Magikarp
Base · #35 · Uncommon · Vintage · 1999
Pulling Magikarp in a Base pack is about 100% (Uncommon slot). Published, provably-fair odds you can verify.
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Magikarp market value
Magikarp (Base #35) has a live market value of 245 Sparks, about $2.45 at the latest market price. That market price for Magikarp was last updated on October 19, 2026. On PackLab one Spark equals one cent of card value, so 245 Sparks is the figure shown for Magikarp in the set browser, on this page and in your vault after you pull it. If you pull Magikarp, you can sell it back instantly at 85% of market value, which comes to 208 Sparks at the current price. Sparks have no cash value and are only used on PackLab. A Base pack is 8,300 Sparks; this card's market value is 245 Sparks. Among the 102 priced cards in Base, Magikarp is the 52nd most valuable. The median priced card in the set is 246 Sparks, and the most valuable card is Charizard at 95,465 Sparks.
How to pull Magikarp
In a Base pack, the Uncommon slot shows an Uncommon card about 100% of the time. Magikarp is one of 32 priced Uncommon cards in Base that can fill that result, so landing this exact card is less likely than the rarity figure. These are the published odds for Base: the full slot-by-slot table is on the Base page, and the odds page explains how each set's rates are built. Every Base box commits its card order before the first pack is sold, so each rip can be checked once the box sells out.
Rarity and era
Magikarp is an Uncommon card, number 35 in Base. Base lists 32 Uncommon cards out of 102 cards in total, about 31% of the set list. Among the 32 priced Uncommon cards, market values run from 38 Sparks to 706 Sparks, and Magikarp ranks 15th of them. Base is part of the Base series and sits in the Vintage era of the PackLab catalog. Vintage sets come from the early years of the hobby, when holographic rares were the main chase and sealed packs were far fewer.
About Base
Base was released on January 9, 1999 and lists 102 cards on PackLab, 102 of them with a live market price. Together, the priced cards in Base carry a combined market value of 230,938 Sparks. By market value, Magikarp sits just below Haunter (248 Sparks) and just above Revive (240 Sparks).
