Dark Raichu #83 Value
Team Rocket · Card 83/83 · Rare · 2000
Dark Raichu is card #83 out of the Team Rocket set, released back in 2000, and it is one of those cards that longtime collectors still light up over. It carries the Rare tag and Mitsuhiro Arita's artwork, which is a big reason people chase it in the first place. If you are here trying to nail down Dark Raichu value, the short answer is a raw copy runs $76, but as you will see, that number tells only part of the story.
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Dark Raichu price history
Ungraded value is $76, up 37% over the past year, with an all-time high of $168 in December 2020.
Market value over time by grade. Hover for any month; tap a grade to toggle its line.
Dark Raichu price at every grade
The market value at each PSA grade, with how many exist (population). 8,588 graded copies exist — only 80 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Raw / Ungraded | $76 | — |
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $3.2k | 80 |
| Grade 9 | $281 | 1,172 |
| Grade 8 | $177 | 2,710 |
| Grade 7 | $98 | 1,937 |
| Grade 6 | $86 | 1,300 |
| Grade 5 | $70 | 835 |
| Grade 4 | $63 | 337 |
| Grade 3 | $41 | 110 |
| Grade 2 | $28 | 46 |
| Grade 1 | $95 | 61 |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Grade values are PSA-based; 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.)
Dark Raichu — collector's take
Is Dark Raichu worth grading?
So is Dark Raichu worth grading? Here is the honest math: a raw copy sits at $76, a Grade 9 climbs to $281, and a PSA 10 sits way up at $3,210, which works out to 42.0 times the raw price. That kind of jump is tempting, no doubt. But gem mint is genuinely hard to land on a card from this era, print lines, centering, and edge wear all work against you, and grading costs money and time whether or not the card comes back a 10. If you already own a raw copy that looks sharp under a loupe, sending it in can make sense. If you are buying specifically to grade, just go in knowing the odds are not in your favor and a Grade 9 result is far more likely than a 10.
How rare is it?
Across all the copies that have ever been submitted, 8,588 have been graded, and out of that entire population, only 80 have come back a PSA 10. That is a tiny sliver at the very top. It tells you that even though this card is not impossibly rare overall, hitting true gem mint condition is the real bottleneck, and that scarcity at the top is exactly why the PSA 10 price sits so far above everything else.
Where to pull it
PackSpy has tracked 33 recorded pulls of Dark Raichu across mnstr, tilt-rips, courtyard, and collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $853. We have seen it show up in Pack 3, Pokemon Expert Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, and Pokemon Ultimate Pack. That is the kind of cross-site data no price guide gives you, real pulls from real openings, not just theoretical odds. Worth remembering though, opening packs is a gamble no matter which site you use, and most rips do not cover their cost, so treat any pull as a nice bonus rather than a plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Dark Raichu worth?
A raw, ungraded Dark Raichu is worth $76 right now. Graded copies are worth a lot more, with a Grade 9 at $281 and a PSA 10 reaching $3,210. So the answer really depends on the condition and whether it has been graded.
Is Dark Raichu worth grading?
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 42.0 times the raw price. But only 80 out of 8,588 graded copies have hit that PSA 10 mark, so gem mint is rare and grading is a real gamble on condition, cost, and time.
What set is Dark Raichu from?
Dark Raichu is card #83 from the Team Rocket set, released in 2000. It is a Rare card illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, which is a big part of why collectors still seek it out today.
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