Ampharos #2 value & price
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Ampharos #2 is one of those Expedition-era cards that quietly reminds you how far this hobby has come since 2002. It's a Rare card illustrated by Atsuko Nishida, and while it never had the flashy reputation of some chase cards from that set, collectors who know Expedition well tend to have a soft spot for it. If you're trying to pin down Ampharos value right now, the short answer is that it ranges widely depending on condition, and that gap is exactly what we'll walk through.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $128, up 181% over the past year, with an all-time high of $128 in July 2026.
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Ampharos price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 944 graded, only 36 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $30k | 36 | 22 / 14 |
| PSA 9 | $451 | 195 | 172 / 23 |
| PSA 8 | $308 | 307 | 253 / 54 |
| PSA 7 | $155 | 194 | 165 / 29 |
| PSA 6 | $136 | 114 | 102 / 12 |
| PSA 5 | $87 | 50 | 44 / 6 |
| PSA 4 | $37 | 27 | 20 / 7 |
| PSA 3 | $32 | 10 | 7 / 3 |
| PSA 2 | $29 | 4 | 4 / - |
| PSA 1 | $85 | 7 | 7 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $128 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Expedition
- Card number
- 2 of 165
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 100
- Stage
- Stage2
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Released
- 2002
Attacks
- Lightning Strike40Lightning · Lightning · Colorless · Colorless
You may discard all Energy cards attached to Ampharos. If you do, this attack's base damage is 80 instead of 40.
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The collector's take on Ampharos
Is Ampharos worth grading?
So is Ampharos worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw, ungraded copy sits at $128, a Grade 9 brings $172, and a PSA 10 jumps all the way to $30,000, which works out to about 234.4 times the raw price. That's a genuinely huge gap, and it's tempting to look at those numbers and start dreaming. But only 36 of the 944 total graded copies have ever come back a PSA 10, so gem mint is far from a given, even on a card that looks clean to the eye. Grading costs money and takes time regardless of what you get back, so before you send one in, ask yourself honestly how the corners, edges, and centering really look under a light. If it looks like a strong 9 at best, it might make more sense to enjoy it raw or sell as-is rather than gamble on the smaller shot at that PSA 10 number.
How rare is Ampharos?
Scarcity is where this card tells its real story. Across all grading submissions, only 944 copies of Ampharos exist in graded form, and of those, just 36 have earned a PSA 10. That's a small slice at the very top, and it explains why the jump in price from Grade 9 to PSA 10 is so dramatic. When a population is this tight at the gem mint level, every clean copy that does surface carries weight, because there simply aren't many out there to compare it against.
Where can you pull Ampharos?
We track real pack pulls across sites like tilt-rips, courtyard, and collector-crypt, and Ampharos has actually shown up there more than 200 times, which tells us it's not some ultra-rare needle in a haystack when it comes to packs. The biggest recorded pull value we've logged for it sits at $138, right around raw price territory. If you're chasing this one specifically, keep an eye on packs like the Novice Pack, Pokemon Starter Pack, Pokemon Mini Pack, The Amazing Chase Encore, and Pokémon Pro Pack, since those are where our data shows it turning up. Just remember that opening packs is a gamble in general, most rips don't beat what you paid, so treat any pull as a nice bonus rather than the plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Ampharos worth?+
A raw, ungraded Ampharos #2 from Expedition is currently valued at $128. Graded copies are worth more, with a Grade 9 sitting at $172 and a PSA 10 reaching $30,000, so condition makes a massive difference to Ampharos price.
Is Ampharos worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 234.4 times the raw price, but gem mint is rare here, only 36 out of 944 graded copies have hit that grade. If your copy has any visible wear, grading is a real gamble, so weigh the submission cost against realistic odds before sending it in.
How much is a PSA 10 Ampharos worth?+
A PSA 10 Ampharos is valued at $30,000, a huge jump from the $128 raw price and the $172 Grade 9 price. With only 36 PSA 10 copies existing out of 944 total graded, that top grade is genuinely hard to come by.
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