Great Encounters · #21 · 2008
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.
$16.85
down9% · 23dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 8, 2026
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Lapras sits at $16.85 on TCGplayer today for the Normal printing.
Inside Great Encounters, that ranks 15th out of 106 priced cards. (Darkrai LV.X leads the set at $255.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 356.6% — from $3.69 to $16.85. Over the last year it's climbed 193.6%, from $5.74 to $16.85. The 90-day move: up 9.3%, $15.41 to $16.85. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $18.50 in August 2026; its lowest, $3.69 in February 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $18.50 at the top and $16.85 at the bottom. That's the Normal printing — the same card also trades as the Reverse Holofoil at $36.51.
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. $16.85 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $36.51
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.
Carry In
Cost: Water
Search your deck for a Pokémon Tool Card, a Supporter card, and a basic Energy card, show them to your opponent, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Wave Splash20
Cost: Water, Colorless
“It loves crossing the sea with people and Pokémon on its back. It understands human speech.”
About $16.85 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 8, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 9% over the last 3 months — from $15.41 to $16.85 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 194%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $18.50 — that was August 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.
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