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Ampharos, Neo Genesis #1 (Rare Holo)

Ampharos

Neo Genesis · #1 · Rare Holo · Vintage · 2000

Live market value
11,147 Sparks / $111.47

Pulling Ampharos in a Neo Genesis pack is about 33.3% (Rare slot). Published, provably-fair odds you can verify.

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Ampharos market value

Ampharos (Neo Genesis #1) has a live market value of 11,147 Sparks, about $111.47 at the latest market price. That market price for Ampharos was last updated on October 19, 2026. On PackLab one Spark equals one cent of card value, so 11,147 Sparks is the figure shown for Ampharos in the set browser, on this page and in your vault after you pull it. If you pull Ampharos, you can sell it back instantly at 85% of market value, which comes to 9,474 Sparks at the current price. Sparks have no cash value and are only used on PackLab. A Neo Genesis pack is 14,500 Sparks; this card's market value is 11,147 Sparks. Among the 111 priced cards in Neo Genesis, Ampharos is the 15th most valuable. The median priced card in the set is 377 Sparks, and the most valuable card is Lugia at 130,000 Sparks.

How to pull Ampharos

In a Neo Genesis pack, the Rare slot shows a Rare Holo card about 33.3% of the time. In other words, about one Neo Genesis pack in 3 lands a Rare Holo card in that slot. Ampharos is one of 19 priced Rare Holo cards in Neo Genesis that can fill that result, so landing this exact card is less likely than the rarity figure. These are the published odds for Neo Genesis: the full slot-by-slot table is on the Neo Genesis page, and the odds page explains how each set's rates are built. Every Neo Genesis 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

Ampharos is a Rare Holo card, number 1 in Neo Genesis. Neo Genesis lists 19 Rare Holo cards out of 111 cards in total, about 17% of the set list. Among the 19 priced Rare Holo cards, market values run from 2,734 Sparks to 130,000 Sparks, and Ampharos ranks 15th of them. Neo Genesis is part of the Neo 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 Neo Genesis

Neo Genesis was released on December 16, 2000 and lists 111 cards on PackLab, 111 of them with a live market price. Together, the priced cards in Neo Genesis carry a combined market value of 559,726 Sparks. By market value, Ampharos sits just below Azumarill (11,358 Sparks) and just above Skarmory (10,031 Sparks).

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