Alakazam 1/165

Set: Expedition Base Set Released: Sep 15, 2002
Pokémon: Alakazam Psychic Type Rare Holo Illustrator: Hajime Kusajima Pull Rate: 1 in 96 packs (1.0%) Evolves From: Kadabra

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Alakazam #1/165 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Alakazam #1/165 from Expedition Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Alakazam has moved down 2.3% to $233.32. PSA 10 copies are up 8.9% over the same period.

Alakazam #1/165 appears roughly 1 in 96 packs, which works out at 1.0% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Expedition Base Set.

Alakazam #1/165 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Expedition Base Set.

At $233.32 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $10,607.73, giving a net return of +$8,967.41 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$1,094.24 and PSA 8 returns +$285.16, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 1,223 copies of Alakazam #1/165, of which 72 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 5.9%, or roughly 1 in 17 graded copies.

Yes. At a 5.9% gem rate, Alakazam grades worse than the Expedition Base Set average by 12.1 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Alakazam #1/165 was illustrated by Hajime Kusajima, who has illustrated 397 Pokémon cards in total.

Alakazam #1/165 was released on 15 September 2002 as part of Expedition Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.