Illustration RarePaldea Evolved203/1932023PSA 9

Magikarp 203/193 · Paldea Evolved PSA 9 price

PSA 9 · mint slab

$489

Fair buy $416 · sell $5621.4× rawUpdated today

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Raw NM$358
PSA 9this page$4891.4×
PSA 10$4,08011×

PSA 9 sales: 156; 6 cert-verified
Last 90 days: 122; sells often
Confidence: High; 122 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.
Latest sale: 2d ago; one every ~1d

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Our published graded price for this card, checked against every cert-verified sale below. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →

PSA’s own estimate for a PSA 9: $469 (range $441–$498, high confidence, from cert #105860203, checked Sept 2026). Our price sits inside PSA’s range. PSA builds it from the same auction records we track, so it is a cross-check, not a second source.

Checked against PSAInside PSA’s range

PSA $469

Ours $489

PSA low $441PSA high $498

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PSA 9 slabs for sale right now

Live asks for a PSA 9 of this exact card · stock as of today. A raw copy or a reverse holo is a different product and is not in this list.

No live listings in our latest snapshot for this grade — the marketplaces above search it directly.

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Why $489? Cert-verified PSA 9 sales

Each sale is tied by PSA to a specific graded slab — click the cert to check the exact card, grade and serial on psacard.com. Outliers against the grade’s own median are dropped; qualified slabs are listed separately beneath.

Date	Sold via	Cert	Price
2026-09-26	eBay · bestoffer	listing #100625460	$440
2026-09-25	eBay · bestoffer	listing #164427815	$399
2026-09-25	eBay · fixedprice	listing #135318113	$400
2026-09-24	eBay · bestoffer	listing #140239046	$561
2026-09-24	eBay · bestoffer	listing #141411689	$464
2026-09-23	eBay · fixedprice	listing #169714793	$485

0 of 6 were competitive auctions; 4 best offers and 2 fixed-price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 1 days, the median gap between cert-verified sales.

PSA 9 price history

Monthly medians of cert-verified PSA 9 sales — 257 sales across 4 months, Jun 2026 to Sep 2026.

PSA 9 · index · latest

$489▲ 30%over 366 days

2025-10-03 → 2026-10-04

The recorded PSA 9 price index, closing on the figure above. The line is the running level, so a single unusually cheap or dear sale does not spike it. Hover any day for its price on the line.

Latest $460 (Sep 2026, 59 sales) · ▼ 16% since Jun 2026

Slab history — PSA 9 copies that have sold more than once

2 slabs have sold more than once, across 2 resales. That is 2 of the 243 distinct slabs behind 259 cert-linked sales at this grade — 0.8%. The rest we have seen sell once, which is not evidence they have not sold before.

Cert	Sales of this slab	Between	Gross change
#120633297	Jun 2026 $540→Aug 2026 $396	Under 3 months	-26.7%
#136904720	Jun 2026 $500→Aug 2026 $425	Under 3 months	-15.0%

A cert reappearing shows the same physical slab sold again — it identifies no buyer or seller. Gross change is price to price; fees, shipping and the grading cost are not in it.

Every PSA 9 sale we can show you

Cert-verified sales, the eBay comps, our own ledger and Fanatics, in one list newest first. We hold 156 PSA 9 sales with a median of $489; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to. Fanatics alone: 25 PSA 9 sales, 5 in the last 90 days.

