Dark Sandslash · Team Rocket Returns 18/109

Dark Sandslash (Team Rocket Returns 18/109), Rare, Stage1, 70 HP. Market price €6.57, unchanged this week, relatively stable over the last 10 weeks. Illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda. Prices are estimates from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket, not guaranteed values.

Sandslash (National Pokédex #28) first appeared in Pokémon Red and Green (1996). Its earliest English cards in our catalogue are from 1999: Fossil.

Card text

• Poke-BODY: Poison Payback — If Dark Sandslash is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Dark Sandslash is Knocked Out), the Attacking Pokémon is now Poisoned.
• Swift 50 — This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.

Weekly price history

Printings & variants

• Normal — $14.32
• Reverse Holo — $86.66

Price in context

Dark Sandslash ranks #45 of the 108 priced cards in Team Rocket Returns. The median Rare in the set is €28.82. The 108 priced cards in Team Rocket Returns are worth €4946.81 together; this card is 0.13% of that. The set’s value is unchanged this week. Over the last 10 weeks the set’s value went from €3829.23 to €4946.81 (+29.2%).

Top chases in Team Rocket Returns

1. Rocket's Mewtwo ex 99 — €1214.87
2. Rocket's Articuno ex 96 — €616.53
3. Rocket's Snorlax ex 104 — €460.72
4. Rocket's Suicune ex 105 — €330.24
5. Rocket's Entei ex 97 — €238.05

Evolution line

Dark Sandslash evolves from Sandshrew.

• Sandshrew · Fantastical Parade

About the illustrator

Masakazu Fukuda has illustrated 528 cards across 125 sets.

• Treecko ☆ · Team Rocket Returns — $2400.00
• Latias ☆ · Deoxys — $1650.00
• Raikou ☆ · Unseen Forces — $1600.00
• Kyogre Star · Delta Species — $1500.00
• Latios ☆ · Deoxys — $1500.00
• Alakazam ☆ · Crystal Guardians — $1429.50
• Vaporeon ☆ · Power Keepers — $1399.95
• Regice ☆ · Legend Maker — $1250.00
• Suicune ☆ · Unseen Forces — $1100.00
• Entei ☆ · Unseen Forces — $1067.00

More from Team Rocket Returns

• Treecko ☆ 109
• Rocket's Mewtwo ex 99
• Rocket's Articuno ex 96
• Rocket's Snorlax ex 104
• Rocket's Suicune ex 105
• Rocket's Entei ex 97

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Questions

How much is Dark Sandslash 18/109 worth?

Dark Sandslash from Team Rocket Returns (18/109) has a market estimate of €6.57, unchanged this week. Prices are estimates from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket.

Is Dark Sandslash 18/109 rare?

It is a Rare from Team Rocket Returns, a 109-card set.

Is Dark Sandslash 18/109 tournament legal?

Dark Sandslash 18/109 has rotated out of the current formats.

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