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Check your printing2 different Dark Muk printings exist — is this your card? Team Rocket Returns #16
Dark Muk Team Rocket Returns #16 Pokémon card
Rare

Dark Muk

Team Rocket Returns · 16/109 · Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita
80 HPGrassDarknessPokémonStage 1

Market value · ungraded · Normal

$8.04 3.7% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$5$8
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 20 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$8.04

What this price is based on

Low confidence

Only 1 sale in the last 90 days.

Median · CGC 9$70.702 sales
Trimmed mean$26.40outliers removed
Range$26.40$115lowest to highest sale
Sales rate0.7/mo4 recorded

Recent CGC 9 sales

By grade

  • CGC 9$70.702 sales
  • CGC 10$3602 sales

From 4 completed sales recorded between Feb 23, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 4 graded sales and 1,305,862 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Dark Muk is a Rare Pokémon card from Team Rocket Returns (#16), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's a Stage 1 Grass/Darkness-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Grimer, weak to Psychic ×2. Its current blended market value is $8.04 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $75 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 9× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 20 August 2026.

The receipts

Price history · Raw

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$8.04
Period high
$8.35
Period low
$3.04
Change
101.0%
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Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Should you grade it?

$34

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 40% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case $4); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)40%
Expected return$34
PSA 10 best case$4
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Dark Muk is a Rare in Team Rocket Returns — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 14 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 21 packs.

Rare67%14 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)40%30 of 75
PSA 934.7%26 of 75
PSA graded so far75
Gem Mint 1030
Total graded75

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$75.00$71$49.3×
PSA 9$36.83$70$424.6×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 75 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1040%$75.00
PSA 934.7%$37.00
PSA ≤825.3%$8.00

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 — every grade, with gem rates

Only 40% of 75 PSA-graded Dark Muk copies are a gem-mint 10 (30 of 75) — the rest grade lower.

PSA75 gradedPSA 10 · 30 · 40% gem
1030
926
813
73
53
CGC342 gradedCGC 10 · 84 · 25% gem
1084
9.514
994
8.570
828

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

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$8.35
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 30$75$64$86
PSA 9pop 26$37$31$42
PSA 7pop 3$20$17$23
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. 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 · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$8.04
LPLightly Played$7.81
MPModerately Played$7.19
HPHeavily Played$4.30
DMGDamaged$2.60
7-dayflat
30-day 2.6%
90-day 7.7%
All-time high$8
All-time low$5
Other printingsNormal · $8.35
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$47
Normal$8

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

54% spread
Cardmarket · cheapest$5
PriceCharting$8
TCGplayer · dearest$8

Currently 54% cheaper on Cardmarket 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

Momentum · 30dFalling -4%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 54% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

35% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$5
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Evolves from Grimer.

Sticky GooPoké-Body

As long as Dark Muk is your Active Pokémon, your opponent pays ColorlessColorless more to retreat his or her Active Pokémon.

Slimy Water10×
Colorless · Colorless

Does 10 damage times the number of Colorless Energy in the Defending Pokémon's Retreat Cost (after applying effects to the Retreat Cost).

Acidic Poison10
Grass · Colorless

The Defending Pokémon is now Burned and Poisoned.

Weakness Psychic ×2Retreat 1

This Pokémon is both Grass Darkness type.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Sludge PokémonGEN IGrimerMuk

Thickly covered with a filthy, vile sludge. It is so toxic, even its footprints contain poison.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#16
RarityRare
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 1
TypeGrass, Darkness
HP80
Evolves fromGrimer
WeaknessPsychic ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#89
Card IDex7-16
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Dark Muk cards

There are 2 different Dark Muk printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Team Rocket Returns #16 (Rare).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Dark Muk (Team Rocket Returns #16) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Dark Muk from Team Rocket Returns is worth approximately $8.04 ungraded (near-mint), and around $75 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 Muk?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Dark Muk from Team Rocket Returns is worth around $75 — roughly 9× the raw ungraded value of $8.04.

Should I grade my Dark Muk?

A PSA 10 sells for about $75 versus $8.04 raw — roughly a 9× 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 Muk rare?

Dark Muk is a Rare card from Team Rocket Returns (card #16), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. Its current blended market value is $8.04 ungraded.

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