Shining Magikarp #10 value & price
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Shining Magikarp is one of those cards that makes people smile before they even think about what it's worth, that shimmering foil finish on a Pokémon everyone loves to underestimate. It comes from the Japanese 25th Anniversary Promo set, card #10, a release collectors chase specifically for its shining cards. Right now, checking Shining Magikarp value comes down to this: raw copies sit at $134, while a PSA 10 climbs to $231, and that gap tells you a lot about what grading can and can't do for this card.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $103, up 72% over the past year, with an all-time high of $137 in June 2026.
Recent pulls of Shining Magikarp
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Shining Magikarp price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 25,053 graded, only 23,097 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $214 | 23,097 | 22,234 / 863 |
| PSA 9 | $103 | 1,442 | 1,365 / 77 |
| PSA 8 | $25 | 267 | 239 / 28 |
| PSA 7 | - | 106 | 103 / 3 |
| PSA 6 | $34 | 81 | 77 / 4 |
| PSA 5 | $27 | 43 | 42 / 1 |
| PSA 4 | $23 | 12 | 12 / - |
| PSA 3 | $20 | 3 | 2 / 1 |
| PSA 2 | $18 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 1 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $103 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
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The collector's take on Shining Magikarp
Is Shining Magikarp worth grading?
So is it worth grading? The honest answer is it depends on what you pull out of the slab. A PSA 10 sits at roughly 1.7x the raw price, which sounds appealing until you look at Grade 9, which actually comes in at $87, below what you'd get just selling the card raw. That's the real risk here: gem mint is where the money is, anything less and you may have been better off keeping it ungraded. Grading fees, turnaround time, and the chance of a lower grade all need to factor into your decision, so if your copy isn't sharp on the corners and centering, it might be smarter to hold off or sell raw instead of gambling on a submission.
How rare is Shining Magikarp?
Across all grading companies, there are 23,378 copies of Shining Magikarp on record, and of those, 21,627 have come back as PSA 10. That's a striking number, it means the overwhelming majority of graded copies hit the top grade, which tells you this card is fairly forgiving in high grade even if pulling a perfect raw copy from a pack is another story. It also means population alone isn't scarce in the traditional sense, plenty of PSA 10s exist, so the value here leans more on collector demand for the shining set than on true grail-level rarity.
Where can you pull Shining Magikarp?
We've tracked this card being pulled 8 times across collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $3,500, a reminder that when Shining Magikarp shows up in the right pack, it can pay off in a big way. It's turned up in Grail Pokémon Gacha Pack, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, and Mythic Pokémon Gacha Pack, so it's not locked to one single product. Still, eight recorded pulls is a small number in the grand scheme, most people looking to own this card are buying it outright on the secondary market rather than chasing it through packs, and that's worth knowing before you spend money hoping to rip one yourself. Packs are fun, but they're a gamble, and most openings don't come close to that $3,500 outcome.
Questions people ask
How much is Shining Magikarp worth?+
A raw, ungraded Shining Magikarp is valued at $134. Graded copies vary quite a bit, with a Grade 9 sitting at $87 and a PSA 10 reaching $231, so condition and grade make a real difference to what it's worth.
Is Shining Magikarp worth grading?+
It can be, but only if you're confident in gem mint quality. A PSA 10 sells for about 1.7x the raw price at $231, but a Grade 9 actually comes in lower than raw at $87, so grading a copy that isn't in top shape can end up costing you value instead of adding it.
What set is Shining Magikarp from?+
Shining Magikarp #10 comes from the Japanese 25th Anniversary Promo set, a release collectors specifically seek out for its shining foil cards.
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