# Ampharos GX #43/181 — Team Up

## Summary

Ampharos GX is a Johto favorite, the gentle lighthouse Pokémon with a loyal following that has waited years for a strong modern showing. Its GX attack fetched seven Pokémon, which made it a real deck-building piece in Team Up, and as an Ultra Rare it was a genuine chase pull. The modelled guide sits at $10, down 4% over 30 days on 32 copies traded, with 188 days of inventory on the board; the slab is the real edge, with PSA 10s at $262 and a 46% observed gem rate putting about $26 of expected profit per submission.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Team Up |
| Number | 43/181 |
| Rarity | Ultra 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: **$10.09** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-26T23:14:13.809Z
- 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 2026-10-26T23:14:13.809Z
- Floor delivered ask: $7.98 — as of 2026-10-26T23:14:13.809Z
- Quant score: 49/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-10-26T23:14:13.809Z — 8 of 11 inputs · 79% weight · -10% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2019-01-31T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-26T22:22:58.000Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-08T11:28:47.206Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-06T20:52:47.603Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-08T11:28:47.206Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-10-14T18:02:18.547Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/team-up/ampharos-gx-43)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Asm9-43%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)