Across the Simplified Chinese sets Magikarp is 3 products, with CSM2aC alone printing 4 of the 8 cards. The top card is Magikarp & Wailord GX #161 at $393.50, and that one card holds 66 percent of everything the character is worth.
What makes the shape worth reading is where the cards sit. 4 of the 8 Magikarp cards come out of CSM2aC as a run from #5 to #161, and that one line supplies 3 of the 3 ranked cards — 100 percent of the character’s graded value. Every ranked card comes from that same line, so the ranking is a ranking of one product’s treatments rather than of competing products.
How this list was built
Three rules, applied in this order.
- The card has to sit in a Chinese-only set. Every card below carries a set code ending in C — CSM2aC, 151C and csv10C. That trailing letter marks a Simplified Chinese print run, and it is the dependable way to tell a Chinese-only card from a card that merely happens to be printed in Chinese. Reading a Chinese set code from end to end covers the whole system.
- The card has to have a tracked PSA 10 value. 8 Magikarp cards exist across these sets and 3 have a PSA 10 price on record. The 5 that do not are Magikarp #129, Magikarp [Master Ball] #129 and 3 more — none of them has a graded sold record yet, and a card with no price cannot be ranked.
- The card has to be a Pokémon card. Sealed product, trainer cards and energy are out of scope.
One exclusion applies here as it does to every character ranking we publish. Promo printings of Magikarp exist in Chinese and they are not on this list. Promo numbering is shared across the Chinese branches — the same promo number appears in Traditional Chinese product as well — so a promo number on its own cannot establish which branch a card came from. Everything below sits inside a numbered set whose code ends in C, which is unambiguous.
The three, ranked
1. Magikarp & Wailord GX #161 — CSM2aC — $393.50
Raw $181.50 · grade 9 $231.23
The highest-priced Magikarp card in these sets and one of the Magikarp prints that run from #5 to #161 in CSM2aC. The step below it is $279, wider than any other gap on the page. Grading multiplies this one only 2.2 times, with $181.50 already in the raw card.
2. Magikarp & Wailord GX #160 — CSM2aC — $114.50
Raw $29.99 · grade 9 $39.99
Number 2 of 3 and part of the CSM2aC Magikarp group, which runs from #5 to #161. The raw-to-graded multiple is a modest 3.8.
3. Magikarp & Wailord GX #5 — CSM2aC — $91.96
Raw $16.18 · grade 9 $22.50
At the foot of the ranking and a CSM2aC card inside the #5 to #161 run. Raw to graded is only 5.7 times, since $16.18 raw already carries part of the premium.
What the ranking shows
Magikarp splits into 1 bands across 3 priced cards, and the top band is where the ranking is decided.
| Band | Cards | Combined PSA 10 value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| $92 – $394 — ranked 1 to 3 | 3 | $600 | 100.0% |
| Every priced Magikarp card | 3 | $600 | 100% |
Two further patterns run across the whole group.
The band is $302 wide. Between $393.50 at the top and $91.96 at the bottom, the whole ranked list sits inside a $302 window — narrow enough that assembling the entire run costs close to what the first card costs alone.
5 of the 8 cards have never traded enough to be priced. They are tracked in the catalogue but carry no PSA 10 value, so the ranking covers the priced part of the checklist rather than all of it.
Where Magikarp is printed
| Product | Set code | Magikarp cards | With a PSA 10 value |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSM2aC | CSM2aC | 4 | 3 |
| Collect 151 | 151C | 3 | 0 |
| Chasing Glory Together | csv10C | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 3 |
CSM2aC supplies 4 of the 8 Magikarp cards and 100 percent of the $600 total, because the expensive cards are inside that line. Collect 151 prints Magikarp as one of the original 151, and those prints are priced generously relative to the Gem Pack foils. 5 of the 8 cards carry no price at all, so the checklist in the table above is longer than the ranking it supports. If the goal is the group rather than the single card, completing a Simplified Chinese set sets out what a full run involves.
If you want one card
- One card, no budget limit: Magikarp & Wailord GX #161 from CSM2aC at $393.50. It is the only Magikarp card in the language above $114.
- The second line: Magikarp & Wailord GX #160 from CSM2aC at $114.50, the second-highest Magikarp card in these sets and the next step down from the top.
- If you want the whole run: the 3 ranked cards come to $600 together, which is less than double the cost of the top card alone.
Frequently asked questions
How many Magikarp cards are there in Simplified Chinese?
8, across 3 products. 3 of the 8 carry a tracked PSA 10 value.
What is the most valuable Magikarp card in Simplified Chinese?
Magikarp & Wailord GX #161 from CSM2aC, tracked at $393.50 as a PSA 10 and $181.50 raw. It is the only Magikarp card in these sets above $114, and it holds 66 percent of the character’s combined value.
Which product holds the expensive Magikarp cards?
CSM2aC. It supplies 3 of the 3 ranked cards and 100 percent of the combined value, so the rankings follow the product rather than the character.
Is a PSA 10 worth the premium over a raw card?
Raw-to-graded multiples across the list run from 2.2 to 5.7, so on most cards the graded premium is real. Where the multiple is lowest, the raw price already carries most of the value. Grading outcomes are never certain, and nothing here is a prediction about what any individual card will grade at.
Do the Collect 151 prints come in more than one treatment?
Yes. A number in Collect 151 exists as a plain card, a reverse holo and a Master Ball reverse holo. Only the plain print usually trades enough to have a price attached. The series guide explains the two reverse holo patterns.
Other character rankings
Each character with a full five or ten-card ranking has its own page: Ceruledge, Charizard, Eevee, Espeon, Flareon, Floragato, Gengar, Glaceon, Jolteon, Leafeon, Mew, Pikachu, Sylveon, Umbreon, Vaporeon, and among the shorter runs Alakazam, Applin, Articuno, Blastoise, Captain Pikachu, Chandelure, Chansey, Charmander, Clefable, Crocalor, Cubone, Fuecoco.
Beyond the single character, the ten most popular Chinese-exclusive cards ranks across Pokémon, the price ladder sorts the same catalogue into bands, and the collector’s index lists every Pokémon that appears in the Chinese-only sets with its card count, priced count and top value.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- PriceCharting — Pokémon Chinese console listings, including CSM2aC, Collect 151 (151C), Chasing Glory Together (csv10C). PSA 10 values retrieved 25 September 2026.
- PriceCharting — individual card pages for the Magikarp prints listed above, across 8 numbered cards.
- CardSpicy — How to read a Simplified Chinese Pokémon set code, on the trailing C and the secret-rare numbering convention.
Prices quoted are secondary-market observations at the dates cited and move quickly; nothing here is a valuation or an investment recommendation. Our own asking prices for the cards we hold are on each product page.