Rocket's Zapdos

Rocket's Zapdos  from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness
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Rarity
Holo Rare
Released
Jun 25, 1998
Sold price movement
Where the price has been
12 months ago
$2.02£1.51€1.81
Today
$2.69£2.01€2.41
Change
+$0.67+£0.50+€0.60 (+33.2%)
Ungraded sold price, the raw line on the chart below · 13 sales in the last year
PSA gradedCGC and BGS graded
Raw market value
$37.91.
NM raw · TCGplayer market
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Rocket's Zapdos from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness: price by grade, PSA population and sales in the last 90 days
Price typePop sharePopulationPopSold 90dMedianPrice
Raw–––$2.69£2.01€2.41
PSA 32–––
PSA 52–––
PSA 61–––
PSA 75–––
PSA 814–––
PSA 930––$14.87£11.09€13.30
CGC/BGS 9.5modelled–––$16£11.93€14.31
PSA 1017––$150£111.85€134.18
About these prices

23.9% 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 25 completed sales, updated Nov 3, 2026.

Price history

$2.69Raw · monthly median sold price
$1.8$3.2$5.6AUG '23SEP '24SEP '25OCT '26
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Recent sales

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Sep 27, 2024RaweBayRocket's Minefield Gym - Gym 2 Challenge - 1999 Pokemon Japanese Trainer NM/LP+$2.90£2.16€2.59
Jul 28, 2024PSA10eBay1999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 Rocket's Minefield Gym Trainer PSA 10 Graded POP 3$150£111.85€134.18
Jul 24, 2024RaweBayPokemon Rocket's Minefield Gym Trainer Gym 2 (Challenge) Japanese 1999$2.29£1.71€2.05

Grading odds

CGC has graded 1,403 copies. Where they landed:

CGC Perfect 1010.1%
CGC Pristine 10171.2%
CGC Gem Mint 101289.1%
CGC 9.5251.8%
CGC 927819.8%
Lower95468.0%

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 23.9% 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 $42.39£31.61€37.92 on average against $102.68£76.56€91.85 for the card plus $79.99£59.65€71.55 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $60.29£44.96€53.93, so a copy is worth more raw.

1 of the 3 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
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Rarity
Holo Rare
Set released
Jun 25, 1998
PSA population, all printings
71
Printings priced
1
From the same setChallenge from the Darkness99 cards
Set value
$2.1k£1.6k€1.9k
7 day move
0.0%
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What moves the price of this card

The Rocket's Zapdos on this page is the Holofoil printing from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness, and it trades at $37.91£28.27€33.91 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 9 $14.87£11.09€13.30, CGC/BGS 9.5 $16£11.93€14.31, PSA 10 $150£111.85€134.18. PSA has graded 71 copies of it. 25 completed sales are on file.

What is a PSA 10 Rocket's Zapdos worth?

A PSA 10 Rocket's Zapdos from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness sells for $150. 23.9% 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 Rocket's Zapdos from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness worth grading?

On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $42.39 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $2.69 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $60.29.

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 $150£111.85€134.18. 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.