
Dark Metal Energy

- Number
- 94/109
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Takumi Akabane
- Released
- Nov 1, 2004
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $20£15.05€17.61
- Today
- $28.35£21.34€24.97
- Change
- +$8.35+£6.28+€7.35 (+41.8%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | – | – | $28.35£21.34€24.97 | |
| PSA 5 | 5 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 12 | – | – | $27.50£20.70€24.22 | |
| PSA 8 | 32 | – | – | $46.59£35.07€41.03 | |
| PSA 9 | 47 | – | – | $65£48.92€57.24 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $92.38£69.53€81.36 | |
| PSA 10 | 17 | – | – | $457.50£344.34€402.91 | |
About these prices
14.7% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 194 completed sales, updated Sep 29, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
194 completed listings on eBay, eBay UK, Goldin AuctionsShow 183 more
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8Cert 71339293Goldin Auctions · Auction$26£19.57€22.90
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9Grading odds
PSA has graded 169 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 16.6% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around. Weighting each grade’s PSA price by these odds, a submission is worth $118.38£89.09€104.25 on average against $128.34£96.59€113.03 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $9.96£7.50€8.78, so a copy is worth more raw.
Card facts
- Card number
- 94/109
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Illustrator
- Takumi Akabane
- Set released
- Nov 1, 2004
- PSA population, all printings
- 169
- Printings priced
- 2
- Set value
- $14k£11k€13k
- 7 day move
- +0.3%
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The same card in other sets
What moves the price of this card
The Dark Metal Energy on this page is the Reverse Holofoil printing from EX Team Rocket Returns, and it trades at $21.30£16.03€18.76 in near mint condition. The other 1 printing of the same card sits lower, which is normal: the scarcer print run always carries the premium.
Graded, it runs PSA 7 $27.50£20.70€24.22, PSA 8 $46.59£35.07€41.03, PSA 9 $65£48.92€57.24, CGC/BGS 9.5 $92.38£69.53€81.36, PSA 10 $457.50£344.34€402.91. PSA has graded 169 copies of it. 194 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Dark Metal Energy worth?
A PSA 10 Dark Metal Energy from EX Team Rocket Returns sells for $457.50. 14.7% of the copies PSA has graded came back a 10, so that price is the best case rather than the one a submission should expect.
Is Dark Metal Energy from EX Team Rocket Returns worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $111.04 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $28.35 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $17.30.
Condition does most of the work below the surface. A copy with soft corners or a print line off centre trades well under the market price shown here, and a copy clean enough to grade trades well above it, which is why the PSA 10 sits at $457.50£344.34€402.91. Before you value your own copy, look at the corners under a light and check the centring on the back, where most cards give themselves away.
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