Pokémon · Sword & Shield

Octillery

Sword & Shield

Battle Styles · #178 · Rare Secret · 2021

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Card facts

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Set position: 178 / 183
Release year: 2021
Rarity: Rare Secret
HP: 110
Subtype: Stage 1 · Rapid Strike
Evolves from: Remoraid
Retreat cost: 2 energy
Regulation mark: E
Illustrator: PLANETA Mochizuki
Pokédex #: 224
Series: Sword & Shield

Card analysis

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Primary role: Ability Engine
Damage efficiency: 50 damage; 16.67 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

AttackerSearch / Tutor

Strategy & play

How Octillery plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥55 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
A Stage 1 — one step up from Remoraid; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.

How to beat Octillery

Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥55 damage one-shots it.
KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Gust it before the evolution is set up.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 0% of decks; 2.29 copies on average · 7 decks

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About this card

HP: 110Type:WWaterSubtype: Stage 1 · Rapid StrikeEvolves from: Remoraid

"It traps enemies with its suction-cupped tentacles, then smashes them with its rock-hard head."

Ability: Rapid Strike Search

Once during your turn, you may search your deck for a Rapid Strike card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. You can't use more than 1 Rapid Strike Search Ability each turn.

WCCWaterfall — 50

Weakness:L×2

Retreat cost:CC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal

standardLegal

unlimitedLegal

Recent tournament results

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Tournaments from the past 30 days where Octillery was legal.

tournament

4to Torneo Tropical Beach

expanded

last week

tournament

The Wild Area Expanded #7 - 18 Codes

expanded

3 weeks ago

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 2026/07/16

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Holofoil	$4.99	$7.06	$4,321.00	$6.34	$6.75

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2025/11/18

Variant	Price
1-day average	€10.00
7-day average	€8.05
30-day average	€7.67
Low	€5.00
Trend price	€7.63
Low (excellent+)	€6.50
reverseHoloAvg1	€45.00
Reverse holo 7-day	€37.72
averageSellPrice	€7.63
Reverse holo 30-day	€35.46
Reverse holo trend	€38.96

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Octillery is real?

Octillery 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 Octillery worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Octillery is $6.34; 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 Octillery from?

Octillery is from the Pokémon set "Battle Styles" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2021.

What rarity is Octillery?

Octillery is a Rare Secret card in the Battle Styles set.