Team Magma vs Team Aqua Card Values: The Complete Guide
What every tier of Pokemon TCG: EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua trades for, from a $675.99 Suicune ex down to sub-dollar commons, and why a plain Holo Rare Kyogre outprices six of the set's seven ex-series chase cards.
Suicune ex, 94 of 95, is the most valuable card in Pokemon TCG: EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua. It carried a TCGplayer market price of $675.99 as of September 26, 2026.
The set's chase mechanic is built around seven "ex" Pokemon cards, but rarity alone does not decide the order. Team Aqua's Kyogre, a plain Holo Rare that is not a Pokemon-ex card, traded at $316.30 on the same read. That is enough to outprice six of the seven ex cards, trailing only Suicune ex.
What follows prices the chase tier in full, ranks the 12-card Holo Rare tier, and shows a reverse-holo premium on ordinary commons that runs as high as 52 times the normal print.
TCGplayer market price $675.99 as of September 26, 2026, the highest of any card in the set.
Where the set's value sits
EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua released in English in March 2004; Serebii's set database dates it March 15, 2004. It runs 97 cards total: a 95-card numbered base set plus two secret rares, Absol at 96/95 and Jirachi at 97/95, both holographic despite sitting outside the printed 95-card run.
The set's defining new mechanic is a roster of dual-typed Pokemon owned by the two title teams, each splashed with a secondary Darkness type to mark its allegiance. Team Aqua's Kyogre, Team Magma's Groudon and the rest of the "Team X's Y" cards carry that naming pattern across the Holo Rare and Rare tiers. The set sold in booster packs alongside two theme decks, one for each team.
Seven cards carry the ex-series Pokemon mechanic that made this generation's chase cards distinct from ordinary Holo Rares: Blaziken ex, Cradily ex, Entei ex, Raikou ex, Sceptile ex, Suicune ex and Swampert ex, numbered 89 through 95.
The chase tier, priced
Every figure below is a TCGplayer market price read from Cardboard Alpha's own price ledger on September 26, 2026.
Card
Number
Tier
Market price
Suicune ex
94/95
ex (Rare)
$675.99
Team Aqua's Kyogre
3/95
Holo Rare
$316.30
Swampert ex
95/95
ex (Rare)
$280.00
Sceptile ex
93/95
ex (Rare)
$249.99
Entei ex
91/95
ex (Rare)
$233.33
Jirachi
97/95
Secret rare
$202.85
Blaziken ex
89/95
ex (Rare)
$199.99
Raikou ex
92/95
ex (Rare)
$199.98
Absol
96/95
Secret rare
$168.20
Team Magma's Houndoom
10/95
Holo Rare
$159.35
Team Magma's Groudon
9/95
Holo Rare
$142.77
Cradily ex
90/95
ex (Rare)
$74.99
Suicune ex alone trades for more than double the next card on the list. After that first gap, the ladder steps down gradually from $316.30 to $142.77 before a second drop to Cradily ex at $74.99.
Rarity tier does not set the price
Read that table by rarity instead of by rank and the ex mechanic stops looking like a reliable price signal.
Kyogre is not an ex card, and it still beats six of the seven that are. At $316.30, Team Aqua's Kyogre outprices Swampert ex, Sceptile ex, Entei ex, Blaziken ex, Raikou ex and Cradily ex, all of which carry the set's headline chase mechanic. Only Suicune ex sits above it.
Cradily ex is the cheapest of the seven ex cards by a wide margin. Its $74.99 market price sits below two plain Holo Rares, Team Magma's Houndoom ($159.35) and Team Magma's Groudon ($142.77), neither of which carries the ex mechanic at all.
The two secret rares land in the middle of the ladder, not at the top. Jirachi ($202.85) and Absol ($168.20) sit outside the printed 95-card run, yet both trade below Suicune ex, Kyogre, Swampert ex, Sceptile ex and Entei ex.
TCGplayer market price $316.30 as of September 26, 2026, the set's second-highest holo card behind Suicune ex despite not being a Pokemon-ex card.
The price data does not say why the ladder orders this way. One plausible reading is character demand: Kyogre and Suicune are both legendary Pokemon, and on this read their cards sit at the top regardless of which rarity tier they were printed into.
The full Holo Rare tier
The set's 12-card Holo Rare tier spans both teams' rosters. Prices below are TCGplayer market prices read September 26, 2026, sorted highest to lowest.
Card
Number
Market price
Team Aqua's Kyogre
3/95
$316.30
Team Magma's Houndoom
10/95
$159.35
Team Magma's Groudon
9/95
$142.77
Team Aqua's Sharpedo
5/95
$61.57
Team Magma's Torkoal
12/95
$53.05
Team Aqua's Manectric
4/95
$47.99
Team Magma's Aggron
7/95
$36.76
Team Magma's Rhydon
11/95
$36.58
Team Magma's Claydol
8/95
$33.86
Team Aqua's Crawdaunt
2/95
$29.88
Team Aqua's Cacturne
1/95
$29.41
Team Aqua's Walrein
6/95
$10.80
Kyogre leads the next Holo Rare, Houndoom, by $156.95. After Kyogre, Houndoom and Groudon, the remaining nine Holo Rares all sit under $65.
