Dark Blastoise20/82 · Team Rocket Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Unlimited
- PSA 8$584 sold · 90d · pop 705
- PSA 9$845 sold · 90d · pop 728
- PSA 10$330pop 167
Why prices differ
TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Team Rocket #20/82, 2000. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.
On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Dark Blastoise is a Rare Pokémon card from Team Rocket (#20, released 2000), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's a Stage 2 Water-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Dark Wartortle, weak to Lightning ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 10 September 2026.
Dark Blastoise price history & recent sales
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 history
High confidence197 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
5 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every day (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$20.00200 sales · 197 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$87.007 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 7$44.006 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 8.5$34.866 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$60.005 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 5$23.634 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- Lot$24.604 sales
- PSA 10$3483 sales
Is Dark Blastoise worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 8 — worth $58 against the $102 you put in, a $44 loss. The money is in the 1 in 3 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $84–$330. Averaged over every outcome that is −$32 a card.
That is the average submitted copy. Tell us about yours and the verdict re-prices — most cards stop being worth grading here. Not sure? Grade it from a photo →
These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price 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 its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually 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.
The odds
Dark Blastoise is a Rare in Team Rocket — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 17 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 25 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 | $330.00 | $73 | +$225 | 10.5× |
| PSA 9 | $84.00 | $71 | −$18 | 2.7× |
| PSA 8 | $58.00 | $71 | −$44 | 1.9× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 2,839 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 5.9% | $330.00 |
| PSA 9 | 25.5% | $84.00 |
| PSA 8 — typical | 24.4% | $58.00 |
| PSA 7 | 14.9% | $48.00 |
| PSA 6 | 10.6% | $40.00 |
| PSA 5 | 9.5% | $25.00 |
| PSA 4 | 3.9% | $21.92 |
| PSA 3 | 2.6% | $12.98 |
| PSA 2 | 1.2% | $12.98 |
| PSA 1 | 1.2% | $12.98 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.4% | $31.28 |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; 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 & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
167 of the 2,901 PSA-graded Dark Blastoise copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 5.8%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 2,901.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 2,246.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 105.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 99.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Dark Blastoise 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Dark Blastoise 20/82 Team Rocket Regular DAMAGED CONDITIONRaw · eBay$10.99
Pokemon TCG Dark Blastoise 20/82 Team Rocket Rare Unlimited 70 HP EN 2000Raw · eBay$12.00
Dark Blastoise 20/82 Team Rocket 1999 Heavy playRaw · eBay$12.00
Dark Blastoise 20/82 Team Rocket 2000 Non Holo Rare Pokémon Card HPRaw · eBay$12.51
Dark Blastoise 20/82 Team Rocket RegularRaw · eBay$12.99
Dark Blastoise 20/82 Team Rocket RegularRaw · eBay$13.00Cheapest raw copy $12.00 — 62% below our near-mint estimate of $31
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 167 | 3 sold$330$281–$379 | |
| PSA 9pop 728 | ✓ 60 cert-verified$84$79–$106 | |
| PSA 8pop 705 | ✓ 88 cert-verified$58$52–$86 | |
| PSA 7pop 446 | ✓ 42 cert-verified$48$33–$48 | |
| PSA 6pop 314 | ✓ 22 cert-verified$40$25–$40 | |
| PSA 5pop 279 | ✓ 23 cert-verified$25$18–$39 | |
| PSA 4pop 117 | modelled$22$19–$24 | |
| PSA 3pop 74 | modelled$13$10–$13 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 5 slab of this card sells for about $25 (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
Priced per printing — some from our own completed sales, the rest from TCGplayer's market price. Reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
146% spreadCurrently 146% 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.
🔥 Trending in the community
#102 on the radarBlastoise is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
What people are saying: “Just found this 1st edition Blastoise in my old binder. Still has some value despite the conditions?” · 31↑
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Dark Wartortle.
Does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Dark Blastoise but not used to pay for this attack. You can't add more than 40 damage in this way.
Dark Blastoise does 10 damage to itself. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Dark Blastoise during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)
“An aggressive Pokémon that tackles anything it sees.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Dark Blastoise cards
There are 3 different Dark Blastoise printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Team Rocket #20 (Rare).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Dark Blastoise (Team Rocket #20) worth?
As of 10 September 2026, Dark Blastoise from Team Rocket is worth approximately $31.28 ungraded (near-mint), and around $330 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 Blastoise?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Dark Blastoise from Team Rocket is worth around $330 — roughly 11× the raw ungraded value of $31.28.
Should I grade my Dark Blastoise?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Dark Blastoise rare?
Dark Blastoise is a Rare card from Team Rocket (card #20).
How do I know if my Dark Blastoise is 1st Edition?
Bottom-left of the illustration window: A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.
How do I know if my Dark Blastoise is Unlimited?
Right-hand edge of the illustration window: On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.
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