Dark Arbok 1st Edition #19 Value
Team Rocket · Card 19/83 · Rare · 2000
Dark Arbok is one of those Team Rocket cards that quietly earns respect the more you look at it, a Rare 1st Edition numbered 19 in the set, painted by Mitsuhiro Arita back when the set released in 2000. If you're searching for Dark Arbok value, the short answer is that it's an affordable, genuinely cool piece of early Pokemon history, not a chase card, but one with real staying power for collectors who like the Team Rocket dark-type theme.
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Dark Arbok price history
Ungraded value is $10, up 3% over the past year, with an all-time high of $13 in May 2021.
Market value over time by grade. Hover for any month; tap a grade to toggle its line.
Dark Arbok price at every grade
The market value at each PSA grade, with how many exist (population). 1,715 graded copies exist — only 300 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Raw / Ungraded | $10 | — |
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $250 | 300 |
| Grade 9 | $60 | 792 |
| Grade 8 | $30 | 407 |
| Grade 7 | $24 | 128 |
| Grade 6 | $21 | 51 |
| Grade 5 | $10 | 25 |
| Grade 4 | $9.00 | 6 |
| Grade 3 | $8.00 | 4 |
| Grade 2 | $7.00 | 1 |
| Grade 1 | – | 1 |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Grade values are PSA-based; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Team Rocket
- Card number
- 19 of 83
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Psychic ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- StareGrass · Grass
Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 10 damage to that Pokémon. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for this attack. (Any other effects that would happen after applying Weakness and Resistance still happen.) If that Pokémon has a Pokémon Power, that power stops working until the end of your opponent's next turn.
- Poison Vapor10Grass · Grass · Grass
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. This attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Dark Arbok — collector's take
Is Dark Arbok worth grading?
So is Dark Arbok worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw, ungraded copy sits around $10, while a PSA 10 gem mint copy is valued at $250, which works out to about 24.5 times the raw price. That's a real jump, no denying it, but grading isn't free and it isn't guaranteed. You're paying submission fees and waiting months, and there's always a chance your card comes back a 9 instead of a 10, which drops the value down to $60. If you've got a copy that looks sharp, centered, and clean under a light, it might be worth the gamble. If it's got soft corners or edge wear, save your money and enjoy it raw.
How rare is it?
Across all grading companies, there are 1,715 total graded copies of Dark Arbok on record, and only 300 of those have earned the top PSA 10 gem mint grade. That's roughly one in six graded copies reaching perfect condition, which tells you gem mint Dark Arbok isn't handed out easily even now, decades after the card left packs. That population gap is exactly why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw and Grade 9 numbers, scarcity at the top end always pulls value upward.
Where to pull it
This is where PackSpy's own data comes in handy, because we track real pack openings across sites, not just price guide estimates. We've recorded Dark Arbok pulled 147 times across courtyard, tilt-rips, and collector-crypt, with the biggest single pull landing at $175. It's turned up in a mix of products too, including the Pokémon Master Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, and Pokémon Basic Pack. So while it's not a guaranteed hit in any one product, it's clearly still floating around in circulation if you're opening the right packs, just remember that pack opening is a gamble and most rips don't come out ahead.
Questions people ask
How much is Dark Arbok worth?
A raw, ungraded Dark Arbok is valued around $10. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 sitting at $60 and a PSA 10 gem mint copy reaching $250.
Is Dark Arbok worth grading?
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 24.5 times the raw price. But grading costs money and there's no guarantee you'll hit a perfect 10, so it really depends on the condition of your specific copy.
What set is Dark Arbok from?
Dark Arbok is card number 19 from the Team Rocket set, a Rare 1st Edition card released in 2000 and illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
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