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What this price is based on
Medium confidence72 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
Recent Raw sales
- Aug 14, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Dark Blastoise 3/82 Team Rocket Unlimited Holo NM VintageNMUnlimited$31.00
- Aug 14, 2026eBay — Dark Blastoise 3/82 Team Rocket Holo Rare 2000 Pokemon WOTC Unlimited NMNMUnlimited$185
- Aug 14, 2026eBay — Dark Blastoise - 3/82 - Pokemon Team Rocket Unlimited Holo Rare Card WOTC LPLPUnlimited$156
- Aug 14, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Dark Blastoise 3/82 Team Rocket Holo Rare Unlimited EnglishUnlimited$81.00
- Aug 14, 2026eBay — Heavily Played Dark Blastoise - 3/82 - Holo Rare - Unlimited Edition Pokemon TeHPUnlimited$80.89
- Aug 13, 2026eBay — Pokemon TCG Dark Blastoise 3/82 Team Rocket Holo Rare English Unlimited SwirlUnlimited$75.00
- Aug 13, 2026eBay — Pokemon Dark Blastoise 3/82 Holo Team Rocket Unlimited WOTC 2000 VintageUnlimited$69.11
- Aug 11, 2026eBay — Dark Blastoise 3/82 Team Rocket Holo Rare Unlimited English 1999 WotCUnlimited$33.09
By grade
- Raw$10972 sales
- PSA 8$40216 sales
- PSA 9$1,08510 sales
- CGC 9$4518 sales
- CGC 10$1,7708 sales
- PSA 7$2187 sales
- CGC 8$2207 sales
- PSA 6$1565 sales
From 172 completed sales recorded between Oct 21, 2024 and Aug 14, 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.
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CLOSE CALLBased on 100 graded sales and 1,900,955 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 Holo Pokémon card from Team Rocket (#3), 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 $203.76 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $3,283 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 16× 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 history31 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 $141 · Raw · 26 Jul 2026
Should you grade it?
Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 0.6% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$2,851); most land at PSA 9 or below.
The odds
Dark Blastoise is a Holo / V / ex in Team Rocket — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 33% of the time, split across 17 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 52 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 | $3,282.50 | $228 | +$2,851 | 16.1× |
| PSA 9 | $490.07 | $75 | +$211 | 2.4× |
| PSA 8 | $269.99 | $73 | −$6 | 1.3× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 11,132 PSA-graded copies:
| Likely outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 0.6% | $3,283.00 |
| PSA 9 | 10.3% | $490.00 |
| PSA ≤8 | 89.1% | $204.00 |
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 1% of 11,132 PSA-graded Dark Blastoise copies are a gem-mint 10 (65 of 11,132) — 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 65 | $3,283$2,790–$3,775 | |
| PSA 9pop 1,150 | $490$300–$549 | |
| PSA 8pop 2,845 | $270$229–$310 | |
| PSA 7pop 2,366 | $190$161–$218 | |
| PSA 6pop 1,924 | ✓ 23 cert-verified$150$94–$215 | |
| PSA 5pop 1,456 | ✓ 17 cert-verified$106$75–$150 | |
| PSA 4pop 593 | ✓ 8 cert-verified$100 | |
| PSA 3.5pop 2 | $20$20–$20 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
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
160% spreadCurrently 160% cheaper on PriceCharting than Cardmarket. 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
🔥 Trending in the community
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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 #3 (Rare Holo).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Dark Blastoise (Team Rocket #3) worth?
As of 20 August 2026, Dark Blastoise from Team Rocket is worth approximately $203.76 ungraded (near-mint), and around $3,283 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 $3,283 — roughly 16× the raw ungraded value of $203.76.
Should I grade my Dark Blastoise?
A PSA 10 sells for about $3,283 versus $203.76 raw — roughly a 16× 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 Holo card from Team Rocket (card #3), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. Its current blended market value is $203.76 ungraded.
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