Dark Sandslash

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

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$99.38
Reverse Holofoil · Market price ▲ 135.8% (1Y)
Prices as of Sep 26, 2026
StandardReverse Holofoil
HP 70FightingDarknessStage 1Art · Masakazu Fukuda
530graded pop
18%gem rate
11.9×PSA 10 vs raw
+$55.66EV to grade — worth it
Market data

Printings & price history

Reverse Holofoil$99.38

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Graded market

Graded values

PSA 10 report →updated 2026-09-26
Grade 6 est.$94.41
Grade 5 est.$79.50
Grade 4 est.$65.59
Grade 3 est.$54.66
Grade 2 est.$44.72
Grade 1 est.$37.76

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

Reverse Holofoil · PSA 10 price history$2,364.83

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

Graded population census · updated 2026-09-01

Reverse Holofoil
PSA269 graded · 28 gem 10
CGC81 graded · 7 gem 10

Population data from PriceCharting, updated monthly.

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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 (September 27, 2026) the going rate for an ungraded Dark Sandslash #18/109 from Team Rocket Returns is about $10.79.

Grading changes the math on this one: a PSA 10 is valued around $170.00, roughly 15.8x the raw price, while a PSA 9 sits near $78.80. 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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Other printings of Dark Sandslash 1

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