Tickling Machine
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Released
- Jun 25, 1998
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $2.70£2.02€2.36
- Today
- $3£2.25€2.62
- Change
- +$0.30+£0.22+€0.26 (+11.1%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 19 | $2.99£2.24€2.61 | $3£2.25€2.62 | |
| PSA 5 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 8 | 14 | 3 | – | $6.50£4.87€5.67 | |
| PSA 9 | 29 | 6 | $22.46£16.83€19.60 | $21.87£16.39€19.08 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5modelled | – | – | – | $24£17.99€20.94 | |
| PSA 10 | 15 | 4 | – | $97.13£72.79€84.76 | |
About these prices
23.8% 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 105 completed sales, updated Sep 13, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
105 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics CollectShow 93 more
Pokemon Trainer Card-Tickling Machine Challenge from the Darkness (Japanese) Japanese$3£2.25€2.62Pokémon Japanese Tickling Machine Gym Challenge Trainer Jynx EXCELLENT-2 Japanese #125$11.10£8.32€9.69Pokemon TCG Tickling Machine Challenge from the Darkness Regular Japanese LP Japanese$2.48£1.86€2.16Tickling Machine Vintage Pokemon TCG Japanese Challenge From The Darkness - NM Japanese$3£2.25€2.62Japanese Pokémon Challenge from the Darkness Trainer Card: Tickling Machine NM! Japanese$1.79£1.34€1.56Tickling Machine Uncommon Challenge from the Darkness NM Pokemon TCG Japanese Japanese$2.27£1.70€1.98Japanese Pokemon Tickling Machine Challenge from the Darkness Uncommon card LP Japanese$4.49£3.36€3.9291999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 TRAINER Tickling Machine PSA 9 Card MINT! Japanese #TRAINER$17.50£13.11€15.2791999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 TRAINER Tickling Machine PSA 9 Card MINT! Free Ship! Japanese #TRAINER$22.47£16.84€19.61Tickling Machine Challenge from the Darkness Regular Japanese Pokemon TCG Japanese$1.69£1.27€1.47Pokemon Tickling Machine Trainer Gym 2 (Challenge) Japanese 1999 Japanese$2.30£1.72€2.01[NM] TICKLING MACHINE NO. 084 GYM 2 CHALLENGE FROM THE DARKNESS POKEMON JAPANESE Japanese$4.97£3.72€4.34101999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 TRAINER Tickling Machine PSA 10 GEM MINT Japanese #TRAINER$64.50£48.34€56.281999 Japanese Pokemon Gym 2 Challenge Tickling Machine Trainer MINT Japanese$2£1.50€1.75TICKLING MACHINE NO. 084 GYM 2 CHALLENGE FROM THE DARKNESS POKEMON JAPANESE Japanese$2.70£2.02€2.361999 Japanese Pokemon Gym 2 Challenge Tickling Machine Trainer MINT Japanese$3.13£2.35€2.73japanese tcg Tickling Machine Pokemon Japanese Challenge from the Darkness Japanese$2.01£1.51€1.75
Tickling Machine Pokemon TCG Japanese Challenge From The Darkness 1999 Japanese$2.49£1.87€2.17Tickling Machine - Trainer - Pokemon Card Gym 2 Challenge Japanese - MP$3.24£2.43€2.83Pokemon Tickling Machine Trainer Gym 2 (Challenge) Japanese 1999$2.99£2.24€2.61Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 - Challenge From The Darkness - Tickling Machine$3.26£2.44€2.84Tickling Machine Challenge From The Darkness Japanese Pokemon Card ~ Light Play$1.79£1.34€1.56Japanese Pokemon Tickling Machine (CFTD) Challenge from the Darkness$4.14£3.10€3.618Pokemon Tickling Machine Gym 2 Japanese PSA 8$6.50£4.87€5.678Cert 61474889Auction$6.50£4.87€5.6791999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 Tickling Machine Trainer PSA 9 MINT Only 3 Higher #119$16.50£12.36€14.401999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 Trainer Tickling Machine Uncommon$0.99£0.74€0.869Pokemon Tickling Machine Gym 2 Japanese Trainer PSA 9 Mint -216$5.50£4.12€4.808Cert 44810459Auction$5£3.75€4.368Cert 44810459Auction$6.52£4.89€5.699Cert 49645288Auction$15.20£11.39€13.268Cert 44810459Auction$89£66.70€77.668Cert 44810459Auction$81£60.70€70.688Cert 44810459Auction$91£68.19€79.41More from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness
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CGC has graded 109 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 25.3% 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 $36.20£27.13€31.59 on average against $102.99£77.18€89.87 for the card plus $79.99£59.94€69.80 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $66.79£50.05€58.28, 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
- –
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set released
- Jun 25, 1998
- PSA population, all printings
- 91
- Printings priced
- 1
Challenge from the Darkness99 cards- Complete set value
- $2.1k£1.6k€1.8k
- 7 day move
- +0.5%
What moves the price of this card
The Tickling Machine on this page is the Normal printing from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness, and it trades at $2.03£1.52€1.77 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 $6.50£4.87€5.67, PSA 9 $21.87£16.39€19.08, CGC/BGS 9.5 $24£17.99€20.94, PSA 10 $97.13£72.79€84.76. PSA has graded 91 copies of it. 105 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Tickling Machine worth?
A PSA 10 Tickling Machine from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness sells for $97.13. 23.8% 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 Tickling Machine from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $34.83 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $3 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $68.16.
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 $97.13£72.79€84.76. 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.