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Dark Electrode Team Rocket #34 Pokémon card
Uncommon

Dark Electrode Team Rocket #34

Card #34 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
60 HPLightningPokémonStage 1
Ungraded · blended
$4.68
3.9% · 30d
Range $4 → $5
3 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →
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Dark Electrode is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Team Rocket (#34), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Stage 1 Lightning-type Pokémon with 60 HP, evolving from Voltorb, weak to Fighting ×2. Its current blended market value is $4.68 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

Raw price by condition
1st Edition · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$4.11
LPLightly Played$2.41
MPModerately Played$1.48
HPHeavily Played$1.02
DMGDamaged$0.83
7-day 1.2%
30-day 6.5%
90-day 5.7%
All-time high$5
All-time low$3
Other printingsUnlimited · $1.71

Price by variant

1st Edition$5
Unlimited$2

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$4.05
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 9$34$18$37
PSA 8$23$19$26
PSA 7$4$4$7
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026
Current
$2.01
Period high
$3.00
Period low
$1.26
Change
59.5%

Recent sold prices

Last sold price
$27
CGC 9.6 · 30 Jun 2026
Typical PSA 9
$42
Sales · last 90 days
12
Liquidity
Liquid
3 in last 30 days

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

PSA1,328 gradedPSA 10 · 179 · 13% gem rate
10179
9552
8.54
8375
7.51
7146
635
519
412
33
21
11
CGC2,318 gradedCGC 10 · 200 · 9% gem rate
10200
9.574
9730
8.5570
8282
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Dark Electrode 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

$41
Raw $4.68 → graded PSA 9$34.17
after ~$70.33 grading fee → 7.3× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 9$34.17$70.33$417.3×
PSA 8$23.13$70.22$524.9×

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Where to buy

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Cross-market prices

27% spread
Cardmarket · cheapest$4
PriceCharting$5
TCGplayer · dearest$5

Currently 27% cheaper on Cardmarket than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dRising +4%
Cross-marketSome gap 27% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

21% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$4

Card text

Evolves from Voltorb.

Rolling Tackle10
Colorless
Energy Bomb30
Lightning · Lightning
Take all Energy cards attached to Dark Electrode and attach them to your Benched Pokémon (in any way you choose). If you have no Benched Pokémon, discard all Energy cards attached to Dark Electrode.
Weakness Fighting ×2Retreat 1

Some researchers hypothesize that Electrode may actually be a form of energy instead of having an actual body.

About the Pokémon

Ball PokémonGEN IVoltorbElectrode

It stores electric energy under very high pressure. It often explodes with little or no provocation.

Card details

Number#34
RarityUncommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 1
TypeLightning
HP60
Evolves fromVoltorb
WeaknessFighting ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#101
Card IDbase5-34
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Dark Electrode cards

There are 2 different Dark Electrode printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Team Rocket #34 (Uncommon).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Dark Electrode (Team Rocket #34) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Dark Electrode from Team Rocket is worth approximately $4.68 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Dark Electrode rare?

Dark Electrode is a Uncommon card from Team Rocket (card #34), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Its current blended market value is $4.68 ungraded.