Ancient Origins · #87 · 2015
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.
$52.42
down2% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 13, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Ancient Origins
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Today's TCGplayer market price for Ampharos-EX is $52.42 for the Holofoil printing.
Among the 100 priced cards in Ancient Origins, it sits 13th. (M Rayquaza-EX leads the set at $1,147.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 425.3% — from $9.98 to $52.42. Over the last year it's climbed 84.1%, from $28.48 to $52.42. The 90-day move: up 49%, $35.18 to $52.42. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $53.73 in September 2026; its lowest, $9.98 in February 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $53.73 at the top and $51.30 at the bottom.
Thunder Rod
Cost: Colorless
Look at the top 4 cards of your deck and attach as many Lightning Energy cards you find there as you like to this Pokémon. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Sparkling Tail100
Cost: Lightning, Lightning, Colorless, Colorless
This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, or any other effects on your opponent's Active Pokémon.
About $52.42 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 13, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 49% over the last 3 months — from $35.18 to $52.42 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 84%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $53.73 — that was September 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
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