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Check your printing12 different Arbok printings exist — is this your card? Sandstorm #29
Arbok Sandstorm #29 Pokémon card
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Uncommon

Arbok29/100 · Sandstorm Price & Value

2003 · Illustrated by Midori Harada
70 HPGrassPokémonStage 1

Market value · Near Mint · Normal

$2.83
LiquidityOccasional sales
Confidence55 · medium5 raw sales in 90 days, prices spread across conditions, last sale 13 days ago.
Sales · 90 days8
Bulk card. At this price most of what a buyer pays is postage, so treat it as a rough band rather than a valuation. eBay + Fanatics + TCGplayer. Updated 15 September 2026. 2 sources agree within 1%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Every price on this page is for Sandstorm #29/100, 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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Arbok is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Sandstorm (#29, released 2003), illustrated by Midori Harada. It's a Stage 1 Grass-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Ekans, weak to Psychic ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 15 September 2026.

Arbok price history & recent sales

Price history · Raw

1 Oct 202315 Sept 2026
Latest
$2.83
Period high
$4.36
Period low
$1.37
Change
106.6% · 3Y
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Verified sales history

Medium confidence

5 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee. · ModerateOccasional sales

Range$1.33$5.38Rawlowest to highest sale
Sales2 / 8last 30d / 90d, every grade
Sales rate1.5/mo9 recorded, every grade
Latest sale13d agoRaw5 in 90 days
Where it sells100% eBayRawlast 90 days
Demand43/100sales rate, trend & buzz
Last sold
$3
Raw · 3 Sep 2026
Typical Raw
$3
Sales · last 90 days
8
How often it sells
Occasional sales
every 6 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
$7
CGC 6.5 · 13 Apr 2026
Typical CGC 6.5
$7
Sales · last 90 days
0
How often it sells
No sales in the last 30 days
0 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 9 completed sales recorded between Apr 13, 2026 and Sep 3, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

By grade

  • Raw$2.685 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 9$35.232 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
  • CGC 6.5$7.201 sale
  • CGC 10$61.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare

Is Arbok worth grading?

Not worth grading

Most copies come back PSA 9worth $19 against the $73 you put in, a $54 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $19$48. Averaged over every outcome that is $43 a card.

You put in$73card + fees
Most likelyPSA 9$19 ($54)
Best case1 in 2PSA 10 · $48
Average per card$43across every grade

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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.
Trader plan and above

The odds

Arbok is a Uncommoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.

PSA 10 (gem mint)41.7%10 of 24
PSA 941.7%10 of 24
PSA graded so far24
Gem Mint 1010
Total graded24

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$48.00$70$2517.0×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 24 PSA-graded copies:

OutcomeChanceValue
PSA 1041.7%$48.00
PSA 9typical41.7%$19.00
PSA 88.3%$19.00 †
PSA 74.2%$17.00 †
PSA 64.2%$2.83

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

10 of the 24 PSA-graded Arbok copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 42%. The rest graded lower.

PSA24 gradedPSA 10 · 10 · 42% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 24.

101042%
91042%
828.3%
714.2%
614.2%
CGC75 gradedCGC 10 · 32 · 43% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 75.

103243%
9.534.0%
91216%
8.545.3%
8912%
7.556.7%
734.0%
6.545.3%
511.3%
BGS2 gradedBGS 10 · 0 · 0% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 2.

9.52100%
TAG1 gradedTAG 10 · 0 · 0% gem

Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1.

81100%

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

Copies for sale right now

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$2.83
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 10modelled$48$48$48
“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$2.83
LPLightly Played$2.32
MPModerately Played$0.78
DMGDamaged$0.49
7-dayflat
30-day 2.5%
90-day 12.7%
All-time high$3
All-time low$2
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$15
Normal$3

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

0% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$3
TCGplayer · dearest$3

Currently 0% 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

Cross-marketMarkets agree 0% gap

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

🔥 Trending in the community

#242 on the radar
Mentions this week1

Arbok is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Evolves from Ekans.

Intimidating FangPoké-Body

As long as Arbok is your Active Pokémon, any damage done to your Pokémon by an opponent's attack is reduced by 10 (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

Toxic20
Grass · Colorless · Colorless

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on the Defending Pokémon between turns.

Weakness Psychic ×2Retreat 1
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Cobra PokémonGEN IEkansArbok

It is rumored that the ferocious warning markings on its belly differ from area to area.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#29
RarityUncommon
Released2003
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 1
TypeGrass
HP70
Evolves fromEkans
WeaknessPsychic ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#24
Card IDex2-29
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Arbok cards

There are 12 different Arbok printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Sandstorm #29 (Uncommon). The most valuable 7 are below.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Arbok (Sandstorm #29) worth?

As of 15 September 2026, Arbok from Sandstorm is worth approximately $2.83 ungraded (near-mint), and around $48 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 Arbok?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Arbok from Sandstorm is worth around $48 — roughly 17× the raw ungraded value of $2.83.

Should I grade my Arbok?

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 Arbok rare?

Arbok is a Uncommon card from Sandstorm (card #29).

How do I know if my Arbok 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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