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1 other Dark Ampharos printings exist — is this your card? Neo Destiny 1/105 ↓
Dark Ampharos — Neo Destiny #1

Rare HoloNeo Destiny1/1052002Illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno

Dark Ampharos 1/105 · Neo Destiny price & value

Raw · near mint

$109

Updated

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Sales recorded
142
every grade, since 2025
Last 90 days
66 raw · 102 all
40 in the last 30, every grade
Confidence
Medium
66 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
Latest sale
2d ago
raw
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Sold prices, not asking. Near Mint estimate from 93 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

    $109

    —

  • LP

    Lightly Played

    $77.65

    −29%

  • MP

    Moderately Played

    $77.65

    −29%

  • HP

    Heavily Played

    $39.80

    −63%

  • DM

    Damaged

    $29.57

    −73%

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Copies for sale right now

Asking prices, not sales — the headline above is what copies actually sold for. Stock as of 2026-09-14T07:11:22.705Z.

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Cheapest raw copy $49 — 55% below our near-mint estimate of $109 · 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

$22 – $281

Raw — lowest to highest sale

Sales rate

23.5/mo

every grade, whole record

Momentum

0%

Raw — 30d vs 90d median

Where it sells

100% eBay

Raw — last 90 days

Demand

75/100

Very liquid — sales rate, trend & buzz

What each grade sold for

  • Raw$7093 sales · 66 in 90d, sells often
  • PSA 8$19011 sales · 7 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 9$2259 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 7$987 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
  • CGC 9$1863 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
  • CGC 8.5$1333 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 6$812 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
  • PSA 5$1032 sales · 2 in 90d, rare

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 142 sales for this card going back to 2025; the ledger names its most recent eight per grade, which is what the table below can link to.

Item soldGradeVenueDateCertificatePrice
Pokemon Neo Destiny Dark Ampharos 1/105 Unlimited Holo SWIRL 🌀 Rare Card NMRaweBay2026-09-14—$135
2002 Pokemon Neo Destiny Dark Ampharos Holo Foil 1/105RaweBay2026-09-13—$44.99
Pokemon Dark Ampharos Neo Destiny Unlimited Holo Rare #1 PSA 9 MintPSA 9eBay2026-09-11—$450
2002 Pokémon Neo Destiny Dark Ampharos 1/105 · PSA 2PSA 2Fanatics CollectBestOffer2026-09-09152479757$55.00
Dark Ampharos 1/105 Neo Destiny 2000 English Holo Rare Unlimited Pokémon TCGRaweBay2026-09-09—$50.00
Pokemon Dark Ampharos Holo Card 1/105 Neo DestinyRaweBay2026-09-08—$69.99
Dark Ampharos Pokemon 1/105 Neo Destiny Holo @1995-2000 LP🔥RaweBay2026-09-08—$99.99
Dark Ampharos 1/105 Neo Destiny Holo Rare Unlimited Pokemon WOTC MPRaweBay2026-09-07—$49.99

1–8 of 88 sales · 42 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.

  • PSA 10pop 42✓ 7 cert-verified$3,15029× raw
  • BGS 10modelled$2,19920× raw
  • PSA 9pop 236$2302.1× raw
  • PSA 8pop 258$2001.8× raw
  • Ungraded$114
  • PSA 7pop 194✓ 22 cert-verified$108
  • PSA 6pop 129✓ 11 cert-verified$76

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

4.2%

42 of 998

PSA 9

23.6%

236 of 998

Total PSA graded

998

every grade, all time

  • PSA 998 graded
  • CGC 440 graded
  • BGS 86 graded
  • TAG 12 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

Dark Ampharos is a Holo / V / ex in Neo Destiny— the pack’s hit slot lands on holo / v / ex 33% of the time, split across 16 of them in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 48 packs.

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Is Dark Ampharos worth grading?

Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — not the PSA 10 outcome alone.

Verdict

Worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$93

after fees, all grades

Best case

$2,641

PSA 10 only

Grading cost

$86

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.

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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.

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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.

Trader plan and above →
  • 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 49 graded sales and a population of 1,890,789 · fees as of 2026-09-15.

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More Dark Ampharos and more from Neo Destiny

Prices are raw near mint; PSA 10 shown where we have one.

Make sure you have the right card

Every price on this page is for Neo Destiny #1/105, 2002. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.

1st Edition Holofoil printing
1st Edition Holofoil
Bottom-left of the illustration window

A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.

Unlimited Holopriced on this page
Right-hand edge of the illustration window

On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.

Market data

Where else this card trades, where the markets disagree, and what the price series says about the last 90 days.

🇪🇺 Europe price · eBay sold

$80

Median of 25 raw sales, last 90 days (25 UK)

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Across the markets

88% apart
  • PriceCharting$61
  • Our raw sold median$70
  • TCGplayer$114

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.

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About Dark Ampharos

Which card this is — then the attacks and stats as printed, and the species behind them.

Dark Ampharos is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Neo Destiny (#1, released 2002), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. It’s a Stage 2 Lightning-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Dark Flaaffy, weak to Fighting ×2. It’s listed among our holo rares.

#5 most valuable Ampharos of 40#18 most valuable in Neo Destiny of 113

Card text

Evolves from Dark Flaaffy.

ConductivityPokémon Power

Whenever your opponent attaches an Energy card from his or her hand to a Pokémon, this power does 10 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance.) This power stops working if you have more than 1 Dark Ampharos in play or while Dark Ampharos is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Shock Bolt50

Lightning · Colorless · Colorless

Discard all Lightning Energy cards attached to Dark Ampharos or this attack does nothing.

Weakness Fighting ×2Retreat 2

“Its brightly lit tail can be seen for miles in the dark, even by ships on the sea.”

The Pokémon

Light PokémonGEN II

Mareep → Flaaffy → Ampharos

The tail's tip shines brightly and can be seen from far away. It acts as a beacon for lost people.

Card details

Set
Neo Destiny
Number
#1
Rarity
Rare Holo
Released
2002
Pokémon
All Ampharos cards
Generation
Gen II · Johto
Artist
Kagemaru Himeno
Supertype
Pokémon
Subtypes
Stage 2
Type
Lightning
HP
70
National Pokédex
#181
Card ID
neo4-1
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Frequently asked questions

How much is Dark Ampharos (Neo Destiny #1) worth?

As of 16 September 2026, Dark Ampharos from Neo Destiny is worth approximately $109 ungraded in near-mint condition, and around $3,150 in PSA 10 gem mint. Blended from real completed sales and live market prices, updated daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Dark Ampharos?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Dark Ampharos from Neo Destiny is worth around $3,150 — roughly 29× the raw ungraded value of $109.

Should I grade my Dark Ampharos?

Probably yes. Weighting every grade by how often this card actually earns it, the expected value after the $86 grading fee is about $93 — and a PSA 10 would net roughly $2,641. That assumes a copy clean enough to have a real shot at a high grade.

How often does Dark Ampharos sell?

CardTrack recorded 102 completed sales of Dark Ampharos (Neo Destiny #1) across every grade in the last 90 days, 66 of them raw, the most recent on 2026-09-14. The headline price is a blend of those sales rather than an asking price.

Is Dark Ampharos rare?

Dark Ampharos is a Rare Holo card from Neo Destiny (card #1), released in 2002.