Base Set 2 · #50 · 2000

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. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$1.99
down7% · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 7, 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 Base Set 2

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Right now Magikarp trades at $1.99 for the Normal printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 55th most valuable of Base Set 2's 130 priced cards. The set's top card is Charizard at $460. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $1.03 then, $1.99 now (up 93.2%). A year ago it sat around $0.94; today's $1.99 is 111.7% higher. Over the last 90 days it's down 18.1%, from $2.43. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $2.71 (June 2026) and as low as $0.47 (May 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $1.96 up to $2.19.
Tackle10
Cost: Colorless
Flail10×
Cost: Water
Does 10 damage times the number of damage counters on Magikarp.
“In the distant past, it was stronger than its horribly weak descendants that exist today.”
About $1.99 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 7, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 18% over the last 3 months — from $2.43 to $1.99 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 112%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $2.71 — that was June 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.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Magikarp (Base Set 2 #50). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $1.99 today.