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Dark Gyarados 36/109

Set: Team Rocket Returns Released: Nov 1, 2004
Pokémon: Gyarados Water Type Darkness Type Uncommon Illustrator: Nakaoka Pull Rate:1 in 17.5 packs (5.7%) Evolves From: Magikarp

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Dark Gyarados #36/109 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Dark Gyarados #36/109 from Team Rocket Returns — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Dark Gyarados has moved up 21% to $46.53. PSA 10 copies are up 44.9% over the same period.

Dark Gyarados #36/109 appears roughly 1 in 17.5 packs, which works out at 5.7% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Team Rocket Returns.

Dark Gyarados #36/109 is a Uncommon, one of the higher rarity tiers in Team Rocket Returns.

At $46.53 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $1,333.22, giving a net return of +$1,085.37 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$134.71 and PSA 8 returns −$0.65, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 424 copies of Dark Gyarados #36/109, of which 64 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 15.1%, or roughly 1 in 6.6 graded copies.

Yes. At a 15.1% gem rate, Dark Gyarados grades worse than the Team Rocket Returns average by 4.6 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Dark Gyarados #36/109 was illustrated by Nakaoka, who has illustrated 83 Pokémon cards in total.

Dark Gyarados #36/109 was released on 1 November 2004 as part of Team Rocket Returns. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.