Magikarp & Wailord GX #161 — Team Up Pokémon card

Magikarp & Wailord GX #161 Value

Name: Magikarp & Wailord GX #161 — Team Up
Brand: Pokémon

Team Up · Card 161/196 · Ultra Rare · 2019

Magikarp & Wailord GX is one of those cards that makes people smile before they even check the price, a splashing Magikarp paired with a Wailord so big it barely fits the artwork, done up in OOYAMA's style for the 2019 Team Up set. As an Ultra Rare, it sits in that sweet spot collectors love: flashy enough to chase, uncommon enough to matter. If you are here for the Magikarp & Wailord GX value, the short answer is that a raw copy runs $633, and it climbs fast from there depending on condition.

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Market value & price

Raw / Ungraded

$633

Grade 9

$1.3k

PSA 10

$4.7k

PSA 10 is 7.4× the raw price

Value by grade

Where it drops

Pulled 200+× on PackSpy across Collector Crypt, Tilt Rips, Packs, Courtyard, Mnstr · biggest hit $4.6k.

Found in packs: Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack · Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack · Pokemon Starter Pack · XY Evolutions · Pokemon Mini Pack …

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Card details

Set: Team Up
Card number: 161 of 196
Rarity: Ultra Rare
Type: Water
HP: 300
Weakness: Grass ×2
Retreat cost: 4
Illustrator: OOYAMA
Released: 2019

Attacks

Super Splash180
Water · Water · Water · Water · Water
Towering Splash GX10
Water
If this Pokémon has at least 7 extra Water Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack’s cost), this attack does 100 damage to each of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

Magikarp & Wailord GX — collector's take

Is Magikarp & Wailord GX worth grading?

So is it worth sending this one in? Here is the honest math: a raw copy sits at $633, a Grade 9 brings $1,350, and a PSA 10 jumps all the way to $4,675, which works out to about 7.4x the raw price. That is a real jump, no argument there. But gem mint is called gem mint for a reason, Team Up cards from 2019 have had years to pick up whitening, edge wear, and centering issues, and grading fees plus shipping and waiting time all eat into your margin if the card comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If your copy already looks clean under a loupe, corners sharp, centering even, it is worth the gamble. If it has any softness, you might be better off enjoying it raw or selling as is.

How rare is it?

Team Up was a widely opened set in its day, and Ultra Rares like this one were never the easiest pulls even then, six years on, fewer surviving copies exist in top condition simply because cardboard from 2019 has had plenty of time to get shuffled, sleeved late, or tucked into binders without much care. That is part of why the gap between raw and PSA 10 is so wide, a gem mint copy is not just rare because of print numbers, it is rare because so few examples dodged years of handling without a flaw. Scarcity like that is exactly what keeps pushing the graded price higher while raw copies stay more available.

Where to pull it

This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, since no price guide can tell you this part. We have recorded Magikarp & Wailord GX pulled 200 or more times across packs, courtyard breaks, tilt-rips, collector-crypt, mnstr, and lastpack, so it is genuinely still findable if you are opening product rather than just buying singles. The biggest pull we have on record for this card came in at $4,600, which lines up right around that PSA 10 territory. We have also seen it show up inside XY Evolutions, the Wildcard Basic Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, and the Grail Pokémon Gacha Pack, so it is not locked to one single product. Worth saying plainly though: opening packs chasing a card like this is a gamble, most rips do not land anything close to this value, so only do it for the fun of the pull, not as an investment plan.

Questions people ask

How much is Magikarp & Wailord GX worth?

A raw, ungraded copy is valued at $633 right now. Grading changes things quite a bit, a Grade 9 sits at $1,350, and a PSA 10 reaches $4,675. So the honest answer really depends on the condition of the specific card in your hands.

Is Magikarp & Wailord GX worth grading?

If your copy looks sharp, clean edges, good centering, no surface wear, then yes, the jump to $4,675 for a PSA 10 (about 7.4x the raw price) makes grading tempting. Just know that gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a 2019 card, and grading fees are a real cost whether or not you land the 10.

What set is Magikarp & Wailord GX from?

It comes from Team Up, released in 2019, where it holds the Ultra Rare slot at card number 161. The artwork is by OOYAMA, and it remains one of the more fun tag team pulls from that set.