Dark Primeape 1st Edition #43 value & price
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Dark Primeape is one of those Team Rocket cards from 2000 that quietly rewards patient collectors, an uncommon illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita that still turns heads in the 1st edition run. If you are searching for the Dark Primeape value right now, the short answer is that a raw copy sits around $5, while the right grade can turn it into something worth real money. It is not a flashy chase card, but its history and scarcity give it a story worth knowing before you buy or sell.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $6.61, up 32% over the past year, with an all-time high of $7.13 in March 2021.
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Dark Primeape price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,346 graded, only 302 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $296 | 302 | 213 / 89 |
| PSA 9 | $39 | 978 | 632 / 346 |
| PSA 8 | $22 | 705 | 415 / 290 |
| PSA 7 | $20 | 226 | 156 / 70 |
| PSA 6 | $9.90 | 85 | 56 / 29 |
| PSA 5 | $8.00 | 36 | 31 / 5 |
| PSA 4 | $7.00 | 8 | 6 / 2 |
| PSA 3 | $6.00 | 4 | 4 / - |
| PSA 2 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | 2 | 2 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $6.61 | - | - |
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
- 43 of 83
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Fighting
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Psychic ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- Frenzied Attack40Fighting · Fighting
Dark Primeape is now Confused (after doing damage).
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The collector's take on Dark Primeape
Is Dark Primeape worth grading?
Here is the honest math on Dark Primeape price by grade: a raw, ungraded copy runs about $5, a PSA 10 sits at $213, and interestingly a Grade 9 actually comes in higher at $632. That PSA 10 number works out to roughly 42.6 times the raw price, which sounds tempting, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a card this old, especially with Team Rocket's print quality. Grading costs money and takes time, and there is no guarantee your copy comes back a 10, so before you send one in, ask whether the card is centered well and free of the whitening and print lines that are common on cards from this era. If it looks clean under a loupe, grading can pay off, but treat it as a calculated bet, not a sure thing.
How rare is Dark Primeape?
Across all grading companies combined, there are 2,327 graded copies of Dark Primeape on record, and only 301 of those have earned a PSA 10. That means gem mint copies make up a small slice of an already limited population, which helps explain why the jump in value from raw to PSA 10 is so steep. When a card has been around since 2000, every year that passes without new copies entering circulation only tightens that population further, and that scarcity is really what underpins the Dark Primeape price at the top end.
Where can you pull Dark Primeape?
We have tracked Dark Primeape being pulled 8 times across pack sites including courtyard and collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull coming in at $200. It has shown up in Wildcard Basic Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, and Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, so it is out there if you are opening the right mix of listings. That said, most pack openings do not land a card like this, and opening packs is fundamentally a gamble where the odds favor the house, so go in knowing that. If pulling one is not in the cards for you, the secondary market remains the reliable way to add Dark Primeape to your collection, and knowing real pull data like this is exactly the edge PackSpy tries to give collectors that price guides alone cannot.
Questions people ask
How much is Dark Primeape worth?+
A raw, ungraded Dark Primeape is valued at around $5. Once graded, the value climbs quite a bit, with a Grade 9 sitting at $632 and a PSA 10 at $213. The exact number really depends on the condition and who graded it.
Is Dark Primeape worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 42.6 times what a raw copy goes for. But gem mint copies are genuinely rare, with only 301 out of 2,327 graded copies hitting that top grade, so you are taking a real risk on grading fees without a guaranteed payout.
Why is the Dark Primeape 1st Edition #43 print worth more than the standard one?+
1st edition cards from the Team Rocket set were only printed in that initial run, which makes them scarcer by nature than later printings of the same card. Collectors tend to place a premium on that early print history, especially for a set as recognizable as this one, since owning a 1st edition connects you directly to the original 2000 release.
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