Dark Golduck35/109 · Team Rocket Returns Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
Typical copy sold $6 34 sales, all conditionsPack fresh $14est.
- PSA 9$366 sold · 90d · pop 31
- PSA 10$1972 sold · 90d · pop 33
What's your copy worth?
Estimated. This card has enough sales to price the top 15% but not the top 5%, so pack-fresh is projected from the gap we measure between those two tiers on cards that do — about 1.4x on vintage, 1.2x on modern. $10.38. That's about +45% over a typical Near Mint copy.
ⓘ How do we work this out?
We take every real sale of this exact card over the last 12 months (30 sales), sort them by price, and read off the top 15% and top 5%. No multipliers, no guesses — the prices cleaner copies actually fetched.
Why cleaner copies cost more: buyers can see condition in the photos and pay for it. Listings sellers describe as pack fresh or gem mint land in this top band 1.7× more often than ordinary ones — the premium follows the card, not the hype.
Copies in this band are also the ones collectors send to grading: far more likely than a typical binder copy to be submitted at all — and to come back with the strong grade that carries the PSA prices shown on this page. That prospect is part of what buyers are paying for here.
These are read straight off this card's own completed sales — sort them by price and take the top 15% and top 5%. Whether your copy qualifies is a judgment made by looking at the card.
What this price is based on
Medium confidence34 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
Recent Raw sales
- Sep 5, 2026eBay — Dark Golduck 35/109 Uncommon Team Rocket Returns Pokémon Non Holo Card$6.72
- Sep 4, 2026eBay — DARK GOLDUCK 35/109 Uncommon Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Heavily PlayedHP$3.71
- Sep 2, 2026eBay — Dark Golduck 35/109 EX Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Card NMNM$9.99
- Aug 16, 2026eBay — Dark Golduck Pokemon TCG Team Rocket Returns Uncommon Card #35/109$7.00
- Aug 15, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Dark Golduck Team Rocket Returns 35/109 Uncommon Regular 70 HP$8.00
- Aug 13, 2026eBay — Dark Golduck 35/109 Uncommon Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Lightly PlayedLP$5.49
- Aug 12, 2026eBay — Dark Golduck 35/109 Uncommon Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Near MintNM$5.11
- Aug 7, 2026eBay — Dark Golduck 35/109 Pokemon EX Team Rocket Returns Uncommon Regular$5.99
By grade
- Raw$5.3046 sales
- PSA 10$2179 sales
- PSA 9$39.206 sales
- PSA 6$1932 sales
- CGC 9.5$27.601 sale
- CGC 9$21.501 sale
From 65 completed sales recorded between Mar 23, 2026 and Sep 5, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.
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GRADE ITBased on 19 graded sales and 1,305,862 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.
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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 Golduck is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Team Rocket Returns (#35, released 2004), illustrated by Nakaoka. It's a Stage 1 Water/Darkness-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Psyduck, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $7.18 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $197 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 27× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 6 September 2026.
Dark Golduck price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history56 in 90 days✓ real completed listings
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Demand & liquidity
Last sold $7 · Raw · 5 Sep 2026
How often each grade sells · last 90 days, all marketplaces
Is Dark Golduck worth grading?
Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 37.5% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$118); most land at PSA 9 or below.
The odds
Dark Golduck 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 | $197.00 | $72 | +$118 | 27.4× |
| PSA 9 | $35.68 | $70 | −$42 | 5.0× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 88 PSA-graded copies:
| Likely outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 37.5% | $197.00 |
| PSA 9 | 35.2% | $36.00 |
| PSA ≤8 | 27.3% | $7.00 |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; 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
Only 38% of 87 PSA-graded Dark Golduck copies are a gem-mint 10 (33 of 87) — the rest grade lower.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Dark Golduck 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Dark Golduck 35/109 EX Team Rocket Returns Regular - HPRaw · eBay$3.00
DARK GOLDUCK 35/109 Uncommon Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Heavily PlayedRaw · eBay$3.71
Dark Golduck 35/109 Team Rocket Returns RegularRaw · eBay$4.00
Dark Golduck 35/109 Team Rocket Returns RegularRaw · eBay$4.15
Dark Golduck 35/109 Uncommon Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Moderately PlayedRaw · eBay$4.23
Dark Golduck 35/109 Team Rocket Returns RegularRaw · eBay$4.29Cheapest raw copy $3.00 — 58% below our estimate of $7
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 332 · 90d | ✓ 10 cert-verified$197$197–$306 | |
| PSA 9pop 316 · 90d | $36$30–$41 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
A typical Near Mint copy sells for $9.58. Grading-candidate copies — the cleanest 15% of sales — typically fetch $9.89 (+3%). Pack-fresh examples — the top 5% — go for about $13.85.
From 11 sales in the last 12 months. These describe the market — whether a specific copy is a grading candidate is a judgment made by looking at it.
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
11% spreadCurrently 11% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. 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 Psyduck.
Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to each of your Active Pokémon during your opponent's next turn.
You may discard an Energy card attached to Dark Golduck. If you do, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.
This Pokémon is both Water Darkness type.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Dark Golduck cards
There are 2 different Dark Golduck printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Team Rocket Returns #35 (Uncommon).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Dark Golduck (Team Rocket Returns #35) worth?
As of 6 September 2026, Dark Golduck from Team Rocket Returns is worth approximately $7.18 ungraded (near-mint), and around $197 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 Golduck?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Dark Golduck from Team Rocket Returns is worth around $197 — roughly 27× the raw ungraded value of $7.18.
Should I grade my Dark Golduck?
A PSA 10 sells for about $197 versus $7.18 raw — roughly a 27× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.
Is Dark Golduck rare?
Dark Golduck is a Uncommon card from Team Rocket Returns (card #35), illustrated by Nakaoka. Its current blended market value is $7.18 ungraded.
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