Alakazam Gold Star #99 value & price
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Alakazam Gold Star is one of those cards that makes long-time Pokemon collectors go quiet for a second when they see it in a binder. Pulled from the Crystal Guardians set back in 2006 and illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda, it's a Rare card that carries real weight in the market, with raw copies sitting around $990 today. If you're here to figure out Alakazam value, you're looking at a card that rewards patience and careful handling, not a quick flip.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $990, up 32% over the past year, with an all-time high of $1.3k in May 2026.
Recent pulls of Alakazam
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$11Wildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 3h ago
$38Pokémon Pro PackCourtyard · 4h ago$11Wildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 8h ago
$13Starter Pokémon Gacha PackCollector Crypt · 11h ago$11Wildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 12h ago$13Starter Pokémon Gacha PackCollector Crypt · 12h ago$11Wildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 13h ago$11Wildcard Basic PackCourtyard · 14h ago
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Alakazam price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,630 graded, only 82 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $13k | 82 |
| PSA 9 | $5.5k | 339 |
| PSA 8 | $3.8k | 350 |
| PSA 7 | $2.6k | 350 |
| PSA 6 | $1.9k | 405 |
| PSA 5 | $1.4k | 354 |
| PSA 4 | $1.2k | 241 |
| PSA 3 | $1.0k | 165 |
| PSA 2 | $945 | 122 |
| PSA 1 | $1.2k | 222 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $990 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
Card details
- Card number
- 99 of 100
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Psychic
- HP
- 80
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Psychic ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Released
- 2006
Attacks
- Psychic SelectPsychic
Put any 1 card from your discard pile into your hand.
- Skill CopyColorless · Colorless · Colorless
Discard a Basic Pokémon or Evolution card from your hand. Choose 1 of that card's attacks. Skill Copy copies that attack. This attack does nothing if Alakazam Star doesn't have the Energy necessary to use that attack. (You must still do anything else required for that attack.) Alakazam Star performs that attack.
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The collector's take on Alakazam
Is Alakazam worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Honestly, it depends on what copy you're holding. A raw Alakazam sits at $990, but a PSA 10 jumps all the way up to $13,121, which works out to about 13.3 times the raw price. That's a serious multiplier, and it's exactly why so many people send these off to get graded. The catch is that gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card like this, older holo-era prints often show print lines, whitening, or edge wear that keeps them out of that top grade. A Grade 9 still lands nicely at $5,472, so there's real money in a near-perfect copy too. Just go in with eyes open: grading costs money and time, there's no guarantee your copy comes back a 10, and a card that grades a 7 or 8 won't see anywhere close to that PSA 10 number. If your copy already looks clean under a light with sharp corners and no surface wear, it's worth the shot. If it's rough, better to enjoy it raw or sell it as is.
How rare is Alakazam?
Across all grading companies combined, there are 2,630 graded copies of Alakazam Gold Star on record, and only 82 of those have earned a PSA 10. When you sit with that math for a second, it tells you everything about why the gem mint price sits so far above the rest. Most graded copies are landing in that Grade 9 range or below, which makes true perfect examples genuinely rare within an already rare card. That scarcity at the very top is a big part of why PSA 10 pricing holds up the way it does, there just aren't many out there to go around.
Where can you pull Alakazam?
This is where our data gets interesting, because most price guides can only tell you what a card is worth, not where people are actually finding it. PackSpy has recorded Alakazam pulled 16 times across sites like Collector Crypt and Courtyard, showing up in packs like the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, and Pokémon Pro Pack. The biggest recorded pull value we've tracked sits at $38, which is a good reminder that pack odds and card value don't always line up, and that opening packs is a gamble where most rips don't come close to breaking even. If you're chasing this one specifically, know that it's being pulled, just not often, and plenty of collectors end up buying their copy on the secondary market instead of waiting on a pack to deliver it.
Questions people ask
How much is Alakazam worth?+
A raw, ungraded Alakazam Gold Star from Crystal Guardians is valued at $990. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 sitting at $5,472 and a PSA 10 reaching $13,121, so condition makes a huge difference in what it's actually worth.
Is Alakazam worth grading?+
It can be, especially since a PSA 10 sells for about 13.3 times the raw price. But gem mint copies are tough to come by, only 82 out of 2,630 graded copies have hit that top grade, so it's worth carefully inspecting your card before paying for grading.
How much is a PSA 10 Alakazam worth?+
A PSA 10 Alakazam Gold Star is valued at $13,121, making it by far the most valuable version of this card. Compare that to the raw price of $990 and you can see why collectors chase that perfect grade, even knowing how rare it is to land one.
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