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What this price is based on
Medium confidence64 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
What each version actually sells for
Every figure is the median of real completed sales whose listing claimed that printing and condition — not a percentage of the headline price. A dash means we haven't seen enough sales of that exact version to publish one.
Recent Raw sales
- Aug 17, 2026eBay — Dark Blastoise 20/82 Rare Team Rocket Pokemon Unlimited Near Mint WOTCNMUnlimited$46.70
- Aug 16, 2026eBay — Dark Blastoise 20/82 Rare Team Rocket Pokemon Unlimited Heavily PlayedHPUnlimited$19.00
- Aug 16, 2026eBay — Dark Blastoise - 20/82 - Pokemon Team Rocket Unlimited Rare Card WOTC NMNMUnlimited$45.03
- Aug 14, 2026eBay — Dark Blastoise 20/82 Team Rocket Regular Rare Unlimited English 70 HPUnlimited$13.00
- Aug 14, 2026eBay — Dark Blastoise 20/82 Team Rocket Rare Regular 70 HP Unlimited English 2000Unlimited$19.99
- Aug 14, 2026eBay — Wizards of the Coast Dark Blastoise 20/82 Team Rocket Holo EN UnlimitedUnlimited$4.75
- Aug 13, 2026eBay — Dark Blastoise - 20/82 - Pokemon Team Rocket Unlimited Rare Card WOTC HPHPUnlimited$22.88
- Aug 13, 2026eBay — Dark Blastoise 20/82 Rare Team Rocket Pokemon Unlimited MPMPUnlimited$17.95
By grade
- Raw$21.5065 sales
- PSA 9$1196 sales
- Lot$37.206 sales
- CGC 9$79.205 sales
- CGC 8.5$43.205 sales
- PSA 10$1,1004 sales
- PSA 5$50.403 sales
- CGC 8$45.883 sales
From 112 completed sales recorded between Jan 8, 2026 and Aug 17, 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.
Grade it or not
GRADE ITBased on 41 graded sales and 1,892,678 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 Blastoise is a Rare Pokémon card from Team Rocket (#20), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's a Stage 2 Water-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Dark Wartortle, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $24.04 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $330 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 14× 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
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history18 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 $40 · Raw · 25 Jun 2026
Should you grade it?
Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 5.9% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$233); most land at PSA 9 or below.
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 | +$233 | 13.7× |
| PSA 9 | $80.00 | $71 | −$15 | 3.3× |
| PSA 8 | $58.00 | $71 | −$37 | 2.4× |
⚖️ 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:
| Likely outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 5.9% | $330.00 |
| PSA 9 | 25.5% | $80.00 |
| PSA ≤8 | 68.7% | $24.00 |
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 6% of 2,839 PSA-graded Dark Blastoise copies are a gem-mint 10 (167 of 2,839) — the rest grade lower.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Dark Blastoise 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
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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 | 2 sold$330$281–$379 | |
| PSA 9pop 723 | $80$68–$92 | |
| PSA 8pop 694 | ✓ 88 cert-verified$58$52–$86 | |
| PSA 7pop 422 | ✓ 42 cert-verified$48$33–$48 | |
| PSA 6pop 302 | ✓ 22 cert-verified$36$25–$40 | |
| PSA 5pop 269 | ✓ 22 cert-verified$30$18–$39 | |
| PSA 4pop 112 | $22$19–$24 | |
| PSA 3pop 73 | $13$10–$13 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 1 slab of this card sells for about $61 (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
182% spreadCurrently 182% 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.
🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe
51% cheaper than the US🔥 Trending in the community
#22 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: “Dex Binder - Gen 1 Complete” · 53↑
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).
More from Team Rocket
Frequently asked questions
How much is Dark Blastoise (Team Rocket #20) worth?
As of 20 August 2026, Dark Blastoise from Team Rocket is worth approximately $24.04 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 14× the raw ungraded value of $24.04.
Should I grade my Dark Blastoise?
A PSA 10 sells for about $330 versus $24.04 raw — roughly a 14× 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 Blastoise rare?
Dark Blastoise is a Rare card from Team Rocket (card #20), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. Its current blended market value is $24.04 ungraded.
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