Magcargo17/144 · Skyridge Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$24modelled · pop 14
- PSA 9$32modelled · pop 39
- PSA 10$1532 sold · 90d · pop 48
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Skyridge #17/144, 2003. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
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.
Magcargo is a Rare Pokémon card from Skyridge (#17, released 2003), illustrated by Hajime Kusajima. It's a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Slugma, weak to Water ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Magcargo price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence13 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Liquid — Sells regularly
5 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 12 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$16.9714 sales · 13 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 10$1456 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 9$34.993 sales
- CGC 9$19.203 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$27.262 sales
- CGC 10$1592 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8.5$64.991 sale
Is Magcargo worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $32 against the $94 you put in, a $62 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $32–$145. Averaged over every outcome that is −$15 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
Magcargo is a Rare in Skyridge — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 35 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 52 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 | $153.00 | $72 | +$58 | 6.6× |
| PSA 9 | $32.07 | $70 | −$62 | 1.4× |
| PSA 8 | $23.84 | $70 | −$70 | 1.0× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 110 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 43.6% | $144.50 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 33.6% | $32.07 |
| PSA 8 | 12.7% | $23.84 |
| PSA 7 | 4.5% | $19.00 |
| PSA 6 | 0.9% | $19.00 |
| PSA 5 | 1.8% | $19.00 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 2.7% | $23.32 |
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
48 of the 110 PSA-graded Magcargo copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 44%. 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 110.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 121.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 6.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Magcargo 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Magcargo 17/144 Rare Skyridge ITA Pokemon NOT holoRaw · eBay$9.50
Magcargo (17) 017/144 Skyridge Rare HPRaw · eBay$16.99
POKÉMON SKYRIDGE RARE NONHOLO MAGCARGO 17/144 NM ENGRaw · eBay$17.27
Magcargo (17) - 017/144 - Skyridge - LPRaw · eBay$18.00![Magcargo (17) [SK - 017/144]](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Tb4AAeSwQw5qbO~F/s-l225.jpg)
Magcargo (17) [SK - 017/144]Raw · eBay$18.16
Pokemon Magcargo 17/144 Skyridge - Rare Regular ENG WOTC E-SeriesRaw · eBay$19.70Cheapest raw copy $9.50 — 59% below our near-mint estimate of $23
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 48 | ✓ 6 cert-verified$153$153–$242 | |
| PSA 9pop 39 | modelled$32$27–$37 | |
| PSA 8pop 14 | modelled$24$20–$27 | |
| PSA 7pop 6 | modelled$19$16–$22 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
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
29% spreadCurrently 29% 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.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Slugma.
Each player discard the top card of his or her deck. This attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage for each Fire Energy card discarded in this way.
Discard a Fire Energy card attached to Magcargo in order to use this attack. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, this attack does 10 damage to each of them. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Magcargo cards
There are 19 different Magcargo printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Skyridge #17 (Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Magcargo (Skyridge #17) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Magcargo from Skyridge is worth approximately $23.32 ungraded (near-mint), and around $153 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 Magcargo?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Magcargo from Skyridge is worth around $153 — roughly 7× the raw ungraded value of $23.32.
Should I grade my Magcargo?
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 Magcargo rare?
Magcargo is a Rare card from Skyridge (card #17).
How do I know if my Magcargo 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.
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