Magikarp
Paldea Evolved · #203 · Illustration Rare · Latest · 2023
Pulling Magikarp in a Paldea Evolved pack is about 11.9% (Foil rare slot). Published, provably-fair odds you can verify.
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Magikarp market value
Magikarp (Paldea Evolved #203) has a live market value of 30,622 Sparks, about $306.22 at the latest market price. That market price for Magikarp was last updated on October 26, 2026. On PackLab one Spark equals one cent of card value, so 30,622 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 26,028 Sparks at the current price. Sparks have no cash value and are only used on PackLab. A Paldea Evolved pack is 775 Sparks; this card's market value is 30,622 Sparks. Magikarp is the most valuable of the 279 priced cards in Paldea Evolved. The median priced card in the set is 7 Sparks, and the next most valuable card is Raichu at 9,303 Sparks.
How to pull Magikarp
In a Paldea Evolved pack, the Foil rare slot shows an Illustration Rare card about 11.9% of the time. In other words, about one Paldea Evolved pack in 8 lands an Illustration Rare card in that slot. Magikarp is one of 36 priced Illustration Rare cards in Paldea Evolved that can fill that result, so landing this exact card is less likely than the rarity figure. These are the published odds for Paldea Evolved: the full slot-by-slot table is on the Paldea Evolved page, and the odds page explains how each set's rates are built. Every Paldea Evolved 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 Illustration Rare card, number 203 in Paldea Evolved. Paldea Evolved lists 36 Illustration Rare cards out of 287 cards in total, about 13% of the set list. Among the 36 priced Illustration Rare cards, market values run from 513 Sparks to 30,622 Sparks, and Magikarp ranks 1st of them. Paldea Evolved is part of the Scarlet & Violet series and sits in the Latest era of the PackLab catalog. Latest-era sets are the newest releases, so their card prices are still settling as collectors open them.
About Paldea Evolved
Paldea Evolved was released on June 9, 2023 and lists 287 cards on PackLab, 279 of them with a live market price. Together, the priced cards in Paldea Evolved carry a combined market value of 169,952 Sparks. By market value, Magikarp sits at the top of Paldea Evolved, just above Raichu (9,303 Sparks).
