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Magneton #38 value & price

Card 38 / 113RareLightning · HP 80Released 2016Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi
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Ungraded market value
$2.26 20% · 1Y
PSA 9
$26
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$1.3k

Magneton is that reliable, slightly nostalgic Rare from the 2016 Evolutions set, the kind of card longtime collectors pick up just because it feels good to have a complete run. Illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi, it's never been a chase card in the flashy sense, but that's part of the appeal if you're looking into Magneton value for a set build rather than a big score. At $2 raw, it's an easy one to add to a collection without much thought, which is exactly why so many people end up asking how much is Magneton worth once they pull one and want to know if it's special.

Price history

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$0.00$400$799$1.2k$1.6k20222023202420252026$1.3kPSA 10$33BGS 9.5$26Grade 9$13Grade 8$11Grade 7$2.26Ungraded

Raw value is $2.26, down 20% over the past year, with an all-time high of $4.13 in May 2022.

Raw
$2.26
1Y
▼ 20%
PSA 10
$1.3k
PSA 9
$26
Population
4,251
Gem PSA 10
46
Upside
564.7×
All-time high
$4.13

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Magneton price at every grade

Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 4,251 graded, only 46 are PSA 10.

GradeValuePopulation
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)$1.3k46
PSA 9$262,194
PSA 8$131,575
PSA 7$11288
PSA 6$8.00110
PSA 5$6.0025
PSA 4$5.0010
PSA 3$4.003
PSA 2$4.00-
PSA 1--
Raw / Ungraded$2.26-

Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).

Card details

Card number
38 of 113
Rarity
Rare
Type
Lightning
HP
80
Stage
Stage1
Weakness
Fighting ×2
Retreat cost
1
Illustrator
Keiji Kinebuchi
Released
2016

Attacks

  • Thunder Wave30
    Lightning · Colorless

    Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

  • Self-Destruct80
    Lightning · Colorless · Colorless

    This Pokémon does 80 damage to itself.

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The collector's take on Magneton

Is Magneton worth grading?

Here's the honest answer on whether Magneton is worth grading: a raw copy sits at $2, but a PSA 10 brings $1,276, which works out to 638.1 times the raw price. That's a real jump, no question. But gem mint is genuinely hard to land, only 43 copies out of 4,143 graded have made it to PSA 10, so the odds are stacked against you before you even send it in. Grading costs money and takes time, and if your copy comes back a 9 instead of a 10, you're looking at $21, a very different story. If you've got a copy that looks flawless under a loupe, corners sharp, centering clean, it might be worth the gamble. If it's just a decent-looking pull from a pack, it's probably smarter to enjoy it raw or sell it as is.

How rare is Magneton?

Out of the 4,143 total copies of Magneton that have been graded, only 43 have earned that top PSA 10 label. That's a small sliver of an already modest population, and it tells you gem mint condition on this card is genuinely rare, not just marketing talk. Most of what's out there sits in the middle grades, which is why the price gap between raw, Grade 9, and PSA 10 is so wide. If you're chasing a true gem copy, patience is part of the deal.

Where can you pull Magneton?

We've tracked Magneton getting pulled 200 or more times across courtyard, collector-crypt, packs, mnstr, and tilt-rips, so this isn't a card you'll never see in a live break, it shows up with some regularity. The biggest recorded pull value we've logged for it sits at $300, which tells you even a modest Rare like this can occasionally land in a lucky spot depending on the pack. You'll find it turning up in products like the Pokémon Starter Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, and of course XY Evolutions itself. That said, it's worth remembering that ripping packs is a gamble more than a strategy, most opens don't come close to covering their cost, so treat any pull data as fun context, not a promise.

Questions people ask

How much is Magneton worth?+

A raw or ungraded Magneton from Evolutions currently runs about $2. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 sitting around $21 and a PSA 10 reaching $1,276, so condition makes a huge difference to Magneton price.

Is Magneton worth grading?+

It depends on the copy. The jump to PSA 10 is worth 638.1 times the raw price, but only 43 of the 4,143 graded copies have hit that grade, so gem mint is rare and grading fees are a real cost to weigh against the odds.

What set is Magneton from?+

Magneton #38 comes from the Evolutions set, released back in 2016. It's a Rare card illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi and still shows up in packs and pulls today.

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