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Ekans 56/82

Set: Team Rocket Released: Apr 24, 2000
Pokémon: Ekans Grass Type Common Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate:1 in 3.4 packs (29.4%) Evolves To: Arbok

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Ekans #56/82 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Ekans #56/82 from Team Rocket — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Ekans has moved up 10.8% to $1.74. PSA 10 copies are up 9.1% over the same period.

Ekans #56/82 appears roughly 1 in 3.4 packs, which works out at 29.4% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Team Rocket.

Ekans #56/82 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in Team Rocket.

At $1.74 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $144.39, giving a net return of +$95.88 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$0.70 and PSA 8 returns −$13.74, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 2,086 copies of Ekans #56/82, of which 643 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 30.8%, or roughly 1 in 3.2 graded copies.

No. At a 30.8% gem rate, Ekans grades better than the Team Rocket average by 19.2 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Ekans #56/82 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Ekans #56/82 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.