Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$704 sold · 90d · pop 68
- PSA 9$1531 sold · 90d · pop 53
- PSA 10$349asking · pop 7
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for HeartGold & SoulSilver #121/123, 2010. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
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 Common Pokémon card from HeartGold & SoulSilver (#121, released 2010). It's a Basic Energy card. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 9 September 2026.
Darkness Energy price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence66 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
6 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 10 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$40.5085 sales · 66 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 8$56.358 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$99.774 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 7$37.662 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 5$16.991 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 4$25.001 sale
- Lot$30.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9.6$1031 sale
Is Darkness Energy worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 8 — worth $70 against the $123 you put in, a $53 loss. The money is in the 1 in 3 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $153–$349. Averaged over every outcome that is −$34 a card.
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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.
The odds
Darkness Energy is a Commoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.
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 | $349.00 | $73 | +$224 | 6.7× |
| PSA 9 | $153.00 | $72 | +$30 | 2.9× |
| PSA 8 | $70.00 | $71 | −$53 | 1.3× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 196 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 3.6% | $349.00 |
| PSA 9 | 27% | $153.00 |
| PSA 8 — typical | 33.2% | $70.00 |
| PSA 7 | 20.4% | $33.00 |
| PSA 6 | 11.2% | $33.00 |
| PSA 5 | 1.5% | $33.00 |
| PSA 4 | 2% | $25.00 |
| PSA 3 | 0.5% | $25.00 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.5% | $51.90 |
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
7 of the 207 PSA-graded Darkness Energy copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 3.4%. 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 207.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 6.
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 (Basic) 121/123 Heartgold & Soulsilver RegularRaw · eBay$26.89
Darkness Energy 121/123 Pokémon TCG Heartgold & Soulsilver BRaw · eBay$34.00![[LP] Umbreon Darkness Energy 121/123 Heartgold Soulsilver non-holo Pokemon](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/O28AAeSwbtlqQSSH/s-l225.jpg)
[LP] Umbreon Darkness Energy 121/123 Heartgold Soulsilver non-holo PokemonRaw · eBay$37.85
Pokémon TCG - Darkness Basic Energy 121/123 Heartgold & Soulsilver Regular - MPRaw · eBay$40.00
Pokémon TCG Umbreon Darkness Energy 121/123 Heart Gold Soul Silver LPRaw · eBay$40.00![Darkness Energy (Basic) [HS - 121/123]DM](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/81oAAeSw2HNqmIW1/s-l225.jpg)
Darkness Energy (Basic) [HS - 121/123]DMRaw · eBay$41.72Cheapest raw copy $26.89 — 48% below our near-mint estimate of $52
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 7 | asking$349$279–$419 | |
| PSA 9pop 53 | ✓ 11 cert-verified$153$100–$153 | |
| PSA 8pop 68 | ✓ 11 cert-verified$70$27–$70 | |
| PSA 7pop 41 | modelled$33$33–$33 | |
| PSA 4pop 4 | modelled$25$25–$25 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $42 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
41% spreadCurrently 41% 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 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver #121 (Common). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Darkness Energy (HeartGold & SoulSilver #121) worth?
As of 9 September 2026, Darkness Energy from HeartGold & SoulSilver is worth approximately $51.90 ungraded (near-mint), and around $349 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver is worth around $349 — roughly 7× the raw ungraded value of $51.90.
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 Common card from HeartGold & SoulSilver (card #121).
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