Pokémon · Base
Dark Weezing
Team Rocket · #31 · Rare · 2000
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Market reference
$7.42
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 31 / 83
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Koffing
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Shin-ichi Yoshida
- Pokédex #
- 110
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Dark Weezing plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Mass Explosion) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Dark Weezing
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Shin-ichi Yoshida
This card was illustrated by Shin-ichi Yoshida.
Building around Dark Weezing?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Researchers have observed these Pokémon reproducing in industrial waste sites."
GCMass Explosion — 20×
Does 20 damage times the total number of Koffings, Weezings, and Dark Weezings in play (Apply Weakness and Resistance.). Then, this attack does 20 damage to each Koffing, Weezing, and Dark Weezing (even your own). Don't apply Weakness and Resistance.
GGGStun Gas — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned; if tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $3.30 | $4.99 | $62.12 | $7.42 | $62.12 |
| 1st Edition | $6.74 | $10.47 | $94.50 | $10.53 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €24.99 |
| 7-day average | €9.35 |
| 30-day average | €9.24 |
| Low | €0.75 |
| Trend price | €11.88 |
| Low (excellent+) | €5.89 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €18.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €5.37 |
| averageSellPrice | €9.19 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €4.77 |
| Reverse holo trend | €6.93 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Dark Weezing is real?
Dark Weezing is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Dark Weezing worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Dark Weezing is $7.42; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Dark Weezing from?
Dark Weezing is from the Pokémon set "Team Rocket" in the Base series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Dark Weezing?
Dark Weezing is a Rare card in the Team Rocket set.
Other Dark Weezing printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
