Dark Muk 1st Edition #41 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 23 Jul 2026Related Dark Muk & chase cards
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Dark Muk is one of those Team Rocket cards that immediately takes you back to 2000, with Kagemaru Himeno's artwork giving this sludgy little guy a lot more personality than you'd expect from an Uncommon. If you're checking Dark Muk value right now, the short version is that raw copies sit at $5, which makes it an easy card to own but a fun one to chase in higher grades. It's not a chase card in the flashy sense, but for anyone building out a 1st Edition Team Rocket run, it matters.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $4.41, up 18% over the past year, with an all-time high of $7.50 in February 2021.
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Dark Muk price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,186 graded, only 278 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $329 | 278 | 194 / 84 |
| PSA 9 | $24 | 922 | 580 / 342 |
| PSA 8 | $22 | 699 | 397 / 302 |
| PSA 7 | $16 | 155 | 99 / 56 |
| PSA 6 | $11 | 77 | 40 / 37 |
| PSA 5 | $9.00 | 34 | 26 / 8 |
| PSA 4 | $8.00 | 10 | 8 / 2 |
| PSA 3 | $7.00 | 9 | 7 / 2 |
| PSA 2 | $6.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | 2 | 2 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $4.41 | - | - |
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
- 41 of 83
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Psychic ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- Sludge Punch20Grass · Grass
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
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The collector's take on Dark Muk
Is Dark Muk worth grading?
So is Dark Muk worth grading? Here's the honest answer: a raw copy books at $5, a Grade 9 comes in at $29, and a true PSA 10 jumps all the way up to $335, which works out to about 68.5 times the raw price. That's a real gap, and it's tempting. But gem mint on a card this old isn't a given, Team Rocket cards from 2000 often show whitening or print lines that keep them out of that top grade, and grading fees plus turnaround time eat into any profit if the card comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If you've got a copy that looks flawless under a light, sending it in can make sense. If it's got soft corners or edge wear, it's probably better loved as a $5 raw card in your binder than as a bet on a slab.
How rare is Dark Muk?
We don't have population numbers to point to here, but Dark Muk's story is really about its rarity tier rather than pure scarcity. As an Uncommon from a set printed in 2000, it was never meant to be hard to find in raw form, which is exactly why the raw price stays low and accessible. The real scarcity shows up higher up the ladder: a clean Grade 9 or a gem mint PSA 10 becomes meaningfully harder to track down the further you get from a common bulk pull, and that's reflected in the price jump rather than in any printed number.
Where can you pull Dark Muk?
PackSpy has tracked Dark Muk being pulled 6 times across sites including collector-crypt, courtyard, and mnstr, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $41. We've seen it turn up in packs like the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, the Pokémon Starter Pack, and Pack 1, so it's not a card that shows up constantly, but it's also not a total ghost. That's the kind of thing you won't find in a static price guide: real pull data from real packs, which gives you a sense of where these cards are actually surfacing rather than just where they're being resold.
Questions people ask
How much is Dark Muk worth?+
A raw or ungraded Dark Muk currently sits at $5. Grading changes the picture a lot: a Grade 9 is worth $29, and a PSA 10 jumps up to $335, which is about 68.5 times the raw value.
Is Dark Muk worth grading?+
It depends on the condition of your copy. The gap between raw at $5 and PSA 10 at $335 is real, but gem mint copies are tough to land, and grading costs and time need to be weighed against the chance your card comes back a 9 at $29 instead.
What set is Dark Muk from?+
Dark Muk is card #41 from the Team Rocket set, released in 2000. It's a 1st Edition Uncommon illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
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