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Check your printing26 different Darkness Energy printings exist — is this your card? Aquapolis #142
Darkness Energy Aquapolis #142 Pokémon card
ViewingRaw / ungraded (this page)Reverse Holo price · 4 sold in 30 days
Rare

Darkness Energy142/147 · Aquapolis Price & Value

2003 · Illustrated by Milky Isobe
EnergySpecial

Market value · Near Mint · Normal

$11.51
  • PSA 8$15modelled · pop 3
  • PSA 9$30modelled · pop 19
  • PSA 10$54modelled · pop 24
LiquiditySells regularly
Confidence55 · medium11 raw sales in 90 days, prices spread across conditions, last sale 4 days ago.
Sales · 90 days13
Range$8$12
Sold prices, not asking. Near Mint estimate from 15 completed sales of this exact card, each adjusted for the condition it sold in. A typical copy fetches about $8 because most that trade are played, not mint. Updated 12 September 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Every price on this page is for Aquapolis #142/147, 2003. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.

Reverse Holo
The card body, not the picture

Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.

Normalpriced on this page
The whole card

No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.

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Darkness Energy is a Rare Pokémon card from Aquapolis (#142, released 2003), illustrated by Milky Isobe. It's a Special Energy card. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 12 September 2026.

37.8%
Played in 37.8% of competitive decks — 1,450 of 3,835 decklists across the last 44 Standard tournaments.

Darkness Energy price history & recent sales

Price history · Raw

15 Jun 202612 Sept 2026
Latest
$11.51
Period high
$11.51
Period low
$8.33
Change
36.5% · 90d
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Verified sales history

Medium confidence

11 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · LiquidSells regularly

Range$2.99$19.95Rawlowest to highest sale
Sales3 / 13last 30d / 90d, every grade
Sales rate3.8/mo28 recorded, every grade
Latest sale4d agoRaw11 in 90 days
Where it sells100% eBayRawlast 90 days
Demand56/100sales rate, trend & buzz
Last sold
$12
Raw · 8 Sep 2026
Typical Raw
$8
Sales · last 90 days
11
How often it sells
Occasional sales
every 24 days · 2 in last 30 days
Worn-condition sales — shown for context, not price-forming
These listings claimed play wear in the title (LP/MP/played/damaged), so they sell below the Near Mint price above and are excluded from it.

Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.

Last sold price
$25
CGC 10 · 24 Aug 2026
Typical CGC 10
$45
Sales · last 90 days
1
How often it sells
Occasional sales
1 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.

Recent Raw sales

From 28 completed sales recorded between Dec 15, 2023 and Sep 8, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

By grade

  • Raw$7.7715 sales · 11 in 90d, sells regularly
  • CGC 10$41.706 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
  • PSA 9$20.002 sales
  • PSA 10$46.002 sales
  • PSA 8$15.001 sale
  • PSA 7$6.001 sale
  • CGC 7$12.501 sale

Is Darkness Energy worth grading?

Not worth grading

Most copies come back PSA 9worth $30 against the $82 you put in, a $52 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $30$54. Averaged over every outcome that is $43 a card.

You put in$82card + fees
Most likelyPSA 9$30 ($52)
Best case1 in 2PSA 10 · $54
Average per card$43across every grade

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Compare graders, and the live market

The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.

  • PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
  • Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
  • Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
  • Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
  • Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
  • Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
Trader plan and above

The odds

Darkness Energy is a Rare in Aquapolis — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 48 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 72 packs.

Rare67%48 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)49%24 of 49
PSA 938.8%19 of 49
PSA graded so far49
Gem Mint 1024
Total graded49

Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.

Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$53.68$71$284.7×
PSA 9$30.00$70$522.6×
PSA 8$15.00$70$671.3×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 49 PSA-graded copies:

OutcomeChanceValue
PSA 1049%$53.68
PSA 9typical38.8%$30.00
PSA 86.1%$15.00
PSA 76.1%$6.00

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.

Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates

24 of the 49 PSA-graded Darkness Energy copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 49%. The rest graded lower.

PSA49 gradedPSA 10 · 24 · 49% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 49.

102449%
91939%
836.1%
736.1%
CGC89 gradedCGC 10 · 16 · 18% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 89.

101618%
9.522.2%
91517%
8.52326%
877.9%
7.566.7%
777.9%
6.555.6%
633.4%
5.522.2%
522.2%

Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Darkness Energy 10 is harder to pull.

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$11.51
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 24modelled$54$37$55
PSA 9pop 19modelled$30$30$30
PSA 8pop 3modelled$15$15$15
PSA 7pop 3modelled$6$6$6
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). “Modelled” = no verified graded sale behind the figure; it is derived from the raw price and reference guides, so treat it as a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Reverse Holofoil · NM = our estimate, lower conditions use TCGplayer condition ratios · how we price played copies
NMNear Mint$11.51
LPLightly Played$8.03
MPModerately Played$6.83
HPHeavily Played$4.03
DMGDamaged$1.86
7-dayflat
30-dayflat
90-day 0.6%
All-time high$12
All-time low$8
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$11
Normal$10

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

Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

27% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$8
TCGplayer · dearest$10

Currently 27% cheaper on PriceCharting 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

Volatility · 90dModerate ±10%
Cross-marketSome gap 27% gap
90d low $8near its high$10 high

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

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

If the Pokémon Darkness Energy is attached to damages the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), the attack does 10 more damage to the Defending Pokémon. At the end of every turn, put 1 damage counter on the Pokémon Darkness Energy is attached to, unless it's Darkness or has Dark in its name. Darkness Energy provides Darkness Energy. (Doesn't count as a basic Energy card.)

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#142
RarityRare
Released2003
SupertypeEnergy
SubtypesSpecial
Card IDecard2-142
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Darkness Energy (Aquapolis #142) worth?

As of 12 September 2026, Darkness Energy from Aquapolis is worth approximately $11.51 ungraded (near-mint), and around $54 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Darkness Energy?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Darkness Energy from Aquapolis is worth around $54 — roughly 5× the raw ungraded value of $11.51.

Should I grade my Darkness Energy?

Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.

Is Darkness Energy rare?

Darkness Energy is a Rare card from Aquapolis (card #142).

How do I know if my Darkness Energy is Reverse Holo?

The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.

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