# Ampharos GX #185/181 — Team Up

## Summary

Ampharos GX is a Johto favorite whose fans have waited a long time for a premium treatment, and a secret rare slot at the very back of Team Up gives them one. 5ban Graphics is a long-running Pokémon card illustrator, and the Electropower attack tied it loosely into that set's Lightning engine. The modelled guide sits at $63 with 5 copies traded in 30 days; the slab is the real edge, with PSA 10s at $340 and a 49% observed gem rate putting about $38 of expected profit per submission.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Team Up |
| Number | 185/181 |
| Rarity | Secret Rare |
| Era | SM |
| Illustrator | 5ban Graphics |
| Release date | 2019-01-31 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Suffix | GX |
| Evolves from | Flaaffy |
| HP | 240 |
| Types | Lightning |
| Attack: Power Recharge | cost Lightning — damage 30 — Put all Electropower cards from your discard pile into your hand. |
| Attack: Impact Bolt | cost Lightning/Lightning — damage 150 — Discard all Lightning Energy from this Pokémon. |
| Attack: Electrical GX | cost Lightning — Search your deck for up to 7 Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) |
| Weakness | Fighting ×2 |
| Resistance | Metal -20 |
| Retreat | 3 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Pokédex entry | [Ampharos #181](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/ampharos) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$63.32** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-18T22:02:16.184Z
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-10-18T22:02:16.184Z
- Floor delivered ask: $76.49 — as of 2026-10-18T22:02:16.184Z
- Quant score: 56/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-10-18T22:02:16.184Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 29% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2019-01-31T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-11T00:16:07.099Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-11T00:16:07.099Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-09-14T05:35:22.143Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-11T00:16:07.099Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-10-10T17:12:27.994Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/team-up/ampharos-gx-185)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Asm9-185%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)