Base Set 2 · #9 · 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. · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.
$26.99
up5% · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 10, 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 Magneton trades at $26.99 for the Holofoil printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 18th most valuable of Base Set 2's 130 priced cards. (Charizard leads the set at $415.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 304.6% — from $6.67 to $26.99. Over the last year it's climbed 121.8%, from $12.17 to $26.99. The 90-day move: up 14%, $23.68 to $26.99. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $27.33 in June 2026; its lowest, $6.41 in February 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $26.99 at the top and $24.46 at the bottom.
Thunder Wave30
Cost: Lightning, Lightning, Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Selfdestruct80
Cost: Lightning, Lightning, Colorless, Colorless
Does 20 damage to each player's Bench. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Magneton does 80 damage to itself.
“Formed by several Magnemites linked together. It frequently appears when sunspots flare up.”
About $26.99 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 10, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 14% over the last 3 months — from $23.68 to $26.99 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 122%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $27.33 — 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 Magneton (Base Set 2 #9). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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