Tickling Machine
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Released
- Jun 25, 1998
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $2.63£1.95€2.33
- Today
- $3£2.22€2.66
- Change
- +$0.37+£0.27+€0.33 (+14.1%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 18 | $2.83£2.10€2.51 | $3£2.22€2.66 | |
| PSA 4 | – | 1 | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 2 | – | – | $5£3.70€4.44 | |
| PSA 8 | 20 | – | – | $6.50£4.81€5.77 | |
| PSA 9 | 42 | 4 | – | $21.54£15.96€19.12 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5modelled | – | – | – | $24£17.78€21.30 | |
| PSA 10 | 23 | 3 | – | $99.19£73.47€88.04 | |
About these prices
25.3% 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 123 completed sales, updated Oct 31, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
123 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics CollectTickling Machine Pokemon Japan Challenge from the Darkness NM Japanese$2.01£1.49€1.78
Tickling Machine - Challenge from the Darkness - Japanese NM Old Back Pokemon Japanese$3.99£2.96€3.54Show 111 more
Tickling Machine Uncommon Challenge from the Darkness Pokemon Japan JP LP Japanese$3.99£2.96€3.54Pokemon Trainer Card-Tickling Machine Challenge from the Darkness (Japanese) Japanese$3£2.22€2.66Pokémon Japanese Tickling Machine Gym Challenge Trainer Jynx EXCELLENT-2 Japanese #125$11.10£8.22€9.85Pokemon TCG Tickling Machine Challenge from the Darkness Regular Japanese LP Japanese$2.48£1.84€2.20Tickling Machine Vintage Pokemon TCG Japanese Challenge From The Darkness - NM Japanese$3£2.22€2.66Japanese Pokémon Challenge from the Darkness Trainer Card: Tickling Machine NM! Japanese$1.79£1.33€1.59Tickling Machine Uncommon Challenge from the Darkness NM Pokemon TCG Japanese Japanese$2.27£1.68€2.01Japanese Pokemon Tickling Machine Challenge from the Darkness Uncommon card LP Japanese$4.49£3.33€3.9991999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 TRAINER Tickling Machine PSA 9 Card MINT! Japanese #TRAINER$17.50£12.96€15.5391999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 TRAINER Tickling Machine PSA 9 Card MINT! Free Ship! Japanese #TRAINER$22.47£16.64€19.94Tickling Machine Challenge from the Darkness Regular Japanese Pokemon TCG Japanese$1.69£1.25€1.50Pokemon Tickling Machine Trainer Gym 2 (Challenge) Japanese 1999 Japanese$2.30£1.70€2.04[NM] TICKLING MACHINE NO. 084 GYM 2 CHALLENGE FROM THE DARKNESS POKEMON JAPANESE Japanese$4.97£3.68€4.41101999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 TRAINER Tickling Machine PSA 10 GEM MINT Japanese #TRAINER$64.50£47.78€57.251999 Japanese Pokemon Gym 2 Challenge Tickling Machine Trainer MINT Japanese$2£1.48€1.78TICKLING MACHINE NO. 084 GYM 2 CHALLENGE FROM THE DARKNESS POKEMON JAPANESE Japanese$2.70£2€2.401999 Japanese Pokemon Gym 2 Challenge Tickling Machine Trainer MINT Japanese$3.13£2.32€2.78japanese tcg Tickling Machine Pokemon Japanese Challenge from the Darkness Japanese$2.01£1.49€1.78Tickling Machine Pokemon TCG Japanese Challenge From The Darkness 1999 Japanese$2.49£1.84€2.21Tickling Machine - Trainer - Pokemon Card Gym 2 Challenge Japanese - MP$3.24£2.40€2.88Pokemon Tickling Machine Trainer Gym 2 (Challenge) Japanese 1999$2.99£2.21€2.65Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 - Challenge From The Darkness - Tickling Machine$3.26£2.41€2.89Tickling Machine Challenge From The Darkness Japanese Pokemon Card ~ Light Play$1.79£1.33€1.59Japanese Pokemon Tickling Machine (CFTD) Challenge from the Darkness$4.14£3.07€3.678Pokemon Tickling Machine Gym 2 Japanese PSA 8$6.50£4.81€5.778Cert 61474889Auction$6.50£4.81€5.7791999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 Tickling Machine Trainer PSA 9 MINT Only 3 Higher #119$16.50£12.22€14.641999 Pokemon Japanese Gym 2 Trainer Tickling Machine Uncommon$0.99£0.73€0.889Pokemon Tickling Machine Gym 2 Japanese Trainer PSA 9 Mint -216$5.50£4.07€4.888Cert 44810459Auction$5£3.70€4.448Cert 44810459Auction$6.52£4.83€5.799Cert 49645288Auction$15.20£11.26€13.498Cert 44810459Auction$89£65.93€78.998Cert 44810459Auction$81£60€71.898Cert 44810459Auction$91£67.41€80.77More from Japanese Challenge from the Darkness
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CGC has graded 111 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 24.5% 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£26.81€32.13 on average against $102.99£76.29€91.41 for the card plus $79.99£59.25€70.99 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $66.79£49.48€59.28, so a copy is worth more raw.
1 of the 5 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
- 94
- Printings priced
- 1
Challenge from the Darkness99 cards- Set value
- $2.1k£1.6k€1.9k
- 7 day move
- 0.0%
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 $1.97£1.46€1.75 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 7 $5£3.70€4.44, PSA 8 $6.50£4.81€5.77, PSA 9 $21.54£15.96€19.12, CGC/BGS 9.5 $24£17.78€21.30, PSA 10 $99.19£73.47€88.04. PSA has graded 94 copies of it. 123 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 $99.19. 25.3% 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 $36.68 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 $66.31.
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 $99.19£73.47€88.04. 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.