Base · #35 · 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. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$2.60
down23% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 16, 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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Magikarp sits at $2.60 on TCGplayer today for the Normal printing.
Inside Base, that ranks 52nd out of 101 priced cards. The set's top card is Charizard at $955. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $1.64 then, $2.60 now (up 58.5%). A year ago it sat around $1.94; today's $2.60 is 34% higher. Over the last 90 days it's down 44.7%, from $4.70. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $4.98 (February 2026) and as low as $0.74 (May 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $2.56 up to $3.38. The Normal printing is the headline number here; the Shadowless 1st Edition at $192 and the Shadowless Unlimited at $26.77 price separately. Across the Atlantic, the European prints list around €4.36 on Cardmarket.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $2.60 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $192 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $26.77
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
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 $2.60 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 16, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 45% over the last 3 months — from $4.70 to $2.60 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 34%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $4.98 — that was February 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 €4.36 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $2.60 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 Magikarp (Base #35). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $2.60 today.
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