Dark Sandslash
- Number
- 18/109
- Rarity
- Rare
- Artist
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Released
- Nov 1, 2004
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $41.84£31.49€36.85
- Today
- $103.18£77.66€90.87
- Change
- +$61.34+£46.17+€54.02 (+147%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | – | – | $103.18£77.66€90.87 | |
| PSA 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 2 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 3 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 4 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 9 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 11 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 19 | – | – | $45£33.87€39.63 | |
| PSA 8 | 66 | – | – | $150£112.90€132.10 | |
| PSA 9 | 129 | – | – | $390£293.53€343.46 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $429£322.89€377.81 | |
| PSA 10 | 28 | – | – | $2,430£1,829€2,140 | |
About these prices
10.4% 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 357 completed sales, updated Sep 17, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
357 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics Collect92004 Pokemon TCG Dark Sandslash 18/109 EX Team Rocket Returns PSA 9 1st Ed 18/109$35£26.34€30.82Pokémon TCG Dark Sandslash EX Team Rocket Returns 18/109 Rare 2004 Pokemon card 18/109$7.50£5.64€6.61Show 288 more, the newest 300 of 357
Dark Sandslash 18/109 EX Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Card Rare 2004 18/109$14.99£11.28€13.20Pokémon - Dark Sandslash 18/109 2004 - Rare Team Rocket Returns NM 18/109$10.50£7.90€9.25Dark Sandslash 18/109 Rare Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Lightly Played 18/109$11.99£9.02€10.56Dark Sandslash 18/109 Team Rocket Returns Regular Pokemon Single 18/109$8.99£6.77€7.92Pokémon TCG Dark Sandslash EX Team Rocket Returns 18/109 Rare 2004 Near Mint NM 18/109$6£4.52€5.28DARK SANDSLASH 2004 POKEMON TEAM ROCKET RETURNS HOLO #18/109 Q5677 18/109$4.25£3.20€3.74Pokémon TCG Dark Sandslash & Golduck 18/109 35/10EX Team Rocket Returns Regular 18/109$13.31£10.02€11.72Dark Sandslash 18/109 Rare Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Near LP 18/109$11.33£8.53€9.98
Dark Sandslash 18/109 Rare Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Moderately Played 18/109$7.62£5.74€6.71Pokémon TCG Dark Sandslash 18/109 Team Rocket Returns Rare Non Holo 18/109$8.99£6.77€7.929POKEMON DARK SANDSLASH 2004 EX TEAM ROCKET RETURNS-REV.FOIL #18 PSA 9 #18$510£383.85€449.14Pokémon TCG DARK SANDSLASH 18/109 Regular. EX Team Rocket Returns 2004. NM/M 18/109$14£10.54€12.33Dark Sandslash 18/109 Rare Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Near Mint 18/109$9.99£7.52€8.80DARK SANDSLASH REVERSE STAMP 18/109 EX TEAM ROCKET RETURNS POKEMON ENGLISH NM$120£90.32€105.68Dark Sandslash 18/109 Non-Holo EX Team Rocket Returns Pokemon TCG 18/109$8.79£6.62€7.74Pokemon Card - Dark Sandslash Team Rocket Returns 18/109 Rare 1823 18/109$12.44£9.36€10.96
10Pokemon Dark Sandslash EX Team Rocket Returns Rare #18 PSA 10 Gem Mint$182.50£137.36€160.729Dark Sandslash PSA 9 2004 Pokemon EX Team Rocket Returns #18/109 1109 18/109$17.50£13.17€15.4110Dark Sandslash Pokémon 2004 EX Team Rocket Returns Non Holo Rare 18/109 PSA 10 18/109$170£127.95€149.719PSA 9 Dark Sandslash #18 2004 Pokemon Ex Team Rocket Returns 126694703 #18$275£206.98€242.188PSA 8 Dark Sandslash 18/109 EX Team Rocket Returns Pokemon Card 2004 - Near Mint$84.35£63.49€74.289PSA 9 Dark Sandslash Team Rocket Returns #18 2004 Pokemon Ex 742699 #18$44.99£33.86€39.629Pokemon Dark Sandslash EX Team Rocket Returns NON Holo Rare #18 PSA 9 Mint$15.50£11.67€13.6510PSA 10 GEM MINT Dark Sandslash 18/109 EX Team Rocket Returns 2004 Pokemon Card 18/109$149.99£112.89€132.099.52004 Pokemon Ex Team Rocket Returns #18/109 Dark Sandslash CGC 9.5 MINT+$21.50£16.18€18.9392004 Dark Sandslash 18/109 Stamped Reverse EX Team Rocket Returns Pokemon CGC 9 18/109$75£56.45€66.059.52004 Pokemon Ex Team Rocket Returns #18/109 Dark Sandslash CGC 9.5 MINT+$14.50£10.91€12.778Dark Sandslash - PSA 8 - NON HOLO -2004 Pokemon -EX Team Rocket Returns - #18 #18$28.55£21.49€25.1410PSA 10 GEM Mint Pokemon Dark Sandslash 2004 EX Team Rocket Returns #18 Non Holo #62$90£67.74€79.26102004 Pokemon Ex Dark Sandslash Team Rocket Returns #18 PSA 10 GEM Mint #18$52£39.14€45.799PSA 9 Mint Pokemon Dark Sandslash 2004 EX Team Rocket Returns #18 Non Holo #62$27.99£21.07€24.659Pokemon 2004 Dark Sandslash 18/109 EX Team Rocket Returns PSA 9 18/109$15.50£11.67€13.659Pokemon PSA 9 Mint EX Team Rocket Returns Dark Sandslash 18/109 (MD) 18/109$36£27.10€31.70More from EX Team Rocket Returns
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PSA has graded 393 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 17.6% 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 $643.59£484.40€566.79 on average against $272.18£204.86€239.70 for the card plus $149£112.14€131.22 at Express, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That clears $371.41£279.54€327.09, so grading a clean copy is worth the wait.
Card facts
- Card number
- 18/109
- Rarity
- Rare
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Set released
- Nov 1, 2004
- PSA population, all printings
- 393
- Printings priced
- 2
EX Team Rocket Returns111 cards- Set value
- $14k£11k€13k
- 7 day move
- +0.3%
What moves the price of this card
The Dark Sandslash on this page is the Reverse Holofoil printing from EX Team Rocket Returns, and it trades at $86.66£65.22€76.32 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 $45£33.87€39.63, PSA 8 $150£112.90€132.10, PSA 9 $390£293.53€343.46, CGC/BGS 9.5 $429£322.89€377.81, PSA 10 $2,430£1,829€2,140. PSA has graded 393 copies of it. 357 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Dark Sandslash worth?
A PSA 10 Dark Sandslash from EX Team Rocket Returns sells for $2,430. 10.4% 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 Sandslash from EX Team Rocket Returns worth grading?
On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $490.30 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $103.18 for a raw copy plus $169 to send it through PSA Express, so it clears $218.12.
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 $2,430£1,829€2,140. 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.
What Dark Sandslash does
Stage1, evolves from Sandshrew · 70 HP · retreat 0
If Dark Sandslash is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Dark Sandslash is Knocked Out), the Attacking Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Swift50This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.
Weak to Grass ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.