Ampharos105/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
Pack fresh $112est.
- PSA 8$2335 sold · 90d · pop 278
- PSA 9$5997 sold · 90d · pop 145
- PSA 10$900modelled · pop 15
Why prices differ
TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for HeartGold & SoulSilver #105/123, 2010. 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.
What's your copy worth?
Estimated. This card has enough sales to price the top 15% but not the top 5%, so pack-fresh is projected from the gap we measure between those two tiers on cards that do — about 1.4x on vintage, 1.2x on modern. $126. That's about +104% over a typical Near Mint copy.
ⓘ How do we work this out?
We take every real sale of this exact card over the last 12 months (30 sales), sort them by price, and read off the top 15% and top 5%. No multipliers, no guesses — the prices cleaner copies actually fetched.
Why cleaner copies cost more: buyers can see condition in the photos and pay for it. Listings sellers describe as pack fresh or gem mint land in this top band 1.7× more often than ordinary ones — the premium follows the card, not the hype.
Copies in this band are also the ones collectors send to grading: far more likely than a typical binder copy to be submitted at all — and to come back with the strong grade that carries the PSA prices shown on this page. That prospect is part of what buyers are paying for here.
These are read straight off this card's own completed sales — sort them by price and take the top 15% and top 5%. Whether your copy qualifies is a judgment made by looking at the card.
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Ampharos is a Rare Prime Pokémon card from HeartGold & SoulSilver (#105, released 2010), illustrated by Kent Kanetsuna. It's a Stage 2 Prime Lightning-type Pokémon with 140 HP, evolving from Flaaffy, weak to Fighting ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 10 September 2026.
Ampharos price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence101 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 3 auctions, 5 accepted offers, 2 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every 3 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$39.99147 sales · 101 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$6007 sales · 7 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$3007 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 7$98.504 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 1$1524 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$2903 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 6$61.592 sales
- CGC 8.5$77.502 sales
Is Ampharos worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 8 — worth $233 against the $140 you put in. The money is in the 1 in 5 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $599–$900. Averaged over every outcome that is +$88 a card.
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.
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
Ampharos is a Ultra Rarecard — 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 | $900.01 | $109 | +$729 | 14.5× |
| PSA 9 | $599.00 | $106 | +$431 | 9.7× |
| PSA 8 | $233.00 | $72 | +$99 | 3.8× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 851 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 1.8% | $900.01 |
| PSA 9 | 17% | $599.00 |
| PSA 8 — typical | 31.5% | $233.00 |
| PSA 7 | 28.9% | $97.00 |
| PSA 6 | 13.2% | $50.00 |
| PSA 5 | 4.2% | $21.03 |
| PSA 4 | 1.5% | $21.03 |
| PSA 3 | 0.4% | $21.03 |
| PSA 2 | 0.4% | $21.03 |
| PSA 1 | 0.7% | $21.03 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.5% | $62.00 |
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
15 of the 887 PSA-graded Ampharos copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 1.7%. 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 887.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 236.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 11.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Ampharos 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Ampharos (Prime) 105/123 Heartgold & Soulsilver HoloRaw · eBay$17.11
Ampharos (Prime) 105/123 Heartgold & Soulsilver Holo 2010Raw · eBay$19.99
Ampharos Prime 105/123 HeartGold SoulSilver HPRaw · eBay$20.00
Pokemon TCG Ampharos Prime 105/123 Holo Ultra Rare HGSS Stage 2 140 HP MP/HPRaw · eBay$25.00
Ampharos 105/123 Prime Rare HeartGold & SoulSilver Pokemon Holo MPRaw · eBay$25.00
Pokemon Ampharos Prime 105/123 Ultra Rare HeartGold & SoulSilver MP/HPRaw · eBay$28.90Cheapest raw copy $17.11 — 72% below our near-mint estimate of $62
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 15 | modelled$900$900–$900 | |
| PSA 9pop 145 | ✓ 28 cert-verified$599$229–$599 | |
| PSA 8pop 278 | ✓ 35 cert-verified$233$177–$239 | |
| PSA 7pop 258 | ✓ 23 cert-verified$97$68–$97 | |
| PSA 6pop 122 | ✓ 16 cert-verified$50$43–$67 | |
| PSA 5pop 36 | modelled$21$12–$24 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
A typical Near Mint copy sells for $54.90. Grading-candidate copies — the cleanest 15% of sales — typically fetch $80.00 (+46%). Pack-fresh examples — the top 5% — go for about $112.
From 11 sales in the last 12 months. These describe the market — whether a specific copy is a grading candidate is a judgment made by looking at it.
For context: a graded PSA 1 slab of this card sells for about $140 (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
68% spreadCurrently 68% 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.
🔥 Trending in the community
#140 on the radarAmpharos is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
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Evolves from Flaaffy.
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Other Ampharos cards
There are 24 different Ampharos printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is HeartGold & SoulSilver #105 (Rare Prime). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Ampharos (HeartGold & SoulSilver #105) worth?
As of 10 September 2026, Ampharos from HeartGold & SoulSilver is worth approximately $62.00 ungraded (near-mint), and around $900 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 Ampharos?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Ampharos from HeartGold & SoulSilver is worth around $900 — roughly 15× the raw ungraded value of $62.00.
Should I grade my Ampharos?
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 Ampharos rare?
Ampharos is a Rare Prime card from HeartGold & SoulSilver (card #105).
How do I know if my Ampharos is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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