Dark Sandslash

Team Rocket Returns · #18/109 · Rare · 2004

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$15.31
Market price ▲ 6.5% (30d)
Prices as of Nov 6, 2026
HP 70FightingDarknessStage 1Art · Masakazu Fukuda
185graded pop
33%gem rate
21.2×PSA 10 vs raw
+$158.68EV to grade — worth it
Market data

Printings & price history

Normal▲ 1.2% 7d$15.31
Low $10.32Mid $15.00

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Graded market

Graded values

PSA 10 report →updated 2026-11-06
Grade 6 est.$12.09
Grade 5 est.$10.18
Grade 4 est.$8.40
Grade 3 est.$7.00
Grade 2 est.$5.73
Grade 1 est.$4.84

Grades 1–6 are estimates modeled from the raw price — PSA/CGC/BGS 7–10 and Ungraded are live tracked market values.

PSA 10 price history$325.00

PSA 10 chart is building — graded values are tracked nightly, a new point appears each day.

Graded population census · updated 2026-09-28

CGC95 graded · 23 gem 10
PSA90 graded · 38 gem 10

Population data from PriceCharting, updated monthly.

Auction sale integrity

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Graded sales for this card from public auctions, each checked for shill/relist patterns and prices that don’t match the market. How this works →

Clean price · CGC 6.5
$63.60
Medium confidence — 2 sales
Recent sale price by grade · tracked by cert number
CGC 8.5 · Rev Holo
$105.00
last $105.00 · Aug 17, 2026 · 1 sale
CGC 6.5 · Rev Holo
$53.00
last $46.00 · Sep 7, 2026 · 2 sales
CGC 5.5 · Rev Holo
$43.00
last $43.00 · Sep 7, 2026 · 1 sale
Above market
PSA 9 · 5 bids · Oct 12, 2026 — sold 4.0× above our market price
$550.00
Above market
PSA 9 · 15 bids · Oct 5, 2026 — sold 4.7× above our market price
$650.00
Unconfirmed
CGC 5.5 · 7 bids · Sep 7, 2026
$43.00
Unconfirmed
CGC 6.5 · 7 bids · Sep 7, 2026
$46.00
Unconfirmed
CGC 6.5 · 10 bids · Aug 31, 2026
$60.00
Unconfirmed
CGC 8.5 · 12 bids · Aug 17, 2026
$105.00
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Abilities

Poison Payback
If Dark Sandslash is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Dark Sandslash is Knocked Out), the Attacking Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Attacks

50Swift
This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.

How much is Dark Sandslash #18/109 worth?

Right now (November 7, 2026) the going rate for an ungraded Dark Sandslash #18/109 from Team Rocket Returns is about $15.31. Across the 2 printings we track, copies run anywhere from $10.32 to $399.99 depending on the version you're holding.

Grading changes the math on this one: a PSA 10 is valued around $325.00, roughly 21.2x the raw price, while a PSA 9 sits near $137.00. 269 copies have been graded to date, and 10% of them came back a 10 — worth knowing before you pay grading fees.

We update this valuation every night from live market data and verify it against real completed sales — see the chart above for how Dark Sandslash has moved over time.

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