Dark Slowking
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What this price is based on
Medium confidence37 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
What each version actually sells for
Every figure is the median of real completed sales whose listing claimed that printing and condition — not a percentage of the headline price. A dash means we haven't seen enough sales of that exact version to publish one.
Recent Raw sales
- Aug 14, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Dark Slowking 9/109 EX Team Rocket Returns Holo Eng 80HP 2004$62.50
- Aug 9, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Dark Slowking 9/109 Team Rocket Returns Holo Rare Eng 2004$31.00
- Aug 7, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG - Dark Slowking (W/SWIRL!) 9/109 EX Team Rocket Returns Holo Card$36.87
- Aug 4, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Dark Slowking 9/109 Team Rocket Returns Holo Rare English 80 HP$40.00
- Jul 29, 2026eBay — Dark Slowking 9/109 EX Team Rocket Returns Holo Rare 2004 Pokémon$70.00
- Jul 25, 2026eBay — Dark Slowking 9/109 EX Team Rocket Returns Holo Rare Pokémon Card 2004 LPLP$49.99
- Jul 24, 2026eBay — Dark Slowking 9/109 Holo Rare Team Rocket Returns Pokemon LPLP$69.99
- Jul 19, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Dark Slowking 9/109 Team Rocket Returns Holo Rare 2004 English HPHP$22.50
By grade
- Raw$50.0052 sales
- PSA 9$2518 sales
- PSA 8$1908 sales
- CGC 9.5$1683 sales
- CGC 9$1073 sales
- CGC 10$8403 sales
- PSA 7$95.502 sales
- PSA 6$1181 sale
From 87 completed sales recorded between May 12, 2025 and Aug 14, 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.
Grade it or not
GRADE ITBased on 34 graded sales and 1,306,347 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 Slowking is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Team Rocket Returns (#9), illustrated by Kouki Saitou. It's a Stage 1 Psychic/Darkness-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Slowpoke, weak to Grass ×2. Its current blended market value is $95.94 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $1,813 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 19× 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
Graded a PSA 10? See its cert-verified sales and price history → — individual sales PSA tied to a specific slab, each with a cert number you can check.
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history17 in 90 days✓ real completed listings
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.
Demand & liquidity
Last sold $40 · Raw · 26 Jun 2026
Should you grade it?
Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 14% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$1,594); most land at PSA 9 or below.
The odds
Dark Slowking is a Holo / V / ex in Team Rocket Returns — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 33% of the time, split across 25 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 76 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 | $1,813.00 | $123 | +$1,594 | 18.9× |
| PSA 9 | $200.00 | $72 | +$32 | 2.1× |
| PSA 8 | $155.00 | $72 | −$12 | 1.6× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 485 PSA-graded copies:
| Likely outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 14% | $1,813.00 |
| PSA 9 | 38.8% | $200.00 |
| PSA ≤8 | 47.2% | $96.00 |
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 14% of 485 PSA-graded Dark Slowking copies are a gem-mint 10 (68 of 485) — the rest grade lower.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Dark Slowking 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Dark Slowking 9/109 Team Rocket Returns Holo (2 Swirls)Raw · eBay$45.00![Pokémon TCG - Dark Slowking - 9/109 - Holo - Team Rocket Returns [Moderate Play]](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/80wAAeSwj-dqOYx7/s-l225.jpg)
Pokémon TCG - Dark Slowking - 9/109 - Holo - Team Rocket Returns [Moderate Play]Raw · eBay$49.99
Pokemon TCG Dark Slowking 9/109 Team Rocket Returns Holo Rare English 80 HPRaw · eBay$50.00
Dark Slowking 9/109 Holo Rare Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Near MintRaw · eBay$99.99Cheapest raw copy $45.00 — 53% below our estimate of $96
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 68 | ✓ 19 cert-verified$1,813$1,180–$1,813 | |
| PSA 9pop 188 | ✓ 50 cert-verified$200$200–$285 | |
| PSA 8pop 129 | ✓ 21 cert-verified$155$47–$155 | |
| PSA 7pop 46 | ✓ 7 cert-verified$91$37–$91 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $91 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
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
100% spreadCurrently 100% 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.
🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe
43% cheaper than the US🔥 Trending in the community
#33 on the radarSlowking is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Slowpoke.
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may look at the top card of your opponent's deck. Then, you may shuffle his or her deck. This power can't be used if Dark Slowking is affected by a Special Condition.
You may discard a combination of up to 2 Pokémon Tool cards and Rocket's Secret Machine cards from your hand. If you do, this attack does 20 damage plus 30 more damage for each card you discarded.
This Pokémon is both Psychic Darkness type.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Dark Slowking cards
There are 2 different Dark Slowking printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Team Rocket Returns #9 (Rare Holo).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Dark Slowking (Team Rocket Returns #9) worth?
As of 20 August 2026, Dark Slowking from Team Rocket Returns is worth approximately $95.94 ungraded (near-mint), and around $1,813 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 Slowking?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Dark Slowking from Team Rocket Returns is worth around $1,813 — roughly 19× the raw ungraded value of $95.94.
Should I grade my Dark Slowking?
A PSA 10 sells for about $1,813 versus $95.94 raw — roughly a 19× 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 Slowking rare?
Dark Slowking is a Rare Holo card from Team Rocket Returns (card #9), illustrated by Kouki Saitou. Its current blended market value is $95.94 ungraded.
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