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Best Paldea Evolved Chase Cards and Current Values
By TCG Emporium Editorial Team · Published 18 October 2026 · Updated 18 October 2026
Magikarp 203/193 is the Paldea Evolved chase card, at about £225 raw. That is more than three times the second card, Raichu 211/193, which sells for £55 to £70. The gap is large.
Paldea Evolved at a glance
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Set | Paldea Evolved, Scarlet & Violet series |
| Released | 9 June 2023 |
| Set code | PAL |
| Total cards | 279 |
| Language covered | English |
| Prices checked | 18 October 2026, from sales on 13 to 17 October |
Set details and sealed products are on our Paldea Evolved set page, and you can browse every Paldea Evolved card by number.
The top Paldea Evolved cards ranked
Ranked by the middle of each card's recent raw sales.
| Rank | Card | Number | Rarity | Illustrator | Raw, recent sales | PSA 10 | PSA 10 population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magikarp | 203/193 | Illustration Rare | Shinji Kanda | about £225 (5 sales) | £2,925 | 4,005 |
| 2 | Raichu | 211/193 | Illustration Rare | Toshinao Aoki | £55 to £70 | £645 | 1,620 |
| 3 | Maushold | 226/193 | Illustration Rare | Mizue | £50 to £67 | - | - |
| 4 | Tyranitar | 222/193 | Illustration Rare | Nurikabe | about £52 (5 sales) | £555 | 1,741 |
| 5 | Chi-Yu ex | 259/193 | Special Illustration Rare | AKIRA EGAWA | £32 to £57 | £139 | 3,360 |
| 6 | Iono | 269/193 | Special Illustration Rare | kirisAki | £32 to £41 | £120 | 6,991 |
| 7 | Marill | 204/193 | Illustration Rare | Atsuya Uki | about £35 (5 sales) | £319 | 712 |
| 8 | Tinkaton ex | 262/193 | Special Illustration Rare | Tika Matsuno | £19 to £41 | £150 | 1,336 |
| 9 | Sprigatito | 196/193 | Illustration Rare | Kouki Saitou | £21 to £36 | £245 | 681 |
| 10 | Fuecoco | 201/193 | Illustration Rare | kantaro | £22 to £32 | £255 | 706 |
All figures are English, single-card eBay completed sales converted at £0.7499 to the dollar (16 October 2026). Sales ran from 13 to 17 October 2026. Last checked 18 October 2026.
Magikarp 203/193
The top card by a distance, and a thin sample. Shinji Kanda draws a red and gold Magikarp leaping up a waterfall, set against a dark forest of fine scratchy lines picked out with sparkles. It is a very different look from the soft, bright artwork on most cards in the set.
All five raw sales we have for it fall on 17 October, so treat £225 as a middle point, not a settled price. Five sales is too few to give a trimmed range, which is why the table shows the median only.
Raichu 211/193
The clear second card. Toshinao Aoki shows Raichu lying back on a bed with a patterned blue bedspread, with a small breakfast set out on a checked cloth beside it. Eight raw sales between 14 and 16 October ran from £55 to £70, a tight spread for a card at this level.
A PSA 10 has a median of £645, with 1,620 copies graded at that level. That is roughly ten times a raw copy.
Maushold 226/193
A crowd scene that sells like a top-three card. Mizue draws a family of white Maushold among mushrooms and purple flowers, with one wearing a red mushroom cap. Seven raw sales between 14 and 16 October ran from £50 to £67.
We show no PSA 10 figure here. Only 400 copies are recorded at that grade, below the 500 we need before a graded median means much.
Chi-Yu ex 259/193
The highest ex card on the list. AKIRA EGAWA paints a small glowing Chi-Yu under shafts of sunlight in a red-leaved forest. Raw sales ran from £32 to £57 across eight sales.
It is a Special Illustration Rare, but sits below four Illustration Rares. In this set the rarity name is not a guide to price. Our guide to Pokémon rarity symbols covers what each tier means.
