Magikarp #21 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Magikarp & chase cards
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Magikarp might be the most beloved 'weak' Pokemon of all time, and this version from the Go set gives collectors a low-cost, high-nostalgia way to own a piece of that joke. It's not a card that's going to fund a vacation, but if you're searching for Magikarp value or trying to figure out Magikarp price before you buy or sell one, the numbers here are refreshingly simple. Raw copies sit around $1, and even a perfect PSA 10 tops out at $24, so this is a card people collect for love, not leverage.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.13, up 14% over the past year, with an all-time high of $1.50 in November 2022.
Recent pulls of Magikarp
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$0.18CommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 3m ago$0.18CommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 5m ago
$22CGC 8.5Starter Pokémon Gacha PackCollector Crypt · 10m ago
$140PSA 7 NMPokémon Ultra (Spicy)Courtyard · 17m ago
$17CGC 9Starter Pokémon Gacha PackCollector Crypt · 19m ago
$4.3kPSA GEM-MT 10Celestial Pokémon Gacha PackCollector Crypt · 26m ago
$0.18CommonPokemon Dime PackTilt Rips · 36m ago
$1.60RawnoobieLastpack · 37m ago
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Magikarp price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 254 graded, only 104 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $126 | 104 | 24 / 80 |
| PSA 9 | $19 | 111 | 19 / 92 |
| PSA 8 | $17 | 31 | 3 / 28 |
| PSA 7 | - | 2 | 1 / 1 |
| PSA 6 | - | 2 | 2 / - |
| PSA 5 | $9.72 | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 4 | $8.00 | 2 | 2 / - |
| PSA 3 | $7.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $6.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.13 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Go
- Card number
- 21 of 88
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 30
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- N-DESIGN Inc.
- Released
- 2022
Attacks
- Lively GroupingColorless
Search your deck for any number of Magikarp, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
- Raging Fin10+Colorless · Colorless
This attack does 30 more damage for each Magikarp and Gyarados in your discard pile.
Where to pull Magikarp
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The collector's take on Magikarp
Is Magikarp worth grading?
So is Magikarp worth grading? A PSA 10 runs about 20.9 times the raw price, which sounds dramatic until you look at the actual dollars: $1 raw versus $24 graded. That's a real jump percentage-wise, but grading a card costs money and time regardless of what it's worth, and with a card this inexpensive, the fee can easily eat into or wipe out any profit. If you already own the card and just want it protected and slabbed for the collection, go for it. If you're grading purely to flip it, do the math first, because a Grade 9 only brings $19 and the gap between a 9 and a 10 isn't huge in real terms.
How rare is Magikarp?
Right now there are 254 graded copies of this Magikarp on record, and 104 of those are PSA 10. That's a pretty large slice of the population sitting at the top grade, which tells you gem mint copies aren't especially hard to come by for this card. Scarcity is doing less of the heavy lifting on Magikarp's value than the low print cost and casual demand, so don't expect the population numbers alone to push the price up much over time.
Where can you pull Magikarp?
This is where PackSpy's own pull tracking comes in handy, since we watch what actually comes out of packs across sites like courtyard, tilt-rips, collector-crypt, and mnstr, not just what's listed in a price guide. Magikarp has been pulled 200 or more times across those sites, so it shows up often, and we've seen it turn up in packs like XY Evolutions, the Pokémon Starter Pack, Pokemon Dime Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, and Wildcard Basic Pack. Interestingly, our biggest recorded pull tied to this card hit $4,300, a reminder that pack odds and individual results can swing wildly, and that ripping packs is a gamble where most openings lose money even when a card like this one shows up.
Questions people ask
How much is Magikarp worth?+
A raw, ungraded Magikarp from the Go set is worth about $1. Grading pushes that up, with a Grade 9 valued at $19 and a PSA 10 at $24, so the condition and slab make a real difference even on an inexpensive card.
Is Magikarp worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for roughly 20.9 times the raw price. But because the raw card is only worth about $1, the actual dollar gain is small, so grading makes more sense for collectors who want the card protected long-term rather than for a quick profit.
How much is a PSA 10 Magikarp worth?+
A PSA 10 Magikarp is valued at $24. There are 104 PSA 10 copies on record out of 254 total graded, so gem mint copies exist in decent numbers, which is part of why the price stays modest even at the top grade.
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