Pokémon · Black & White
Jellicent
Boundaries Crossed · #45 · Rare · 2012
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Market reference
$0.93
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 45 / 153
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Frillish
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 593
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 13.33 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 Jellicent plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Eerie Light) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Jellicent
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Jellicent?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its body is mostly seawater. It's said there's a castle of ships Jellicent have sunk on the seafloor."
Ability: Stickiness
The Retreat Cost of each of your opponent's Pokémon in play is Colorless more.
WCCEerie Light — 40
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Jellicent was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Jellicent has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Jellicent ex — White Flare
Played in 74 recent decks
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 2026/07/29| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.20 | $0.74 | $4.00 | $0.93 | $1.49 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.00 | $2.20 | $25.60 | $2.15 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/24| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.49 |
| 7-day average | €0.52 |
| 30-day average | €0.42 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.50 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.17 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.66 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.45 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.25 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.20 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Jellicent is real?
Jellicent 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 Jellicent worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Jellicent is $0.93; 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 Jellicent from?
Jellicent is from the Pokémon set "Boundaries Crossed" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Jellicent?
Jellicent is a Rare card in the Boundaries Crossed set.
Other Jellicent printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
