Dark Pupitar 40/109

Set: Team Rocket Returns Released: Nov 1, 2004
Pokémon: Pupitar Fighting Type Darkness Type Uncommon Illustrator: Tomoaki Imakuni Pull Rate:1 in 17.5 packs (5.7%) Evolves From: Larvitar Evolves To: Tyranitar

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Dark Pupitar #40/109 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Dark Pupitar #40/109 from Team Rocket Returns — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Dark Pupitar has moved up 5.7% to $2.03. PSA 10 copies are down 7.1% over the same period.

Dark Pupitar #40/109 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 Pupitar #40/109 is a Uncommon, one of the higher rarity tiers in Team Rocket Returns.

At $2.03 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $135.38, giving a net return of +$87.75 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$56.94 and PSA 8 returns −$16.98, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 87 copies of Dark Pupitar #40/109, of which 40 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 46%, or roughly 1 in 2.2 graded copies.

No. At a 46% gem rate, Dark Pupitar grades better than the Team Rocket Returns average by 26.1 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Dark Pupitar #40/109 was illustrated by Tomoaki Imakuni, who has illustrated 25 Pokémon cards in total.

Dark Pupitar #40/109 was released on 1 November 2004 as part of Team Rocket Returns. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 2 Pokémon from the Johto region.