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Dark Blastoise

Dark Blastoise

Team Rocket · #20/82 · Rare

Team Rocket
HP

70

Type
Water
Supertype

Pokémon

Artist

Mitsuhiro Arita

Stage 2

Market Prices

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Updated: 9/5/2026

1st Edition

Low

$48.00

Mid

$70.46

High

$689.76

Market

$71.56

unlimited

Low

$20.67

Mid

$43.97

High

$96.95

Market

$43.98

Live listings

Sample data

Low ask: $61.81 · 8 active · refreshed just now

Market Signals

Updated 72 days ago

Raw NM

$71.56

TCGPlayer market

PSA 10

$271.95

3.8× raw

CGC 10

$202.49

TAG 10

—

PSA Population

2,924 total

167 at 10

Gem rate 5.7%

CGC Population

1,091 total

129 at 10

Gem rate 11.8%

TAG Population

47 total

1 at 10

Gem rate 2.1%

BGS Population

199 total

1 at 10

Gem rate 0.5%

TAG full grade distribution

TAG · 0d

TAG 3.5

2

TAG 4

3

TAG 4.5

3

TAG 5

6

TAG 5.5

1

TAG 6

4

TAG 6.5

4

TAG 7

4

TAG 7.5

4

TAG 8

5

TAG 8.5

6

TAG 9

4

TAG 10

1

VA = Verified Authentic (ungraded). Real counts from TAG; grades with no copies are omitted.

CGC full grade distribution

CGC · 0d

CGC 2

1

CGC 3

2

CGC 4

3

CGC 4.5

10

CGC 5

23

CGC 5.5

23

CGC 6

26

CGC 6.5

36

CGC 7

47

CGC 7.5

71

CGC 8

132

CGC 8.5

250

CGC 9

295

CGC 9.5

40

CGC 10

116

CGC 10 Pristine

12

CGC 10 Perfect

1

CGC Auth

3

10 = Gem Mint 10. Real counts from CGC; grades with no copies are omitted.

Beckett (BGS) full grade distribution

BGS · 0d

BGS 3.5

1

BGS 4

2

BGS 4.5

1

BGS 5

2

BGS 6

2

BGS 6.5

1

BGS 7

2

BGS 7.5

5

BGS 8

11

BGS 8.5

42

BGS 9

98

BGS 9.5

31

BGS 10

1

10 = BGS 10, 10 Black = Black Label. Real counts from Beckett; grades with no copies are omitted.

Per-grade ladder

real prices · 72 days ago

White = real market price. Blue = estimate (no real sale for that grade) — hover for how it was derived.

PSA

PSA 1

$36.91

PSA 2

$10.00

PSA 3

$11.50

PSA 4

$18.63

PSA 5

$24.99

PSA 6

$35.50

PSA 7

$40.31

PSA 8

$70.69

PSA 9

$72.00

PSA 9.5

$79.00

PSA 10

$271.95

CGC

CGC 1

$27.48

est.

CGC 2

$7.45

est.

CGC 3

$8.56

est.

CGC 4

$13.87

est.

CGC 5

$18.61

est.

CGC 6

$26.43

est.

CGC 7

$30.01

est.

CGC 8

$52.63

est.

CGC 9

$53.61

est.

CGC 9.5

$58.82

est.

CGC 10

$202.49

CGC 10 Pristine

$364.00

BGS

BGS 1

$48.05

est.

BGS 2

$13.02

est.

BGS 3

$14.97

est.

BGS 4

$24.25

est.

BGS 5

$32.53

est.

BGS 6

$46.21

est.

BGS 7

$52.47

est.

BGS 8

$92.02

est.

BGS 9

$93.72

est.

BGS 9.5

$102.84

est.

BGS 10

$354.00

BGS 10 Black

$1.8k

Real prices from PriceCharting's per-grade table — its generic “Grade N” reflects PSA-graded sales. CGC / BGS / TAG sub-10 grades are estimated from this card's real PSA price at that grade × that grader's 10-to-PSA-10 ratio (this card's own real pair when available, else a ratio calibrated from real catalog cards in the same era and rarity). Grades with no real anchor and low-confidence estimates are omitted — a blank beats a bad number.

PSA 10 looks cheap

-44%

This card's PSA 10 sells at 3.8× raw. Typical for Rare in Vintage (pre-2003) is 6.7× (across 87 indexed cards).

Grading ROI (PSA)

Value · $25.99

Realistic

$-14.55

using gem rate

If it 10s

$174.40

upside cap

Break-even

13%

gem rate needed

Grading ROI (CGC)

Standard · $30

Realistic

$-14.52

using gem rate

If it 10s

$100.93

upside cap

Break-even

23%

gem rate needed

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Discovery Scores

Percentile-ranked 0–100 across the whole catalog. See this card in Rankings →

high confidence
Value
92
Scarcity
6
Gem difficulty
70
Momentum
76
Grade ROI
41
Liquidity
—

Scored 3 hours ago

Price by Condition

as of 2026-05-16

Median active-listing price on TCGPlayer by condition. low sample when n < 10.

NM

Near Mint

$45.00

n=15

LP

Lightly Played

$25.99

n=33

MP

Moderately Played

$20.00

n=24

HP

Heavily Played

$16.75

n=17

DMG

Damaged

$10.45

n=21

Price History

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Card details — attacks, stats, Pokédex, evolution

Attacks

WW
Hydrocannon
30+

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.

WCC
Rocket Tackle
40

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.)

Weakness

Lightning ×2

Resistance

None

Retreat Cost

CC

Pokédex Data

National Dex #

#9

Species

Shellfish Pokémon

Types
water
Height

1.6m

Weight

85.5kg

"A brutal POKéMON with pressurized water jets on its shell. They are used for high speed tackles."

Evolution Chain

squirtle squirtle
wartortle wartortle
blastoise blastoise