Pokémon · E-Card
Alakazam
Expedition Base Set · #33 · Rare · 2002
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Market reference
$15.74
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 33 / 165
- Release year
- 2002
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Kadabra
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Hajime Kusajima
- Pokédex #
- 65
- Series
- E-Card
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 80 damage
- 26.67 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
Strategy & play
How Alakazam plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Syncroblast) 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 ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Kadabra first).
- Seen in 5% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Alakazam
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 5% of decks
- 3.01 copies on average · 2356 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 Hajime Kusajima
This card was illustrated by Hajime Kusajima.
Building around Alakazam?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Power: Psymimic
Once during your turn, instead of Alakazam's normal attack, you may choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon's attacks. Alakazam copies that attack including its Energy costs and anything else required in order to use that attack, such as discarding Energy cards. (No matter what type that Pokémon is, Alakazam's type is still Psychic.) This power can't be used if Alakazam is affected by a Special Condition.
PCCSyncroblast — 80
If Alakazam and the Defending Pokémon don't have the same number of Energy cards attached to them, this attack's base damage is 20 instead of 80.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:CC
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 902 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 2026/07/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $10.00 | $22.59 | $283.81 | $15.74 | $15.76 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $69.99 | $71.99 | $99.99 | $16.00 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/27| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €12.00 |
| 7-day average | €8.77 |
| 30-day average | €5.42 |
| Low | €0.75 |
| Trend price | €10.39 |
| Low (excellent+) | €6.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €5.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €10.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €30.37 |
| reverseHoloSell | €21.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €6.03 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €21.71 |
| Reverse holo trend | €26.85 |
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 $15.74; 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 "Expedition Base Set" in the E-Card series, released in 2002.
What rarity is Alakazam?
Alakazam is a Rare card in the Expedition Base Set set.
Other Alakazam printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
