Magcargo Great Encounters #45

Card #45 · Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita

90 HPFirePokémonStage 1

Market value · ungraded

$1.90

▲ 6.5% · 30d

Blended across Fanatics + TCGplayer + Cardmarket
Sold prices, not asking · Updated 5 July 2026
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Estimated value · Near Mint

$1.90

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9 different Magcargo printings exist — is this your card? Great Encounters #45

Magcargo is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Great Encounters (#45), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 90 HP, evolving from Slugma, weak to Water +20. Its current blended market value is $1.90 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 5 July 2026.

#19 most valuable Magcargo of 30 #94 most valuable in Great Encounters of 106

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$2.12

LPLightly Played$0.60

HPHeavily Played$0.40

7-dayflat

30-day▲ 6.5%

90-day▲ 29.3%

All-time high$2

All-time low$1

Other printingsNormal · $0.47

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$2

Normal$0

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$2.12

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9		$10$10–$10

“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · Raw

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Latest

$1.15

Period high

$2.36

Period low

$0.76

Change

▼ 8.0%

Recent sold prices

Last sold price

$32

CGC 8 · 23 Mar 2026

Typical CGC 8

$32

Sales · last 90 days

How often it sells

Rarely sells

0 in last 30 days

CGC 82008 Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Great Encounters Reverse Holo Magcargo #45 CGC 8 NM-MTWeekly Sunday Auction #218 · 23 Mar 2026$32

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

Only 55% of 194 CGC-graded Magcargo copies are a gem-mint 10 (106 of 194) — the rest grade lower.

CGC194 gradedCGC 10 · 106 · 55% gem rate

Full grade breakdown (5 grades)

10106

9.518

922

8.518

810

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Magcargo 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

−$62

Raw $1.90 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $10.23
after ~$70.09 grading fee → 5.4× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$10.23	$70.09	−$62	5.4×

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Cross-market prices

30% spread

TCGplayer · cheapest$2

PriceCharting · dearest$2

Currently 30% 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

Momentum · 30dRising +7%

Cross-marketMarkets disagree 30% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

90% cheaper than the US

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$0

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Card text

Evolves from Slugma.

Magma Armor · Poké-Body

Magcargo can't be Asleep or Paralyzed.

Lava Plume60

Fire · Fire · Colorless

You may discard the top card of your deck. If you do, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned.

Weakness Water +20Retreat 3

“Its body temperature is roughly 18,000 degrees F. Flames spout from gaps in its hardened shell.”

About the Pokémon

Lava PokémonGEN IISlugma → Magcargo

The shell on its back is just skin that has cooled and hardened. It breaks easily with a slight touch.

Card details

SetGreat Encounters →

Number#45

RarityUncommon

PokémonAll Magcargo cards →

GenerationGen II · Johto →

ArtistMitsuhiro Arita →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesStage 1

TypeFire

HP90

Evolves fromSlugma

WeaknessWater +20

Retreat cost3

National Pokédex#219

Card IDdp4-45

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Magcargo cards

There are 9 different Magcargo printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Great Encounters #45 (Uncommon).