Dark Steelix
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What this price is based on
Medium confidence41 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
Recent Raw sales
- Aug 12, 2026eBay — 2004 Pokemon EX Team Rocket Returns Holo Dark Steelix #10/109 DMGDM$29.70
- Aug 12, 2026eBay — Dark Steelix 10/109 Holo Pokémon EX Team Rocket Returns GREAT CONDITION$40.00
- Aug 9, 2026eBay — Pokemon - Ex Team Rocket Returns - Dark Steelix 10/109-- Condition (LP)LP$100
- Aug 9, 2026eBay — 2004 Pokemon EX Team Rocket Returns Holo #10 Dark Steelix$33.00
- Aug 9, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Dark Steelix 10/109 EX Team Rocket Returns 2004 English Holo Rare$21.50
- Aug 3, 2026eBay — LP+Pokemon DARK STEELIX Card EX TEAM ROCKET RETURNS Set#10/109 Holo Rare SWIRL#1LP$74.99
- Aug 3, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Dark Steelix 10/109 EX Team Rocket Returns 2004 English Holo Rare$17.99
- Aug 3, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Dark Steelix 10/109 Holo EX Team Rocket Returns NMNM$76.00
By grade
- Raw$50.0053 sales
- PSA 8$16812 sales
- PSA 10$2,2225 sales
- CGC 9$1054 sales
- CGC 10$4774 sales
- PSA 9$1583 sales
- PSA 7$87.633 sales
- PSA 6$59.003 sales
From 92 completed sales recorded between Feb 23, 2026 and Aug 12, 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 39 graded sales and 1,306,306 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 Steelix is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Team Rocket Returns (#10), illustrated by Kyoko Koizumi. It's a Stage 1 Darkness/Metal-type Pokémon with 110 HP, evolving from Onix, weak to Fire ×2. Its current blended market value is $46.62 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $686 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 15× 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 history19 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 $100 · Raw · 25 Jun 2026
Should you grade it?
Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 8.1% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$553); most land at PSA 9 or below.
The odds
Dark Steelix 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 | $686.00 | $87 | +$553 | 14.7× |
| PSA 9 | $156.00 | $72 | +$38 | 3.3× |
| PSA 8 | $124.00 | $71 | +$6 | 2.7× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 445 PSA-graded copies:
| Likely outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 8.1% | $686.00 |
| PSA 9 | 38.4% | $156.00 |
| PSA ≤8 | 53.5% | $47.00 |
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 8% of 445 PSA-graded Dark Steelix copies are a gem-mint 10 (36 of 445) — the rest grade lower.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Dark Steelix 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Dark Steelix 10/109 Team Rocket Returns HoloRaw · eBay$44.99
Pokémon TCG Dark Steelix Team Rocket Returns #10/109, Holo RARERaw · eBay$65.00
Dark Steelix Team Rocket Returns Holo Rare Pokemon LP 10/109Raw · eBay$69.99
Dark Steelix 10/109 Team Rocket Returns Holo Rare Swirl NM Near MintRaw · eBay$198.94Cheapest raw copy $44.99 — 3% below our estimate of $47
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Market check
PSA 10: price guides list this around $455 — it actually sells for $2,050 (median of 12 cert-verified PSA sales, 2 recent)
Every sale behind this figure is tied to a specific PSA certificate — see the verified sales in the grading section below.
All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 36 | ✓ 12 cert-verified$686$388–$686 | |
| PSA 9pop 171 | ✓ 23 cert-verified$156$156–$214 | |
| PSA 8pop 121 | $124$105–$143 | |
| PSA 7pop 59 | $39$33–$45 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 6 slab of this card sells for about $59 (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
143% spreadCurrently 143% 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 Onix.
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This Pokémon is both Darkness Metal type.
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Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Dark Steelix (Team Rocket Returns #10) worth?
As of 20 August 2026, Dark Steelix from Team Rocket Returns is worth approximately $46.62 ungraded (near-mint), and around $686 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 Steelix?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Dark Steelix from Team Rocket Returns is worth around $686 — roughly 15× the raw ungraded value of $46.62.
Should I grade my Dark Steelix?
A PSA 10 sells for about $686 versus $46.62 raw — roughly a 15× 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 Steelix rare?
Dark Steelix is a Rare Holo card from Team Rocket Returns (card #10), illustrated by Kyoko Koizumi. Its current blended market value is $46.62 ungraded.
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