Ampharos 1/17

Set: POP Series 7 Released: Mar 1, 2008
Pokémon: Ampharos Lightning Type Rare Illustrator: Kouki Saitou Pull Rate: 1 in 50 packs (2.0%) Evolves From: Flaaffy

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Ampharos #1/17 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Ampharos #1/17 from POP Series 7 — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Ampharos has moved up 10.8% to $16.27. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Ampharos #1/17 appears roughly 1 in 50 packs, which works out at 2.0% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from POP Series 7.

Ampharos #1/17 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in POP Series 7.

At $16.27 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $1,771.29, giving a net return of +$1,496.75 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$10.34 and PSA 8 returns −$9.47, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 23 copies of Ampharos #1/17, of which 1 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 4.4%, or roughly 1 in 23 graded copies.

Yes. At a 4.4% gem rate, Ampharos grades worse than the POP Series 7 average by 0.4 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Ampharos #1/17 was illustrated by Kouki Saitou, who has illustrated 1287 Pokémon cards in total.

Ampharos #1/17 was released on 1 March 2008 as part of POP Series 7. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 2 Pokémon from the Johto region.