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Dark Raichu 1st Edition #83 value & price
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Dark Raichu is one of those Team Rocket cards from 2000 that collectors just keep coming back to, a rare pull illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita with that dark, moody electric look the whole subset is known for. If you are digging into Dark Raichu value right now, the short answer is that a raw copy sits at $229, which already makes it one of the more talked about cards from that era. It is the kind of card that rewards patience, whether you are chasing the 1st edition stamp or just want a clean copy for the collection.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $229, up 57% over the past year, with an all-time high of $235 in June 2026.
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Dark Raichu price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 8,774 graded, only 354 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $7.3k | 354 | 244 / 110 |
| PSA 9 | $767 | 2,449 | 2,105 / 344 |
| PSA 8 | $345 | 2,987 | 2,479 / 508 |
| PSA 7 | $268 | 1,524 | 1,347 / 177 |
| PSA 6 | $162 | 785 | 703 / 82 |
| PSA 5 | $129 | 418 | 374 / 44 |
| PSA 4 | $110 | 153 | 137 / 16 |
| PSA 3 | $94 | 52 | 48 / 4 |
| PSA 2 | $85 | 19 | 18 / 1 |
| PSA 1 | $135 | 33 | 30 / 3 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $229 | - | - |
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
- 83 of 83
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 70
- Stage
- Stage1
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- 2000
Attacks
- Surprise Thunder30Lightning · Lightning · Lightning
Flip a coin. If heads, flip another coin. If the second coin is heads, this attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If the second coin is tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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The collector's take on Dark Raichu
Is Dark Raichu worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Honestly, it depends on what you are chasing. A PSA 10 currently sits at $244, which is about 1.1x the raw price, so the jump from ungraded to gem mint is real but not massive on its own. What makes people pause is the Grade 9 figure sitting at $2,105, well above both the raw and the PSA 10 number, which tells you there is strong demand for high grade copies even just short of perfect. Grading costs money and time, and there is no guarantee your card comes back a 10, so weigh that risk against what you actually plan to do with the card, keep it or sell it.
How rare is Dark Raichu?
Across all grading services, there are 8,774 graded copies of Dark Raichu on record, and only 354 of those hold a PSA 10 grade. When you put those two numbers side by side, it is clear that hitting gem mint is genuinely tough for this card, only a small slice of the total population gets there. That kind of scarcity at the top end is exactly why the Grade 9 and PSA 10 prices behave the way they do, fewer perfect copies means more competition for the ones that exist.
Where can you pull Dark Raichu?
Our tracker has recorded Dark Raichu pulled 2 times across the sites we monitor, including courtyard and mnstr, with the biggest recorded pull coming in at $843. We have also seen it turn up in packs like Wildcard 3: Inferno and Pack 2. That is a genuinely rare hit, most people chasing this card end up buying it on the secondary market rather than pulling it themselves, and it is worth remembering that opening packs is a gamble where most rips do not pay off. Still, when Dark Raichu does show up in a live pack opening, it is a memorable one.
Questions people ask
How much is Dark Raichu worth?+
A raw or ungraded Dark Raichu is valued at $229 right now. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 at $2,105 and a PSA 10 at $244, so grade really does shift the number depending on where a copy lands.
Is Dark Raichu worth grading?+
It can be, especially if you think your copy is a strong candidate for a high grade. The PSA 10 price sits at roughly 1.1x the raw price at $244, and Grade 9 copies are fetching $2,105, but remember only 354 out of 8,774 graded copies have hit that top PSA 10 grade, so gem mint is not easy to land.
Why is the Dark Raichu 1st Edition #83 print worth more than the standard one?+
The 1st edition stamp marks it as part of the earliest print run from the Team Rocket set's 2000 release, which collectors have always valued more heavily than later prints. Combined with its rare status and Arita's artwork, that early print history is a big part of why this specific version holds the attention, and the price, that it does.
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