GraderGradeCert-verified only 6

	Grade	Venue	Date	Certificate	Price
Magikarp 203/193 Sv02: Paldea Evolved Holo PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-10-03	—	$410
Pokemon Magikarp Paldea Evolved Holo Illustration Rare 203/193 2023 PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-10-03	—	$440
Magikarp 203/193 Sv02: Paldea Evolved Holo PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-10-02	—	$420
2023 POKEMON MAGIKARP IR PALDEA EVOLVED #203 PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-10-02	—	$417
PSA 9 Magikarp 203/193 Sv02: Paldea Evolved Holo	PSA 9	eBay	2026-10-02	—	$425
2023 Pokemon SV Paldea Evolved Magikarp Illustration Rare #203/193 PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-30	—	$352
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paldea Evolved Illustration Rare Magikarp #203 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-09-28	—	$348
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paldea Evolved Illustration Rare Magikarp #203 PSA	PSA 9	Fanatics	2026-09-28	—	$290
2023 POKEMON PAL EN-PALDEA EVOLVED ILLUSTRATION RARE #203 MAGIKARP PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-27	—	$415
2023 Pokémon Paldea Evolved Magikarp 203/193 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-26	100625460	$440
2023 Pokémon Paldea Evolved Magikarp 203/193 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayFixedPrice	2026-09-25	135318113	$400
2023 Pokémon Paldea Evolved Magikarp 203/193 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-25	164427815	$399
2023 Pokémon Paldea Evolved Magikarp 203/193 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-24	141411689	$464
2023 Pokémon Paldea Evolved Magikarp 203/193 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-24	140239046	$561
2023 Pokémon Paldea Evolved Magikarp 203/193 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayFixedPrice	2026-09-23	169714793	$485
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paldea Evolved IR Magikarp #203 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-09-14	—	$372
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paldea Evolved IR Magikarp #203 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-09-14	—	$360
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paldea Evolved IR Magikarp #203 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-08-31	—	$396
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paldea Evolved IR Magikarp #203 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-08-10	—	$420
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paldea Evolved IR Magikarp #203 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-06-29	—	$492
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paldea Evolved IR Magikarp #203 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-06-22	—	$540
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paldea Evolved IR Magikarp #203 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-06-15	—	$468

1–8 of 22 sales · 6 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

How many PSA 9 copies exist

PSA’s cumulative census for this card. It counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the rate a fresh submission should expect.

PSA 9 population

13,104

50.7% of 25,855 graded

Graded higher

3,999

PSA 10s above this grade

Total PSA graded

25,855

every grade, all time

Other graders at a 9: TAG 334 of 782. A CGC or BGS 9 is its own market and is not in the price above.

Is Magikarp worth grading?

Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — the PSA 9 outcome is one leg, not the whole answer.

Verdict

Worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$519

after fees, all grades

Comes back PSA 9

5100%

of submissions, by the census

PSA 9 outcome

$-5

PSA 9 net of raw and fee

Grading cost

$136

tier fee + shipping

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 385 graded sales and a population of 5,135,650 · fees as of 2026-10-03.

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

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Magikarp (Paldea Evolved #203) — PSA 9 market value USD $489, from 6 cert-verified sales. Source: CardTrack, https://cardtrack.com/pokemon/card/paldea-evolved/magikarp-203/psa-9

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Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 9 Magikarp (Paldea Evolved #203) worth?

As of 4 October 2026, a PSA 9 mint Magikarp from Paldea Evolved is worth approximately $489, with a fair range of $416 to $562 — about 1.4× the $358 raw near-mint price.

Where does the PSA 9 price come from?

From 6 cert-verified PSA 9 sales, each tied by PSA to a specific slab with a public cert number — 0 at auction, 4 by best offer and 2 at a fixed price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 1 days.

How many PSA 9 Magikarp exist?

PSA has graded 13,104 copies of Magikarp (Paldea Evolved #203) a 9, out of 25,855 submitted — 50.7% of the population, with 3,999 graded higher. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Should I grade my Magikarp hoping for a PSA 9?

Probably yes. Weighting every grade by how often this card earns it, expected value after the $136 grading fee is about $519; this card comes back a PSA 9 about 5100% of the time.

Is a PSA 9 Magikarp a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 9 Magikarp has 156 recorded sales, 122 of them in the last 90 days, and the slab-history table above shows what happened to copies that sold twice. Read those before you read anyone's forecast.