Dark Sandslash
- Number
- 051/084
- Rarity
- Rare
- Released
- Nov 19, 2004
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $4.99£3.70€4.43
- Today
- $9.41£6.97€8.35
- Change
- +$4.42+£3.27+€3.92 (+88.6%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 5 | $6.30£4.67€5.59 | $9.41£6.97€8.35 | |
| PSA 8 | 4 | – | – | $17£12.59€15.09 | |
| PSA 9 | 12 | – | – | $19£14.07€16.86 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5modelled | – | – | – | $21£15.56€18.64 | |
| PSA 10 | 9 | 1 | – | $250£185.19€221.89 |
About these prices
36.0% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. Sold and median are 90 days of PSA sales. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 32 completed sales, updated Nov 1, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
32 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics CollectDark Sandslash 051/084 PL Japanese Pokemon Rocket Gang Strikes Back Non Holo Japanese 051/084$9.41£6.97€8.3592004 Pokemon Rocket Gang Strikes Back Japanese 1st Dark Sandslash #051/084 CGC 9$17.50£12.96€15.539.5
1997 Pokemon Japanese Rocket Gang Holo Dark Dugtrio #051 BGS 9.5 GEM MINTAuction$156£115.56€138.4610PSA 10 Dark Sandslash Pokémon Japanese 051/084 Rocket Gang Strikes Back 2004 1st Japanese #51$250£185.19€221.8982004 Pokemon Rocket Gang Strikes Back Japan Dark Sandslash 1st #051/084 CGC 8.5$17£12.59€15.09Show 20 more
101997 Pokemon Japanese Rocket Gang Holo Dark Dugtrio #51 CGC 10 GEM MINTAuction$150£111.11€133.13101997 Pokemon Japanese Rocket Gang Holo Dark Dugtrio #51 CGC 10 GEM MINTAuction$126£93.33€111.8392004 Pokemon Rocket Gang Strikes Back Japanese Dark Sandslash #051/084 CGC 9$6£4.44€5.33101998 Pokemon Japanese Rocket Gang Holo Dark Dugtrio #51 PSA 10 GEM MINTAuction$300£222.22€266.26Pokemon Card Dark Sandslash 051/084 Japanese Rocket Gang Strikes Back 2004 Japanese 051/084$1.75£1.30€1.55Dark Sandslash 051/084 Japanese Rocket Gang Strikes Back Pokemon Card LP Japanese$13.25£9.81€11.76101998 Pokemon Japanese Rocket Gang Holo Dark Dugtrio #51 PSA 10 GEM MINTBuy it now$83£61.48€73.67LP Dark Sandslash 051/084 JAPANESE Rocket Gang Strikes Back Pokemon US SELLER$4.99£3.70€4.439Cert 77522639Auction$16£11.85€14.209Cert 75296444Auction$10.20£7.56€9.0510Pokemon Dark Sandslash Rocket Gang Strikes Back 1st Ed Japanese #051 PSA 10$26.52£19.64€23.549Cert 68825264Auction$13.40£9.93€11.8910Cert 63455988Auction$55£40.74€48.82More from Japanese Rocket Gang Strikes Back
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CGC has graded 30 copies. Where they landed:
These are CGC grades. The prices above are for PSA slabs, and a CGC 10 is not the same grade as a PSA 10, so read the two as separate markets rather than one.
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 36.0% 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 $101.84£75.44€90.39 on average against $109.40£81.04€97.10 for the card plus $79.99£59.25€70.99 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $7.56£5.60€6.71, so a copy is worth more raw.
1 of the 4 grades priced above had no sales at that grade, so the figure is modelled from the grades that did rather than observed.
Card facts
- Card number
- 051/084
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set released
- Nov 19, 2004
- PSA population, all printings
- 25
Rocket Gang Strikes Back85 cards- Set value
- $930£689€826
- 7 day move
- +17.4%
What moves the price of this card
The Dark Sandslash on this page is the only printing from Japanese Rocket Gang Strikes Back, and it trades at no recorded price in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.
Graded, it runs PSA 8 $17£12.59€15.09, PSA 9 $19£14.07€16.86, CGC/BGS 9.5 $21£15.56€18.64, PSA 10 $250£185.19€221.89. PSA has graded 25 copies of it. 32 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Dark Sandslash worth?
A PSA 10 Dark Sandslash from Japanese Rocket Gang Strikes Back sells for $250. 36.0% 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 Japanese Rocket Gang Strikes Back worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $101.84 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $9.41 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $7.56.
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 $250£185.19€221.89. 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.