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Check your printing9 different Darkness Energy printings exist — is this your card? Evolving Skies #236
Darkness Energy Evolving Skies #236 Pokémon card
Rare Secret

Darkness Energy

Evolving Skies · 236/203
EnergyBasic

Market value · ungraded

$25.04 20.2% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$22$25
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 21 August 2026. 3 sources agree within 12%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$25.04

What this price is based on

High confidence

11 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Median · Raw$27.8911 sales
Trimmed mean$25.48outliers removed
Range$7.50$35.45lowest to highest sale
Sales rate3.5/mo21 recorded

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 13, 2026eBay — Darkness Energy (Secret) 236/203 Holofoil SWSH07: Evolving Skies NM ENNM$32.02
  • Aug 7, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG: Darkness Energy (Secret) Evolving Skies #236/203 Holo MINTNM$11.00
  • Aug 5, 2026eBay — 2021 Pokemon SWSH Evolving Skies #236 Darkness Energy CWTC 9$7.50
  • Aug 1, 2026eBay — Darkness Energy (Secret) SWSH07: Evolving Skies 236/203 NMNM$24.23
  • Jul 25, 2026eBay — Darkness Energy 236/203 Evolving Skies$18.99
  • Jul 11, 2026eBay — Darkness Energy (Secret) 236/203 SWSH07: Evolving Skies Holo Pokemon TCG$25.28
  • Jul 3, 2026eBay — Pokemon Darkness Energy (Secret) SWSH07: Evolving Skies #236/203 NMNM$32.00
  • Jul 1, 2026eBay — Darkness Energy (Secret) 236/203 SWSH07: Evolving Skies Holo Pokemon TCG NMNM$27.89

By grade

  • Raw$27.8911 sales
  • PSA 9$25.005 sales
  • PSA 7$17.172 sales
  • PSA 10$49.391 sale
  • CGC 0.5$20.001 sale
  • ACE 9$18.811 sale

From 21 completed sales recorded between Apr 4, 2026 and Aug 14, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 10 graded sales and 4,410,070 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Darkness Energy is a Rare Secret Pokémon card from Evolving Skies (#236). It's a Basic Energy card. Its current blended market value is $25.04 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $63 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 2× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 21 August 2026.

35.8%
Played in 35.8% of competitive decks — 1,137 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

The receipts

Price history · Raw

1 Sept 202321 Aug 2026
Latest
$25.04
Period high
$35.36
Period low
$10.92
Change
129.3%
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Recent sold prices

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Should you grade it?

$52

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 48.4% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $33); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)48.4%
Expected return$52
PSA 10 best case$33
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Darkness Energy is a Secret / Rainbow in Evolving Skies — the pack's hit slot lands on Secret / Rainbow 2.5% of the time, split across 34 secret / rainbow cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 1,367 packs.

Secret / Rainbow2.5%34 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)48.4%247 of 510
PSA 941%209 of 510
PSA graded so far510
Gem Mint 10247
Total graded510

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$62.50$71$332.5×
PSA 9$25.00$70$701.0×
PSA 8$10.49$70$850.4×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 510 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1048.4%$63.00
PSA 941%$25.00
PSA ≤810.6%$25.00

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. 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 — every grade, with gem rates

Only 48% of 510 PSA-graded Darkness Energy copies are a gem-mint 10 (247 of 510) — the rest grade lower.

PSA510 gradedPSA 10 · 247 · 48% gem
10247
9209
841
76
65
51
CGC1,086 gradedCGC 10 · 480 · 44% gem
10480
9.548
9438
8.554
830

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — 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)$25.53
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 247$63$53$72
PSA 8pop 41$10$9$12
PSA 6pop 5$7$7$8
“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.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$25.04
LPLightly Played$21.03
MPModerately Played$14.66
HPHeavily Played$14.66
DMGDamaged$9.32
7-day 5.3%
30-day 10.7%
90-day 27.4%
All-time high$29
All-time low$15
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

12% spread
Cardmarket · cheapest$22
TCGplayer$25
PriceCharting · dearest$25

Currently 12% cheaper on Cardmarket than PriceCharting. 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 · 30dFalling -20%
Cross-marketSome gap 12% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

9% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$22
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#236
RarityRare Secret
Artist
SupertypeEnergy
SubtypesBasic
Card IDswsh7-236
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Darkness Energy cards

There are 9 different Darkness Energy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Evolving Skies #236 (Rare Secret).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Darkness Energy (Evolving Skies #236) worth?

As of 21 August 2026, Darkness Energy from Evolving Skies is worth approximately $25.04 ungraded (near-mint), and around $63 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 Evolving Skies is worth around $63 — roughly 2× the raw ungraded value of $25.04.

Should I grade my Darkness Energy?

A PSA 10 sells for about $63 versus $25.04 raw — roughly a 2× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Darkness Energy rare?

Darkness Energy is a Rare Secret card from Evolving Skies (card #236). Its current blended market value is $25.04 ungraded.

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