Pokémon · XY
Staryu
BREAKthrough · #29 · Common · 2015
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From
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Market reference
$0.19
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 29 / 165
- Release year
- 2015
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Starmie
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Shigenori Negishi
- Pokédex #
- 120
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Staryu plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass 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.
- Seen in 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Staryu
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 2.68 copies on average · 2126 decks
- Match win rate
- 43.6%
- -3.6 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Bronzor
in 1% of decks · 17 seen
Mega Starmie ex
in 100% of decks · 2107 seen
Team Rocket's Golbat
in 8% of decks · 171 seen
Team Rocket's Crobat ex
in 8% of decks · 169 seen
Team Rocket's Zubat
in 8% of decks · 171 seen
Salvatore
in 31% of decks · 649 seen
Bubbly Water Energy
in 13% of decks · 278 seen
Mega Froslass ex
in 56% of decks · 1182 seen
More by Shigenori Negishi
This card was illustrated by Shigenori Negishi.
Building around Staryu?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It appears in large numbers by seashores. At night, its central core flashes with a red light."
CContinuous Spin — 10×
Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Staryu was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Staryu has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Staryu — Perfect Order
Played in 410 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 2026/07/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.08 | $0.23 | $1,000.00 | $0.19 | $0.18 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.20 | $0.53 | $19.98 | $0.52 | $0.37 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/14| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.43 |
| 7-day average | €0.17 |
| 30-day average | €0.13 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.19 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.07 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.30 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.65 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.67 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.51 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.52 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Staryu is real?
Staryu 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 Staryu worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Staryu is $0.19; 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 Staryu from?
Staryu is from the Pokémon set "BREAKthrough" in the XY series, released in 2015.
What rarity is Staryu?
Staryu is a Common card in the BREAKthrough set.
Other Staryu printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