Magikarp 203/193, the grading outlier
A PSA 10 Magikarp has a median of £2,925, about 13 times the raw median of £225. Of the cards with a PSA 10 figure on this list, that is the biggest gap.
The gap shows what a flawless copy is worth to graded buyers. It is not a reason to send a Magikarp off to be graded. Fees, postage both ways and the chance of a 9 rather than a 10 all come off the top, and 4,005 copies already hold a 10. Our UK grading guide walks through the costs.
Further down the list
- Tyranitar 222/193 by Nurikabe sells at about £52 raw from five sales, with a PSA 10 median of £555.
- Iono 269/193 by kirisAki is the most-graded card here, with 6,991 PSA 10s. Raw sales ran from £32 to £41.
- Marill 204/193 by Atsuya Uki shows about £35 from five sales. One sale at £345 sits far above the rest, which ran as low as £21, so the middle is more reliable than the top of the range.
- Tinkaton ex 262/193 by Tika Matsuno sells for £19 to £41 raw.
- Sprigatito 196/193 and Fuecoco 201/193 both sit at about £28 raw. Sprigatito runs from £21 to £36 and Fuecoco from £22 to £32.
- Skeledirge ex 258/193 (about £23) and Mismagius 212/193 (about £24) just miss the table, on a raw median of £23 and £24.
How we priced these cards
We read the most recent raw eBay completed sales for each card, up to ten, from CardTrack's sold-sales ledger, which covers the UK, US and other eBay sites. With six or more sales we drop the single highest and lowest, then quote the range of the rest. With four or five sales we show the middle sale only. Dollars are converted at £0.7499 (16 October 2026).
PSA 10 figures are the median of PSA 10 completed sales, shown only where at least 500 copies hold that grade. The population figures are PSA's own counts as recorded in the ledger. The full method is in our guide on how to value Pokémon cards.
A note on pull rates
We do not publish pull rates for Paldea Evolved. There are no official odds, and community estimates vary with sample size and product. Our guide to pull rates explains why.
Collector notes
- Illustration Rares take the top four places. Magikarp, Raichu, Maushold and Tyranitar all out-price the best Special Illustration Rare, Chi-Yu ex.
- kantaro has two cards in the top 12. Fuecoco 201/193 and Skeledirge ex 258/193 share the illustrator.
- Rarity tier and price do not line up. Chi-Yu ex, Iono and Tinkaton ex are Special Illustration Rares, yet the top four Illustration Rares all sell for more. Check the number and rarity in a listing before you compare prices.
- Graded supply varies a lot. Maushold has 400 PSA 10s and Iono has 6,991. Compare several graded sales before you pay above the median.
- Check the reverse holo isn't being sold as something more. Many cards have reverse holo versions that share the standard card's number. Our guide to holo and reverse holo cards shows the difference.
Questions collectors ask
What is the most valuable Paldea Evolved card?
Magikarp 203/193, the Illustration Rare by Shinji Kanda. Recent raw sales have a median of about £225, with PSA 10 copies around £2,925.
How many cards are in Paldea Evolved?
279 in total, according to our set data.
What is a PSA 10 Paldea Evolved Magikarp worth?
The median of PSA 10 sales is £2,925, with 4,005 copies graded at that level. Raw copies have a median of about £225, so a 10 sells for about 13 times as much.
Related guides
- Paldea Evolved set page, with set details and sealed products
- How to value Pokémon cards
- Surging Sparks chase cards
- Pokémon rarity symbols
Next review due 18 January 2027. We update this guide sooner when prices shift by more than a fifth, or a reprint of Paldea Evolved reaches UK shops.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown.
- Card names, numbers, rarities and illustrators: Scrydex card data via CardTrack · checked 18 October 2026
- eBay completed sales, 13 to 17 October 2026, and PSA population counts: CardTrack sold-sales ledger · checked 18 October 2026
- US dollar to pound rate, 16 October 2026: CardTrack daily exchange-rate feed · checked 18 October 2026
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