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Ariados, Aquapolis #3 (Rare)

Ariados

Aquapolis · #3 · Rare · Vintage · 2003

Live market value
1,159 Sparks / $11.59

Pulling Ariados in an Aquapolis pack is about 66.7% (Rare slot). Published, provably-fair odds you can verify.

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Ariados market value

Ariados (Aquapolis #3) has a live market value of 1,159 Sparks, about $11.59 at the latest market price. That market price for Ariados was last updated on October 19, 2026. On PackLab one Spark equals one cent of card value, so 1,159 Sparks is the figure shown for Ariados in the set browser, on this page and in your vault after you pull it. If you pull Ariados, you can sell it back instantly at 85% of market value, which comes to 985 Sparks at the current price. Sparks have no cash value and are only used on PackLab. An Aquapolis pack is 30,700 Sparks; this card's market value is 1,159 Sparks. Among the 182 priced cards in Aquapolis, Ariados is the 123rd most valuable. The median priced card in the set is 1,944 Sparks, and the most valuable card is Houndoom at 157,199 Sparks.

How to pull Ariados

In an Aquapolis pack, the Rare slot shows a Rare card about 66.7% of the time. Ariados is one of 48 priced Rare cards in Aquapolis that can fill that result, so landing this exact card is less likely than the rarity figure. These are the published odds for Aquapolis: the full slot-by-slot table is on the Aquapolis page, and the odds page explains how each set's rates are built. Every Aquapolis box commits its card order before the first pack is sold, so each rip can be checked once the box sells out.

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Rarity and era

Ariados is a Rare card, number 3 in Aquapolis. Aquapolis lists 48 Rare cards out of 182 cards in total, about 26% of the set list. Among the 48 priced Rare cards, market values run from 828 Sparks to 24,874 Sparks, and Ariados ranks 44th of them. Aquapolis is part of the E-Card 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 Aquapolis

Aquapolis was released on January 15, 2003 and lists 182 cards on PackLab, 182 of them with a live market price. Together, the priced cards in Aquapolis carry a combined market value of 1,596,920 Sparks. By market value, Ariados sits just below Spinarak (1,167 Sparks) and just above Voltorb (1,151 Sparks).

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