Dark Metal Energy94/109 · Team Rocket Returns Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 9$29pop 12
- PSA 10$146modelled · pop 11
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Team Rocket Returns #94/109, 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 Metal Energy is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Team Rocket Returns (#94, released 2004), illustrated by Takumi Akabane. It's a Special Energy card. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 10 September 2026.
Dark Metal Energy price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence14 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Liquid — Sells regularly
5 of 9 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 103 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$5.4926 sales · 14 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 10$1062 sales
- TAG 6$1.751 sale
- PSA 9$29.001 sale
- PSA 8$39.991 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9.6$20.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$7.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$26.401 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Dark Metal Energy worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $29 against the $78 you put in, a $49 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $29–$146. Averaged over every outcome that is −$16 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 Metal Energy 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 | $146.08 | $71 | +$68 | 21.8× |
| PSA 9 | $29.00 | $70 | −$48 | 4.3× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 37 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 29.7% | $146.08 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 32.4% | $29.00 |
| PSA 8 | 16.2% | $29.00 † |
| PSA 7 | 13.5% | $24.99 † |
| PSA 6 | 8.1% | $6.71 |
† 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
11 of the 38 PSA-graded Dark Metal Energy copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 29%. 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 38.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 22.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 14.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Dark Metal Energy 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Dark Metal Energy 94/109 Uncommon Team Rocket Returns Pokemon MPRaw · eBay$4.99
Dark Metal Energy 94/109 EX Team Rocket Returns RegularRaw · eBay$4.99
Dark Metal Energy 94/109 Team Rocket Returns RegularRaw · eBay$4.99
Dark Metal Energy 94/109 Team Rocket Returns Regular Scratched In Good ConditionRaw · eBay$4.99
Pokemon TCG Dark Metal Energy - 94/109 / English / Lightly PlayedRaw · eBay$5.77
Dark Metal Energy 94/109 Team Rocket Returns UncommonRaw · eBay$5.99Cheapest raw copy $4.99 — 26% below our near-mint 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 11 | modelled$146$124–$168 | |
| PSA 9pop 12 | ✓ 5 cert-verified$29$29–$48 |
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
10% spreadCurrently 10% 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
Attach Dark Metal Energy to 1 of your Pokémon. While in play, Dark Metal Energy provides Darkness Energy and Metal Energy, but provides only 1 Energy at a time. (Doesn't count as a basic Energy card when not in play and has no effect other than providing Energy.)
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Dark Metal Energy cards
There are 2 different Dark Metal Energy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Team Rocket Returns #94 (Uncommon).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Dark Metal Energy (Team Rocket Returns #94) worth?
As of 10 September 2026, Dark Metal Energy from Team Rocket Returns is worth approximately $6.71 ungraded (near-mint), and around $146 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 Metal Energy?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Dark Metal Energy from Team Rocket Returns is worth around $146 — roughly 22× the raw ungraded value of $6.71.
Should I grade my Dark Metal 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 Dark Metal Energy rare?
Dark Metal Energy is a Uncommon card from Team Rocket Returns (card #94).
How do I know if my Dark Metal Energy 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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