Alakazam1/165 · Expedition Base Set Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Holofoil
- PSA 8$5356 sold · 90d · pop 333
- PSA 9$1,2058 sold · 90d · pop 265
- PSA 10$9,6004 sold · 90d · pop 72
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Expedition Base Set #1/165, 2002. 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.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 1/165.
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.
Alakazam is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Expedition Base Set (#1, released 2002), illustrated by Hajime Kusajima. It's a Stage 2 Psychic-type Pokémon with 100 HP, evolving from Kadabra, weak to Psychic ×2. It's listed among our holo rares. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 9 September 2026.
Alakazam price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence21 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 4 auctions, 3 accepted offers, 3 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every day (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$18027 sales · 21 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 9$1,3509 sales · 8 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 6$2907 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$6406 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 8.5$4236 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$10,0005 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 7$3953 sales
- CGC 9$5642 sales
Is Alakazam worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 8 — worth $535 against the $365 you put in. The money is in the 1 in 3 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $1,205–$10,000. Averaged over every outcome that is +$808 a card.
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These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
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
Alakazam is a Holo / V / ex in Expedition Base Set — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 33% of the time, split across 32 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 97 packs.
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 | $9,600.00 | $715 | +$8,643 | 39.6× |
| PSA 9 | $1,205.00 | $112 | +$851 | 5.0× |
| PSA 8 | $535.00 | $105 | +$187 | 2.2× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 1,139 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 6.3% | $9,999.99 |
| PSA 9 | 23.2% | $1,205.00 |
| PSA 8 — typical | 28.5% | $535.00 |
| PSA 7 | 15.4% | $306.00 |
| PSA 6 | 12.4% | $300.00 |
| PSA 5 | 6.9% | $193.00 |
| PSA 4 | 2.5% | $160.00 |
| PSA 3 | 1% | $160.00 |
| PSA 2 | 0.8% | $160.00 |
| PSA 1 | 2.5% | $156.00 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.6% | $242.43 |
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
72 of the 1,185 PSA-graded Alakazam copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 6.1%. 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 1,185.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 244.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 70.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 270.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Alakazam 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Alakazam - 1/165 - Pokemon Expedition Rare Holo E-Reader 2002Raw · eBay$142.28
Alakazam - 1/165 - Pokemon Expedition Holo Card NM-LPRaw · eBay$170.00
Alakazam 1/165 - Expedition Base Set - Holo Rare e-ReaderRaw · eBay$195.00
Alakazam 1/165 Holo Unlimited Rare Pokemon Card ExpeditionRaw · eBay$225.00
Alakazam Holo Rare Expedition 1/165 HPRaw · eBay$238.48
alakazam expedition holo 1/165Raw · eBay$248.99Cheapest raw copy $142.28 — 41% below our near-mint estimate of $242
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Market check
PSA 10: price guides list this around $4,300 — it actually sells for $9,600 (median of 15 cert-verified PSA sales, 3 recent)
Every sale behind this figure is tied to a specific PSA certificate — see the verified sales in the grading section below.
All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 72 | ✓ 15 cert-verified$9,600$2,311–$9,600 | |
| PSA 9pop 265 | ✓ 38 cert-verified$1,205$1,205–$1,711 | |
| PSA 8pop 333 | ✓ 38 cert-verified$535$523–$707 | |
| PSA 7pop 188 | ✓ 23 cert-verified$306$298–$403 | |
| PSA 6pop 158 | ✓ 27 cert-verified$300 | |
| PSA 5pop 89 | ✓ 16 cert-verified$193 | |
| PSA 4pop 29 | ✓ 5 cert-verified$160 | |
| PSA 1pop 29 | ✓ 17 cert-verified$156 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 6 slab of this card sells for about $300 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
40% spreadCurrently 40% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. 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.
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Kadabra.
Once during your turn, instead of Alakazam's normal attack, you may choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon's attacks. Alakazam copies that attack including its Energy costs and anything else required in order to use that attack, such as discarding Energy cards. (No matter what type that Pokémon is, Alakazam's type is still Psychic.) This power can't be used if Alakazam is affected by a Special Condition.
If Alakazam and the Defending Pokémon don't have the same number of Energy cards attached to them, this attack's base damage is 20 instead of 80.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Alakazam cards
There are 12 different Alakazam printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Expedition Base Set #1 (Rare Holo). The most valuable 7 are below.
More from Expedition Base Set
Frequently asked questions
How much is Alakazam (Expedition Base Set #1) worth?
As of 9 September 2026, Alakazam from Expedition Base Set is worth approximately $242.43 ungraded (near-mint), and around $9,600 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 Alakazam?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Alakazam from Expedition Base Set is worth around $9,600 — roughly 40× the raw ungraded value of $242.43.
Should I grade my Alakazam?
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 Alakazam rare?
Alakazam is a Rare Holo card from Expedition Base Set (card #1).
How do I know if my Alakazam is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
How do I know if my Alakazam is Reverse Holo?
The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
How do I tell this Alakazam apart from the Legendary Collection one?
They share a name and a card number but come from different sets, and the number printed on the card tells them apart: this one is 1/165 (Expedition Base Set, 2002) and the other is 1/110 (Legendary Collection, 2002).
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