Betwixt sports cards and Pokemon, the trading card market has seen an exponential ascent in the concluding 12+ months. Prices for products are shooting through the roof and collectors are doing anything in their ability to go their hands on the cards they want the most.

Nostalgia plays a major gene in the hobby as adults with expendable income try to either relive their childhood or turn a profit as best they can. Gyarados is a fan-favorite Pokemon, so it's interesting to accept a look at its itemize of trading cards and see which ones are fetching the highest sales prices.

10 Nighttime Gyarados 1st Edition Holographic ($300)

Every bit with every other bill of fare on this list, it's important to sympathise that the prices reflect a version of the menu that has been graded as a x past the PSA. An system that finds the overall quality of a trading card and adds value to the item. The Team Rocket card set for Pokemon brought a ton of excitement with "Dark" versions of beloved Pokemon. The 1st Edition version of Dark Gyarados in this set can fetch around $300 on eBay, which may not sound like a lot of money, but is impressive for a Pokemon not named Charizard.

9 Japanese Lance'due south Gyarados 1st Edition Holographic ($350)

Lance's Gyarados may not sound like a bill of fare the average fan or collector was familiar with, but it was office of the Pokemon VS expansion which was released in 2001. It was only released in Japan and is ane of a few sets to never make its way over to the West. At $350, a 1st Edition version of this Japanese-only card tin can exist acquired by anyone with a decent amount of expendable income. The card'southward art is very reminiscent of the Dark Gyarados art that was featured in the previous entry on this list.

viii XY Breakpoint Surreptitious Rare Holographic ($400)

If kids growing upward in the 90s knew that there would eventually be amazing full fine art Pokemon cards they would have likely lost their minds. The XY Breakpoint Secret Rare Gyarados card is a perfect example of the idea that a specific version of a card can determine its value.

The normal version of this holographic goes for effectually $thirty-sixty, only the cloak-and-dagger rare version that has golden borders can snag anywhere from around $200 to equally high every bit $400 depending on the overall grading of the bill of fare.

7 Neo Revelation Shining Holographic ($450)

The Gyarados carte du jour that's a part of the Neo Revelation prepare is a fleck all over the lath when it comes to its price. Non-graded versions of the carte range from as depression as $150 to as high every bit $800, only it seems that most of them go for around the $450 range. Graded versions of the card aren't too common, but 1 recently sold on eBay for $1,850, which is notable considering it was a PSA 9 and not a PSA 10 in terms of grading. The card's art is besides odd as two-thirds of the art infinite is just a stormy sky and turbulent ocean.

6 Misty'southward Gyarados Holographic ($500)

When the Gym Challenge set of Pokemon cards was released fans were excited to be able to have versions of Pokemon that were associated with iconic gym leaders. Every fan had their favorite gym leader and inside of that had their favorite Pokemon that gym leader trained. Misty was a part of the games simply a bigger grapheme in the popular anime. Her having the ever-popular Gyarados in a card titled Misty's Gyarados set the stage for a PSA x graded version of the card being able to be sold for around $500.

5 EX Holon Phantoms Holographic ($1k)

Dorsum in 2006, a ready called EX Holon Phantoms was released that featured a marketing theme and design centered on Ghost-type Pokemon. In the set was a Gyarados card featuring lightning energy equally opposed to its typical water free energy alignment. This card'due south holographic version featured bold saturated colors that helped the carte art pop. In adept condition, this card can typically become for around $i,000 and it's no surprise considering how unique this card in comparison to all other Gyarados cards.

4 Misty's Gyarados 1st Edition Holographic ($ane,000)

People often wonder how much value the addition of the 1st Edition emblem adds to a classic Pokemon carte, and this entry provides the answer to that. Earlier the regular holographic version of Misty'due south Gyarados from the Gym Challenge set was said to have sold for around $500.

The 1st Edition of the aforementioned card has sold for effectually $i,000, meaning that the added symbol practically doubles the value based on the rarity of 1st Editions in comparing to cards from the normal base sets.

iii Japanese Topsun Green Back ($i,100)

Americans are pretty familiar with baseball cards having a piece of gum in them, a tradition that was around for ages. Back in the 90s, Nihon did the aforementioned thing with Pokemon cards and these Topsun packs had two pieces of mucilage alongside ii Pokemon cards. The Light-green Back version of the Gyarados card is pretty sought later on since no one thought about collecting these gum pack cards. As recently as February of 2021 one of these cards sold for an astounding $1,100 during an eBay sale.

ii Giovanni'southward Gyarados 1st Edition Holographic ($1,300)

Earlier Misty's Gyarados was talked almost, and it is part of the same Gym Challenge card set that Giovanni's Gyarados was. As with all other Pokemon cards, existence both a 1st Edition and holographic adds a lot of value, with it selling for around $1,300. Giovanni isn't known for battling with this Water-type in the anime or the games and then it was always weird that this pairing was made in the carte du jour game. Fans ever argued on the playground that its HP of 90 felt too depression for a creature equally powerful and intimidating as Gyarados.

1 1999 1st Edition Shadowless Holographic ($xiv,000)

It should come as no surprise that the most expensive and valuable Gyarados card out at that place is the 1999 1st Edition Shadowless carte du jour from the base set. This is the example for near Kanto region Pokemon as information technology's the oldest gear up in the franchise. A menu being worth $14,000 may not seem like a lot when compared to Charizard or high-finish sports cards, but for a non-starter Pokemon not named Pikachu, information technology's quite a feat. The fact that the carte is a 1st Edition and graded a x by PSA turned a somewhat valuable bill of fare into a small golden mine in terms of value.

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