Dark Ampharos2/109 · Team Rocket Returns Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$1302 sold · 90d · pop 145
- PSA 9$17610 sold · 90d · pop 149
- PSA 10$2,150pop 36
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Team Rocket Returns #2/109, 2004. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Dark Ampharos is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Team Rocket Returns (#2, released 2004), illustrated by Emi Miwa. It's a Stage 2 Lightning/Darkness-type Pokémon with 120 HP, evolving from Dark Flaaffy, weak to Fighting ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 8 September 2026.
Dark Ampharos price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence43 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 4 auctions, 6 accepted offers. A graded copy trades roughly every 7 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$73.5663 sales · 43 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$24014 sales · 10 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 7$1605 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$1333 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 6$1333 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$1,8773 sales
- CGC 9.5$1253 sales
- CGC 9$27.773 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
Is Dark Ampharos worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 8 — worth $130 against the $189 you put in, a $59 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $176–$1,877. Averaged over every outcome that is +$99 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
Dark Ampharos is a Holo / V / ex in Team Rocket Returns — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 33% of the time, split across 25 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 76 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 | $2,150.00 | $191 | +$1,852 | 19.9× |
| PSA 9 | $176.00 | $72 | −$4 | 1.6× |
| PSA 8 | $130.04 | $71 | −$49 | 1.2× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 427 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 8.4% | $1,876.99 |
| PSA 9 | 34.2% | $176.00 |
| PSA 8 — typical | 33% | $130.04 |
| PSA 7 | 11.7% | $110.00 |
| PSA 6 | 6.6% | $107.89 |
| PSA 5 | 1.9% | $107.89 |
| PSA 4 | 0.9% | $107.89 |
| PSA 3 | 0.9% | $107.89 |
| PSA 2 | 0.5% | $107.89 |
| PSA 1 | 0.5% | $107.89 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 1.4% | $107.89 |
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
36 of the 441 PSA-graded Dark Ampharos copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 8.2%. 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 441.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 124.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 38.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 3.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Dark Ampharos 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Dark Ampharos Team Rocket Returns 2/109 Holo 2004 Unlimited Pokémon TCG HPRaw · eBay$25.29
Dark Ampharos Team Rocket Returns 2/109 Holo 2004 Unlimited Pokémon TCG HPRaw · eBay$39.99
Dark Ampharos 2/109 HoloRaw · eBay$39.99
Dark Ampharos" Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) cardRaw · eBay$45.00
Dark Ampharos 2/109 Team Rocket Returns HoloRaw · eBay$50.00
Dark Ampharos 2/109 EX Team Rocket Returns Holo Promo HP 120 English 2004Raw · eBay$55.00Cheapest raw copy $39.99 — 63% below our near-mint estimate of $108
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 36 | ✓ 10 cert-verified$2,150$1,527–$2,150 | |
| PSA 9pop 149 | ✓ 29 cert-verified$176$176–$282 | |
| PSA 8pop 145 | $130$111–$150 | |
| PSA 7pop 54 | ✓ 9 cert-verified$110 |
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 $110 (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
52% spreadCurrently 52% 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
Evolves from Dark Flaaffy.
As long as Dark Ampharos is in play, whenever your opponent plays an Evolution card from his or her hand to evolve 1 of his or her Pokémon, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. You can't use more than 1 Darkest Impulse Poké-Body each turn.
Discard all Lightning Energy attached to Dark Ampharos.
This Pokémon is both Lightning Darkness type.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Dark Ampharos cards
There are 2 different Dark Ampharos printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Team Rocket Returns #2 (Rare Holo).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Dark Ampharos (Team Rocket Returns #2) worth?
As of 8 September 2026, Dark Ampharos from Team Rocket Returns is worth approximately $107.89 ungraded (near-mint), and around $2,150 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 Dark Ampharos?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Dark Ampharos from Team Rocket Returns is worth around $2,150 — roughly 20× the raw ungraded value of $107.89.
Should I grade my Dark Ampharos?
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 Dark Ampharos rare?
Dark Ampharos is a Rare Holo card from Team Rocket Returns (card #2).
How do I know if my Dark Ampharos is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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