The reverse holo premium on commons
This set's reverse holo prints are not a minor variant. Across the 45 common and uncommon Pokemon printings with a live TCGplayer read, the reverse holo version traded well above the normal print in every case, with premiums ranging from roughly 2 times to 52 times.
The gap is clearest on the set's mainline starter and early-route Pokemon, cards collectors recognize outside this set entirely.
Card
Normal print
Reverse holo
Premium
Squirtle
$39.89
$349.99
8.8x
Bulbasaur
$24.20
$269.99
11.2x
Psyduck
$31.05
$249.99
8.1x
Cubone
$21.64
$124.99
5.8x
Slowpoke
$14.12
$83.66
5.9x
Pikachu
$31.90
$73.60
2.3x
Meowth
$8.71
$36.02
4.1x
Jigglypuff
$13.32
$35.18
2.6x
Squirtle price by print type, EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua
Normal print39.89USD
Reverse holo349.99USD
TCGplayer market price, Cardboard Alpha ledger read September 26, 2026.
Normal print $39.89, reverse holo $349.99, both TCGplayer market prices as of September 26, 2026.
Median normal-print price across those 45 commons and uncommons was $1.44 on the same read, and 15 of the 45 sat below $1.00. The reverse holo versions of those same cards started at $4.96 and were a multiple of the normal print in every case.
Sealed product
Live TCGplayer reads exist for two sealed items in this set. Both are the lowest delivered asking price among live listings, item plus required shipping, read September 27, 2026. They are asks, not completed sales, and the theme deck figure rests on a single listing.
Booster Pack (single): $801.98
Team Magma Theme Deck (Groudon): $600.00
No live price observation exists in Cardboard Alpha's ledger for the sealed Booster Box as of this read, so that figure is left out here rather than estimated. A Team Aqua-branded theme deck is documented in outside set-list research, but it is not present in our own sealed-product catalog for this set, so it is not priced in this guide either.
What this guide does not price
PSA and CGC population and graded price levels are absent from everything above. A direct read of PSA's population report page returned a bot-protection block, and the only graded population data in Cardboard Alpha's own ledger for this set comes from a third-party aggregator rather than PSA directly, so no population figure appears in this guide.
Every card price here is a raw, ungraded TCGplayer market price from a single dated read, not a trend line. The set's structure is the more durable part: an ex-series chase tier that character demand can outrank, and a reverse holo premium on ordinary commons that dwarfs the normal print. You can browse the full EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua catalog, see the rest of the EX era's sets, or open the card screener for how it compares to its release-window neighbors.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most valuable card in EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua?
Suicune ex, numbered 94 of 95, carried a TCGplayer market price of $675.99 as of September 26, 2026. That is more than double the next-highest holo card, Team Aqua's Kyogre at $316.30 on the same read. The set's second-highest single printing overall is Squirtle's reverse holo at $349.99.
Is Team Aqua's Kyogre worth more than the set's ex cards?
Yes, for most of them. At $316.30, Kyogre outprices six of the set's seven ex-series Pokemon cards, Swampert ex, Sceptile ex, Entei ex, Blaziken ex, Raikou ex and Cradily ex, on the September 26, 2026 TCGplayer read. Only Suicune ex sits above it.
Are the secret rares Absol and Jirachi worth more than the ex cards?
Not the top of the ladder. Jirachi at $202.85 and Absol at $168.20 both traded below Suicune ex, Team Aqua's Kyogre, Swampert ex, Sceptile ex and Entei ex on the September 26, 2026 read. Jirachi edged out Blaziken ex ($199.99) and Raikou ex ($199.98); Absol sat below both of those and above only Cradily ex ($74.99) among the ex cards.
Why do reverse holo commons cost so much more than normal prints in this set?
Across the 45 common and uncommon Pokemon printings with a live TCGplayer read, reverse holo versions carried premiums from roughly 2 times to 52 times the normal print. Squirtle's normal print traded at $39.89 against $349.99 for its reverse holo, an 8.8 times premium, on the September 26, 2026 read.
Can I find PSA population or graded prices for this set's chase cards?
Not in this guide. A direct read of PSA's population report page returned a bot-protection block, and the only graded population data available internally comes from a third-party aggregator rather than PSA directly, so no graded figure is published here.
Sources
Cardboard Alpha price ledger: TCGplayer market reads for EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua, TCGplayer (via Cardboard Alpha's own price ledger) Official / primary source · accessed September 27, 2026
Cardboard Alpha price ledger: TCGplayer delivered-price reads for EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua sealed product, TCGplayer (via Cardboard Alpha's own price ledger) Official / primary source · accessed September 27, 2026
Jackie Chung covers the Pokémon TCG secondary market for Cardboard Alpha, with a focus on grading economics and set value guides. She spends most of her research time in population reports and grade-spread data, tracing how submission volume, print runs, and grading-company standards shape the premium between a raw card and its graded counterparts across different eras. Her set guides are built the same way: grounded in published pricing and pop data first, with market narrative kept separate from the numbers behind it.
Jackie Chung's articles describe market history and mechanics using published population and pricing data. They are informational and are not personalized investment advice.
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