Great Encounters · #9 · 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. · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.
$42.57
up5% · 27dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 6, 2026
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Today's TCGplayer market price for Swampert is $42.57 for the Holofoil printing.
Among the 106 priced cards in Great Encounters, it sits 7th. (Darkrai LV.X leads the set at $255.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 289.8% — from $10.92 to $42.57. Over the last year it's climbed 145.9%, from $17.31 to $42.57. The 90-day move: up 73%, $24.61 to $42.57. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $42.57 in September 2026; its lowest, $10.45 in April 2024. Today's price is the highest we've seen since February 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $42.57 at the top and $40.43 at the bottom. That's the Holofoil printing — the same card also trades as the Reverse Holofoil at $84.24.
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. $42.57 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $84.24
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.
Poké-Power Wash Out
As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may move a Water or Fighting Energy attached to 1 of your Benched Pokémon to your Active Pokémon. This power can't be used if Swampert is affected by a Special Condition.
Hammer Arm80
Cost: Water, Water, Colorless, Colorless
Discard the top card from your opponent's deck.
“It can swim while towing a large ship. It bashes down foes with a swing of its thick arms.”
About $42.57 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 6, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 73% over the last 3 months — from $24.61 to $42.57 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 146%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $42.57 — that was September 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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