Rare Holo EXTeam Rocket Returns96/1092004PSA 9
Rocket's Articuno ex 96/109 · Team Rocket Returns PSA 9 price
PSA 9 · mint slab
$1,699
Fair buy $1,198 · sell $1,6994.5× rawUpdated
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- PSA 9 sales
- 13
- 6 cert-verified
- Last 90 days
- 5
- occasional
- Confidence
- Medium
- 5 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee.
- Latest sale
- 4d ago
- one every ~10d
Our published graded price for this card, checked against every cert-verified sale below. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →
PSA’s own estimate for a PSA 9: $1,688 (range $1,388–$2,050, moderate confidence, from cert #114691681, checked ). Our price sits inside PSA’s range. PSA builds it from the same auction records we track, so it is a cross-check, not a second source.
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PSA 9 slabs for sale right now
Live asks for a PSA 9 of this exact card · stock as of . A raw copy or a reverse holo is a different product and is not in this list.
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PSA 9 · buy now
2004 Pokemon EX Team Rocket Returns - Rocket's Articuno EX #96 PSA 9 MINTPSA 9eBay$5,500
Pokemon EX Team Rocket Returns Rocket’s Articuno ex Holo 96/109 PSA 9 Mint CleanPSA 9eBay$8,000
2004 POKEMON EX TEAM ROCKET RETURNS #96 ROCKET'S ARTICUNO EX-HOLO PSA 9PSA 9eBay$8,6892004 Pokemon EX Team Rocket Returns Holo Rocket's Articuno EX #96 PSA 9 MINTPSA 9bidFanatics auction$625
2004 Pokemon EX Team Rocket Returns Holo Rocket's Articuno EX #96 PSA 9 MINTPSA 9bidFanatics auction$1,375
Cheapest ask $5,500 — 224% above our PSA 9 estimate of $1,699
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Why $1,699? Cert-verified PSA 9 sales
Each sale is tied by PSA to a specific graded slab — click the cert to check the exact card, grade and serial on psacard.com. Outliers against the grade’s own median are dropped; qualified slabs are listed separately beneath.
| Date | Sold via | Cert | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | eBay · bestoffer | listing#86005234 | $1,699 |
| 2026-09-12 | Fanatics · fixedprice | #135500154 | $1,650 |
| 2026-09-04 | eBay · bestoffer | listing#114691681sold before | $1,550 |
| 2026-08-02 | eBay · auction | listing#27009335 | $1,395 |
| 2026-07-03 | eBay · auction | listing#72966828 | $1,362 |
| 2026-06-27 | eBay · bestoffer | listing#52040147sold before | $1,600 |
2 of 6 were competitive auctions; 3 best offers and 1 fixed-price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 10 days, the median gap between cert-verified sales.
PSA 9 price history
Quarterly medians of cert-verified PSA 9 sales — 97 sales across 27 quarters, Q2 2018 to Q3 2026.
PSA 9 · index · latest
$1,699▲ 92%over 366 days
2025-10-03 → 2026-10-04
Latest $1,550 (Q3 2026, 5 sales) · ▲ 2083% since Q2 2018
Slab history — PSA 9 copies that have sold more than once
11 slabs have sold more than once, across 15 resales — typically 230 days apart, with a median gross price change of +78.2%. That is 11 of the 73 distinct slabs behind 97 cert-linked sales at this grade — 15.1%. The rest we have seen sell once, which is not evidence they have not sold before.
| Cert | Sales of this slab | Between | Gross change |
|---|---|---|---|
| #114691681 | Feb 2026 $916→Sept 2026 $1,550 | 6–12 months | +69.2% |
| #52040147 | Dec 2021 $396→Nov 2025 $706→May 2026 $1,175 | 3–6 months | +196.7% |
| #28224816 | Jul 2018 $56→Aug 2019 $60→Mar 2026 $1,200→Apr 2026 $1,500 | Under 3 months | +2578.6% |
| #62911490 | Sept 2025 $820→Apr 2026 $1,492 | 6–12 months | +81.9% |
| #27690383 | Nov 2025 $630→Apr 2026 $1,225 | 3–6 months | +94.4% |
| #47096931 | Jan 2021 $401→Oct 2025 $1,000 | Over a year | +149.4% |
| #26801675 | May 2020 $300→Apr 2025 $694→Oct 2025 $960 | 3–6 months | +220.0% |
| #54168138 | Mar 2025 $800→Oct 2025 $900 | 6–12 months | +12.5% |
| #100803987 | Mar 2025 $700→Aug 2025 $1,150 | 3–6 months | +64.3% |
| #40897589 | Dec 2018 $61→Aug 2023 $326 | Over a year | +434.4% |
Showing the 10 most recent of 11 slabs with a history. A cert reappearing shows the same physical slab sold again — it identifies no buyer or seller. Gross change is price to price; fees, shipping and the grading cost are not in it.
