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Ekans Team Rocket Returns #55 Pokémon card
Common

Ekans Team Rocket Returns #55

Card #55 · Illustrated by Atsuko Nishida
60 HPGrassPokémonBasic
Market value · ungraded
$38.31
15 sales · last 90 days · eBay + Fanatics + TCGplayer
Sold prices, not asking · Updated 5 July 2026
Confidence medium · How we price →
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Estimated value · Near Mint
$38.31
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9 different Ekans printings exist — is this your card? Team Rocket Returns #55

Ekans is a Common Pokémon card from Team Rocket Returns (#55), illustrated by Atsuko Nishida. It's a Basic Grass-type Pokémon with 60 HP, weak to Psychic ×2. Its current blended market value is $38.31 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 5 July 2026.

Raw price by condition
Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$38.31
LPLightly Played$18.14
MPModerately Played$14.56
HPHeavily Played$13.66
DMGDamaged$11.97
7-dayflat
30-dayflat
90-day 2.2%
All-time high$38
All-time low$11
Other printingsNormal · $0.60

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$38
Normal$1

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$38.31
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 9pop 82$70$40$80
PSA 8pop 51$65$23$89
“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.

Price history · Raw

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026
Latest
$0.75
Period high
$5.00
Period low
$0.53
Change
79.1%

Recent sold prices

Last sold
$21
Raw · 25 Jun 2026
Typical Raw
$21
Sales · last 90 days
12
How often it sells
Sells often
10 in last 30 days

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.

Last sold price
$89
PSA 8 · 1 Jun 2026
Typical CGC 10
$641
Sales · last 90 days
3
How often it sells
Rarely sells
0 in last 30 days

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Demand & liquidity

Very liquid · Sells oftenDemand 70/100
Sales · 30d10
Sales · 90d12
Price momentum0%
Raw
$21

Last sold $21 · Raw · 25 Jun 2026

Population across graders

Only 13% of 176 PSA-graded Ekans copies are a gem-mint 10 (22 of 176) — the rest grade lower.

PSA176 gradedPSA 10 · 22 · 13% gem rate
Full grade breakdown (6 grades)
1022
982
851
712
65
54
CGC408 gradedCGC 10 · 168 · 41% gem rate
Full grade breakdown (5 grades)
10168
9.530
9108
8.552
820
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Ekans 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

$40
Raw $38.31 → graded PSA 9$69.50
after ~$70.69 grading fee → 1.8× the raw value
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 9$69.50$70.69$401.8×
PSA 8$65.39$70.64$441.7×

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. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Where to buy

Available to buy nowLive on eBay
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Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

81% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$21
TCGplayer · dearest$38

Currently 81% 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

Momentum · 30dFlat 0%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 81% gap

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

Card text

Tail Wrap
Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness Psychic ×2Retreat 1

About the Pokémon

Snake PokémonGEN IEkansArbok

Moves silently and stealthily. Eats the eggs of birds, such as PIDGEY and SPEAROW, whole.

Card details

Number#55
RarityCommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeGrass
HP60
WeaknessPsychic ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#23
Card IDex7-55
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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There are 9 different Ekans printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Team Rocket Returns #55 (Common).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Ekans (Team Rocket Returns #55) worth?

As of 5 July 2026, Ekans from Team Rocket Returns is worth approximately $38.31 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Ekans rare?

Ekans is a Common card from Team Rocket Returns (card #55), illustrated by Atsuko Nishida. Its current blended market value is $38.31 ungraded.