Sandshrew Team Rocket Returns #74

Card #74 · Illustrated by Atsuko Nishida

50 HPFightingPokémonBasic

Market value · ungraded

$54.49

10 sales · last 90 days · eBay + Fanatics + TCGplayer
Sold prices, not asking · Updated 5 July 2026
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Estimated value · Near Mint

$54.49

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9 different Sandshrew printings exist — is this your card? Team Rocket Returns #74

Sandshrew is a Common Pokémon card from Team Rocket Returns (#74), illustrated by Atsuko Nishida. It's a Basic Fighting-type Pokémon with 50 HP, weak to Grass ×2. Its current blended market value is $54.49 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 5 July 2026.

#4 most valuable Sandshrew of 26 #67 most valuable in Team Rocket Returns of 111

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$48.25

LPLightly Played$24.22

MPModerately Played$15.23

HPHeavily Played$11.52

DMGDamaged$9.57

7-dayflat

30-dayflat

90-day▲ 2.1%

All-time high$49

All-time low$20

Other printingsNormal · $1.73

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$54

Normal$2

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

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$48.25

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 8pop 89		$63$14–$92
PSA 7pop 12		$18$18–$18

“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

$2.30

Period high

$4.92

Period low

$1.00

Change

▼ 22.8%

Recent sold prices

Last sold

Raw · 25 Jun 2026

Typical Raw

$23

Sales · last 90 days

How often it sells

Sells regularly

6 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.

Demand & liquidity

Liquid · Sells regularlyDemand 56/100

Sales · 30d6

Sales · 90d9

Price momentum0%

Raw

$23

Last sold $5 · Raw · 25 Jun 2026

Population across graders

Only 4% of 208 PSA-graded Sandshrew copies are a gem-mint 10 (8 of 208) — the rest grade lower.

PSA208 gradedPSA 10 · 8 · 4% gem rate

Full grade breakdown (7 grades)

108

992

889

712

CGC424 gradedCGC 10 · 146 · 34% gem rate

Full grade breakdown (5 grades)

10146

9.548

988

8.568

836

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Sandshrew 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

−$62

Raw $54.49 → graded PSA 8 ≈ $63.42
after ~$70.62 grading fee → 1.2× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 8	$63.42	$70.62	−$62	1.2×

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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Cross-market prices

11% spread

PriceCharting · cheapest$49

TCGplayer · dearest$54

Currently 11% 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-marketSome gap 11% gap

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

Card text

Rear Kick10

Colorless

Swift20

Colorless · Colorless

This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.

Weakness Grass ×2Retreat 1

About the Pokémon

Mouse PokémonGEN ISandshrew → Sandslash

Burrows deep underground in arid locations far from water. It only emerges to hunt for food.

Card details

SetTeam Rocket Returns →

Number#74

RarityCommon

PokémonAll Sandshrew cards →

GenerationGen I · Kanto →

ArtistAtsuko Nishida →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesBasic

TypeFighting

HP50

WeaknessGrass ×2

Retreat cost1

National Pokédex#27

Card IDex7-74

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Sandshrew cards

There are 9 different Sandshrew printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Team Rocket Returns #74 (Common).