 — roughly 40× the raw ungraded value of $2.03.
Should I grade my Magikarp?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Magikarp rare?
Magikarp is a Uncommon card from Base Set 2 (card #50).
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