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Dark Sandslash 18/109

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Set: Team Rocket Returns Released: Nov 1, 2004
Pokémon: Sandslash Fighting Type Darkness Type Rare Illustrator: Masakazu Fukuda Pull Rate:1 in 21 packs (4.8%) Evolves From: Sandshrew

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normal

Found in Booster Packs
14.23 $0.69 (5.10%)

reverse Holofoil

Found in Booster Packs
112.50
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Dark Sandslash #18/109 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Dark Sandslash #18/109 from Team Rocket Returns — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Dark Sandslash has moved up 5.1% to $14.23. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Dark Sandslash #18/109 appears roughly 1 in 21 packs, which works out at 4.8% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Team Rocket Returns.

Dark Sandslash #18/109 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Team Rocket Returns.

At $14.23 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $192.80, giving a net return of +$125.51 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$16.95 and PSA 8 returns −$17.62, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 100 copies of Dark Sandslash #18/109, of which 41 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 41%, or roughly 1 in 2.4 graded copies.

No. At a 41% gem rate, Dark Sandslash grades better than the Team Rocket Returns average by 21.1 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Dark Sandslash #18/109 was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda, who has illustrated 903 Pokémon cards in total.

Dark Sandslash #18/109 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.