Darkness Energy #142 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Darkness Energy & chase cards
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Darkness Energy #142 is a piece of the old Aquapolis set, the kind of energy card that longtime players remember fondly even though it never gets the spotlight of the big holo rares. If you're checking Darkness Energy value right now, the short version is that it's an affordable, honestly graded card that still has a real gap between raw and gem mint. It's not a card that makes headlines, but it's one that quietly holds a following among Aquapolis collectors filling out sets.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $9.50, up 90% over the past year, with an all-time high of $10 in June 2026.
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Darkness Energy price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 78 graded, only 34 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $43 | 34 | 24 / 10 |
| PSA 9 | $16 | 22 | 19 / 3 |
| PSA 8 | $15 | 12 | 3 / 9 |
| PSA 7 | $9.96 | 8 | 3 / 5 |
| PSA 6 | $8.00 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 5 | $6.00 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 4 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | $4.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $4.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $9.50 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Aquapolis
- Card number
- 142 of 186
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Darkness
- Illustrator
- Milky Isobe
- Released
- 2003
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The collector's take on Darkness Energy
Is Darkness Energy worth grading?
So is Darkness Energy worth grading? Right now a raw, ungraded copy runs about $8, and a PSA 10 sits at $24, which works out to roughly 3.0x the raw price. That's a real jump, but grading fees eat into it fast, and you have to be honest with yourself about the condition of your copy before you send it in. A Grade 9 lands at $19, which tells you the market still rewards near perfect copies well, but gem mint is where the real ceiling is, and hitting it isn't guaranteed. If your copy has sharp corners and clean edges under good light, grading can make sense. If it's a marginal copy, you might be paying for a Grade 9 result while hoping for a PSA 10 payout, and that gap between hope and reality is exactly where people lose money on grading.
How rare is Darkness Energy?
Across all grading services, only 78 copies of Darkness Energy have been graded, and of those just 34 have come back a PSA 10. That's a fairly tight population for a card this old, and it tells you gem mint copies were never easy to pull off cleanly, whether that's from the original print quality or just decades of handling before anyone thought to grade energy cards. When less than half the graded population hits the top grade, that scarcity is part of why the PSA 10 price sits so far above raw. It's a reminder that even common looking cards can have a real story in their population numbers.
Where can you pull Darkness Energy?
We've tracked 59 recorded pulls of Darkness Energy across tilt-rips, courtyard, mnstr, and collector-crypt, which gives us a real look at where this card actually shows up rather than just guessing. The biggest pull we've logged came in at $84, a nice reminder that even a modest energy card can occasionally deliver a wild high on a lucky rip. It's turned up in the Pokemon Dollar Pack, Pokemon Dime Pack, Wildcard Basic Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, and Pokemon Mini Pack, so if you're chasing one from a live pack site, those are the spots worth watching. Just keep in mind that pack opening is gambling by nature, and most rips don't come close to that $84 high, so never treat it as a guaranteed return.
Questions people ask
How much is Darkness Energy worth?+
A raw, ungraded Darkness Energy #142 is valued at $8 right now. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 at $19 and a PSA 10 at $24, so condition and grading make a real difference in what the card is worth.
Is Darkness Energy worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 3.0x what a raw copy goes for. But only 34 of the 78 graded copies have hit that top grade, so it's worth being realistic about your copy's condition before paying for grading.
How much is a PSA 10 Darkness Energy worth?+
A PSA 10 Darkness Energy is currently valued at $24. That's the gem mint ceiling for this card, and with only 34 PSA 10 copies recorded in the population, it represents the top tier of what's out there.
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