Dark Gyarados 8/82

Set: Team Rocket Released: Apr 24, 2000
Pokémon: Gyarados Water Type Rare Holo Illustrator: Kagemaru Himeno Pull Rate: 1 in 54.2 packs (1.8%) Evolves From: Magikarp

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Dark Gyarados #8/82 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Dark Gyarados #8/82 from Team Rocket — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Dark Gyarados has stayed flat at $228.87. PSA 10 copies are up 23.7% over the same period.

Dark Gyarados #8/82 appears roughly 1 in 54.2 packs, which works out at 1.8% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Team Rocket.

Dark Gyarados #8/82 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Team Rocket.

At $228.87 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $4,696.43, giving a net return of +$3,829.02 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$262.03 and PSA 8 returns −$8.82, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 5,895 copies of Dark Gyarados #8/82, of which 470 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 8%, or roughly 1 in 13 graded copies.

Yes. At a 8% gem rate, Dark Gyarados grades worse than the Team Rocket average by 3.8 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Dark Gyarados #8/82 was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, who has illustrated 1241 Pokémon cards in total.

Dark Gyarados #8/82 was released on 24 April 2000 as part of Team Rocket. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.