Dark Dragonair #33 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 28 Aug 2026Related Dark Dragonair & chase cards
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Dark Dragonair is one of those Team Rocket cards from 2000 that quietly hooked a lot of collectors, and it's easy to see why once you look past the uncommon rarity tag. Kagemaru Himeno's artwork gives it a moodier, sharper feel than the original Dragonair, which fits the whole Dark Pokemon theme Team Rocket introduced. If you're checking Dark Dragonair value right now, the short answer is a raw copy sits at $6, but that number tells only part of the story once grading enters the picture.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $5.07, up 54% over the past year, with an all-time high of $5.90 in January 2021.
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Dark Dragonair price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,085 graded, only 57 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $154 | 57 | 34 / 23 |
| PSA 9 | $29 | 249 | 169 / 80 |
| PSA 8 | $22 | 353 | 174 / 179 |
| PSA 7 | $20 | 180 | 89 / 91 |
| PSA 6 | $8.68 | 118 | 64 / 54 |
| PSA 5 | $7.00 | 71 | 42 / 29 |
| PSA 4 | $6.00 | 33 | 22 / 11 |
| PSA 3 | $5.00 | 10 | 7 / 3 |
| PSA 2 | $5.00 | 6 | 6 / - |
| PSA 1 | $58 | 8 | 8 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $5.07 | - | - |
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
- 33 of 83
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Colorless
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Stage1
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- Tail Strike20+Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage; if tails, this attack does 20 damage.
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The collector's take on Dark Dragonair
Is Dark Dragonair worth grading?
So is Dark Dragonair worth grading? It depends on what you're chasing. A PSA 10 comes in at $34, which is 6.2x what the raw card fetches at $6, and a Grade 9 lands at $169, so even a near perfect copy can outperform a true gem mint in this case, which is worth knowing before you send anything off. That gap between Grade 9 and PSA 10 pricing is unusual and worth sitting with for a moment: it means chasing a 10 isn't automatically the smart move here. Grading costs money and takes time, and there's no guarantee your copy comes back gem mint, so weigh the submission fee against what you're actually holding before you commit.
How rare is Dark Dragonair?
Right now there are 1,058 graded copies of Dark Dragonair on record, and only 56 of those have made it to PSA 10. That's a pretty small slice sitting at the top, which tells you gem mint copies don't come around easily even though the overall population isn't tiny. For collectors, that scarcity at the highest grade is really what supports the jump in price you see between a Grade 9 and a PSA 10, even if the gap isn't as wide as some other Team Rocket cards.
Where can you pull Dark Dragonair?
We've tracked Dark Dragonair being pulled 76 times across real pack sites, including courtyard, mnstr, and tilt-rips, and it's shown up in a range of products like the Pokemon Pro Pack, Pack 2, Pokemon Starter Pack, Pokemon Premium Pack, and Pokemon Mini Pack. The biggest recorded pull came in at $292, which shows how much variance there is depending on what condition it lands in and where it gets graded afterward. That said, opening packs for this card specifically is still a gamble, most rips don't pay for themselves, so treat any pull as a nice surprise rather than a plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Dark Dragonair worth?+
A raw, ungraded Dark Dragonair from Team Rocket is currently valued at $6. Graded copies are worth considerably more, with a Grade 9 sitting at $169 and a PSA 10 at $34, so condition and grading status make a real difference here.
Is Dark Dragonair worth grading?+
It can be, but it's worth thinking through carefully. A PSA 10 is worth 6.2x the raw price at $34 versus $6, yet a Grade 9 is actually valued higher at $169, and only 56 out of 1,058 graded copies have hit PSA 10, so gem mint isn't guaranteed and grading costs should factor into your decision.
How much is a PSA 10 Dark Dragonair worth?+
A PSA 10 Dark Dragonair is valued at $34, which is 6.2x the raw card's $6 value. Only 56 copies out of 1,058 total graded examples have reached that gem mint grade, making it a genuine achievement to pull one that grades that high.
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