Dark Muk 1st Edition #41 — Team Rocket Pokémon card

Dark Muk 1st Edition #41 Value

Name: Dark Muk 1st Edition #41 — Team Rocket
Brand: Pokémon

Team Rocket · Card 41/83 · Uncommon · 2000

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.

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Market value & price

Raw / Ungraded

$4.89

Grade 9

$29

PSA 10

$335

PSA 10 is 68.5× the raw price

Value by grade

Where it drops

Pulled 8× on PackSpy across Collector Crypt, Courtyard, Mnstr · biggest hit $41.

Found in packs: Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack · Pokémon Basic Pack · Pokémon Starter Pack · Pack 1

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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 Punch20
Grass · Grass
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Dark Muk — collector's take

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 it?

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 to pull it

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.