Dark Raticate17/109 · Team Rocket Returns Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$513 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 12
- PSA 9$56modelled · pop 32
- PSA 10$70pop 37
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Team Rocket Returns #17/109, 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 Raticate is a Rare Pokémon card from Team Rocket Returns (#17, released 2004), illustrated by Kouki Saitou. It's a Stage 1 Darkness-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Rattata, weak to Fighting ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 10 September 2026.
Dark Raticate price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence9 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Liquid — Sells regularly
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$5.3510 sales · 9 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 8$12.654 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$69.993 sales
- PSA 9$9.502 sales
- CGC 10$50.002 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$11.501 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Dark Raticate worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $56 against the $76 you put in, a $20 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $56–$70. Averaged over every outcome that is −$14 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 Raticate 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.
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 | $69.99 | $71 | −$5 | 14.6× |
| PSA 9 | $56.00 | $71 | −$19 | 11.7× |
| PSA 8 | $50.59 | $71 | −$25 | 10.6× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 85 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 43.5% | $69.99 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 37.6% | $56.00 |
| PSA 8 | 14.1% | $50.59 |
| PSA 7 | 4.7% | $50.59 † |
† 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
37 of the 85 PSA-graded Dark Raticate copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 44%. 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 85.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 112.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 6.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 2.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Dark Raticate 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Dark Raticate Pokémon EX Team Rocket Returns #17 2004Raw · eBay$1.68
Dark Raticate Rare EX Team Rocket Returns 17/109 MPRaw · eBay$2.23
Dark Raticate Pokémon EX Team Rocket Returns #17 2004Raw · eBay$2.55
Dark Raticate 17/109 Team Rocket Returns RegularRaw · eBay$2.99
Dark Raticate 17/109 Team Rocket Returns Uncommon NMRaw · eBay$2.99
Dark Raticate 17/109 Rare Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Moderately PlayedRaw · eBay$3.00Cheapest raw copy $1.68 — 65% below our near-mint estimate of $5
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 37 | $70$59–$80 | |
| PSA 9pop 32 | modelled$56$48–$64 | |
| PSA 8pop 12 | modelled$51$43–$58 |
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 Rattata.
The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Put 5 damage counters on the Defending Pokémon at the end of your opponent's next turn.
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Dark Raticate cards
There are 2 different Dark Raticate printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Team Rocket Returns #17 (Rare).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Dark Raticate (Team Rocket Returns #17) worth?
As of 10 September 2026, Dark Raticate from Team Rocket Returns is worth approximately $4.78 ungraded (near-mint), and around $70 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 Raticate?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Dark Raticate from Team Rocket Returns is worth around $70 — roughly 15× the raw ungraded value of $4.78.
Should I grade my Dark Raticate?
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 Raticate rare?
Dark Raticate is a Rare card from Team Rocket Returns (card #17).
How do I know if my Dark Raticate 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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