Dark Blastoise
Team Rocket · #3/82 · Rare Holo
70
Pokémon
Mitsuhiro Arita
Market Prices
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1st Edition Holofoil
$340.00
$472.50
$4474.88
$490.74
unlimited Holofoil
$142.99
$167.11
$9999.00
$195.79
Live listings
Sample dataLow ask: $375.71 · 7 active · refreshed just now
NM Dark Blastoise Team Rocket 3
eBay Buy Now +$8.05 ship$375.71
low ask
LP Dark Blastoise Team Rocket 3
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MP Dark Blastoise Team Rocket 3
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NM Dark Blastoise Team Rocket 3
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LP Dark Blastoise Team Rocket 3
Mercari Buy Now +$6.71 ship$529.11
NM Dark Blastoise Team Rocket 3
Mercari Auction +free ship$537.20
MP Dark Blastoise Team Rocket 3
eBay Best Offer +free ship$635.33
Market Signals
Raw NM
$490.74
TCGPlayer market
PSA 10
$1.4k
2.8× raw
CGC 10
$691.00
TAG 10
—
PSA Population
11,526 total
65 at 10
Gem rate 0.6%
CGC Population
1,495 total
98 at 10
Gem rate 6.6%
TAG Population
169 total
0 at 10
Gem rate 0.0%
BGS Population
751 total
2 at 10
Gem rate 0.3%
TAG full grade distribution
TAG · 0d
TAG 1
2
TAG 2
1
TAG 2.5
2
TAG 3
8
TAG 4
13
TAG 4.5
9
TAG 5
15
TAG 5.5
5
TAG 6
20
TAG 6.5
4
TAG 7
20
TAG 7.5
19
TAG 8
18
TAG 8.5
21
TAG 9
12
VA = Verified Authentic (ungraded). Real counts from TAG; grades with no copies are omitted.
CGC full grade distribution
CGC · 0d
CGC 1
1
CGC 1.5
2
CGC 2
1
CGC 2.5
3
CGC 3
5
CGC 3.5
9
CGC 4
10
CGC 4.5
20
CGC 5
43
CGC 5.5
45
CGC 6
40
CGC 6.5
51
CGC 7
76
CGC 7.5
130
CGC 8
197
CGC 8.5
347
CGC 9
350
CGC 9.5
53
CGC 10
92
CGC 10 Pristine
6
CGC Auth
2
CGC Auth Alt
12
10 = Gem Mint 10. Real counts from CGC; grades with no copies are omitted.
Beckett (BGS) full grade distribution
BGS · 0d
BGS 1.5
1
BGS 2.5
1
BGS 3.5
1
BGS 4
2
BGS 4.5
2
BGS 5
6
BGS 5.5
8
BGS 6
12
BGS 6.5
10
BGS 7
15
BGS 7.5
39
BGS 8
72
BGS 8.5
204
BGS 9
295
BGS 9.5
81
BGS 10
2
10 = BGS 10, 10 Black = Black Label. Real counts from Beckett; grades with no copies are omitted.
Per-grade ladder
real prices · 73 days ago
White = real market price. Blue = estimate (no real sale for that grade) — hover for how it was derived.
PSA
PSA 1
$128.76
PSA 2
$51.00
PSA 3
$80.00
PSA 4
$85.85
PSA 5
$91.00
PSA 6
$149.92
PSA 7
$170.39
PSA 8
$260.00
PSA 9
$367.30
PSA 9.5
$652.50
PSA 10
$1.4k
CGC
CGC 1
$63.85
est.
CGC 2
$25.29
est.
CGC 3
$39.67
est.
CGC 4
$42.57
est.
CGC 5
$45.13
est.
CGC 6
$74.35
est.
CGC 7
$84.50
est.
CGC 8
$128.94
est.
CGC 9
$182.15
est.
CGC 9.5
$323.58
est.
CGC 10
$691.00
CGC 10 Pristine
$1.5k
BGS
BGS 1
$167.35
est.
BGS 2
$66.28
est.
BGS 3
$103.98
est.
BGS 4
$111.58
est.
BGS 5
$118.27
est.
BGS 6
$194.85
est.
BGS 7
$221.45
est.
BGS 8
$337.92
est.
BGS 9
$477.38
est.
BGS 9.5
$848.05
est.
BGS 10
$1.8k
BGS 10 Black
$9.1k
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
-78%
This card's PSA 10 sells at 2.8× raw. Typical for Rare Holo in Vintage (pre-2003) is 12.8× (across 147 indexed cards).
Grading ROI (PSA)
Regular · $49.99Realistic
$-44.94
using gem rate
If it 10s
$852.68
upside cap
Break-even
6%
gem rate needed
Grading ROI (CGC)
Express · $60Realistic
$-46.86
using gem rate
If it 10s
$140.26
upside cap
Break-even
30%
gem rate needed
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Discovery Scores
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Price by Condition
as of 2026-05-16Median active-listing price on TCGPlayer by condition. low sample when n < 10.
NM
Near Mint
$363.00
n=21
LP
Lightly Played
$231.42
n=15
MP
Moderately Played
$147.24
n=20
HP
Heavily Played
$88.41
n=9low
DMG
Damaged
$55.99
n=14
Price History
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Card details — attacks, stats, Pokédex, evolution
Attacks
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.)
Weakness
Lightning ×2
Resistance
None
Retreat Cost
Pokédex Data
#9
Shellfish Pokémon
1.6m
85.5kg
"A brutal POKéMON with pressurized water jets on its shell. They are used for high speed tackles."
Evolution Chain
squirtle
wartortle
blastoise