Every PSA 9 sale we can show you
Cert-verified sales, the eBay comps, our own ledger and Fanatics, in one list newest first. We hold 13 PSA 9 sales with a median of $1,500; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to. Fanatics alone: 4 PSA 9 sales, 1 in the last 90 days.
1–8 of 14 sales · 6 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.
How many PSA 9 copies exist
PSA’s cumulative census for this card. It counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the rate a fresh submission should expect.
PSA 9 population
274
26.1% of 1,049 graded
Graded higher
70
PSA 10s above this grade
Total PSA graded
1,049
every grade, all time
Other graders at a 9: CGC 34 of 181 · TAG 1 of 8. A CGC or BGS 9 is its own market and is not in the price above.
Is Rocket's Articuno ex worth grading?
Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — the PSA 9 outcome is one leg, not the whole answer.
Verdict
Worth it
every grade weighted by its census share
Expected net
$1,305
after fees, all grades
Comes back PSA 9
2730%
of submissions, by the census
PSA 9 outcome
$1,118
PSA 9 net of raw and fee
Grading cost
$202
tier fee + shipping
Trader
Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population, the ROI table and the 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 fees, Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market 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.
Built on 77 graded sales and a population of 1,306,854 · fees as of 2026-10-03.
More Rocket's Articuno ex and more from Team Rocket Returns
Prices are raw near mint; PSA 10 shown where we have one.
Torchic ☆Team Rocket Returns · #108 · 2004$9,113
Mudkip ☆Team Rocket Returns · #107 · 2004$8,058PSA 10 $1,020,000
Treecko ☆Team Rocket Returns · #109 · 2004$3,650PSA 10 $123,000
Rocket's Mewtwo exTeam Rocket Returns · #99 · 2004$1,277PSA 10 $35,781
Rocket's Snorlax exTeam Rocket Returns · #104 · 2004$1,055PSA 10 $68,500
Rocket's Scizor exTeam Rocket Returns · #101 · 2004$705PSA 10 $16,000
Rocket's Suicune exTeam Rocket Returns · #105 · 2004$684PSA 10 $30,000
Rocket's Moltres exTeam Rocket Returns · #100 · 2004$646PSA 10 $15,600
Rocket's Zapdos exTeam Rocket Returns · #106 · 2004$568PSA 10 $9,601
Rocket's Entei exTeam Rocket Returns · #97 · 2004$551PSA 10 $14,600
Rocket's Scyther exTeam Rocket Returns · #102 · 2004$477PSA 10 $13,000
Here Comes Team Rocket!Team Rocket Returns · #111 · 2004$402PSA 10 $2,906
Rocket's Sneasel exTeam Rocket Returns · #103 · 2004$307PSA 10 $6,900
Rocket's Hitmonchan exTeam Rocket Returns · #98 · 2004$275PSA 10 $8,500
CharmeleonTeam Rocket Returns · #110 · 2004$127PSA 10 $8,400
Dark AmpharosTeam Rocket Returns · #2 · 2004$120PSA 10 $2,399
Dark HoundoomTeam Rocket Returns · #5 · 2004$104PSA 10 $4,250
TogeticTeam Rocket Returns · #14 · 2004$98.76PSA 10 $1,375
Dark SteelixTeam Rocket Returns · #10 · 2004$97.00PSA 10 $5,040
Dark SlowkingTeam Rocket Returns · #9 · 2004$92.30PSA 10 $2,291
Dark DragoniteTeam Rocket Returns · #15 · 2004$88.52PSA 10 $1,935
Dark OctilleryTeam Rocket Returns · #8 · 2004$52.05PSA 10 $1,250
Dark ElectrodeTeam Rocket Returns · #4 · 2004$50.00PSA 10 $2,090
Dark HypnoTeam Rocket Returns · #6 · 2004$48.21PSA 10 $1,800
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Frequently asked questions
How much is a PSA 9 Rocket's Articuno ex (Team Rocket Returns #96) worth?
As of 4 October 2026, a PSA 9 mint Rocket's Articuno ex from Team Rocket Returns is worth approximately $1,699, with a fair range of $1,198 to $1,699 — about 4.5× the $379 raw near-mint price.
Where does the PSA 9 price come from?
From 6 cert-verified PSA 9 sales, each tied by PSA to a specific slab with a public cert number — 2 at auction, 3 by best offer and 1 at a fixed price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 10 days.
How many PSA 9 Rocket's Articuno ex exist?
PSA has graded 274 copies of Rocket's Articuno ex (Team Rocket Returns #96) a 9, out of 1,049 submitted — 26.1% of the population, with 70 graded higher. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.
Should I grade my Rocket's Articuno ex hoping for a PSA 9?
Probably yes. Weighting every grade by how often this card earns it, expected value after the $202 grading fee is about $1,305; this card comes back a PSA 9 about 2730% of the time.
Is a PSA 9 Rocket's Articuno ex a good investment?
CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 9 Rocket's Articuno ex has 13 recorded sales, 5 of them in the last 90 days, and the slab-history table above shows what happened to copies that sold twice. Read those before you read anyone's forecast.