Dark Golbat #7 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 31 Aug 2026Related Dark Golbat & chase cards
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Dark Golbat is one of those quietly cool cards from the original Team Rocket set, released back in 2000, with artwork from the legendary Mitsuhiro Arita that still holds up today. As a Rare pull from a set collectors keep coming back to, it sits in that sweet spot of nostalgic and affordable, with a raw Dark Golbat value sitting at $26. If you are trying to figure out what your copy is worth, whether it is fresh out of a pack or sitting graded in a case, you are in the right place.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $18, up 19% over the past year, with an all-time high of $25 in July 2026.
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Dark Golbat price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 3,369 graded, only 62 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $280 | 62 | 36 / 26 |
| PSA 9 | $88 | 649 | 491 / 158 |
| PSA 8 | $48 | 1,164 | 784 / 380 |
| PSA 7 | $38 | 704 | 518 / 186 |
| PSA 6 | $37 | 409 | 309 / 100 |
| PSA 5 | $15 | 256 | 185 / 71 |
| PSA 4 | $12 | 81 | 59 / 22 |
| PSA 3 | $10 | 19 | 14 / 5 |
| PSA 2 | $6.92 | 10 | 8 / 2 |
| PSA 1 | $35 | 15 | 15 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $18 | - | - |
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
- 7 of 83
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 50
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Psychic ×2
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- FlitterGrass · Grass
Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 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.)
Where to pull Dark Golbat
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The collector's take on Dark Golbat
Is Dark Golbat worth grading?
So is Dark Golbat worth grading? A PSA 10 comes in at $36, which works out to about 1.4x the raw price of $26, so there is a real jump if you land a gem mint copy. The catch is that gem mint is genuinely tough to hit on this card, and grading costs money and time whether or not the card comes back a 10. Interestingly, Grade 9 copies are actually fetching $491 right now, well above the PSA 10 price, which is a good reminder to check current demand before you send a card in rather than assuming higher grade always means higher payout. If you already own a sharp-looking copy it can be worth exploring, but for most raw pulls, holding onto it or selling ungraded is the simpler, lower-risk move.
How rare is Dark Golbat?
Across every grading company combined, there are 3,356 graded copies of Dark Golbat on record, and only 62 of those have earned a PSA 10. That is a small slice at the very top, which tells you gem mint copies are genuinely hard to come by even though the card itself is not rare in the sense of being impossible to find. For collectors, that scarcity at the highest grade is exactly why PSA 10 examples command a premium over raw copies, even on a card with a modest overall value like this one.
Where can you pull Dark Golbat?
We have tracked Dark Golbat being pulled 34 times across real pack-opening sites, specifically courtyard and collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $143. It has shown up in a mix of packs including the Pokémon Starter Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, The Amazing Chase Encore, and Pokémon Master Pack. That is data no static price guide gives you, real pulls from real openings, so if you are chasing this card in packs rather than buying it outright, those are the products where it has actually turned up. Worth remembering though, opening packs is a gamble and most rips do not beat what you paid, so chase it because you enjoy the process, not just the payout.
Questions people ask
How much is Dark Golbat worth?+
A raw, ungraded Dark Golbat from Team Rocket is worth $26 in today's market. Graded copies climb from there, with PSA 10s at $36 and Grade 9s currently trading even higher at $491, so condition and grading make a real difference to Dark Golbat price.
Is Dark Golbat worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sits at roughly 1.4x the raw value, but only 62 out of 3,356 graded copies have hit that top grade, so gem mint is not easy to land. Weigh the grading cost against those odds, and check current Grade 9 prices too since they are unusually strong right now at $491.
How much is a PSA 10 Dark Golbat worth?+
A PSA 10 Dark Golbat is worth $36, reflecting the roughly 1.4x jump over the $26 raw price. With only 62 PSA 10 copies out of 3,356 total graded, that top grade is genuinely scarce even if the price tag stays modest.
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