Dark Ariados30/109 · Team Rocket Returns Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$42 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 12
- PSA 9$323 sold · 90d · pop 41
- PSA 10$792 sold · 90d · pop 26
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Team Rocket Returns #30/109, 2004. 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.
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.
Dark Ariados is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Team Rocket Returns (#30, released 2004), illustrated by Kyoko Koizumi. It's a Stage 1 Grass/Darkness-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Spinarak, weak to Fire ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Dark Ariados price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence6 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee. · 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$6.737 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$31.954 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$79.004 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$23.304 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8.5$25.003 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$13.932 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 7$10.501 sale
- PSA 3$12.501 sale
Is Dark Ariados worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $32 against the $73 you put in, a $41 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $32–$79. Averaged over every outcome that is −$35 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 Ariados is a Uncommoncard — 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 | $79.00 | $71 | +$5 | 23.9× |
| PSA 9 | $31.90 | $70 | −$42 | 9.6× |
| PSA 8 | $4.39 | $70 | −$69 | 1.3× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 88 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 29.5% | $79.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 46.6% | $31.90 |
| PSA 8 | 13.6% | $4.39 |
| PSA 7 | 4.5% | $4.00 |
| PSA 6 | 1.1% | $3.31 |
| PSA 5 | 1.1% | $3.31 |
| PSA 4 | 1.1% | $3.31 |
| PSA 3 | 1.1% | $3.31 |
| PSA 2 | 1.1% | $3.31 |
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
26 of the 88 PSA-graded Dark Ariados copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 30%. 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 88.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 102.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 7.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Dark Ariados 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Dark Ariados Team Rocket Returns 30/109 2004 MPRaw · eBay$1.45
Team Rocket Returns #30/109 Dark AriadosRaw · eBay$1.69
Pokémon TCG - Dark Ariados 30/109 - Team Rocket Returns - LPRaw · eBay$1.80
Dark Ariados 30/109 Team Rocket Returns RegularRaw · eBay$2.68
Dark Ariados Uncommon EX Team Rocket Returns 30/109 NMRaw · eBay$2.69
Dark Ariados 30/109 Team Rocket Returns Pokemon LP Fast ShipRaw · eBay$2.75Cheapest raw copy $1.69 — 49% below our near-mint estimate of $3
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 26 | $79$67–$91 | |
| PSA 9pop 41 | $32$27–$37 | |
| PSA 8pop 12 | modelled$4$4–$5 | |
| PSA 7pop 4 | modelled$4$3–$5 |
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
7% spreadCurrently 7% 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 Spinarak.
Each Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage for each Colorless Energy in that Pokémon's Retreat Cost (after applying effects to the Retreat Cost). (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
This Pokémon is both Grass Darkness type.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Dark Ariados cards
There are 2 different Dark Ariados printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Team Rocket Returns #30 (Uncommon).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Dark Ariados (Team Rocket Returns #30) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Dark Ariados from Team Rocket Returns is worth approximately $3.31 ungraded (near-mint), and around $79 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 Ariados?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Dark Ariados from Team Rocket Returns is worth around $79 — roughly 24× the raw ungraded value of $3.31.
Should I grade my Dark Ariados?
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 Ariados rare?
Dark Ariados is a Uncommon card from Team Rocket Returns (card #30).
How do I know if my Dark Ariados 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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