Darkness Energy158/165 · Expedition Base Set Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$3modelled · pop 20
- PSA 9$12modelled · pop 26
- PSA 10$25modelled · pop 27
Why prices differ
TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Expedition Base Set #158/165, 2002. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 158/165.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Darkness Energy is a Rare Pokémon card from Expedition Base Set (#158, released 2002), 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 7 September 2026.
Darkness Energy price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence19 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
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.
By grade
- Raw$5.7623 sales · 19 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 9$8.403 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 7$24.992 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$52.802 sales
- PSA 8$25.001 sale
Is Darkness Energy worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $12 against the $76 you put in, a $64 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $12–$25. Averaged over every outcome that is −$63 a card.
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These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
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.
The odds
Darkness Energy is a Rare in Expedition Base Set — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 40 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 60 packs.
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 grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $24.91 | $70 | −$51 | 4.0× |
| PSA 9 | $12.00 | $70 | −$64 | 1.9× |
| PSA 8 | $3.03 | $70 | −$73 | 0.5× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 78 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 34.6% | $24.91 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 33.3% | $12.00 |
| PSA 8 | 24.4% | $3.03 |
| PSA 7 | 5.1% | $3.03 † |
| PSA 6 | 1.3% | $3.03 |
| PSA 5 | 1.3% | $3.03 |
† Priced from PriceCharting's graded ladder — we hold no completed sale of our own at that grade. Every other row is our own sold data.
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
27 of the 79 PSA-graded Darkness Energy copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 34%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 79.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 47.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Darkness Energy 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
DARKNESS ENERGY 158/165 RARE EXPEDITION BASE SET POKEMON HEAVILY PLAYEDRaw · eBay$3.37
Darkness Energy 158/165 Expedition Rare Pokémon Card MP-See PicsRaw · eBay$3.99
Pokemon Expedition Darkness Energy #158/165 Lightly played 2Raw · eBay$4.00
Darkness Energy 158/165 PL Non Holo Rare Expedition Pokemon Card. Fast Shipping!Raw · eBay$4.00
Darkness Energy 158/165 Pokemon Expedition Rare Regular 2002 Vintage NMRaw · eBay$4.99
Pokemon Expedition 158/165 Darkness Energy CardRaw · eBay$4.99Cheapest raw copy $4.00 — 35% below our near-mint estimate of $6
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 27 | modelled$25$12–$25 | |
| PSA 9pop 26 | modelled$12$12–$12 | |
| PSA 8pop 20 | modelled$3$3–$8 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
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
107% spreadCurrently 107% 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
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 does damage with an attack (after applying Weakness and Resistance), the attack does 10 more damage. 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
Other Darkness Energy cards
There are 26 different Darkness Energy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Expedition Base Set #158 (Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
More from Expedition Base Set
Frequently asked questions
How much is Darkness Energy (Expedition Base Set #158) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Darkness Energy from Expedition Base Set is worth approximately $6.17 ungraded (near-mint), and around $25 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 Expedition Base Set is worth around $25 — roughly 4× the raw ungraded value of $6.17.
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 Expedition Base Set (card #158).
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.
How do I tell this Darkness Energy apart from the Crown Zenith one?
They share a name and a card number but come from different sets, and the number printed on the card tells them apart: this one is 158/165 (Expedition Base Set, 2002) and the other is 158/159 (Crown Zenith, 2023).
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