Base · #1 · 1999
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.
$70.81
up2% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 12, 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
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Alakazam sits at $70.81 on TCGplayer today for the Holofoil printing.
Inside Base, that ranks 5th out of 101 priced cards. The set's top card is Charizard at $928. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $45.86 then, $70.81 now (up 54.4%). A year ago it sat around $56.08; today's $70.81 is 26.3% higher. Over the last 90 days it's down 17.7%, from $86.08. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $86.56 (July 2026) and as low as $42.79 (July 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $67.38 up to $70.81. The Holofoil printing is the headline number here; the Shadowless 1st Edition Holofoil at $328 and the Shadowless Unlimited Holofoil at $367 price separately. Across the Atlantic, the European prints list around €38.95 on Cardmarket.
By Printing
By printing: Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more. $70.81 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $328 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $367
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Holofoil printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Pokémon Power Damage Swap
As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may move 1 damage counter from 1 of your Pokémon to another as long as you don't Knock Out that Pokémon. This power can't be used if Alakazam is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
Confuse Ray30
Cost: Psychic, Psychic, Psychic
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
“Its brain can outperform a supercomputer. Its intelligence quotient is said to be 5000.”
About $70.81 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 12, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 18% over the last 3 months — from $86.08 to $70.81 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 26%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $86.56 — that was July 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.
The European printings list around €38.95 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $70.81 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Alakazam (Base #1). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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