Pokémon · Base
Alakazam
Base Set 2 · #1 · Rare Holo · 2000
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$54.39
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 1 / 130
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Kadabra
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 65
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Alakazam plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Confuse Ray) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Alakazam
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 5% of decks
- 3.01 copies on average · 2251 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.6%
- +3.4 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Alakazam?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its brain can outperform a supercomputer. Its intelligence quotient is said to be 5000."
Pokémon Power: Damage Swap
As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may move 1 damage counter from 1 of your Pokémon to another as long as you don't Knock Out that Pokémon. This power can't be used if Alakazam is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
PPPConfuse Ray — 30
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Alakazam has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Alakazam — Mega Evolution
Played in 880 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $26.00 | $49.37 | $199.98 | $54.39 | $199.98 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €39.00 |
| 7-day average | €32.99 |
| 30-day average | €35.74 |
| Low | €12.99 |
| Trend price | €34.96 |
| Low (excellent+) | €25.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €19.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €22.81 |
| averageSellPrice | €41.60 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €21.30 |
| Reverse holo trend | €22.63 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Alakazam is real?
Alakazam is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Alakazam worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Alakazam is $54.39; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Alakazam from?
Alakazam is from the Pokémon set "Base Set 2" in the Base series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Alakazam?
Alakazam is a Rare Holo card in the Base Set 2 set.
Other Alakazam printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
