Ampharos 1/127

Set: Platinum Base Released: Feb 11, 2009
Pokémon: Ampharos Lightning Type Rare Holo Illustrator: Atsuko Nishida Pull Rate: 1 in 67.9 packs (1.5%) Evolves From: Flaaffy

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Ampharos #1/127 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Ampharos #1/127 from Platinum Base — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Ampharos has moved up 8.9% to $34.07. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Ampharos #1/127 appears roughly 1 in 67.9 packs, which works out at 1.5% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Platinum Base.

Ampharos #1/127 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Platinum Base.

At $34.07 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $2,000.00, giving a net return of +$1,677.93 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$153.98 and PSA 8 returns −$3.48, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 173 copies of Ampharos #1/127, of which 7 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 4%, or roughly 1 in 25 graded copies.

Yes. At a 4% gem rate, Ampharos grades worse than the Platinum Base average by 1.8 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Ampharos #1/127 was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida, who has illustrated 802 Pokémon cards in total.

Ampharos #1/127 was released on 11 February 2009 as part of Platinum Base. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 2 Pokémon from the Johto region.