Alakazam · Skyridge, what to know.
About the Alakazam card
Numbered 2 of 182 in Skyridge, released in May 2003, Alakazam is a Rare, a Stage 2 Psychic-type carrying 100 HP.
It evolves from Kadabra, so Alakazam is a later-stage card that set-builders usually slot into a full evolution run rather than buy alone.
Illustrated by Kimiya Masago.
About Alakazam in the Pokémon world
The fully evolved Abra line. Two silver spoons, large mustache. Base Set holo Alakazam (#1 in the set) is the first card in the run. Sells for a premium over other Base holos because of position significance.
What is Alakazam worth?
Alakazam is a non-holo Rare. In Skyridge, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Alakazam trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Alakazam before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
Non-holo Rares like Alakazam are easier on surface but no kinder on centering. Wizards-era cards were less protected than the holos, so high-grade Alakazam survivors can be scarcer than expected, with edge whitening the usual cap.
If you are collecting Alakazam
For Alakazam, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Alakazam can make sense.
