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Dark Ariados

Dark Ariados

Team Rocket Returns · #30 · Uncommon
🎨 Illustrated by Kyoko Koizumi
PokémonGrassDarkness
$79.99
1 in 15packs. How often it turns up in a booster
#55 of 109most valuable in the set
$1,040as a PSA 10, about 13.0× raw
2 gradedon Holobrook. POP 1 still open
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Dark Ariados is card #30 of 109 in Team Rocket Returns (2004), a Uncommon illustrated by Kyoko Koizumi. At about $79.99 it is the #55 most valuable card in the set. In a Team Rocket Returns booster it turns up about once every 15 packs. It is one of 19 Ariados cards printed so far.

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What it's worth graded

Ungraded
$79.99
PSA 8 · NM-Mint
$144
PSA 9 · Mint
$320
PSA 9.5 · Mint+
$560
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$1,040
Estimates: the ungraded market price times the typical premium a slab of that grade gets for a card from this era. Real sales vary, especially for PSA 10s. How grading adds value

Holobrook pop report

2 copies have been graded by players in Holobrook's grading game. None has come back a 10 yet.

POP 1 is still open for PSA, BGS and CGC: the first player to grade this card a 10 with each company gets a one-of-a-kind POP 1 slab. See the Mint

17
07.5
08
08.5
09
19.5
010
In-game grades from Holobrook players, not real PSA data.

Card text

HP 70·GGrass·DDarkness·Stage 1·Evolves from Spinarak
CSuper Poison Breath
Each Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
GCCBreaking Impact
Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage for each Colorless Energy in that Pokémon's Retreat Cost (after applying effects to the Retreat Cost). (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness R ×2Retreat C
This Pokémon is both Grass Darkness type.

Ariados through the years

See Ariados in all 13 years

More by Kyoko Koizumi

All 15 cards by Kyoko Koizumi

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Questions

How much is Dark Ariados (Team Rocket Returns) worth?

An ungraded Dark Ariados from Team Rocket Returns sells for about $79.99. A PSA 10 is worth more, roughly $1,040 by our estimate, and a PSA 9 around $320.

How rare is Dark Ariados?

It is a Uncommon, and it shows up about once every 15 Team Rocket Returns packs.

Who illustrated Dark Ariados?

Kyoko Koizumi drew the art for this card.

Can I open Team Rocket Returns packs for free?

Yes, as a digital simulator. Holobrook lets you open Team Rocket Returns booster packs in your browser with the set's real pull rates and keep what you pull in a digital binder. No real cards, nothing to buy.

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