Challenge! #74 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Challenge! & chase cards
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Challenge! is an Uncommon supporter card from the original Team Rocket set, released all the way back in 2000, with artwork from Kagemaru Himeno that still holds up as a nice bit of era-appropriate charm. It is not a chase card by any means, but if you are digging around trying to figure out the Challenge! value, you are in good company, plenty of collectors are curious what a small piece of Team Rocket history like this is actually worth today. At $3 raw, it is an affordable little slice of 2000s Pokemon nostalgia.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $2.38, down 44% over the past year, with an all-time high of $5.93 in January 2021.
Recent pulls of Challenge!
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Challenge! price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 286 graded, only 23 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $225 | 23 | 11 / 12 |
| PSA 9 | $22 | 78 | 54 / 24 |
| PSA 8 | $6.76 | 71 | 30 / 41 |
| PSA 7 | $5.29 | 51 | 20 / 31 |
| PSA 6 | $4.00 | 38 | 15 / 23 |
| PSA 5 | $3.00 | 13 | 3 / 10 |
| PSA 4 | $3.00 | 10 | 6 / 4 |
| PSA 3 | $3.00 | 2 | 2 / - |
| PSA 2 | $3.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $2.38 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Team Rocket
- Card number
- 74 of 83
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Released
- 2000
Where to pull Challenge!
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The collector's take on Challenge!
Is Challenge! worth grading?
So, is Challenge! worth grading? Honestly, it depends on what you are hoping to get out of it. A raw copy sits at $3, and a PSA 10 comes in at $11, which works out to about 4.1 times the raw price, a real jump percentage-wise even if the dollar amounts stay modest. A Grade 9 currently sells for $54, noticeably higher than the PSA 10 figure, which is a good reminder that grading markets do not always move in a straight line and demand for specific grades can shift on their own. Only 23 out of 277 graded copies have landed a PSA 10, so gem mint is far from guaranteed even on a card that looks clean to the naked eye. Between grading fees, shipping, and the wait, it is usually only worth sending in a copy you genuinely believe is sharp, centered, and free of whitening.
How rare is Challenge!?
Scarcity here is a mixed bag, and the numbers tell the story plainly. There are 277 total graded copies of Challenge! on record, which is a decent population for a card this age, and out of that group only 23 have earned a PSA 10. That gap between total graded and true gem mint copies is what keeps the PSA 10 price meaningfully above the Grade 9 and raw figures, even on an Uncommon card. It is a nice example of how grade rarity, not just print rarity, ends up shaping what people are willing to pay.
Where can you pull Challenge!?
PackSpy has tracked Challenge! being pulled 5 times so far, all recorded on collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull coming in at $15. It has shown up in the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, so if you are hoping to rip into one yourself, that is the kind of pack to keep an eye on. Five recorded pulls is a small sample, which tells you this is not a card that turns up constantly, and most collectors end up picking one up on the secondary market rather than waiting on a pack to deliver it. Worth remembering too that pack opening is a gamble in general, most rips do not cover their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than the plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Challenge! worth?+
A raw, ungraded Challenge! is worth $3 right now. That is the baseline most collectors will pay or expect to get for a played or unslabbed copy from the Team Rocket set.
Is Challenge! worth grading?+
It can be, but go in with realistic expectations. A PSA 10 sells for $11 and a Grade 9 for $54, both above the $3 raw price, but only 23 of 277 graded copies have hit that perfect 10, so grading fees are a real risk if the card is not already in great shape.
How much is a PSA 10 Challenge! worth?+
A PSA 10, gem mint copy of Challenge! is worth $11, which comes out to about 4.1 times the raw card's value. With only 23 PSA 10s recorded out of 277 total graded copies, it is a genuinely tough grade to land.
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