Rocket's Admin. #86 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 14 Sept 2026Related Rocket's Admin. & chase cards
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Rocket's Admin. is the uncommon #86 card out of the Celebrations set, drawn by Ken Sugimori and released back in 2004. It's not the kind of card that headlines a set, but there's something satisfying about pulling a piece of Team Rocket history, and that's exactly why people keep landing here checking Rocket's Admin. value before they buy, sell, or send one off for grading. Right now a raw copy sits at $1, which tells you plainly where this card lives on the price spectrum, quiet and collectible rather than chase-worthy.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.00, down 56% over the past year, with an all-time high of $2.26 in September 2025.
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Rocket's Admin. price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2 graded.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $55 | - | - / - |
| PSA 9 | $15 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 8 | $14 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 7 | $11 | - | - / - |
| PSA 6 | $9.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 5 | $7.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | $6.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $5.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.52 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Celebrations
- Card number
- 86
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
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The collector's take on Rocket's Admin.
Is Rocket's Admin. worth grading?
Here's the honest math: a raw Rocket's Admin. is $1, a Grade 9 comes in at $15, and a PSA 10 sits at $55, which works out to about 79.4x the raw price. That's a real jump on paper, but grading fees, shipping, and the wait time all eat into that gap fast, and gem mint 10s are genuinely hard to land since even a tiny print line or edge wear can knock a card down to a 9. If you've already got a copy sitting in a binder that looks sharp under a light, it might be worth sending in just to see, but I wouldn't buy raw copies specifically hoping to flip them into PSA 10s. The economics only really work if grading is cheap for you or you're doing it for the love of having a graded piece, not the profit.
How rare is Rocket's Admin.?
Rocket's Admin. carries an Uncommon rarity tag, which puts it a notch above the most common cards in Celebrations but nowhere near scarce territory. We don't have official population numbers to lean on here, so take rarity tier as your best guide: uncommons like this one were printed in real volume, which is a big reason the raw price sits at $1 rather than climbing into serious money. That kind of availability keeps the card affordable and easy to pick up if you just want one for the collection, though it also means gem mint copies won't carry rarity-driven scarcity value on top of the grade itself.
Where can you pull Rocket's Admin.?
This is where PackSpy's own data earns its keep, because we've tracked Rocket's Admin. actually get pulled 190 times across packs, courtyard breaks, and collector-crypt openings, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $171. If you're chasing this one from packs, it's shown up in the Celebrations Pack, the Pokémon Starter Pack, the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, The Amazing Chase Encore, and the Anime Pop Culture Gacha. Worth saying plainly: opening packs is a gamble, and most rips don't beat what you paid for them, so treat these numbers as a guide to where the card turns up rather than a promise of what you'll get.
Questions people ask
How much is Rocket's Admin. worth?+
A raw, ungraded Rocket's Admin. is worth $1 right now. That's the baseline most collectors and sellers work from, and it reflects its Uncommon rarity in the Celebrations set rather than any big chase-card demand.
Is Rocket's Admin. worth grading?+
It depends on your goals. The jump from $1 raw to $55 for a PSA 10 sounds big, about 79.4x, but grading costs and the difficulty of hitting a true gem mint 10 mean it's not a guaranteed win financially, so it's best done on copies that already look near flawless.
How much is a PSA 10 Rocket's Admin. worth?+
A PSA 10 Rocket's Admin. is valued at $55, compared to $15 for a Grade 9 and $1 raw. That gap shows how much gem mint condition matters for this card, even within an Uncommon rarity tier.
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