Base · #9 · 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.
$33.66
down8% · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 14, 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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Right now Magneton trades at $33.66 for the Holofoil printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 14th most valuable of Base's 101 priced cards. (Charizard leads the set at $991.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 125.8% — from $14.91 to $33.66. Over the last year it's climbed 64.9%, from $20.41 to $33.66. The 90-day move: down 6.6%, $36.04 to $33.66. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $37.34 in May 2026; its lowest, $14.69 in November 2025. Over the last 30 days it's touched $37.25 at the top and $33.65 at the bottom. That's the Holofoil printing — the same card also trades as the Shadowless 1st Edition Holofoil at $408 and the Shadowless Unlimited Holofoil at $135. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €23.33.
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. $33.66 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $408 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $135
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.
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 Pokémon on 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 $33.66 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 14, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 7% over the last 3 months — from $36.04 to $33.66 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 65%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $37.34 — that was May 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 €23.33 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $33.66 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 Magneton (Base #9). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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