Question 1

Is Alakazam worth grading?

Accepted Answer

Here is the honest math: a raw copy runs $290, a Grade 9 jumps to $1,717, and a PSA 10 sits at $14,800, which works out to 51.1 times the raw price. That gap is real money, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card this age, and grading takes time, costs fees whether you land a 10 or not, and there is always a chance a small print or centering flaw knocks you down a grade. If your copy already looks clean under a loupe, with sharp corners and no surface wear, grading can absolutely make sense given that spread. If it has any softness at all, it might be smarter to enjoy it raw or sell it as is, since a Grade 9 result still beats holding it ungraded but nowhere near what a PSA 10 pays out.

Question 2

How rare is Alakazam?

Accepted Answer

Across every grading company combined, only 1,681 copies of this Alakazam have ever been graded, and of those, just 54 have earned a PSA 10. That is a small slice at the very top, and it tells you gem mint copies from 2002 are not easy to come by, whether that is due to how the cards were handled at the time or simply how few people bothered grading them decades ago. When a population is that tight at the highest grade, it naturally pushes PSA 10 value up, and it is a big part of why the jump from Grade 9 to PSA 10 is so dramatic here.

Question 3

Where can you pull Alakazam?

Accepted Answer

PackSpy has tracked this Alakazam being pulled 94 times across courtyard, collector-crypt, and mnstr, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $1,400, real numbers pulled straight from actual openings rather than guesswork. It has turned up in a mix of packs, from the Wildcard Basic Pack to themed gacha style breaks like the Anime Pop Culture Gacha, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, and Mythic Pokémon Gacha Pack. That said, pulling one is still the exception rather than the rule, and most collectors who want this card end up buying it directly on the secondary market rather than chasing it through packs, since opening for value is always a gamble and the odds rarely favor the opener.

Question 4

How much is Alakazam worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded copy is valued at $290. Once graded, the price climbs fast, with a Grade 9 worth $1,717 and a PSA 10 reaching $14,800, so condition makes a huge difference to Alakazam price.

Question 5

Is Alakazam worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 51.1 times the raw price. But only 54 out of 1,681 graded copies have hit that top grade, so it really depends on how clean your copy already looks before you commit to grading fees.

Question 6

What set is Alakazam from?

Accepted Answer

This Alakazam Reverse Holo is from the Legendary Collection set, released in 2002 and illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It carries a Rare rarity designation and remains a well recognized card from that era.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$15k	54	35 / 19
PSA 9	$1.7k	285	245 / 40
PSA 8	$1.1k	417	323 / 94
PSA 7	$780	297	244 / 53
PSA 6	$619	245	207 / 38
PSA 5	$475	224	200 / 24
PSA 4	$300	92	80 / 12
PSA 3	$249	52	46 / 6
PSA 2	$224	23	23 / -
PSA 1	$357	74	73 / 1
Raw / Ungraded	$339	-	-

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